[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 163 (Friday, August 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51748-51749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18383]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7024-N-35]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of 
Operating Fund Grant Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection; 
OMB Control Number (2577-0029)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/StartPrintedPage15501PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on May 15, 2020 at 85 FR 29473.

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

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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.
    Total Estimated Burdens:

 
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                                                                             Number of
         Information collection              Number of     Frequency of    responses per   Responses per   Total annual     Hourly cost     Annual cost
                                            respondents      response       respondent         annum       burden hours    per response
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HUD-52722...............................           7,000               1           7,000            0.75           5,250          $33.34        $175,035
HUD-52723...............................           7,000               1           7,000            0.75           5,250           33.34         175,035
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    Total...............................          14,000  ..............          14,000  ..............          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.
    (5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Anna Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-18383 Filed 8-20-20; 8:45 am]
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