Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Emergency Comment Request; Multifamily Weatherization Certification, 27806-27807 [2010-11736]
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Status: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: May 10, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–11738 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5376–N–38]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB
Emergency Comment Request;
Multifamily Weatherization
Certification
AGENCY:
Office of the Deputy Secretary,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Department is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 1,
2010.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within fourteen (14) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name/or
OMB approval number and should be
sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; e-mail: OIRA_Submission
@omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Freedberg, Office of Sustainable
Housing and Communities, Room
10180. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail:
Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov; telephone
(202) 402–4366 or fax (202) 708–0465.
This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB
may be obtained from Mr. Freedberg.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice is soliciting comments from
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
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collection of information to enable HUD
to identify additional multifamily
public and assisted housing properties
or buildings that meet the income
guidelines for DOE’s Weatherization
Assistance Program.
On January 25, 2010, the Department
of Energy (DOE) published a regulation
in the Federal Register that is intended
to reduce the review and verification
burden related to income eligibility and
certain operational requirements under
the DOE Weatherization Assistance
Program (‘‘weatherization program’’) for
certain properties identified by HUD.
The January 25 rule was developed to
address significant additional funding
appropriated by Congress for the
weatherization program under the
American Recovery and Revitalization
Act of 2009 (‘‘Recovery Act’’). Under the
new rule, if a public housing, assisted
multi-family or Low Income Housing
Tax Credit (LIHTC) building is
identified by HUD and included on a
list or lists published by DOE, that
building meets DOE’s weatherization
program income requirements without
the need for further evaluation or
verification, and may meet certain other
program requirements.
A minimum requirement for inclusion
on these lists is that at least 66 percent
of the residents of the building (50
percent for 2–4 unit buildings) must
meet DOE’s income eligibility
requirement, which is currently set at
200 percent of the federal poverty level,
or, if a state chooses, 60 percent of the
State’s median income.
The DOE Final Rule requires that each
building within a project meet the
income qualification requirements in
order to be included on the published
eligibility list, whereas HUD records for
assisted properties are at generally at the
property or project level—which may
contain more than one building. The
initial list of properties provided by
HUD to DOE contains properties that
HUD was able to verify income
eligibility for participation by utilizing
existing available information.
The buildings HUD was able to
provide to DOE for inclusion on the
initial lists were: (1) Projects/properties
that consist of a single building, where
at least 66 percent of the residents meet
DOE’s income requirements; and (2)
projects/properties with more than one
building where 100 percent of the
project/property’s residents meet DOE’s
income requirements.
A number of property owners have
subsequently contacted HUD to request
that properties not included on these
initial lists be checked as to their
eligibility. In order to enable HUD to
verify additional buildings within
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projects/properties that may meet DOE’s
income guidelines, additional
information is needed. Property owners
may e-mail HUD at
energyaction@hud.gov with a list of
projects that the property owner
believes should be included on the next
published list of eligible buildings. For
each property, a certification from the
owner with the following information
must be provided:
a. Property/Project ID number and
address;
b. Number of individual buildings
within that project/property;
c. List of addresses for each building,
and the number of units in each
building; and
d. For multiple buildings that share
the same address, the apartment or unit
addresses.
HUD will review the income
information for those addresses
associated with each building identified
in the certification. If, utilizing this
information, HUD is able to determine
that an individual building within a
project/property is income-eligible
according to DOE requirements, HUD
will provide that building to DOE for
posting on DOE’s Web site.
Alternatively, if, with the additional
information supplied, HUD is able to
determine that all buildings within the
project meet DOE’s income
requirements, the entire project/
property will be forwarded to DOE for
posting on DOE’s Web site. The
additional buildings and projects will be
posted as a quarterly addendum to the
DOE Lists.
This Emergency Comment Request
meets Paperwork Reduction Act
requirements for emergency processing
as outlined in 5 CFR 1320.13. The
emergency processing is related to the
rapid obligation and expenditure
deadlines established by the Recovery
Act, and are therefore extremely time
sensitive. HUD cannot reasonably
comply with normal clearance
procedures, because potential
multifamily applicants will be placed at
a competitive disadvantage in applying
for weatherization program funds
appropriated by Congress under the
Recovery Act if normal clearance
procedures are followed.
