Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment Public Housing Assessment System Appeals, Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments, 10044-10045 [2011-4030]
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for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050 Presidentially
Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. FR–5487–N–03]
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1954–
DR; Docket ID FEMA–2011–0001]
New Jersey; Amendment No. 1 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of New Jersey (FEMA–1954–DR),
dated February 4, 2011, and related
determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: February 11,
2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Office of Response and
Recovery, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of New Jersey is hereby amended
to include the following areas among
those areas determined to have been
adversely affected by the event declared
a major disaster by the President in his
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SUMMARY:
Atlantic and Cumberland Counties for
Public Assistance.
Atlantic and Cumberland Counties for
emergency protective measures (Category B),
including snow assistance, under the Public
Assistance program for any continuous 48hour period during or proximate to the
incident period.
The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment Public
Housing Assessment System Appeals,
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: April 25,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name/or OMB Control
number and should be sent to: Colette
Pollard, Department Reports
Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4160,
Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone
202.402.3400, (this is not a toll-free
number) or e-mail Ms.
Colette_Pollard@hud.gov. 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. (Other
than the HUD USER information line
and TTY numbers, telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone: 202–
402–4109. (This is not a toll-free
number)
The
Department will submit 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 revised 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: Public Housing
Assessment System Appeals, Technical
Reviews and Database Adjustments.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0257.
1. Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use: Section
502 of the National Affordable Housing
Act of 1990, as amended by the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of
1998 (QHWRA), implements section 6(j)
of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (the Act). Section 6(j) establishes
specific assessment indicators and
directs the Secretary to develop
additional indicators to assess the
management performance of public
housing agencies (PHAs) in all major
areas of management operations. The
four Public Housing Assessment System
(PHAS) indicators under the new
proposed PHAS rule are: Physical
condition; financial condition;
management operations; and Capital
Fund Program. A PHA is designated as
troubled if it fails to perform under the
assessment indicators, or if it is unable
to administer the program for assistance
from the Capital Fund Program.
Pursuant to § 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act,
HUD is required to establish procedures
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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for a PHA to appeal its troubled
designation. The proposed PHAS
interim rule at § 902.69 provides the
opportunity for a PHA to appeal its
troubled designation, petition for the
removal of troubled designation, or
appeal its score.
The proposed PHAS interim rule at
§ 902.68 affords PHAs the opportunity
to request a technical review of its
physical condition inspection or, at
§ 902.24, a database adjustment if
certain conditions are present. A
technical review of the physical
condition inspection may be requested
if a PHA believes that an objectively
verifiable and material error(s) occurred
in the inspection of an individual
property. A database adjustment may be
requested by a PHA due to facts and
circumstances affecting a project which
are not reflected in the physical
condition inspection or which are
reflected inappropriately in the physical
condition inspection.
HUD uses the data it collects from
program participants (PHAs) to evaluate
the four individual PHAS indicators and
to determine an overall PHAS score for
each PHA, and to determine the
physical condition scores for individual
projects. The overall PHAS score
determines if a PHA’s performance is
high, standard, substandard or troubled,
including Capital Fund Program
troubled. PHAs may request an appeal
of its overall PHAS score, or a technical
review or database adjustment of their
physical condition score. These requests
are submitted by letter from the PHA to
HUD, and the letter includes
documentation to justify the request.
HUD reviews the request and
accompanying documentation, and
makes a determination as to whether to
grant or deny the request based on what
the PHA has submitted. These
information collections are described in
the proposed PHAS interim rule, with
thorough definitions of each request.
The granting of an appeal, technical
review or database adjustment may
change a PHA’s designation, usually to
a higher level.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of affected public: Public
housing agencies.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents: 1,700 respondents
annually with 1 response per
respondent. Average time per response
for each form is 5.2 hours and total
annual burden hours is 8,840.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
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Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: November 22, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Office
of Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5480–N–13]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; ‘‘eLogic
Model’’ Grant Performance Report
Standard
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information
Collection.
AGENCY:
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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 25,
2011.
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number {2535–0114} and
should be sent to: Barbara Dorf,
Director, Office of Departmental Grants
Management and Oversight, Department
or Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 3156,
Washington, DC 20410 or e-mail at
Barbara.Dorf@hud.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Collette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
Southwest, Washington, DC 20410;
e-mail Collete.Pollard@HUD.gov; or
Dorthera Yorkshire, Senior Program
Analyst Office of Departmental Grants
Management and Oversight at
Dorthera.Yorkshire@hud.gov for copies
of the proposed forms and other
available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit 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
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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: ’’eLogic Model’’
Grant Performance Report Standard’’.
