[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69957-69958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22337]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-61]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 8 
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) Certification; OMB No. 2577-0215

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 9, 2023.

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/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected], 
telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes 
and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard 
of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone 
call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Copies of available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for 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 
9, 2023 at 88 FR 29938.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Section 8 Management Assessment 
Program (SEMAP).
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0215.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-52658.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: On an 
annual basis (or every two years for small agencies) PHAs are required 
to submit a SEMAP certification (form HUD-52648) electronically into 
the Information Management System/Public and Indian Housing Information 
Center (IMS/PIC). There is a maximum of 15 indicators that are either 
verified through PIC data or an on-site or off-site confirmatory 
review. HUD uses the PHA's SEMAP certification, together with other 
available data, to assess PHA management capabilities and deficiencies, 
and to assign an overall performance rating to each PHA administering 
an HCV program. HUD rates a PHA on each SEMAP indicator, completes a 
PHA SEMAP profile identifying any program management deficiencies and 
assigns an overall performance rating. A PHA's written report of 
correction of a SEMAP

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deficiency is used as documentation that the PHA has taken action to 
address identified program weaknesses. Where HUD assigns an overall 
performance rating of troubled, the PHA's corrective action plan is 
used to monitor the PHA's progress on program improvements.
    Respondents: Public Housing Agencies.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

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                                                             Number of     Responses per   Total annual       Hrs per                       Regulatory
                 Information collection                     respondents     respondent       responses       response        Total hrs       reference
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SEMAP Certification.....................................           2,167               1           2,167              12          26,004         985.101
Corrective Action Plan..................................              80               1              80              10             800      985.107(c)
Report on Correction of SEMAP Deficiency................             542               1               5               2           1,084         985.106
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    Total Annual Burden.................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          27,888  ..............
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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 Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-22337 Filed 10-6-23; 8:45 am]
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