[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48914-48915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12633]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7084-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Enhancing and 
Streamlining the Implementation of Section 3 Requirements for Creating 
Opportunities for Low- and Very-Low Income Persons and Eligible 
Businesses; HUD Forms 4736, 4736 A-D; OMB Control No.: 2501-0041

AGENCY: Office of Field Policy and Management, Housing and Urban 
Development (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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 9, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be sent 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 and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Amanda Herrmann Vasquez, Office of Field Policy 
and Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 300 Pearl 
Street, Suite Room 301, Buffalo, NY 14202 or the number (202-402-6601) 
this is not a toll free number or email at 
[email protected] or a copy of the proposed forms or 
other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Paperwork Reduction Act 
Compliance Officer, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20410; email at [email protected], 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 
Anna Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond; including the 
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of

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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Information Collection: Enhancing and Streamlining the 
Implementation of Section 3 Requirements for Creating Opportunities for 
Low- and Very-Low Income Persons and Eligible Businesses.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0041.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for a new collection of new sample certification forms from 
a new rule called ``Enhancing and Streamlining the Implementation of 
Section 3 Requirements for Creating Opportunities for Low- and Very-Low 
Income Persons and Eligible Businesses,'' published at 24 CFR part 75. 
24 CFR 75.31 that outlines the ways a worker can be certified as an 
eligible Section 3 worker. These sample certification forms address 
these options.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD Forms 4736, 4736 A-D.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

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                                                        Number of    Frequency    Responses     Burden hour    Annual burden   Hourly cost
                Information collection                 respondents  of response   per annum    per response        hours      per response   Annual cost
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HUD Form 4736--PH Certification Form.................          150            1          150             0.5              75        $62.18     $4,663.50
HUD Form 4736A--Employer Certification HCD...........          500            1          500             0.5             250         56.23     14,057.50
HUD Form 4736B--Employer Certification PHA...........          500            1          500             0.5             250         56.23     14,057.50
HUD Form 4736C--Employee Self Certification HCD......          500            1          500             0.5             250          7.25      1,812.50
HUD Form 4736D--Employee Self-Certification PHA......          500            1          500             0.5             250          7.25      1,812.50
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    Total............................................     2,150.00  ...........     2,150.00             2.5        1,075.00  ............     36,403.50
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    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended.

Christopher D. Taylor,
National Director, Office of Field Policy and Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-12633 Filed 6-7-24; 8:45 am]
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