[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27171-27172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10502]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[16XD4523WC DWCFSC000.4A0000 DS68664000 DP.BCQSO.16DOIC4A]


Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 
1084-0033, Private Rental Survey

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Acquisition and Property Management, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of the Interior announces the proposed extension of a public 
information collection and seeks public comments on the provisions 
thereof.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by July 5, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Send your written comments to: Laura Walters, Quarters 
Rental Program Manager, 7301 W. Mansfield Ave., MS D-2910, Denver, CO 
80235, or fax: 303-969-6634, or by email to 
[email protected]. Individuals providing comments should 
reference OMB control number 1084-0033, ``Private Rental Survey''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection request, any explanatory information and related forms, 
contact Laura Walters, Quarters Rental Program Manager, 7301 W. 
Mansfield Ave., MS D-2910, Denver, CO 80235, or fax: 303-969-6634, or 
by email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This notice is for renewal of information collection.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and 
affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)).
    5 U.S.C. 5911 authorizes Federal agencies to provide housing for 
Government employees under specified circumstances. In compliance with 
OMB Circular A-45 (Revised), Rental and Construction of Government 
Quarters, a review of private rental market housing rates is required 
at least once every 5 years to ensure that the rental, utility charges, 
and charges for related services to occupants of Government Furnished 
Housing (GFH) are comparable to corresponding charges in the private 
sector. To avoid unnecessary duplication and inconsistent rental rates, 
the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Interior 
Business Center, conducts rental market surveys as a shared federal 
service for the Departments of the Interior (DOI), Agriculture, 
Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, and Veterans Affairs. In this survey, two collection forms 
are used: OS-2000, covering ``Houses--Apartments--Mobile Homes'' and 
OS-2001, covering ``Trailer Spaces.''
    This collection of information provides data that helps DOI and the 
other Federal agencies to meet the rent-setting requirements of OMB 
Circular A-45 (Revised). If this information were not collected from 
the public, DOI and the other Federal agencies with GFH would be 
required to use professional appraisals of open market rental costs for 
GFH, again, in accordance with OMB Circular A-45, but at an increased 
cost to the taxpayer.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Private Rental Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1084-0033.
    Current Expiration Date: September 30, 2016.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Entities: Individuals or households, businesses and other 
for profit institutions.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: OS-2000: 3,841; OS-2001: 
200; Total: 4,041.
    Frequency of responses: Once per respondent every fourth year. 
Three or four of 15 total survey regions are surveyed every year. 
Therefore a respondent may be potentially be surveyed every fourth 
year, if an individual respondent lives in the same unit and the exact 
same unit happens to be surveyed again four years later. In addition, 
if an individual business is a significant rental property owner or 
rental property manager in the community, they may provide multiple 
responses in the same survey. Participation is optional.
    (2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
    Estimated burden per response: OS-2000: 6 minutes; OS-2001: 4 
minutes.
    Estimated average number of annual responses: OS-2000: 3,383; OS-
2001: 220
    Total estimated average annual reporting: OS-2000: 338 hours; OS-
2001: 15 hours, Total: 353 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information.
    This information collection provides the data for DOI to determine 
open market rental costs for GFH. These rates, in turn, enable DOI to 
set GFH rental rates for several agencies, as a shared federal service, 
in accordance with the requirements of OMB Circular A-45 (Revised).

III. Request for Comments

    The Department invites comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agencies, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information and the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    ``Burden'' means the total time, effort, and financial resources 
expended by

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persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and use technology and 
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, and to complete 
and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    All written comments, with names and addresses, will be available 
for public inspection. If you wish us to withhold your personal 
information, you must prominently state at the beginning of your 
comment what personal information you want us to withhold. While you 
may ask us in your comment to withhold PII from public view, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so. If you wish to view any 
comments received, you may do so by scheduling an appointment with the 
point of contact given in the ADDRESSES section. A valid picture 
identification is required for entry into the Department of the 
Interior.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.

    Dated: April 28, 2016.
Debra E. Sonderman,
Director, Office of Acquisition and Property Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-10502 Filed 5-4-16; 8:45 am]
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