Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; Section 901 Implementation, 13077-13079 [2013-04310]
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Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
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;
email 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.
This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
SUPPLEMENTARY 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: Border Community
Capital Initiative.
OMB Approval Number: 2506–New.
Form Numbers: SF 424; SF424
Supplement; HUD–424CB; HUD–424–
CBW; SF–LLL; HUD–2880; HUD–2990;
HUD–2991; HUD–2993; HUD–2994A;
HUD–96010; HUD–27061; HUD–27300;
and HUD–96011, SF–269a.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
purpose of this submission is for the
application for the Border community
Capital Initiative grant process.
Information is required to rate and rank
competitive applications and to ensure
eligibility of applicants for funding.
Semi-annual reporting is required to
monitor grant management.
Number of
respondents
Reporting Burden .....................................................................................
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 2,801.
Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: February 19, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5690–N–03]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment;
Section 901 Implementation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
(PIH), HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirements 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.
Eligible public housing agencies
(PHAs) in areas most heavily impacted
by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will
submit a Notice of Intent and Section
901 Fungibility Plan to inform HUD
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and describe how program funds will be
used. PHAs will submit quarterly and
annual reports on funds utilization.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 29,
2013.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this revised information collection.
Comments should refer to the revised
information collection by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to:
Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
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 email Ms. Pollard at
Colette_Pollard@hud.gov. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal 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,
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal
Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
ADDRESSES:
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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). Division B of
the Department of Defense Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations to
Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of
Mexico and Pandemic Influenza Act,
2006 (Section 901 of Public Law No.
109–148, enacted on December 30,
2005), among other provisions, makes
emergency supplemental appropriations
to address the hurricane devastation in
the Gulf of Mexico. Section 901 of this
appropriations act authorized PHAs in
federally declared disaster areas as a
result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to
combine their Capital Funds (section
9(d) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (1937
Act)), Operating Funds (section 9(e) of
the 1937 Act), and Housing Choice
Voucher Funds (section 8(o) of the 1937
Act) to assist families who were
displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Rita.
HUD determined that this provision
permitted PHAs to use these funds
interchangeably. In practice, most PHAs
used Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
funds for the public housing Capital
Fund Program (CFP) purposes, and had
up to five years to expend the HCV
funds for those uses.
HUD implemented Section 901
through publication in the Federal
Register on July 28, 2006, of FR–5067–
N–01 (Volume 71, Page 42996) entitled
Implementation Guidance for Section
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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901 of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations to Address Hurricanes
in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic
Influenza Act, 2006 (‘‘the Section 901
implementation guidance’’). This notice
provided guidance on how eligible
PHAs should implement Section 901
funding flexibility and report the
planned activities, accomplishments,
and funds utilization from using this
flexibility. HUD subsequently published
notice FR–5067–N–04 on December 17,
2008 (Volume 73, page 76673)
extending to the PHAs most heavily
affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
the flexibility to combine funds through
calendar year (CY) 2008 and 2009.
Additionally, HUD published FR–5067–
N–02 on October 30, 2006, (Volume 71,
Page 63340) to extend the deadline for
submitting fungibility plans to
November 21, 2006, and permit
combined funds to be used for eligible
purposes under the Housing Choice
Voucher program.
Section 4803 of the U.S. Troop
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability
Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L. 110–
28 enacted May 25, 2007) extended
authority for this flexibility to CY 2006
and 2007.
Section 11003 of the Consolidated
Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
(Pub. L. 110–329) extended authority for
fungibility to CY 2008 and 2009.