The opportunity to take advantage of
the funds is essential to the objectives
of the partnership established between
HUD and DOE for this purpose, and to
enable potential multifamily applicants
to lower utility costs for low-income
residents with these funds.
Further, emergency processing is
essential in order to enable HUD to
respond in a timely fashion to requests
that have already been received from
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owners of public housing and assisted
housing properties to have HUD review
this information for the purpose of
identifying these properties as meeting
certain requirements for the
weatherization program. Demand for the
weatherization funds is very high, and
long waiting lists already exist in many
states for these funds; absent emergency
processing of this information request,
these individuals are likely to be placed
at a competitive disadvantage in
applying for Recovery Act
weatherization assistance funding, since
HUD is otherwise unable to identify
these buildings or properties as meeting
these requirements under the expedited
procedures described in the DOE
January 25, 2010 rule.
Failure to secure the information in a
timely fashion may delay the ability of
potential weatherization program grant
recipients to apply for Recovery Act
weatherization funds under the
streamlined procedures envisioned in
the DOE rule.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Multifamily
Weatherization Certification.
Description of Information Collection:
Certification to be provided by owners
of public housing and assisted housing
multifamily properties to enable HUD to
identify additional properties or
buildings that meet requirements of
DOE’s Weatherization Assistance
Program, in addition to those properties
already posted on DOE’s Web site.
OMB Control Number: 2501—
Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Public
Housing Authorities, Owners of HUDassisted multifamily properties.
Estimation of the Total Numbers of
Hours Needed to Prepare the
Information Collection Including
Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Responses, and Hours of Responses:
The estimated number of respondents is
100, and the number of responses is 1.
There will be in total, approximately
100 total responses. The total reporting
burden is 50 hours.
Status of the Proposed Information
Collection: New collection of
information.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
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Dated: May 11, 2010.
Leroy McKinney,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–11736 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5376–N–37]
Uniform Physical Standards & Physical
Inspection Requirements
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.
All multifamily properties with
Section 8 project based assistance or
housing with HUD insured or HUD Held
mortgages or Housing that is receiving
insurance from HUD must be inspected
regularly. Entities responsible for
conducting physical inspections of the
properties are HUD, the lender or the
owner. Owners/Agents which have been
cited with Exigent Health and Safety
(EH&S) deficiencies must certify that
(EH&S) deficiencies noted during the
inspections have been repaired. This
information is intended to ensure that
HUD Program Participants maintain
HUD properties in a condition that is
decent, safe, sanitary, and in good
repair.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17,
2010
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2502–0369) 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:
Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy
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McKinney Jr. at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov or telephone
(202) 402–5564. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Mr. McKinney.
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: Uniform Physical
Standards & Physical Inspection
Requirements.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0369.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Its Proposed Use: All
multifamily properties with Section 8
project based assistance or housing with
HUD insured or HUD Held mortgages or
Housing that is receiving insurance from
HUD must be inspected regularly.
Entities responsible for conducting
physical inspections of the properties
are HUD, the lender or the owner.
Owners/Agents which have been cited
with Exigent Health and Safety (EH&S)
deficiencies must certify that (EH&S)
deficiencies noted during the
inspections have been repaired. This
information is intended to ensure that
HUD Program Participants maintain
HUD properties in a condition that is
decent, safe, sanitary, and in good
repair.
Frequency of Submission: Annually,
Semi Annually, Every 3 years.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5376-N-38]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Emergency Comment Request; Multifamily Weatherization Certification
AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (14) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; e-mail: OIRA--Submission @omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Freedberg, Office of
Sustainable Housing and Communities, Room 10180. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410;
e-mail: Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov; telephone (202) 402-4366 or fax
(202) 708-0465. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Freedberg.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice is soliciting comments from
members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to enable HUD to identify additional
multifamily public and assisted housing properties or buildings that
meet the income guidelines for DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program.
On January 25, 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a
regulation in the Federal Register that is intended to reduce the
review and verification burden related to income eligibility and
certain operational requirements under the DOE Weatherization
Assistance Program (``weatherization program'') for certain properties
identified by HUD.
The January 25 rule was developed to address significant additional
funding appropriated by Congress for the weatherization program under
the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009 (``Recovery
Act''). Under the new rule, if a public housing, assisted multi-family
or Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) building is identified by HUD
and included on a list or lists published by DOE, that building meets
DOE's weatherization program income requirements without the need for
further evaluation or verification, and may meet certain other program
requirements.
