[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65697-65698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26166]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-96]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing, 
Contracting With Resident-Owned Businesses--Application Requirements

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: December 2, 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 August 05, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Public Housing, Contracting with 
Resident-Owned Businesses-Application Requirements.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0161.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change of a previously 
approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    PHAs that enter into contracts with resident-owned businesses must 
comply with the requirements/procedures set forth in 24 CFR 963.10, 24 
CFR 963.12, 24 CFR 85.36(h), 24 CFR 85.36(i) and other such contract 
terms that may be applicable to the procurement under the Department's 
regulations. These requirements include:
     Certified copies of any State, county, or municipal 
licenses that may be required of the business to engage in the type of 
business activity for which it was formed. Where applicable, the PHA 
must obtain a certified copy of its corporate charter or other 
organizational document that verifies that the business was properly 
formed in accordance with State law;
     Certification that shows the business is owned by 
residents, disclosure documents that indicate all owners of the 
business and each owner's percentage of the business along with 
sufficient evidence sufficient that demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
the PHA that the business has the ability to perform successfully under 
the terms and conditions of the proposed contract;
     Certification as to the number of contracts awarded, and 
the dollar amount of each contract award received, under the 
alternative procurement process; and
     Contract award documents, proof of bonding documents, 
independent cost estimates and comparable price analyses.
     Members of Affected Public: Public Housing Agencies and 
Applicable Resident Entrepreneurs
     Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare 
the information collection including number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of response: Estimated number of respondents: 
81. The calculation for burden hours is as follows: Calculation for 
number of respondents: 81 (estimated number of PHAs contracting with 
resident owned businesses) x 24 (number of hours for procurement 
process) = 1,944 total hours.

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                                                                  Number of
                        Number of PHAs                            responses        Hours per       Total annual
                                                                  annually*         response       burden hours
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81...........................................................              81             * 24            1,944
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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.


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    Dated: October 29, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-26166 Filed 10-31-13; 8:45 am]
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