[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19277-19278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07551]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-20]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing 
Contracting With Resident-Owned Business/Application Requirements; OMB 
Control No. 2577-0161

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: May 13, 2021.

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 January 25, 2021 at 86 FR 6905.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Contracting with 
Resident-Owned Businesses/Application Requirements.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0161.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: PHAs 
that enter contracts with resident-owned businesses prior to December 
26, 2014 must comply with the requirements/procedures set forth in, 24 
CFR 85.36(h) and 24 CFR 85.36(i). Contracts with resident-owned 
businesses entered after December 26, 2014 must also comply with 24 CFR 
part 963, 2 CFR 200.325, 2 CFR 200.326 and other such contract terms 
that may be applicable to procurement under the Department's 
regulations. These requirements include:
     Certified copies of any State, county, or municipal 
licenses that may be required of the business to engage in the type of 
business activity for which it was formed. Where applicable, the PHA 
must obtain a certified copy of its corporate charter or other 
organizational document that verifies that the business was properly 
formed in accordance with State law.
     Certification that shows the business is owned by 
residents, disclosure documents that indicate all owners of the 
business and each owner's percentage of the business along with 
sufficient evidence that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the PHA 
that the business has the ability to perform successfully under the 
terms and conditions of the proposed contract.
     Certification as to the number of contracts awarded, and 
the dollar amount of each contract award received under the alternative 
procurement process; and
     Contract award documents, proof of bonding documents, 
independent cost estimates and comparable price analyses.
    Members of Affected Public: Public Housing Agencies and Applicable 
Resident Entrepreneurs.
    Estimation of the Total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of

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respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: Estimated 
number of respondents: 76. The calculation for burden hours is as 
follows: Calculation for number of respondents: 76 (estimated number of 
PHAs contracting with resident owned businesses) x 24 (number of hours 
for procurement process) = 1,824 total hours. The Department estimates 
that out of a total of 3,775 \1\ PHAs only 2 percent or 76 PHAs 
contract with resident owned business. This number is less than the 
previous request due to several PHAs choosing to leave the program.
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    \1\ Inventory Management/Public Housing Information Center (IMS/
PIC) system, 10/26/2020.
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    The national average PHA staff salary = $51,000 \2\ per year or 
$24.00 \3\ per hour.
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    \2\ ziprecruiter.com, https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Public-Housing-Authority-Salary.
    \3\ Computed Hourly Rates of Pay Using the 2,087-Hour Divisor, 
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-administration/fact-sheets/computing-hourly-rates-of-pay-using-the-2087-hour-divisor/.
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    The calculation for costs is as follows: 76 PHAs x 24 hours = 1,824 
hours x $24 = $43,776.

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                                                       * Average
                                      Number of        number of       Total annual    Burden hours/                                       Total annual
      Information collection         respondents      reponses per      responses       minutes per      Total hours      Hourly cost          cost
                                                       respondent                         response
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2577-0161........................              76                1               76               24            1,824           $24.00          $43,776
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    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Meeting HUD 
Regulation requirements.

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.

    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. 2021-07551 Filed 4-12-21; 8:45 am]
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