A minimum requirement for inclusion on these lists is that at least
66 percent of the residents of the building (50 percent for 2-4 unit
buildings) must meet DOE's income eligibility requirement, which is
currently set at 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or, if a
state chooses, 60 percent of the State's median income.
The DOE Final Rule requires that each building within a project
meet the income qualification requirements in order to be included on
the published eligibility list, whereas HUD records for assisted
properties are at generally at the property or project level--which may
contain more than one building. The initial list of properties provided
by HUD to DOE contains properties that HUD was able to verify income
eligibility for participation by utilizing existing available
information.
The buildings HUD was able to provide to DOE for inclusion on the
initial lists were: (1) Projects/properties that consist of a single
building, where at least 66 percent of the residents meet DOE's income
requirements; and (2) projects/properties with more than one building
where 100 percent of the project/property's residents meet DOE's income
requirements.
A number of property owners have subsequently contacted HUD to
request that properties not included on these initial lists be checked
as to their eligibility. In order to enable HUD to verify additional
buildings within projects/properties that may meet DOE's income
guidelines, additional information is needed. Property owners may e-
mail HUD at energyaction@hud.gov with a list of projects that the
property owner believes should be included on the next published list
of eligible buildings. For each property, a certification from the
owner with the following information must be provided:
a. Property/Project ID number and address;
b. Number of individual buildings within that project/property;
c. List of addresses for each building, and the number of units in
each building; and
d. For multiple buildings that share the same address, the
apartment or unit addresses.
HUD will review the income information for those addresses
associated with each building identified in the certification. If,
utilizing this information, HUD is able to determine that an individual
building within a project/property is income-eligible according to DOE
requirements, HUD will provide that building to DOE for posting on
DOE's Web site. Alternatively, if, with the additional information
supplied, HUD is able to determine that all buildings within the
project meet DOE's income requirements, the entire project/property
will be forwarded to DOE for posting on DOE's Web site. The additional
buildings and projects will be posted as a quarterly addendum to the
DOE Lists.
This Emergency Comment Request meets Paperwork Reduction Act
requirements for emergency processing as outlined in 5 CFR 1320.13. The
emergency processing is related to the rapid obligation and expenditure
deadlines established by the Recovery Act, and are therefore extremely
time sensitive. HUD cannot reasonably comply with normal clearance
procedures, because potential multifamily applicants will be placed at
a competitive disadvantage in applying for weatherization program funds
appropriated by Congress under the Recovery Act if normal clearance
procedures are followed.
The opportunity to take advantage of the funds is essential to the
objectives of the partnership established between HUD and DOE for this
purpose, and to enable potential multifamily applicants to lower
utility costs for low-income residents with these funds.
Further, emergency processing is essential in order to enable HUD
to respond in a timely fashion to requests that have already been
received from
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owners of public housing and assisted housing properties to have HUD
review this information for the purpose of identifying these properties
as meeting certain requirements for the weatherization program. Demand
for the weatherization funds is very high, and long waiting lists
already exist in many states for these funds; absent emergency
processing of this information request, these individuals are likely to
be placed at a competitive disadvantage in applying for Recovery Act
weatherization assistance funding, since HUD is otherwise unable to
identify these buildings or properties as meeting these requirements
under the expedited procedures described in the DOE January 25, 2010
rule.
Failure to secure the information in a timely fashion may delay the
ability of potential weatherization program grant recipients to apply
for Recovery Act weatherization funds under the streamlined procedures
envisioned in the DOE rule.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Multifamily Weatherization Certification.
Description of Information Collection: Certification to be provided
by owners of public housing and assisted housing multifamily properties
to enable HUD to identify additional properties or buildings that meet
requirements of DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program, in addition to
those properties already posted on DOE's Web site.
OMB Control Number: 2501--Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Public Housing Authorities, Owners of
HUD-assisted multifamily properties.
Estimation of the Total Numbers of Hours Needed to Prepare the
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of
Responses, and Hours of Responses: The estimated number of respondents
is 100, and the number of responses is 1. There will be in total,
approximately 100 total responses. The total reporting burden is 50
hours.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New collection of
information.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 11, 2010.
Leroy McKinney,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-11736 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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