OMB Approval Number: 2535–0114.
Form Number: The agency form
number is HUD 96010, each program
utilizing the Logic Model will have the
same form number and the Program
Name following the number to associate
the logic model to the specific program.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
revised form, which is an attachment to
HUD Federal Financial Assistance
applications. HUD uses standardized
points for evaluating Logic Models
submitted under Rating Factor 5,
Achieving Results and Program
Evaluation for programs using the Logic
Model. The decision to standardize the
basis for rating the Logic Model resulted
from review of submitted Logic Models
and rating factor narrative statements,
and training sessions held with HUD
staff and the applicant community. By
standardizing the rating for the Logic
Model submission, HUD believes that a
greater understanding will be gained on
the use and relationship of the Logic
Model to information submitted as part
of the Rating Factors for award. The
standardization of the Logic Model
submission in Rating Factor 5 highlights
the relationship between the narratives
produced in response to the factors for
award, stated outputs and outcomes,
and discrepancies or gaps that have
been found to exist in submitted Logic
Models. HUD also believes that the
standardization will strengthen the use
of the Logic Model as a management
and evaluation tool. The Logic Model is
a tool that integrates program operations
and program accountability. It links
program operations (mission, need,
intervention, projected results, and
actual results), and program
accountability (measurement tool, data
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5487-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
Public Housing Assessment System Appeals, Technical Reviews and
Database Adjustments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, 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: April 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Department
Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202.402.3400, (this is not a
toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. Colette_Pollard@hud.gov. 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. (Other than the HUD USER information line and TTY numbers,
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room
2206), Washington, DC 20410; telephone: 202-402-4109. (This is not a
toll-free number)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 revised 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: Public Housing Assessment System Appeals,
Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0257.
1. Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use:
Section 502 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended
by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA),
implements section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the
Act). Section 6(j) establishes specific assessment indicators and
directs the Secretary to develop additional indicators to assess the
management performance of public housing agencies (PHAs) in all major
areas of management operations. The four Public Housing Assessment
System (PHAS) indicators under the new proposed PHAS rule are: Physical
condition; financial condition; management operations; and Capital Fund
Program. A PHA is designated as troubled if it fails to perform under
the assessment indicators, or if it is unable to administer the program
for assistance from the Capital Fund Program.
Pursuant to Sec. 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, HUD is required to
establish procedures
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for a PHA to appeal its troubled designation. The proposed PHAS interim
rule at Sec. 902.69 provides the opportunity for a PHA to appeal its
troubled designation, petition for the removal of troubled designation,
or appeal its score.
The proposed PHAS interim rule at Sec. 902.68 affords PHAs the
opportunity to request a technical review of its physical condition
inspection or, at Sec. 902.24, a database adjustment if certain
conditions are present. A technical review of the physical condition
inspection may be requested if a PHA believes that an objectively
verifiable and material error(s) occurred in the inspection of an
individual property. A database adjustment may be requested by a PHA
due to facts and circumstances affecting a project which are not
reflected in the physical condition inspection or which are reflected
inappropriately in the physical condition inspection.
HUD uses the data it collects from program participants (PHAs) to
evaluate the four individual PHAS indicators and to determine an
overall PHAS score for each PHA, and to determine the physical
condition scores for individual projects. The overall PHAS score
determines if a PHA's performance is high, standard, substandard or
troubled, including Capital Fund Program troubled. PHAs may request an
appeal of its overall PHAS score, or a technical review or database
adjustment of their physical condition score. These requests are
submitted by letter from the PHA to HUD, and the letter includes
documentation to justify the request. HUD reviews the request and
accompanying documentation, and makes a determination as to whether to
grant or deny the request based on what the PHA has submitted. These
information collections are described in the proposed PHAS interim
rule, with thorough definitions of each request. The granting of an
appeal, technical review or database adjustment may change a PHA's
designation, usually to a higher level.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of affected public: Public housing agencies.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents: 1,700
respondents annually with 1 response per respondent. Average time per
response for each form is 5.2 hours and total annual burden hours is
8,840.
Status of the proposed information collection: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 22, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Office of Policy, Programs and
Legislative Initiatives.
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