Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1084-0033, Private Rental Survey, 64194-64195 [2016-22374]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64194-64195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22374]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

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Proposed Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 
1084-0033, Private Rental Survey

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Acquisition and Property 
Management.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Acquisition and Property 
Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior, has 
submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information for the 
``Private Rental Survey'' OMB Control No. 1084-0033. The information 
collection request (ICR) describes the nature of the information 
collection and the expected burden and cost.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection request, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public 
comments should be submitted to OMB by October 19, 2016, in order to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior (1084-0033), by telefax at (202) 395-
5806 or via email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Also, please send a 
copy of your comments to Laura Walters, Quarters Rental Program 
Manager, 7301 W Mansfield Ave, MS D-2910, Denver, CO 80235, or fax: 
303-969-6634, or by email to laura_a_walters@ibc.doi.gov. Individuals 
providing comments should reference ``Private Rental Survey'' OMB 
Control No. 1084-0033.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
information collection or to obtain a copy of the collection 
instrument, please write or call Laura Walters, Quarters Rental Program 
Manager, 7301 W Mansfield Ave, MS D-2910, Denver, CO 80235, or fax: 
303-969-6634, or by email to laura_a_walters@ibc.doi.gov. Individuals 
providing comments should reference ``Private Rental Survey'' OMB 
Control No. 1084-0033. To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to 
OMB, go to: https://www.reginfo.gov and select Information Collection 
Review, Currently Under Review.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, 
which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-131), 
require that interested members of the public and affected parties have 
an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping 
activities. This notice identifies an information collection activity 
that the Office of Acquisition and Property Management has submitted to 
OMB for renewal.
    Title 5 of the U.S. Code section 5911 authorizes Federal agencies 
to provide housing for Government employees under specified 
circumstances. In compliance with OMB Circular A-45 (Revised), Rental 
and Construction of Government Quarters, a review of private rental 
market housing rates is required at least once every 5 years to ensure 
that the rental, utility charges, and charges for related services to 
occupants of Government Furnished Housing (GFH) are comparable to 
corresponding charges in the private sector. To avoid unnecessary 
duplication and inconsistent rental rates, the Department of the 
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Interior Business Center (on behalf 
of the Office of Acquisition and Property Management), conducts housing 
surveys in support of employee housing management programs for the 
Departments of the Interior (DOI), Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland 
Security, Justice, Transportation, Health and Human Services, and 
Veterans Affairs. In this survey, two collection forms are used: OS-
2000 covering ``Houses--Apartments--Mobile Homes,'' and OS-2001 
covering ``Trailer Spaces.''
    This collection of information provides data that is essential for 
DOI and the other Federal agencies to manage GFH in accordance with the 
requirements of OMB Circular A-45 (Revised). If this information were 
not collected from the public, DOI and the other Federal agencies 
providing GFH would be required to use professional real estate 
appraisals of private market rental costs, again, in accordance with 
OMB Circular A-45.

II. Data

    (1) Title: Private Rental Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1084-0033.
    Current Expiration Date: October 31, 2013.
    Type of Review: Information Collection Renewal.
    Affected Entities: Individuals or households, Businesses and other 
for-profit institutions.
    Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,598 for OS-2000 and 285 
for OS-2001.
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    (2) Annual reporting and record keeping burden:
    Total annualized reporting per response: 6 minutes for form OS-2000 
and 4 minutes for form OS-2001.
    Total annualized reporting: 342 hours.
    (3) Description of the need and use of the information: This 
information collection provides the data that enables DOI to determine 
open market rental costs for GFH. These rates in turn enable DOI and 
other Federal agencies to set GFH rental rates in accordance with the 
requirements of OMB Circular A-45 (Revised).
    (4) As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on the information collection was published on May 
5, 2016 (81 FR 27171). No comments were received. This notice provides 
the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on the 
proposed information collection activity.

III. Request for Comments

    The Department of the Interior invites comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques.
    ``Burden'' means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide 
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed 
to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize 
technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able 
to respond to a collection of information, to search

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data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and 
to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
control number.

David D. Alspach,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary, 
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2016-22374 Filed 9-16-16; 8:45 am]
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