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 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 and Indian
Housing, Section 901 Notice of Intent
and Fungibility Plan, Quarterly Reports,
and Final Report.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0245.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Notice of Intent is necessary for HUD to
be informed about which eligible PHAs
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elect to invoke the funding flexibility
authorized by section 901 of the
Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations (Pub. L. 109–148). The
Fungibility Plan and Reports are
necessary for HUD to know how eligible
PHAs plan to reallocate and spend these
funds, the rate such funds are obligated
and expended, and the results in using
this funding flexibility. Fungibility
Plans proposing to use Section 901
flexibility and funding to develop new
housing units under Capital Fund
mixed-finance uses or for development
of HCV project-based units were
required to include new development
proposals following the format required
by 24 CFR 941.606 or mixed-finance
rules as appropriate. Fungibility Plans
proposing to use Section 901 flexibility
to pay for public housing renovations
were required to submit CFP Annual
Statements identifying work items and
costs. These collections are approved
under separate OMB numbers. Under
Section 901, funds from one of the
programs identified above could be used
for another program’s purposes, but
were required to follow the rules of the
program in which the funds would be
used. HUD has not received any new
Section 901 Fungibility Plans since
2009, which was the last year Congress
extended this funding flexibility to
address the impacts of Hurricanes Rita
and Katrina. Some PHAs have used the
fungibility plan format to submit
revisions to their originally approved
plans.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
None.
Members of affected public: Eligible
Public Housing Agencies in the areas
most heavily impacted by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
Notification of Intent and Fungibility
Plan. This is a one-time submission
estimated to take 40 hours for each of
up to twelve eligible PHAs that
submitted plans from 2006 through
2009. PHAs may also use this format to
request HUD approval for subsequent
plan revisions. The original burden
estimate for this information collection
was 6,624 hours assuming all ninety-six
PHAs in the areas impacted by
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita would opt
to use it. A later burden estimate of
1,248 hours was submitted, when in
2006, only eight out of ninety-six
eligible PHAs submitted plans to use
Section 901 flexibility. In 2007, seven
out of the eight 2006 PHAs and one new
PHA submitted plans to use Section 901
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flexibility. In 2008, seven out of the nine
2006 and 2007 PHAs and three new
PHAs submitted plans to use Section
901 flexibility. Ten or fewer
respondents have submitted plans to
use Section 901 flexibility each year.
One PHA submitted a plan in 2009, the
last year in which Section 901 funding
flexibility was available. As a result, the
estimate of burden hours for new
fungibility plans has been removed. A
total of ten different PHAs have been
approved to use and must report the
results of Section 901 flexibility. A new
estimate of burden for Section 901
Notifications of Intent and Fungibility
Plans or revisions, and subsequent
periodic reporting is 1,680 hours based
on requirements for 10 PHAs to prepare
and submit these documents.
Quarterly Progress Reports of
Obligations and Expenditures for
Section 901 Designated Funds and
Activities. In order to permit HUD to
adequately monitor PHA progress in
carrying out Section 901 approved
activities and obligating and expending
Section 901 approved funds in a timely
manner, PHAs will report the amount of
Section 901 funds obligated and
expended for each approved activity for
the quarterly reporting period, and the
outstanding balance of unexpended
Section 901 funds. Response time per
quarterly report, including the time to
research records containing
documentation needed to prepare the
quarterly reports is estimated to average
sixteen hours for each of the PHAs with
approved Section 901 plans. The actual
amount of time depends on the level of
funding used for other purposes and the
complexity of the activities involved,
such as development of new
construction housing or repairs made to
housing units damaged as a result of the
hurricanes. Reports will be submitted by
each PHA four times per year for five
consecutive years for each calendar year
of funding. Section 901 PHAs have five
years to expend funds designated for
Section 901 flexibility for a given
calendar year (2006, 2007, 2008, and/or
2009). Total annual reporting burden for
ten PHAs to submit quarterly reports of
their progress in carrying out Section
901 approved activities and rates of
obligations and expenditures for CY
2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 funding is
estimated at 640 hours.
Annual Report. Annual reports will
address: (1) PHA progress and results in
carrying out Section 901 activities, (2)
the amount of program funds approved
under Section 901 flexibility for other
program uses, (3) the amount of funds
obligated during the year and
cumulatively for Section 901 approved
activities, and (4) the amount of funds
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expended annually and cumulatively
for Section 901 approved activities.
These reports are expected to address
progress-to-date during the five year
expenditure period for initiating and
getting Section 901 activities underway, and reporting on challenges or
unforeseen obstacles.
Final Report. This is a one-time
submission estimated to take forty hours
for each of up ten PHAs, including the
Housing Authority of New Orleans, for
a total reporting burden of 400 hours.
