[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16648-16649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06185]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7033-N-01]


60-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: HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for renewal of 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: May 26, 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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535 
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a 
copy of the proposed forms or other available information. Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

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 202-402-5535. 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 renewal of the information collection 
described in Section A.

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 Approval Number: 2539-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision with some changes due to program changes.
    Form Number:
    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 lead 
hazard evaluation or reduction activities; special reporting 
requirements for a child with an environmental intervention blood lead 
level; and recordkeeping and periodic summary reporting requirements.
    Respondents: Residential property owners; housing agencies; Federal 
grantees; and tribally designated housing entities and/or participating 
jurisdictions.
    The revised hour burden estimates are presented in the table below. 
In the table, the $16.10 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 $10.93 per hour; and second, processing notices 
as above as well as providing information in cases of lead-poisoned 
children, valued at $17.48 per hour. (These labor rates have been 
escalated by 3% from 2016 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 per   Annual burden   Hourly cost per
    Information collection       respondents         response            annum            response          hours           response       Annual cost
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Total........................          62,295   As needed........  Various..........             2.2          136,692           $16.10       $2,200,741
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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

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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: March 12, 2020.
Peter Ashley,
Director for Policy and Standards Division, Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes.
[FR Doc. 2020-06185 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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