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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William W. Matchneer III, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Regulatory Affairs and Manufactured
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 708–6401 (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: Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0233.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
Collection of this information will result
in a better determination of reporting
how Primary Inspection Agencies and
manufacturers request certification
labels, track payment, track production,
refund monies, and report missing or
damaged labels to the Department or its
monitoring contractor.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 2,811. The number of
respondents is 176, the number of
responses is 5,622, the frequency of
response is on occasion, and the burden
hour per response is 6.5.
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Status of the proposed information
collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority:
The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as
amended.
Dated: June 23, 2009.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing—Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5281-N–51]
Housing Choice Voucher Program
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been 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.
Public Housing Authorities (PHA)
apply for funding to assist very lowincome families to lease or purchase
housing. PHAs maintain records on
participant eligibility, unit acceptability,
lease and/or housing assistance
payments, and budget and payment
documentation. In some cases PHAs
voluntarily divest their voucher
programs to a receiving PHA. PHAs may
also project-base a portion of their
vouchers or use their vouchers under
the Homeownership Option.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 30,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2577–0169) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at
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Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or
telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Deitzer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate 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) 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
through 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: Housing Choice
Voucher Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0169.
Form Numbers: HUD–52515, HUD–
52517, HUD–52530–A, HUD–52530–B,
HUD–52530–C, HUD–52531–A, HUD–
52531–B, HUD–52578–B, HUD–52580–
A, HUD–52641, HUD–52641–A, HUD–
52642, HUD–52642–A, HUD–52646,
HUD–52649, HUD–52665, HUD–52667,
HUD–52672, HUD–52681, HUD–52681–
B.
Description of the Need for the
Information and its Proposed Use:
Public Housing Authorities (PHA) apply
for funding to assist very low-income
families to lease or purchase housing.
PHAs maintain records on participant
eligibility, unit acceptability, lease and/
or housing assistance payments, and
budget and payment documentation. In
some cases PHAs voluntarily divest
their voucher programs to a receiving
PHA. PHAs may also project-base a
portion of their vouchers or use their
vouchers under the Homeownership
Option.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion, quarterly, annually.
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Number of
respondents
Annual
responses
492,450
6.129
Reporting Burden ..............................................................................
Total Estimated Burden Hours:
1,071,354.
Status: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: June 24, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5311–N–03]
Buy American Exception Under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), and
implementing guidance of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), this
notice advises that an exception to the
Buy American requirements of the
Recovery Act was determined
applicable to the Boston Housing
Authority’s construction of a project
using Recovery Act funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public Housing
Investments, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC
20410–4000, telephone 202–402–8500
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing- or speech-impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1605(a) of the Recovery Act imposes a
‘‘Buy American’’ requirement on
Recovery Act funds used for a project
for the construction, alteration,
maintenance, or repair of a public
building or public work unless all of the
iron, steel, and manufactured goods
used in the project are produced in the
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United States. Section 1605(b) provides
that the Buy American requirement
shall not apply in any case or category
in which the head of Federal
department or agency finds that: (1)
Applying the Buy American
requirement would be inconsistent with
the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and
the relevant manufactured goods are not
produced in the U.S. in sufficient and
reasonably available quantities or of
satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of
iron, steel, and manufactured goods will
increase the cost of the overall project
by more than 25 percent. Section
1605(c) provides that if the head of a
Federal department or agency makes a
determination pursuant to section
1605(b), the head of the department or
agency shall publish a detailed written
justification in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 1605(c) of
the Recovery Act and OMB’s
implementing guidance published on
April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice
advises the public that, on June 11,
2009, HUD granted the Boston Housing
Authority, upon its request, an
exception to applicability of the Buy
American requirements with respect to
work, using Recovery Act funds, in
connection with the construction of
units for Phase 1B of the Washington
Beech HOPE VI project. Although a final
determination of applicability of the
Buy American requirements to housing
had not been made at the time that HUD
granted the exception, given the
compelling exigencies presented by
BHA in its waiver request (as described
in this notice), HUD considered the
waiver request on the assumption of the
applicability of the Buy American
requirements to the Phase 1B project.
