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Dated: September 21, 2011.
Sunday Aigbe,
Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office
of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Vessel Entrance or
Clearance Statement
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for
comments; Extension of an existing
collection of information: 1651–0019.
AGENCY:
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Homeland Security will be submitting
the following information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act: Vessel Entrance or
Clearance Statement (CBP Form 1300).
This is a proposed extension of an
information collection that was
previously approved. CBP is proposing
that this information collection be
extended with no change to the burden
hours. This document is published to
obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. This proposed
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register (76
FR 39114) on July 5, 2011, allowing for
a 60-day comment period. One
comment was received. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments. This process is
conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before October 27, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
this proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs
and Border Protection, Department of
Homeland Security, and sent via
electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 799 9th Street,
NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–
1177, at 202–325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13;
44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments
should address: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including
the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e) the
annual costs burden to respondents or
record keepers from the collection of
information (a total capital/startup costs
and operations and maintenance costs).
The comments that are submitted will
be summarized and included in the CBP
request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
In this document CBP is soliciting
comments concerning the following
information collection:
Title: Vessel Entrance or Clearance
Statement.
OMB Number: 1651–0019.
Form Number: CBP Form 1300.
Abstract: CBP Form 1300, Vessel
Entrance or Clearance Statement, is
used to collect essential commercial
vessel data at time of formal entrance
and clearance in U.S. ports. The form
allows the master to attest to the
truthfulness of all CBP forms associated
with the manifest package, and collects
detailed information on the vessel,
cargo, purpose of entrance, certificate
numbers and expiration for various
certificates. It also serves as a record of
fees and tonnage tax payments in order
to prevent overpayments. CBP Form
1300 was developed through agreement
by the United Nations
Intergovernmental Maritime
Consultative Organization (IMCO) in
conjunction with the United States and
various other countries. The form was
developed as a single form to replace
the numerous other forms used by
various countries for the entrance and
clearance of vessels. CBP Form 1300 is
authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1431, 1433, and
1434, and provided for by 19 CFR 4.7–
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4.9. This form is accessible at https://
forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_1300.pdf.
Current Actions: CBP proposes to
extend the expiration date of this
information collection with no change
to the burden hours or to the
information being collected.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 22.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
264,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 132,000.
Dated: September 22, 2011.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5480–N–97]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB
Housing Choice Voucher Program
Administrative Fee Study Pretest
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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.
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program is the federal government’s
largest low-income housing assistance
program. As of 2010, the Housing
Choice Voucher program serves more
than 2 million households, at a total
subsidy cost of $18.2 billion per year.
The HCV program is administered
federally by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development and
locally by approximately 2,400 local,
state, and regional housing agencies,
known collectively as public housing
agencies (PHAs). Funding for the HCV
program is provided entirely by the
federal government. The funding that
PHAs receive includes the housing
subsidy itself, plus administrative fees
to cover the costs of running the
SUMMARY:
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program. When the voucher program
was first implemented in the 1970s, the
system for reimbursing PHAs for the
costs of program administration was
loosely based on empirical evidence.
Over time, however, the system for
estimating and allocating fees has
become more complex and—in some
ways—more arbitrary, as HUD and
Congress have tried to balance fairness
with cost savings, while trying to avoid
large year-to-year swings in funding for
PHA staffs. The Housing Choice
Voucher Program Administrative Fee
Study is designed to evaluate the
amount of funding needed to administer
the voucher program based on direct
measurement of the work actually
performed by voucher administrators.
The study will measure and identify the
tasks performed by PHA staff to meet
program requirements, to assist voucher
holders in finding and renting suitable
housing in a timely way, and to ensure
that a broad range of affordable rental
housing throughout the community is
available to voucher families. The study
will identify the costs involved in each
task, including salaries, benefits, and
overhead. Ultimately, the findings of the
study will be used to inform the
development of a new formula for
allocating HCV program administrative
fees.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: October 27,
2011.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2528–0267) 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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
ADDRESSES:
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410;
e-mail Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; or telephone
(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
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 Administrative Fee
Study Pretest.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0267.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the
Information and its Proposed Use: The
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program
is the federal government’s largest lowincome housing assistance program. As
of 2010, the Housing Choice Voucher
program serves more than 2 million
households, at a total subsidy cost of
$18.2 billion per year. The HCV
program is administered federally by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development and locally by
approximately 2,400 local, state, and
regional housing agencies, known
collectively as public housing agencies
(PHAs). Funding for the HCV program is
provided entirely by the federal
government. The funding that PHAs
receive includes the housing subsidy
itself, plus administrative fees to cover
the costs of running the program. When
the voucher program was first
implemented in the 1970s, the system
for reimbursing PHAs for the costs of
program administration was loosely
based on empirical evidence. Over time,
however, the system for estimating and
allocating fees has become more
complex and—in some ways—more
arbitrary, as HUD and Congress have
tried to balance fairness with cost
savings, while trying to avoid large yearto-year swings in funding for PHA staffs.
