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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5638–N–01]
Public Housing Assessment System
(PHAS): Capital Fund Interim Scoring
Notice; Request for Comment
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
This notice advises public
housing agencies (PHAs), as well as
members of the public, that HUD
intends to award 5 points for the
occupancy sub-indicator of the Capital
SUMMARY:
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Fund indicator to all PHAs for the
Capital Fund Indicator under the PHAS
interim rule published February 23,
2011. The award of 5 points is a
temporary measure to address the
transition to the scoring system
implemented by the PHAS interim rule,
especially as relates to the indicator that
assesses occupancy rate. The 5 points
for the occupancy sub-indicator will be
awarded for fiscal years ending March
31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30,
2011, and December 31, 2011. The score
already assigned to the sub-indicator on
occupancy rate will be designated as an
advisory score, but only for a period of
one year that commences with the date
of publication of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2012 .
Comment due date: July 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposed rule to the Regulations
Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Communications must refer to the above
docket number and title. There are two
methods for submitting public
comments. All submissions must refer
to the above docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments may be submitted by mail to
the Regulations Division, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410–0500.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments electronically through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic
submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare
and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments submitted
electronically through the
www.regulations.gov Web site can be
viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public.
Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to
submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public
comments, comments must be submitted
through one of the two methods specified
above. Again, all submissions must refer to
the docket number and title of the rule. No
Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (Fax)
comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
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comments and communications
submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above
address. Due to security measures at the
HUD Headquarters building, an advance
appointment to review the public
comments must be scheduled by calling
the Regulations Division at (202) 708–
3055 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number
via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339. Copies of
all comments submitted are available for
inspection and downloading at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claudia J. Yarus, Real Estate Assessment
Center (REAC), Office of Public and
Indian Housing, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 550 12th
Street, SW., Suite 100, Washington, DC
20410, telephone 202–475–8830 (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 Relay
Service at 800–877–8339. Additional
information is available from the REAC
Internet site at https://www.hud.gov/
offices/reac/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The PHAS interim rule, published on
February 23, 2011, at 76 FR 10136,
became effective for PHAs with fiscal
years ending March 31, 2011. The PHAS
interim rule includes 10 point Capital
Fund Program Indicator score, and
scoring for this indicator is described in
the Capital Fund Scoring Notice, also
published on February 23, 2011, at 76
FR 10053. Under this indicator, PHAs
can receive up to 5 points for the
timeliness of fund obligation and up to
5 points for the occupancy rate.
Under the Capital Fund Scoring
Notice, a PHA receives the full 5 points
for the sub-indicator on timeliness of
obligation if the PHA: (1) On the
obligation end date, or extended date(s),
obligates 90 percent or more of the grant
amounts for all outstanding, open grants
with obligation end dates in the
assessed fiscal year: and (2) does not
have any grants that have been
sanctioned pursuant to section 9(j) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)) during the assessed
fiscal year. If the PHA does not meet the
above described requirements, the PHA
receives 0 points for this indicator. For
the occupancy rate sub-indicator, a PHA
receives 0, 2, or 5 points based on its
occupancy rate as of the last day of the
PHA’s fiscal year. The score is 0 points
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for an occupancy rate of less than 93
percent, 2 points for an occupancy rate
of 93 percent but less than 96 percent,
and 5 points for an occupancy rate of 96
percent or greater.
II. Action
The PHAS interim rule is the first rule
to assess and score PHAs under the
asset management model. Because the
rule was effective for PHA fiscal years
ending the month following the
February 2011 publication date in the
Federal Register, HUD recognizes that
PHAs may not have been fully prepared
for the changes to the assessments,
performance standards, and
corresponding changes in scoring,
specifically as relates to the subindicator that assesses the occupancy
rate.
Accordingly, this notice advises that
for PHA’s with fiscal years ending
March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011,
September 30, 2011 and December 31,
2011, HUD is awarding all PHAs 5
points for the occupancy rate subindicator under the Capital Fund
Program Indicator. The score already
assigned for occupancy rate subindicator of the Capital Fund score is
advisory only as of the effective date of
this notice, and will remain advisory for
a period of one year from the date of
publication of this notice.
HUD welcomes public comment on
the scoring adjustment HUD intends to
take as provided in this notice.
Following expiration of the advisory
score period HUD will issue revisions of
the Capital Fund indicator scores,
which will result in revised PHAS
scores for certain PHAs, beginning on
the effective date of this notice. HUD
will publish a final notice after
consideration of the public comments
received in response to this notice.
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
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[USGS–GX12WC00Com0001]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments for
a new information collection.
AGENCY:
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We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, and as part of our continuing
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC.
DATE: You must submit comments on or
before August 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of
your comments to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail);
(703) 648–7199 (fax); or
smbaloch@usgs.gov (email). Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
NEW, Ash Fall Report in the subject
line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Peter Cervelli at 650–
329–5188 or pcervelli@usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The USGS provides warnings and
notification to the public of volcanic
activity in the U.S. in order to reduce
the loss of life, property, and economic
and societal impacts. USGS will use
reports entered in real time by
respondents of ash fall in their local
area to correct or refine ash fall forecasts
as the ash cloud moves downwind.
Retrospectively these reports will enable
USGS to improve their ash fall models
and further research into eruptive
processes.
This project will create a database
module and web interface allowing the
public and Alaska Volcano Observatory
(AVO) staff to enter reports of ash fall
in their local area in real time and
retrospectively following an eruptive
event. Users browsing the AVO Web site
during eruptions will be directed
towards a web form allowing them to
fill in ash fall information and submit
the information to AVO.
