[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19279-19280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7035-N-19]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements 
for Designating Housing Projects; OMB Control No. 2577-0192

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/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 January 25, 2021 at 86 FR 6912.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Requirements for Designating 
Housing Projects.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0192.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information collection burden associated with designated housing is 
required by statute. Section 10 of the Housing Opportunity and 
Extension Act of 1996 modified Section 7 of the U.S. Housing Act of 
1937 to require Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to submit a plan for HUD 
approval before a project(s) can be designated as either elderly only, 
disabled only, or elderly and disabled. In this plan, PHAs must 
document why the designation is needed and provide the following 
information:
    1. Description of the designated housing plan;
    2. Justification for the designation;
    3. Availability of alternative housing resources for the non-
designated population(s);
    4. Impact on the availability of accessible housing;
    5. A statement that existing tenants in good standing will not be 
evicted;
    6. A statement of the resources that will be made available if the 
PHA offers voluntary relocation benefits; and
    7. Information describing how the DHP is consistent with any 
outstanding court orders, lawsuits, investigations, Voluntary 
Compliance Agreements (VCAs), Conciliation Agreements, or Letters of 
Findings or Determinations, etc., including for example, actions under 
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act, the Age Discrimination Act, the Fair Housing Act, or the Americans 
with Disabilities Act.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): State, or Local Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 hours.

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    Total Estimated Burdens: 270 hours.
    The previous estimation of 585 annual burden hours has been reduced 
to 270. This change is based on the average number of Plans submitted 
between Calendar Years 2017, 2018 and 2019. HUD expects that the number 
of respondents will continue to decline because of the trend in Public 
Housing Agencies (PHAs) repositioning their developments and moving out 
of the public housing program.
    The national average PHA staff salary = $51,000 \1\ per year or 
$24.00 per hour. The calculation for costs is as follows: 18 PHAs x 15 
hours = 270 hours x $24 \2\ = $6,480.
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    \1\ ziprecruiter.com, https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Public-Housing-Authority-Salary.
    \2\ 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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                                                       * 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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2577-0192........................              18                1               18               15              270           $24.00           $6,480
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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.

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-07552 Filed 4-12-21; 8:45 am]
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