[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31461-31462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13344]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5376--N-47]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Conversion of Efficiencies Units to One 
Bedroom Units Multifamily Housing Package; Notice of Proposed 
Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; e-mail: [email protected]; fax: 202-395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 402-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Maurice 
Champagne.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to this information is collected from owners seeking to convert 
efficiency units into one bedroom units in certain types of HUD 
assisted and/or insured housing. The Department has developed standards 
and requirements via Housing Notice and attached forms to permit the 
conversion of efficiencies to one-bedrooms provided it can be 
demonstrated that the conversion is warranted by local demands and 
results in the long-term financial and physical repositioning of the 
project. This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public 
and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of 
information to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Conversion of Efficiencies Units to One Bedroom 
Units Multifamily Housing Package.
    Description of Information Collection: The Department has received 
requests from owners of assisted housing to convert efficiencies to 
one-bedroom units. The Department has developed policies and procedures 
to permit the conversion of efficiencies to one-bedroom units provided 
it can be demonstrated that the conversion is warranted by local market 
demands for affordable housing and results in the long-term financial 
and physical repositioning of the project. The information collected as 
part of the submission, will be utilized by the Department to ensure 
that all programmatic requirements contained in the Housing Notice and 
the submission requirements have been satisfied.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-Pending.

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    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-9647, HUD-92030, HUD-92030-I, HUD-92031-
IRP, HUD-92032, HUD-92033 and HUD-92040.
    Members of Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 23,578. 
The number of respondents is 0.500, the number of responses is 125, the 
frequency of response is once per submission, and the burden hour per 
response is 147,375.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a New 
collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 27, 2010.
Leroy McKinney Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-13344 Filed 6-2-10; 8:45 am]
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