The final report is expected to address
all programmatic and financial matters
pertinent to Section 901
implementation, including the PHA’s
performance in carrying out all
approved Section 901 activities,
including but not limited to public
housing redevelopment and capital
improvements, public housing mixedfinance development, affordable
housing development coupled with use
of project-based vouchers,
homeownership development and
incentives, property acquisitions, and
re-occupancy programs; in addition to
accounting for the final obligation and
expenditure of Section 901 designated
funds and remaining balances.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of a previously
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: February 14, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Policy, Programs, and
Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLES003420.L14300000.EU0000; MIES–
056498]
conduct the sale using sealed bid
modified competitive procedures
pursuant to BLM regulations.
DATES: Interested parties may submit
written comments regarding the
proposed sale to the BLM (See
ADDRESSES below) on or before April 12,
2013. The BLM will accept sealed bids
for the offered land from qualified
bidders no later than 3 p.m. local time
on April 29, 2013. Sealed bids will be
opened the following day, which will be
the date of the sale.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning the proposed sale should be
addressed to the Field Manager, BLM,
Northeastern States Field Office, 626
East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202–4617.
Sealed bids must also be submitted to
this address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Grundman, Realty Specialist,
BLM, Northeastern States Field Office,
(See ADDRESSES above), 414–297–4447,
cgrundma@blm.gov. More detailed
information regarding the sale can be
found at the BLM Eastern States Web
site at: https://www.blm.gov/es/st/
en.html. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual. The
FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, to leave a message or question
with the above individual. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following parcel of public land has been
examined and found suitable for
modified competitive sale to adjacent
landowners in accordance with Section
203 of FLPMA, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1713), and implementing regulations at
43 CFR 2711.3–2, at no less than the
appraised fair market value of the land.
AGENCY:
Michigan Meridian
T. 42 N., R. 24 W.,
Sec. 21, lot 7.
The area described contains 0.82 acres in
Marquette County, Michigan, and is
proposed for sale to either of the adjacent
landowners, Royal Moning and Jim Kozar.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Northeastern States
Field Office, proposes to offer for sale a
0.82-acre parcel of public land in
Marquette County, Michigan. The sale
will be subject to the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976
(FLPMA), and BLM land sale
regulations. The BLM proposes to
The Federal land is not needed for
any Federal purpose and was identified
for disposal in the Michigan Resource
Management Plan Amendment dated
September 7, 2012. The purpose of the
sale is to dispose of land which is
difficult and uneconomic to manage as
part of the public lands because of its
isolated location and lack of legal
access. The BLM is proposing a
modified competitive sale to allow
adjacent landowners who control access
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Marquette County, Michigan
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to the public land an equal opportunity
to successfully bid on the property.
Bidding under modified competitive
sale procedures is only open to the
identified adjacent landowners who
must submit sealed bids to the BLM,
Northeastern States Field Office (See
ADDRESSES above), no later than 3 p.m.
local time, on April 29, 2013. If the
adjacent landowners fail to exercise the
preference consideration offered by the
modified competitive sale and no
successful bid is received, then the
parcel will remain available for sale on
a continuing basis in accordance with
competitive sale procedures found at 43
CFR 2711.3–1 without further legal
notice. Bids submitted to the BLM
under competitive sale procedures will
be opened on a monthly basis on the
first Friday of each month at 10 a.m.
local time, at the BLM, Northeastern
States Field Office, until a successful
bid is received or the sale is cancelled.
Sealed bid envelopes must be clearly
marked on the front lower left-hand
corner with ‘‘SEALED BID BLM LAND
SALE, MIES–056498.’’ The bid envelope
must contain a signed statement
showing the total amount of the bid and
the name, mailing address, and phone
number of the entity making the bid.
Bids must be equal to or greater than the
federally appraised fair market value of
the land. The appraised fair market
value will be made available 30 days
prior to the sealed bid closing date at
the BLM, Northeastern States Field
Office, and on the Web site (See
ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT above). Each
sealed bid must be accompanied by a
certified check, money order, bank draft,
or cashier’s check made payable to the
BLM for an amount not less than 20
percent of the total amount of the bid.
Personal checks will not be accepted.
