[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 229 (Friday, November 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76090-76091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26243]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7024-N-49]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Exigent Health 
and Safety Deficiency Correction Certification; OMB Control No.: 2577-
0241

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: December 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

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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/Start Printed Page 
15501PRAMain. 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 September 4, 2020 at 85 FR 55312.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Exigent Health and Safety 
Deficiency Correction Certification.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0241.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's 
Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) regulation (24 CFR part 5, 
subpart G) provides that HUD housing must be decent, safe, sanitary, 
and in good repair. The UPCS regulation also provides that all area and 
components of the housing must be free of health and safety hazards. 
HUD conducts physical inspections of the HUD housing to compliance with 
the UPCS standards. Pursuant to the UPCS inspection protocol, at the 
end of the inspection (or at the end of each day of a multi-day 
inspection) the inspector provides the property representative with a 
copy of the ``Notification of Exigent and Fire Safety Hazards 
Observed'' form. Each exigent health and safety (EHS) deficiency that 
the inspector observed that day is listed on the form. The property 
representative signs the form acknowledging receipt. PHAs are to 
correct/remedy/act abate all EHS deficiencies within 24 hours. Using 
the electronic format, PHAs are to notify HUD within three business 
days of the date of inspection--the date the PHA was provided notice of 
these deficiencies--that the deficiencies were corrected/remedied/acted 
on to abate within the prescribed time frames (per 24 CFR part 902).
    Respondents: Public Housing Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 976.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 976.
    Frequency of Response: Once per year.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.3333.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 325.30.

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.

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-26243 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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