[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71375-71376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22756]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-70]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of 
Operating Fund Grant Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection

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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 15, 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] or 
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.

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 30, 
2023 at 88 FR 34514.

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, HUD-52723, and HUD-52719.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Public

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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.
    HUD collects information for the HUD-52723 and HUD-52722 through 
web-based forms in the Operating Fund Web Portal. HUD discontinued 
using VBA enhanced Excel tools to collect this data after CY 2022. Web-
based forms improve the availability of the forms to PHAs, improve data 
integrity, and secure transfer of the data from the PHA to HUD. Web-
based forms should not increase the burden to complete.
    HUD executed the collection of the HUD-52719: Small Rural Frozen 
Rolling Base (SRFRB) Election and Revision form to implement Section 
209(b) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer 
Protection Act, Public Law 115-174. SRFRB allows eligible small and 
rural PHAs to freeze a utility's three-year rolling base consumption 
that is used to calculate Operating Fund grants from one to twenty 
years. With this form PHAs elect to participate, select the utility, 
calculate rolling base consumption, and select the term.

                                                                 Total Estimated Burdens
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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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HUD-52723...............................           6,200               1            0.33           2,046           2,046          $37.66         $98,067
HUD-52722...............................           6,200               1            0.42           2,604           2,604           37.66          77,052
HUD-52719...............................              30               1               1               1              30           37.66           1,130
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,650  ..............  ..............         176,249
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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 comments 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. 2023-22756 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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