The Housing Choice Voucher Program
Administrative Fee Study is designed to
evaluate the amount of funding needed
to administer the voucher program
based on direct measurement of the
work actually performed by voucher
administrators. The study will measure
and identify the tasks performed by
PHA staff to meet program
requirements, to assist voucher holders
in finding and renting suitable housing
in a timely way, and to ensure that a
broad range of affordable rental housing
throughout the community is available
to voucher families. The study will
identify the costs involved in each task,
including salaries, benefits, and
overhead. Ultimately, the findings of the
study will be used to inform the
development of a new formula for
allocating HCV program administrative
fees.
Frequency of Submission: Annually.
Number of
respondents
Annual
responses
12
294
Reporting Burden ..............................................................................
Hours per
response
×
=
0.348
Burden hours
1,248
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,248.
Status: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: September 22, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5480-N-97]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Fee Study Pretest
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.
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal
government's largest low-income housing assistance program. As of 2010,
the Housing Choice Voucher program serves more than 2 million
households, at a total subsidy cost of $18.2 billion per year. The HCV
program is administered federally by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development and locally by approximately 2,400 local, state, and
regional housing agencies, known collectively as public housing
agencies (PHAs). Funding for the HCV program is provided entirely by
the federal government. The funding that PHAs receive includes the
housing subsidy itself, plus administrative fees to cover the costs of
running the
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program. When the voucher program was first implemented in the 1970s,
the system for reimbursing PHAs for the costs of program administration
was loosely based on empirical evidence. Over time, however, the system
for estimating and allocating fees has become more complex and--in some
ways--more arbitrary, as HUD and Congress have tried to balance
fairness with cost savings, while trying to avoid large year-to-year
swings in funding for PHA staffs. The Housing Choice Voucher Program
Administrative Fee Study is designed to evaluate the amount of funding
needed to administer the voucher program based on direct measurement of
the work actually performed by voucher administrators. The study will
measure and identify the tasks performed by PHA staff to meet program
requirements, to assist voucher holders in finding and renting suitable
housing in a timely way, and to ensure that a broad range of affordable
rental housing throughout the community is available to voucher
families. The study will identify the costs involved in each task,
including salaries, benefits, and overhead. Ultimately, the findings of
the study will be used to inform the development of a new formula for
allocating HCV program administrative fees.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 27, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2528-0267) 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; or telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Pollard.
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 Administrative
Fee Study Pretest.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0267.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government's
largest low-income housing assistance program. As of 2010, the Housing
Choice Voucher program serves more than 2 million households, at a
total subsidy cost of $18.2 billion per year. The HCV program is
administered federally by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development and locally by approximately 2,400 local, state, and
regional housing agencies, known collectively as public housing
agencies (PHAs). Funding for the HCV program is provided entirely by
the federal government. The funding that PHAs receive includes the
housing subsidy itself, plus administrative fees to cover the costs of
running the program. When the voucher program was first implemented in
the 1970s, the system for reimbursing PHAs for the costs of program
administration was loosely based on empirical evidence. Over time,
however, the system for estimating and allocating fees has become more
complex and--in some ways--more arbitrary, as HUD and Congress have
tried to balance fairness with cost savings, while trying to avoid
large year-to-year swings in funding for PHA staffs. The Housing Choice
Voucher Program Administrative Fee Study is designed to evaluate the
amount of funding needed to administer the voucher program based on
direct measurement of the work actually performed by voucher
administrators. The study will measure and identify the tasks performed
by PHA staff to meet program requirements, to assist voucher holders in
finding and renting suitable housing in a timely way, and to ensure
that a broad range of affordable rental housing throughout the
community is available to voucher families. The study will identify the
costs involved in each task, including salaries, benefits, and
overhead. Ultimately, the findings of the study will be used to inform
the development of a new formula for allocating HCV program
administrative fees.
Frequency of Submission: Annually.
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Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
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Reporting Burden.................. 12 294 ... 0.348 ... 1,248
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,248.
Status: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: September 22, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24813 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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