[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50151-50152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20423]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5610-N-08]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Public Housing Operating Fund Program: Operating Budget and Related 
Form

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.
    This information collection will ensure that Public Housing 
Agencies

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(PHAs) follow sound financial practices and that federal funds are used 
for eligible expenditures. PHAs use the information as a financial 
summary and analysis of immediate and long-term operating programs and 
plans to provide control over operations and achieve objectives.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 19, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposed information collection. Comments should refer to the 
proposal by name or OMB Control number and should be sent to: Colette 
Pollard, Departmental Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, 
Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-
free number) or email Ms. Pollard 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: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free 
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.

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: Public Housing Operating Fund Program: Operating 
Budget and Related Form.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0026.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
operating budget and related form are submitted by PHAs for the low-
income housing program. The operating budget provides a summary of 
proposed budget receipts and expenditures by major category, as well as 
blocks for indicating approval of budget receipts and expenditures by 
the PHA and HUD. The related form provides a record of PHA Board 
approval of how the amounts shown on the operating budget were arrived 
at, as well as justification of certain specified amounts. The 
information is reviewed by HUD to determine if the plan of operation 
adopted by the PHA and amounts included therein are reasonable for the 
efficient and economical operation of the development(s), and the PHA 
is in compliance with HUD procedures to ensure that sound management 
practices will be followed in the operation of the development. A small 
number of PHAs (200) are still required to submit their operating 
budget packages to HUD, namely those that are troubled, those that are 
recently out of troubled status or at risk of becoming troubled, or 
those that are at risk of fiscal insolvency. PHAs are still required to 
prepare their operating budgets and submit them to their Board for 
approval prior to their operating subsidy being approved by HUD. The 
operating budgets must be kept on file for review, if requested.
    Agency form number, if applicable: HUD-52574.
    Members of affected public: PHAs, state or local government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents: The estimated 
number of respondents is 200 troubled PHAs that prepare and submit to 
the Board of Commissioners operating budgets and related form annually 
and submit to HUD for a reporting burden of 23,500 hours. The remaining 
number of respondents that submit the related form to HUD is 2941 for a 
reporting burden of 534 hours. The total reporting burden is 24,034 
hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of an 
existing collection.
    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 10, 2012.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
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