Sealed bids will be opened to
determine the high bid at 10 a.m. local
time the day after the bids are due, at
the BLM, Northeastern States Field
Office (See ADDRESSES above). The
highest qualifying bid will be declared
the high bid and the high bidder will
receive written notice. Bidders
submitting matching high bid amounts
will be provided an opportunity to
submit a supplemental sealed bid. Bid
deposits submitted by unsuccessful
bidders will be returned by U.S. mail.
The successful bidder will be allowed
180 days from the date of sale to submit
the remainder of the full bid price in the
form of a certified check, money order,
bank draft, or cashier’s check made
payable to the BLM. Personal checks
will not be accepted. Failure to submit
the remainder of the full bid price prior
to but not including the 180th day
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5690-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
Section 901 Implementation
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
(PIH), HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirements 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.
Eligible public housing agencies (PHAs) in areas most heavily
impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will submit a Notice of Intent
and Section 901 Fungibility Plan to inform HUD they will exercise
funding flexibility and describe how program funds will be used. PHAs
will submit quarterly and annual reports on funds utilization.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this revised information collection. Comments should refer to the
revised information collection by name/or OMB Control number and should
be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports Management Officer,
QDAM, 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 email Ms. Pollard at Colette_Pollard@hud.gov. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access
this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 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, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-
402-4109, (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
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). Division B of
the Department of Defense Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to
Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza Act,
2006 (Section 901 of Public Law No. 109-148, enacted on December 30,
2005), among other provisions, makes emergency supplemental
appropriations to address the hurricane devastation in the Gulf of
Mexico. Section 901 of this appropriations act authorized PHAs in
federally declared disaster areas as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita to combine their Capital Funds (section 9(d) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (1937 Act)), Operating
Funds (section 9(e) of the 1937 Act), and Housing Choice Voucher Funds
(section 8(o) of the 1937 Act) to assist families who were displaced by
Hurricane Katrina or Rita. HUD determined that this provision permitted
PHAs to use these funds interchangeably. In practice, most PHAs used
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) funds for the public housing Capital Fund
Program (CFP) purposes, and had up to five years to expend the HCV
funds for those uses.
HUD implemented Section 901 through publication in the Federal
Register on July 28, 2006, of FR-5067-N-01 (Volume 71, Page 42996)
entitled Implementation Guidance for Section
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901 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes
in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (``the Section
901 implementation guidance''). This notice provided guidance on how
eligible PHAs should implement Section 901 funding flexibility and
report the planned activities, accomplishments, and funds utilization
from using this flexibility. HUD subsequently published notice FR-5067-
N-04 on December 17, 2008 (Volume 73, page 76673) extending to the PHAs
most heavily affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita the flexibility to
combine funds through calendar year (CY) 2008 and 2009. Additionally,
HUD published FR-5067-N-02 on October 30, 2006, (Volume 71, Page 63340)
to extend the deadline for submitting fungibility plans to November 21,
2006, and permit combined funds to be used for eligible purposes under
the Housing Choice Voucher program.
Section 4803 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Pub. L.
110-28 enacted May 25, 2007) extended authority for this flexibility to
CY 2006 and 2007.
Section 11003 of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance,
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110-329) extended
authority for fungibility to CY 2008 and 2009.
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 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 and Indian Housing, Section 901 Notice of
Intent and Fungibility Plan, Quarterly Reports, and Final Report.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0245.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Notice of Intent is necessary for HUD to be informed about which
eligible PHAs elect to invoke the funding flexibility authorized by
section 901 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations (Pub. L. 109-
148). The Fungibility Plan and Reports are necessary for HUD to know
how eligible PHAs plan to reallocate and spend these funds, the rate
such funds are obligated and expended, and the results in using this
funding flexibility. Fungibility Plans proposing to use Section 901
flexibility and funding to develop new housing units under Capital Fund
mixed-finance uses or for development of HCV project-based units were
required to include new development proposals following the format
required by 24 CFR 941.606 or mixed-finance rules as appropriate.
