[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 95 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29473-29474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10452]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7028-N-01; OMB Control No. 2577-0029]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of
Operating Fund Grant Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, PIH, 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: July 14, 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: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202-402-5564 (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: Dawn Smith, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, (Room 3178), Washington, DC 20410;
telephone 202-402-6488 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling
the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Smith.
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: Allocation of Operating Funds
under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0029.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collections.
Form Number: HUD-52722 and HUD-52723.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) use this information in budget
submissions which are reviewed and approved by HUD field offices as the
basis for obligating the operating fund grant. This information is
necessary to calculate the eligibility for the operating fund grant
under the Operating Funding Program regulations, as amended. The
Operating Fund is designed to provide the amount of operating funds
needed for well-managed PHAs. PHAs submit the information
electronically with these forms.
The following changes occurred in this submission. The form no
longer includes blocks 4. Unit Change Indicator and 5. Rate Reduction
Incentive. The form includes adjustments to improve the workflow of the
form. Adjustments include changes to formatting and adding Line 19
Total base utilities expense level for respondents to clearly
understand where to sum the results of data collected in columns.
HUD collects information for HUD-52723 and HUD-52722 through VBA
enhanced Microsoft Excel Tools. In fiscal year 2021, HUD plans to
transition to web-based forms HUD-52723 and HUD-52722. HUD planned a
phased launch of the web-based collection. Initially the collection by
web-based forms is limited to subset PHAs that HUD expands each
subsequent year until all PHAs exclusively use the web-based forms.
PHAs without access to the web-based forms continue to use the Excel
based forms. Web-based forms improves the availability of the forms to
PHAs, improves data integrity, and secure transfer of the data from the
PHA to HUD.
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Total Estimated Burdens
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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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HUD-52722............................... 7,000 1 0.75 5,250 5,250 $33.34 $175,035
HUD-52723............................... 7,000 1 0.75 5,250 5,250 33.34 175,035
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Total............................... .............. .............. .............. 10,500 .............. .............. 350,070
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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.
The Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives, Merrie Nichols-Dixon having reviewed
and approved this document, is delegating the authority to
electronically sign this document to submitter, Nacheshia Foxx, who
is the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication
in the Federal Register.
Dated: May 5, 2020.
Nacheshia Foxx,
Federal Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
[FR Doc. 2020-10452 Filed 5-14-20; 8:45 am]
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