Compiled ash fall reports will be
available in real-time to AVO staff
through the AVO internal Web site. A
pre-formatted summary report or table
that distills information received online
will show ash fall reports in
chronological order with key fields
including (1) date and time of ash fall,
(2) location, (3) positive or negative ash
fall (4) name of observer, and (5) contact
information should be easily viewable
on the report so that calls for
clarification can be made by AVO staff
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quickly and Operations room staff can
visualize the information quickly.
Ash fall report data will also be
displayed on a dynamic map interface
and show positive (yes ash) and
negative (no ash) ash fall reports by
location. Ash fall reports (icons) will be
publically displayed for a period of 24
hours and shaded differently as they age
so that the age of reports is obvious.
The ash fall report database will help
AVO track eruption clouds and
associated fallout downwind. These
reports from the public will also give
scientists a more complete record of the
amount and duration and other
conditions of ash fall. Getting first-hand
accounts of ash fall will support model
ash fall development and interpretation
of satellite imagery. AVO scientists
will—as time allows—be able to contact
the individuals using their entered
contact information for clarification and
details. Knowing the locations from
which ash-fall reports have been filed
will improve ash fall warning messages,
AVO Volcanic Activity Notifications,
and make fieldwork more efficient. AVO
staff will be able to condense and
summarize the various ash fall reports
and forward that information on to
emergency management agencies and
the wider public. The online form will
also free up resources during
exceedingly busy times during an
eruption, as most individuals currently
phone AVO with their reports.
II. Data
Title: USGS Ash Fall Report.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Type of Request: This is a new
request.
Affected Public: General Public.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
after each ash fall event.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 200
individuals affected by a volcanic ash
fall event each year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 250.
Annual Burden Hours: 21 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
will average 5 minutes per response.
This includes the time for reviewing
instructions, and answering a web-based
questionnaire.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have not identified any
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to, a
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5638-N-01]
Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Capital Fund Interim
Scoring Notice; Request for Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises public housing agencies (PHAs), as well as
members of the public, that HUD intends to award 5 points for the
occupancy sub-indicator of the Capital Fund indicator to all PHAs for
the Capital Fund Indicator under the PHAS interim rule published
February 23, 2011. The award of 5 points is a temporary measure to
address the transition to the scoring system implemented by the PHAS
interim rule, especially as relates to the indicator that assesses
occupancy rate. The 5 points for the occupancy sub-indicator will be
awarded for fiscal years ending March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011,
September 30, 2011, and December 31, 2011. The score already assigned
to the sub-indicator on occupancy rate will be designated as an
advisory score, but only for a period of one year that commences with
the date of publication of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2012 .
Comment due date: July 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposed rule to the Regulations Division, Office of General
Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications must refer
to the above docket number and title. There are two methods for
submitting public comments. All submissions must refer to the above
docket number and title.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by
mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276,
Washington, DC 20410-0500.
2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit
comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the
www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters and
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must
be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. Again,
all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the
rule. No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (Fax) comments are not
acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for
public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the
above address. Due to security measures at the HUD Headquarters
building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be
scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at (202) 708-3055 (this
is not a toll-free number). Individuals with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service at 1-800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted are
available for inspection and downloading at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia J. Yarus, Real Estate
Assessment Center (REAC), Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 550 12th Street, SW.,
Suite 100, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 202-475-8830 (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 Relay
Service at 800-877-8339. Additional information is available from the
REAC Internet site at https://www.hud.gov/offices/reac/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The PHAS interim rule, published on February 23, 2011, at 76 FR
10136, became effective for PHAs with fiscal years ending March 31,
2011. The PHAS interim rule includes 10 point Capital Fund Program
Indicator score, and scoring for this indicator is described in the
Capital Fund Scoring Notice, also published on February 23, 2011, at 76
FR 10053. Under this indicator, PHAs can receive up to 5 points for the
timeliness of fund obligation and up to 5 points for the occupancy
rate.
Under the Capital Fund Scoring Notice, a PHA receives the full 5
points for the sub-indicator on timeliness of obligation if the PHA:
(1) On the obligation end date, or extended date(s), obligates 90
percent or more of the grant amounts for all outstanding, open grants
with obligation end dates in the assessed fiscal year: and (2) does not
have any grants that have been sanctioned pursuant to section 9(j) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(j)) during the
assessed fiscal year. If the PHA does not meet the above described
requirements, the PHA receives 0 points for this indicator. For the
occupancy rate sub-indicator, a PHA receives 0, 2, or 5 points based on
its occupancy rate as of the last day of the PHA's fiscal year. The
score is 0 points
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for an occupancy rate of less than 93 percent, 2 points for an
occupancy rate of 93 percent but less than 96 percent, and 5 points for
an occupancy rate of 96 percent or greater.
II. Action
The PHAS interim rule is the first rule to assess and score PHAs
under the asset management model. Because the rule was effective for
PHA fiscal years ending the month following the February 2011
publication date in the Federal Register, HUD recognizes that PHAs may
not have been fully prepared for the changes to the assessments,
performance standards, and corresponding changes in scoring,
specifically as relates to the sub-indicator that assesses the
occupancy rate.
Accordingly, this notice advises that for PHA's with fiscal years
ending March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011, September 30, 2011 and December
31, 2011, HUD is awarding all PHAs 5 points for the occupancy rate sub-
indicator under the Capital Fund Program Indicator. The score already
assigned for occupancy rate sub-indicator of the Capital Fund score is
advisory only as of the effective date of this notice, and will remain
advisory for a period of one year from the date of publication of this
notice.
HUD welcomes public comment on the scoring adjustment HUD intends
to take as provided in this notice.
Following expiration of the advisory score period HUD will issue
revisions of the Capital Fund indicator scores, which will result in
revised PHAS scores for certain PHAs, beginning on the effective date
of this notice. HUD will publish a final notice after consideration of
the public comments received in response to this notice.
Dated: June 5, 2012.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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