[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56596-56597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22486]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-75]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Energy 
Evaluation of Public Housing Capital Fund (PHCF), Category 4, Option 2 
Grantees

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

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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 22, 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 at Colette [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 
11, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Energy Evaluation of Public 
Housing Capital Fund (PHCF), Category 4, Option 2 Grantees.
    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 assist in evaluating the short- and 
long-term performance of the energy retrofits funded by HUD through the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One component of this 
overall evaluation project is to evaluate the ARRA PIH Capital Fund 
Recovery Grants awarded through a competitive process with the purpose 
of creating energy efficient, green communities (Category 4). In 
particular, this funding aims to ``substantively increase energy 
efficiency and environmental performance of public housing properties 
and thereby reduce energy costs, generate resident and PHA energy 
consumption savings, reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions attributable to 
energy consumption and improve indoor air quality to provide a healthy 
living environment.'' Competitive proposals from eligible PHAs 
responding to one of two options available were funded under this 
category: Option 1, Substantial Rehabilitation or New Construction, and 
Option 2, Moderate Rehabilitation.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 127.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 229 (one response per AMP).
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 (0.5 hrs/utility * 2 utilities/AMP).
    Total Estimated Burdens: 229 hrs.

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                                                          Number of
                                                         responses/   Frequency of    Responses   Avg time per     Annual      Hourly cost
         Information  collection           Respondents  Instances of    response      per annum   response (Hr/ burden hours  per response   Annual cost
                                                         collection                                   AMP)
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Energy Survey...........................           127           229             1           229             1           229           $31        $7,099
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    Total...............................           127  ............  ............  ............  ............           229  ............        $7,099
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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 16, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-22486 Filed 9-19-14; 8:45 am]
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