[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28529]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7022-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Federal Labor 
Standards Questionnaire and Compliant Intake Form; OMB Control #2501-
0018

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 6, 2020.

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: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Federal Labor Standards 
Questionnaire Compliant Intake Form 4730.
    OMB Control Number: 2501-0018.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information is used by HUD to fulfill its obligation to enforce Federal 
labor standards provisions, especially to act upon allegations of labor 
standards violations.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD FORM 4730, 4730 SP, 4731.
    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 900. Estimated number of respondents is 1800, the frequency is 
on occasion, and the burden hour per response is .50 hours.

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                                                                                                         Burden                    Hourly
                  Information collection                       Number of     Frequency    Responses     hour per      Annual      cost per   Annual cost
                                                              respondents   of response   per annum     response      burden      response
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HUD-4730 Federal Labor Standards Questionnaire............             650            1          650          .50          325       $42.50      $13,813
HUD-4730SP Cuestionario De Est[aacute]ndares Federales De              650            1          650          .50          325        42.50       13,813
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HUD-4731 Compliant Intact Form............................             500            1          500          .50          250        42.50       10,625
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HUD-4730E On-Line Employee Questionnaire..................                             HUD is eliminating the use of this form
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    Total.................................................  ..............  ...........        1,800  ...........          900        42.50       38,251
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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: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: December 18, 2019.
Ben Demarzo,
Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Field Policy and Management.
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