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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5091–N–01]
Notice of Proposed Information;
Collection: Comment Request;
Maintenance Wage Rate
Recommendation, and Maintenance
Wage Survey; and Report of Additional
Classification and Wage Rate
Office of Departmental
Operations and Coordination, Office of
Labor Relations, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 2,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room
8001, Washington, DC 20410 or
Lillian_L._Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade
Banks, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of
Labor Relations, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708–0370, Ext. 5475
(this is not a toll-free number) for copies
of the proposed forms and other
available information.
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
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the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Maintenance Wage
Rate Recommendation; Maintenance
Wage Survey; Report of Additional
Classification and Wage Rate.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2501–0011.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Public
housing agencies (PHAs), Triballydesignated housing entities (TDHEs),
and the Department of Hawaiian
Homelands (DHHL) are required to
ensure that maintenance laborers and
mechanics employed in the operation of
HUD-assisted low-income or affordable
housing are paid no less than prevailing
wages that are determined or adopted by
HUD (section 12(a), U.S. Housing Act of
1937, as amended; sections 104(b) and
805(b) of the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996, as amended). Except that,
TDHEs may, at their discretion,
implement tribally determined
prevailing maintenance wage rates
which would apply in place of HUDdetermined or -adopted wage rates.
HUD determines or adopts a schedule
of prevailing maintenance wage rates for
each PHA, TDHE (except for those
TDHEs that implement triballydetermined prevailing wage rates), and
the DHHL, annually, coinciding with
the agency’s fiscal year. In order to
ensure that the wage rates are reflective
of current economic conditions, HUD
requests that each PHA, TDHE and the
DHHL submit a recommendation of
prevailing wage rates for HUD
consideration. PHA, TDHE, and DHHL
recommendations may be based on a
wide variety of economic indicators
including, at the discretion of the PHA,
TDHE, or DHHL, the results of a wage
survey that the PHA, TDHE or DHHL
may conduct of maintenance employers
in their operating jurisdiction. In
addition, HUD may conduct a
maintenance wage rate survey in the
absence of a PHA/TDHE/DHHL
recommendation or to evaluate a
recommendation that has been provided
by a PHA, TDHE or DHHL.
In order to assist PHAs, TDHEs and
the DHHL to submit prevailing wage
rate recommendations and, if they
choose, to conduct and evaluate the
results of a maintenance wage survey,
and to assist HUD personnel in the
conduct and evaluation of a
maintenance wage survey, HUD
proposes to institute three forms:
Maintenance Wage Rate
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Recommendation; Maintenance Wage
Rate Survey Summary; and a Survey of
Maintenance Wage Rates. PHA, TDHE
or DHHL submission of a
recommendation is highly encouraged
by HUD. In the absence of an agency
recommendation, HUD will issue a
prevailing wage rate schedule based
upon its own actions, which may
include a maintenance wage survey
conducted by HUD. Participation in any
maintenance wage survey conducted by
a PHA, TDHE, DHHL, or HUD, is
voluntary on the part of maintenance
employers. Maintenance wage rate
recommendations, survey summaries
and survey responses must be retained
by PHAs, TDHEs, the DHHL, and HUD
to document compliance with the
statutory labor standards provisions.
Agencies, contractors and
subcontractors engaged on HUD-assisted
construction and maintenance projects
subject to Federal labor standards must
pay no less than the wages determined
to be prevailing by the Secretary of
Labor (for construction work) or
determined to be prevailing by the
Secretary of HUD (for maintenance
work) to all laborers and mechanics
engaged on such work. Occasionally,
the applicable wage decision schedule
does not contain a prevailing wage rate
for all classifications of work needed to
complete the project. In such cases, the
employer that will utilize the
classification(s) missing from the wage
decision must propose a wage rate for
such classification(s) for the
consideration of the Department of
Labor (DOL) or HUD, as the case may
be. The employer must submit its
request in writing; there is no form
specified or required for employer
submissions. HUD and local agencies
that administer HUD-assisted projects
use the form HUD–4230A to record and
submit employer additional
classification and wage rate requests to
DOL, when DOL approval is required.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
To be assigned for Maintenance Wage
Rate Recommendation, Maintenance
Wage Survey Summary, and Survey of
Maintenance Wage Rates; HUD–4230A
for Report of Additional Classification
and Wage Rate.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
Number of respondents
Item
Maintenance Wage Recommendation ........................................................................................
