[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65710-65711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27770]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7004-N-04]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Semi-Annual Labor Standards 
Enforcement Report Local Contracting Agencies (HUD Programs)

AGENCY: Field Policy and Management, Office of Davis Bacon and Labor 
Standards, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval for the proposed information 
collection requirement described below, and will be submitting to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments 
on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 19, 2019.

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: Suzette Agans, Office of Field 
Policy and Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, Room 7116 or the number (202) 402-
5089, this is not a toll free number or email at 
[email protected] or a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number though TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollards, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-3400 (this is not 
a toll free number) or email Colette Pollard at [email protected] 
for copies of the proposed forms and other available information. 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number 
though TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for

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review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond; including the 
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Semi-Annual Labor Standards Enforcement Report 
Local Contracting agencies (HUD Programs).
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0019.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Department of Labor (DOL) Regulations 29 CFR 5.7(b), requires Federal 
agencies administering programs subject to Davis-Bacon and Related Act 
(DBRA) and Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) labor 
standards to furnish a Semi-Annual Labor Standards Enforcement Report 
to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Some HUD programs 
are administered by state and local agencies for the labor standards 
compliance. HUD must collect information from such agencies in order to 
capture enforcement activities for all HUD programs in its reports to 
DOL.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD FORM 4710, 4710i.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: Estimated number of annual burden 
hours is 18,400. Estimated number of respondents is 4,600, the 
frequency of response is semi-annually, and the burden hour per 
response is 2 hours.

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                                                          Number of   Frequency of    Responses    Burden hour     Annual      Hourly cost
                Information collection                   respondents    response      per annum   per response  burden hours  per response   Annual cost
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HUD 4710 Semi-annual Labor Standards Enforcement               4,600             2         9,200             2        18,400        $36.24   $666,816.00
 Report--Local Contracting Agencies...................
HUD 4710i Instruction to fill out the above form......             0             0             0             0             0             0             0
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    Total.............................................         4,600             2         9,200             2        18,400         36.24    666,816.00
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    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: December 4, 2018.
Pamela Glekas Spring,
National Director, Office of Field Policy and Management/Davis Bacon 
Labor Standard and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2018-27770 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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