The exception was granted by HUD on
the basis that applicability of the
Recovery Act Buy American
requirements would be inconsistent
with the public interest.
BHA received Recovery Act funds in
the amount of $10 million for
construction of Phase 1B units of the
Washington Beech HOPE VI project. An
award of the HOPE VI funds to BHA
predated BHA’s award of the Recovery
Act funds. BHA notified HUD that it
had procured Trinity Financial as its
development partner in 2007 for the
HOPE VI grant awarded for the
construction of the Phase 1B units.
Because the award of the HOPE VI grant
to BHA was made prior to passage of the
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Recovery Act’s requirements, the
requirements of section 1605(a) were
not included in BHA’s procurement
process. Trinity Financial secured and
selected a general contractor, CWC
Builders, Inc., to build the units in
Phase 1B. This construction contract
between Trinity Financial and CWC was
also negotiated prior to the passage of
the Recovery Act, and accordingly
section 1605 requirements were not
included in the contract. The contract
requires CWC Builders to obtain all
structural steel as soon as possible to
meet the construction deadlines for the
Phase 1B project.
In addition to these contracts entered
into prior to the Recovery Act,
Washington Beech Phase 1B will be
developed by a limited partnership that
includes a tax credit investor, RBC Tax
Credit Equity, LLC (RBC). Prior to
passage of the Recovery Act, Trinity
Financial received a commitment from
RBC to provide equity through the LowIncome Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
program. RBC informed Trinity
Financial and BHA that if the funding
transaction for Phase 1B did not close
and documents were not recorded by
June 15, 2009, RBC would withdraw its
offer to purchase the Phase 1B credits.
Such withdrawal would place Trinity
Financial in the situation of having to
renegotiate the tax credit contribution or
find another equity investor. BHA
advised that delay at this juncture
would imperil the availability of the tax
credits and jeopardize the ability to
complete construction of the Phase 1B
units by the deadline of July 28, 2010.
BHA also advised that, in accordance
with the contracts entered into prior to
enactment of the Recovery Act, CWC
Builders are ready to begin construction
immediately upon the closing that was
scheduled to take place on June 15,
2009. BHA advised that if there is a
delay in the start of construction, jobs
planned by the construction would be
lost.
HUD determined that application of
the Buy American requirements to the
Phase 1B units, given the actions and
contracts that occurred prior to
enactment of the Recovery Act would be
inconsistent with the public interest.
The exception granted is for Phase 1B
units only. It is not applicable to future
construction phases at the Washington
Beech HOPE VI project.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5281-N-51]
Housing Choice Voucher Program
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been 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.
Public Housing Authorities (PHA) apply for funding to assist very
low-income families to lease or purchase housing. PHAs maintain records
on participant eligibility, unit acceptability, lease and/or housing
assistance payments, and budget and payment documentation. In some
cases PHAs voluntarily divest their voucher programs to a receiving
PHA. PHAs may also project-base a portion of their vouchers or use
their vouchers under the Homeownership Option.
DATES: Comments Due Date: July 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2577-0169) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Lillian Deitzer at Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Deitzer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information collection described below.
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
to: (1) Evaluate 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)
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 through 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: Housing Choice Voucher Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0169.
Form Numbers: HUD-52515, HUD-52517, HUD-52530-A, HUD-52530-B, HUD-
52530-C, HUD-52531-A, HUD-52531-B, HUD-52578-B, HUD-52580-A, HUD-52641,
HUD-52641-A, HUD-52642, HUD-52642-A, HUD-52646, HUD-52649, HUD-52665,
HUD-52667, HUD-52672, HUD-52681, HUD-52681-B.
Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:
Public Housing Authorities (PHA) apply for funding to assist very low-
income families to lease or purchase housing. PHAs maintain records on
participant eligibility, unit acceptability, lease and/or housing
assistance payments, and budget and payment documentation. In some
cases PHAs voluntarily divest their voucher programs to a receiving
PHA. PHAs may also project-base a portion of their vouchers or use
their vouchers under the Homeownership Option.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion, quarterly, annually.
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Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
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Reporting Burden.................... 492,450 6.129 0.354 1,071,354
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,071,354.
Status: Revision of currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: June 24, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-15478 Filed 6-29-09; 8:45 am]
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