Survey Summary .........................................................................................................................
Survey Form Agency Evaluation .................................................................................................
Survey Form Employer Response ..............................................................................................
Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................................
Additional Classification and Wage Rate ....................................................................................
Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................................
3,392
1,696
20,352
20,352
3,392
700
700
Amount of
time required
(hours)
Total time required/annum
(hours)
4
4
8
4
1
2
1
Total Annual Burden .............................................................................................................
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is a revision of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: July 21, 2006.
Inez Banks-Dubose,
Director, Office of Departmental Operations
and Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4917–N–08]
Mortgage and Loan Insurance
Programs Under the National Housing
Act—Debenture Interest Rates
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces
changes in the interest rates to be paid
on debentures issued with respect to a
loan or mortgage insured by the Federal
Housing Administration under the
provisions of the National Housing Act
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(the Act). The interest rate for
debentures issued under section
221(g)(4) of the Act during the 6-month
period beginning July 1, 2006, is 53⁄4
percent. The interest rate for debentures
issued under any other provision of the
Act is the rate in effect on the date that
the commitment to insure the loan or
mortgage was issued, or the date that the
loan or mortgage was endorsed (or
initially endorsed if there are two or
more endorsements) for insurance,
whichever rate is higher. The interest
rate for debentures issued under these
other provisions with respect to a loan
or mortgage committed or endorsed
during the 6-month period beginning
July 1, 2006, is 53⁄8 percent. However, as
a result of an amendment to section 224
of the Act, if an insurance claim relating
to a mortgage insured under sections
203 or 234 of the Act and endorsed for
insurance after January 23, 2004, is paid
in cash, the debenture interest rate for
purposes of calculating a claim shall be
the monthly average yield, for the
month in which the default on the
mortgage occurred, on United States
Treasury Securities adjusted to a
constant maturity of 10 years.
L.
Richard Keyser, Department of Housing
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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6,784
162,816
81,408
3,392
1,400
700
270,068
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 2232, Washington,
DC 20410–8000; telephone (202) 755–
7500 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339.
Section
224 of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715o) provides that debentures
issued under the Act with respect to an
insured loan or mortgage (except for
debentures issued pursuant to section
221(g)(4) of the Act) will bear interest at
the rate in effect on the date the
commitment to insure the loan or
mortgage was issued, or the date the
loan or mortgage was endorsed (or
initially endorsed if there are two or
more endorsements) for insurance,
whichever rate is higher. This provision
is implemented in HUD’s regulations at
24 CFR 203.405, 203.479, 207.259(e)(6),
and 220.830. These regulatory
provisions state that the applicable rates
of interest will be published twice each
year as a notice in the Federal Register.
Section 224 further provides that the
interest rate on these debentures will be
set from time to time by the Secretary
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5091-N-01]
Notice of Proposed Information; Collection: Comment Request;
Maintenance Wage Rate Recommendation, and Maintenance Wage Survey; and
Report of Additional Classification and Wage Rate
AGENCY: Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination, Office of
Labor Relations, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 2, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Reports
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC
20410 or Lillian--L.--Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jade Banks, Senior Policy Advisor,
Office of Labor Relations, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0370,
Ext. 5475 (this is not a toll-free number) for copies of the proposed
forms and other available information.
