[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20220-20221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08184]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-37]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Baseline 
Assessment of Renewable Energy Capacity Within HUD's Public Housing and 
Federally-Assisted Multifamily Housing Portfolios

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: May 12, 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 January 21, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Baseline Assessment of Renewable 
Energy Capacity Within HUD's Public Housing and Federally-Assisted 
Multifamily Housing Portfolios.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information is being collected to establish a baseline assessment of 
the renewable energy capacity in HUD's public housing and federally-
assisted multifamily housing portfolios. The assessment will support 
President Obama's Climate Action Plan, which calls for the installation 
of 100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy generation capacity by 2020 
at LIHTC properties (Treasury), Rural Development properties (USDA), 
and public housing and multifamily-assisted properties (HUD). The 
proposed data collection instrument is a web-based census survey that 
will be supported by follow-up telephone interviews to all non-
respondents.
    Respondents: (i.e. affected public): Employees of housing 
organizations receiving funding from HUD, specifically public housing 
agencies and HUD-assisted multifamily properties.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,370.

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    Estimated Number of Responses: 16,296 (based on a 80% response 
rate).
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.467 (weighted average).
    Total Estimated Burdens: 9,507.

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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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Web Survey only.........................          16,296               1               1             0.4           6,114          $42.66        $260,823
Telephone Interview & Web Survey........           3,821               1               1           0.733           2,802           42.66         119,533
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        Total...........................          20,370  ..............  ..............  ..............           9,507  ..............         405,526
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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: April 4, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-08184 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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