Fungibility Plans proposing to use Section 901 flexibility to pay for
public housing renovations were required to submit CFP Annual
Statements identifying work items and costs. These collections are
approved under separate OMB numbers. Under Section 901, funds from one
of the programs identified above could be used for another program's
purposes, but were required to follow the rules of the program in which
the funds would be used. HUD has not received any new Section 901
Fungibility Plans since 2009, which was the last year Congress extended
this funding flexibility to address the impacts of Hurricanes Rita and
Katrina. Some PHAs have used the fungibility plan format to submit
revisions to their originally approved plans.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
Members of affected public: Eligible Public Housing Agencies in the
areas most heavily impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
Notification of Intent and Fungibility Plan. This is a one-time
submission estimated to take 40 hours for each of up to twelve eligible
PHAs that submitted plans from 2006 through 2009. PHAs may also use
this format to request HUD approval for subsequent plan revisions. The
original burden estimate for this information collection was 6,624
hours assuming all ninety-six PHAs in the areas impacted by Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita would opt to use it. A later burden estimate of 1,248
hours was submitted, when in 2006, only eight out of ninety-six
eligible PHAs submitted plans to use Section 901 flexibility. In 2007,
seven out of the eight 2006 PHAs and one new PHA submitted plans to use
Section 901 flexibility. In 2008, seven out of the nine 2006 and 2007
PHAs and three new PHAs submitted plans to use Section 901 flexibility.
Ten or fewer respondents have submitted plans to use Section 901
flexibility each year. One PHA submitted a plan in 2009, the last year
in which Section 901 funding flexibility was available. As a result,
the estimate of burden hours for new fungibility plans has been
removed. A total of ten different PHAs have been approved to use and
must report the results of Section 901 flexibility. A new estimate of
burden for Section 901 Notifications of Intent and Fungibility Plans or
revisions, and subsequent periodic reporting is 1,680 hours based on
requirements for 10 PHAs to prepare and submit these documents.
Quarterly Progress Reports of Obligations and Expenditures for
Section 901 Designated Funds and Activities. In order to permit HUD to
adequately monitor PHA progress in carrying out Section 901 approved
activities and obligating and expending Section 901 approved funds in a
timely manner, PHAs will report the amount of Section 901 funds
obligated and expended for each approved activity for the quarterly
reporting period, and the outstanding balance of unexpended Section 901
funds. Response time per quarterly report, including the time to
research records containing documentation needed to prepare the
quarterly reports is estimated to average sixteen hours for each of the
PHAs with approved Section 901 plans. The actual amount of time depends
on the level of funding used for other purposes and the complexity of
the activities involved, such as development of new construction
housing or repairs made to housing units damaged as a result of the
hurricanes. Reports will be submitted by each PHA four times per year
for five consecutive years for each calendar year of funding. Section
901 PHAs have five years to expend funds designated for Section 901
flexibility for a given calendar year (2006, 2007, 2008, and/or 2009).
Total annual reporting burden for ten PHAs to submit quarterly reports
of their progress in carrying out Section 901 approved activities and
rates of obligations and expenditures for CY 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009
funding is estimated at 640 hours.
Annual Report. Annual reports will address: (1) PHA progress and
results in carrying out Section 901 activities, (2) the amount of
program funds approved under Section 901 flexibility for other program
uses, (3) the amount of funds obligated during the year and
cumulatively for Section 901 approved activities, and (4) the amount of
funds
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expended annually and cumulatively for Section 901 approved activities.
These reports are expected to address progress-to-date during the five
year expenditure period for initiating and getting Section 901
activities under-way, and reporting on challenges or unforeseen
obstacles.
Final Report. This is a one-time submission estimated to take forty
hours for each of up ten PHAs, including the Housing Authority of New
Orleans, for a total reporting burden of 400 hours. The final report is
expected to address all programmatic and financial matters pertinent to
Section 901 implementation, including the PHA's performance in carrying
out all approved Section 901 activities, including but not limited to
public housing redevelopment and capital improvements, public housing
mixed-finance development, affordable housing development coupled with
use of project-based vouchers, homeownership development and
incentives, property acquisitions, and re-occupancy programs; in
addition to accounting for the final obligation and expenditure of
Section 901 designated funds and remaining balances.
Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: February 14, 2013.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Policy, Programs, and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2013-04310 Filed 2-25-13; 8:45 am]
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