[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59046-59047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23374]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-83]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Federal Labor 
Standards Questionnaire(s); Complaint Intake Form

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 25, 2013.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on July 26, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Federal Labor Standards 
Questionnaire(s); Complaint Intake Form.
    OMB Approval Number: 2501-0018.
    Type of Request: Extension without of a currently approved 
collection.
    Form Number: HUD-4730, HUD 4730-SP, HUD-4731, HUD-4730-E.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD-
4730, 4730E and 4730SP, Federal Labor Standards Questionnaires, will be 
used by HUD and agencies administering HUD programs to collect 
information from laborers and mechanics employed on HUD-assisted 
projects. Employers are required to submit weekly certified payroll 
reports in order to demonstrate and attest to their compliance with 
Federal labor standards. The information collected on questionnaires is 
primarily used to determine whether payroll information supplied by 
employers is valid. Testing employer data can disclose violations that 
may be concealed or that are otherwise not apparent to the agency. 
Information

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collected on the HUD 4731, Federal Labor Standard Complaint Intake 
form, will be used by HUD and agencies administering HUD programs to 
collect information from complainants alleging violations of Federal 
labor standards on HUD assisted projects. The information collected is 
primarily used in the conduct of investigations into the allegations. 
Generally, enforcement actions, including investigations, are geared to 
the respondent's benefit, that is, to determine whether the respondent 
was underpaid and to ensure the payment of wage restitution to the 
respondent, if so. These forms have been crafted to focus on essential 
information, to make it easy to read and complete, and to best capture 
the information needed for HUD to competently enforce Federal labor 
standards and to protect workers' rights to prevailing wages.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1. Average Hours per Response: .5. Total 
Estimated Burdens: 1,000. Note: Preparer of this notice may substitute 
the chart for everything beginning with estimated number of respondents 
above:

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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HUD-4730, 4730E, 4730SP.................           2,500               1               1               5            1250           10.00          12,500
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to 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. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in 
response to these questions.

    Authority:  Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: September 20, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-23374 Filed 9-24-13; 8:45 am]
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