[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17195-17196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06904]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5909-N-22]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: ``Requirements 
for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards 
in Federally-Owned Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal 
Assistance''

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: April 27, 2016.

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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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5533. This is not a toll-free 
number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for 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 
27, 2016 at 81 FR 4636.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Requirements for Notification, 
Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally-Owned 
Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance''.
    OMB Control Number: 2539-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Provision of a pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention to tenants and 
purchasers, provision of a notice to occupants on the results of hazard 
evaluation and hazard reduction activities, special reporting 
requirements for a child with an environmental intervention blood lead 
level residing in the unit, and record keeping and periodic summary 
reporting requirements.
    Respondents: Residential property owners, housing agencies, Federal 
grantees, tribally designated housing entities or participating 
jurisdictions.
    The revised hour burden estimates are presented in the table below. 
In that table, the $15.36 hourly cost per response reflects the 
weighted average of cases, first, in which the respondent is simply 
giving someone a pamphlet, putting something in a file, or retrieving 
something from a file, and sending summary information from it to the 
Department, valued at $10.61 per hour; and second, processing notices 
as above as well as providing information in cases of lead-poisoned 
children, valued at $16.97 per hour. (These labor rates have been 
escalated by 3% from 2013 based on the Census Bureau's constant quality 
housing construction price index, since the work is in the housing 
trades.)

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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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Total..........................          62,295  as needed..........  Various...........             2.3         142,487          $15.36      $2,188,600
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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: March 23, 2016.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06904 Filed 3-25-16; 8:45 am]
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