[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56129-56130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22920]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5383-N-16]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, or Stalking

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202-402-5564, (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr. 
McKinney at [email protected]. Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. (Other than the HUD 
USER information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not toll-
free.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone 202-402-3374, (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected 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: Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating 
Violence, or Stalking.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0249.
    Description of Information Collection: This is a request for 
information collection that may be used in response to an incident or 
incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence or 
stalking that may affect an

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individual's participation in the Section 8 or public housing programs. 
When an individual presents a PHA, owner, or management agency with a 
claim for protections under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the 
PHA, owner, or management agency may (but is not required to) to 
request that the individual complete, sign and submit within 14 
business days of the request, a HUD approved certification form, or 
alternate documentation as described on the certification form, to 
document the domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. The 
PHA's, owner's, or management agency's request for documentation must 
be made in writing. On the certification form, the individual certifies 
that he/she is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, or 
stalking, and that the incident or incidences in question are bona fide 
incidences of such actual or threatened abuse. On the certification 
form, the individual must provide the name of the perpetrator.
    PHAs are instructed that the delivery of the certification form to 
the tenant in response to incident via mail may place the victim at 
risk, e.g., the abuser may monitor the mail; consequently, PHAs, owners 
and managers may require that the tenant come into the office to pick 
up the certification form. PHAs and owners are also encouraged to work 
with tenants to make delivery arrangements that do not place the tenant 
at risk.
    If the PHA, owner, or management agent provides the individual with 
a written request for documentation of the abuse, and the individual 
does not provide the certification form, or alternate documentation as 
described on the certification form, within 14 business days from the 
date of receipt of the PHA's, owner's, or management agent's written 
request (or after any extension of that date provided by the PHA, owner 
or management agent), none of the protections afforded to the victim of 
domestic violence, dating violence or stalking by sections 606 or 607 
will apply. The PHA, owner, or management agent would therefore be free 
to evict, or terminate assistance, in the circumstances authorized by 
otherwise applicable law and lease provisions, without regard to the 
amendments made by section 606 and 607.
    Agency Form Numbers, if applicable: HUD-50066.
    Members of Affected Public: Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), 
Owners, and Management Agents participating in the public housing and 
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information collection is 60 minutes per 
applicant. The estimated number of respondents is 200. The frequency of 
response is once. The total public burden is estimated to be 200 hours.
    Status of the Information Collection: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 20, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Policy, Program and Legislative 
Initiatives.
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