[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5922-5923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7087-N-01]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements 
for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards 
in Federally-Owned Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal 
Assistance; OMB Control No.: 2539-0009

AGENCY: Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for renewal of 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 60 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication 
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting, ``Currently under 60-
day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this 
proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Anna 
Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or 
email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; [email protected]; telephone (202) 
402-5535 (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. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for renewal of the information collection 
described in Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Requirements for Notification, 
Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally-Owned 
Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance.
    OMB Approval Number: 2539-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection with 
some changes due to program changes.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Provision of a pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention to tenants and 
purchasers; provision of a notice to occupants on the results of lead 
hazard evaluation or reduction activities; special reporting 
requirements for a child with an environmental intervention blood lead 
level; and recordkeeping and periodic summary reporting requirements. 
Required notifications under the Lead Safe Housing Rule, 24 CFR 35.
    Respondents: Residential property owners; housing agencies; Federal 
grantees; and tribally designated housing entities and/or participating 
jurisdictions.
    The revised hour burden estimates are presented in the table below. 
In the table, the 16.58 hourly cost per response reflects the weighted 
average of cases, first, in which the respondent is simply giving 
someone a pamphlet, putting something in a file, or retrieving 
something from a file, and sending summary information from it to the 
Department, valued at $11.26 per hour; and second, processing notices 
as above as well as providing information in cases of lead-poisoned 
children, valued at $18.00 per hour.

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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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Total...........................          63,000  As needed.........  Various...........             2.2         138,600          $16.58      $2,297,988
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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.
    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.

Matthew Ammon,
Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
[FR Doc. 2024-01759 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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