[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75366-75367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29543]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-105]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 
Energy Audits and Utility Allowances

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: January 10, 2014.

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 September 25, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Energy Audits and 
Utility Allowances.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-062.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection.
    Form Number: HUD-50078.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 24 
CFR 965.301, Subpart C, Energy Audit and Energy Conservation Measures, 
requires PHAs to complete energy audits once every five years and 
undertake cost-effective energy conservation measures. 24 CFR Part 965, 
Subpart E, Resident Allowances for Utilities, requires PHAs to 
establish, review and revise utility allowances for PHA-furnished 
utilities and for resident-purchased utilities.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies.

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                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Total annual    average  time     Estimated
        Section reference            Number of     responses per     number of          for        annual burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      requirement     (in hours)
                                                                                    (in hours)
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965.302--Energy Audits..........             680               1             680             3.5           2,380
965.308--Energy Performance                   22               1              22             100           2,200
 Contracts......................
965.402--Benefit/Cost Analysis..               5               1               1               3              15
965.502--Establish utility                     5               1               5              20             100
 allowances.....................
965.507--Review utility                   13,100               1           3,100               2           6,200
 allowances.....................
965.507--Revise utility                   21,240               1           1,240              20          24,800
 allowances.....................
965.506--Establishment of                    200               1             200               1             200
 Surcharges for Excess
 Consumption....................
Optional Benchmarking (50078                 350               1             350             1.5             525
 available for this purpose)....

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965-508-Individual Relief                  1,000               1           1,000               1           1,000
 Criteria.......................
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    Total Paperwork Burden for    ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          37,420
     OMB Control 2577-
     0062.......................
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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. Chapters 35.

    Dated: December 4, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-29543 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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