[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30546-30547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12546]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5604-N-06]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Form 
HUD-40221(rev) ``LOCCS/VRS Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
Payment Voucher''

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: Comment Due Date: July 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Rudene Thomas, Reports Liaison 
Officer, U.S. Department or Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Room 7233, Washington, DC 20410-4500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ginger Macomber, SHOP Program Manager, 
Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 7162, Washington, DC 
20410-4500; telephone 202-402-4605 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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

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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.
    The Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) is 
authorized by the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 
Section 11. The purpose of SHOP is to provide grant funds to national 
and regional non-profit organizations to facilitate and encourage 
innovative homeownership opportunities on a national, geographically 
diverse basis through the provision of self-help homeownership housing 
programs. HUD uses the Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS) to 
disburse SHOP Grant funds from the U.S. Treasury to SHOP Grantees. SHOP 
Grantees use HUD's Voice Response System (VRS) to request a drawdown of 
SHOP Grant funds from LOCCS via a touchtone telephone. Grantees must 
complete a ``LOCCS/VRS Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
Payment Voucher'' prior to requesting a drawdown of funds through 
LOCCS/VRS.
    Title of Proposal: Form HUD-40221(rev) ``LOCCS/VRS Self-help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program Payment Voucher''.
    OMB Control Number: 2506-0157.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: An 
extension of the existing PRA approval is needed to permit SHOP 
Grantees to use a revised and updated SHOP Form HUD-40221(rev) ``LOCCS/
VRS Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program Payment Voucher'' to 
drawdown SHOP Grant funds through LOCCS/VRS.
    Agency Form Numbers: Form HUD-40221(rev) ``LOCCS/VRS Self-help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program Payment Voucher.''
    Members of Affected Public: National and regional non-profit self-
help housing organizations (including consortia) that have been awarded 
SHOP grant funds (the ``Grantee'').
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, hours per 
response, frequency of response, and total hours of response for all 
respondents. Information will be collected once per Grantee for each 
request to drawdown SHOP Grant funds. The total estimated average 
hourly burden for this information collection is 30 minutes to prepare 
each Form HUD-40221(rev) ``LOCCS/VRS Self-help Homeownership 
Opportunity Program Payment Voucher,'' including signatures. The 
frequency of the information collection will vary based on the size of 
the Grantee's SHOP Grant award and the Grantee's use of its Grant 
funds. Assuming biweekly drawdown requests and a three year Grant term, 
the average number of collections is 72 per Grantee. Hourly burden 
estimates are based on Grantee input and HUD's experience.

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                                   Number of
    Paperwork requirement         respondents           Frequency       Hours per response   Total annual hours
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HUD-424......................                  6  varies..............                  .5  varies
    Total Annual Hour Burden.                  6  72..................                36    216
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    Frequency of Submission: As needed by the SHOP Grantee to drawdown 
SHOP Grant funds through LOCCS/VRS.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Extension of a 
currently approved collection OMB control number 2506-0157.

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

    Dated: May 17, 2012.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
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