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
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Maintenance Wage Rate Recommendation;
Maintenance Wage Survey; Report of Additional Classification and Wage
Rate.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0011.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Public housing agencies (PHAs), Tribally-designated housing entities
(TDHEs), and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) are required
to ensure that maintenance laborers and mechanics employed in the
operation of HUD-assisted low-income or affordable housing are paid no
less than prevailing wages that are determined or adopted by HUD
(section 12(a), U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended; sections 104(b)
and 805(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, as amended). Except that, TDHEs may, at
their discretion, implement tribally determined prevailing maintenance
wage rates which would apply in place of HUD-determined or -adopted
wage rates.
HUD determines or adopts a schedule of prevailing maintenance wage
rates for each PHA, TDHE (except for those TDHEs that implement
tribally-determined prevailing wage rates), and the DHHL, annually,
coinciding with the agency's fiscal year. In order to ensure that the
wage rates are reflective of current economic conditions, HUD requests
that each PHA, TDHE and the DHHL submit a recommendation of prevailing
wage rates for HUD consideration. PHA, TDHE, and DHHL recommendations
may be based on a wide variety of economic indicators including, at the
discretion of the PHA, TDHE, or DHHL, the results of a wage survey that
the PHA, TDHE or DHHL may conduct of maintenance employers in their
operating jurisdiction. In addition, HUD may conduct a maintenance wage
rate survey in the absence of a PHA/TDHE/DHHL recommendation or to
evaluate a recommendation that has been provided by a PHA, TDHE or
DHHL.
In order to assist PHAs, TDHEs and the DHHL to submit prevailing
wage rate recommendations and, if they choose, to conduct and evaluate
the results of a maintenance wage survey, and to assist HUD personnel
in the conduct and evaluation of a maintenance wage survey, HUD
proposes to institute three forms: Maintenance Wage Rate
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Recommendation; Maintenance Wage Rate Survey Summary; and a Survey of
Maintenance Wage Rates. PHA, TDHE or DHHL submission of a
recommendation is highly encouraged by HUD. In the absence of an agency
recommendation, HUD will issue a prevailing wage rate schedule based
upon its own actions, which may include a maintenance wage survey
conducted by HUD. Participation in any maintenance wage survey
conducted by a PHA, TDHE, DHHL, or HUD, is voluntary on the part of
maintenance employers. Maintenance wage rate recommendations, survey
summaries and survey responses must be retained by PHAs, TDHEs, the
DHHL, and HUD to document compliance with the statutory labor standards
provisions.
Agencies, contractors and subcontractors engaged on HUD-assisted
construction and maintenance projects subject to Federal labor
standards must pay no less than the wages determined to be prevailing
by the Secretary of Labor (for construction work) or determined to be
prevailing by the Secretary of HUD (for maintenance work) to all
laborers and mechanics engaged on such work. Occasionally, the
applicable wage decision schedule does not contain a prevailing wage
rate for all classifications of work needed to complete the project. In
such cases, the employer that will utilize the classification(s)
missing from the wage decision must propose a wage rate for such
classification(s) for the consideration of the Department of Labor
(DOL) or HUD, as the case may be. The employer must submit its request
in writing; there is no form specified or required for employer
submissions. HUD and local agencies that administer HUD-assisted
projects use the form HUD-4230A to record and submit employer
additional classification and wage rate requests to DOL, when DOL
approval is required.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: To be assigned for Maintenance
Wage Rate Recommendation, Maintenance Wage Survey Summary, and Survey
of Maintenance Wage Rates; HUD-4230A for Report of Additional
Classification and Wage Rate.
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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Amount of time Total time
Item Number of required required/annum
respondents (hours) (hours)
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Maintenance Wage Recommendation................................. 3,392 4 13,568
Survey Summary.................................................. 1,696 4 6,784
Survey Form Agency Evaluation................................... 20,352 8 162,816
Survey Form Employer Response................................... 20,352 4 81,408
Recordkeeping................................................... 3,392 1 3,392
Additional Classification and Wage Rate......................... 700 2 1,400
Recordkeeping................................................... 700 1 700
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Total Annual Burden......................................... .............. .............. 270,068
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Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision
of a currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: July 21, 2006.
Inez Banks-Dubose,
Director, Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination.
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