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data collection approval request is for
studies to be conducted in 2011, 2012,
2013 and 2014 of prior year certification
and recertification actions.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Healthcare Facility Documents: Notice
of Information Collection—Proposed
Documents Eligible for Electronic
Submission
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These studies will provide current
information on the quality of tenant
interviews (e.g., whether they are being
asked about all sources of income) and
the reliability of eligibility
determinations and income verification.
Members of affected public:
Recipients of Public Housing and
Section 8 Housing Assistance subsidies.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection, including the number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: For each study,
approximately 600 PHA/program
sponsor staff will need to be asked about
recertification procedures, training,
interview procedures, and problems
encountered in conducting
(re)certifications. Although more than
one staff member may need to be
contacted to obtain answers to all
questions, the questionnaire will be
administered once at each participating
project and the total interview times are
expected to be less than 40 minutes per
PHA or project. Researchers will survey
approximately 2,400 program
participants to obtain information on
household composition, expenses, and
income. The time required for these
interviews will vary, but is estimated to
require an average of about 50 minutes
per interview.
The time estimates provided are based
on the 2011 QC survey. The proposed
surveys will continue to make use of
Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI)
questionnaires and equipment, which
are being used in part because they
reduce interview times. The software
also provides for consistency check and
ensures that all needed data have been
collected, thereby reducing the need for
the follow-up contacts. Status of the
Proposed Information Collection:
Pending OMB approval.
Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Jean Lin Pao,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On March 14, 2013, HUD
published in the Federal Register a
notice that announced that FHA’s
healthcare facility documents
completed the notice and comment
processes under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, and had been
assigned a control number, 2502–0605,
by the Office of Management and
Budget. The assignment of a control
number concluded a 10-month process
through which HUD solicited public
comment to update 115 healthcare
facility documents to reflect current
policy and practices, to improve
accountability by all parties involved in
FHA’s healthcare facility transactions
and strengthen risk management.
Through this notice, HUD solicits
public comment solely on the issue of
which healthcare facility documents are
eligible for electronic submission. HUD
did not address this issue as part of the
previous notice and comment process,
but recognizes the importance,
efficiency, and reduction of burden that
electronic submission of documents can
achieve, and now solicits public
comment on the healthcare facility
documents that HUD has determined
may be submitted, but are not required
to be submitted, electronically.
DATES: Comment Due Date: November
12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice. Communications must refer
to the above docket number and title.
There are two methods for submitting
public comments:
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. Comments may be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
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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 notice.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
(fax) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public
Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications will be
available for public inspection and
downloading at www.regulations.gov
under the docket number for this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
M. Hartung, Director, Policy and Risk
Management Division, Office of
Residential Care Facilities, Office of
Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 1222 Spruce Street, Room
3.203, St. Louis, MO 63103–2836;
telephone (314) 418–5238 (this is not a
toll-free number). Persons with hearing
or speech disabilities may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background—Prior Public Comment
on Substance of Healthcare Facility
Documents
On May 3, 2012, at 77 FR 26304, and
consistent with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), HUD
published a notice in the Federal
Register seeking public comment for a
period of 60 days (60-day Notice) on
HUD’s proposed update and revisions to
a set of production, underwriting, asset
management, closing, and other
documents used in connection with
transactions involving healthcare
facilities, excluding hospitals
(collectively, the healthcare facility
documents), that are insured pursuant
to section 232 of the National Housing
Act (Section 232). In conjunction with
publication of the 60-day Notice, the
proposed revised healthcare facility
documents (115 documents) were made
available at: www.hud.gov/232forms. In
addition to presenting unmarked
versions of the documents, this Web
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site, to the extent applicable, presented
the proposed healthcare facility
documents as a redline/strikeout against
the updated multifamily rental project
closing documents to highlight the
changes made to facilitate a healthcare
transaction. Where the proposed
healthcare facility documents were
based on existing healthcare facility
documents, the proposed healthcare
facility documents, in addition to being
presented in an unmarked format, were
presented in redline/strikeout format so
that reviewers could see the changes
proposed to the existing healthcare
facility documents.1
As a special outreach to the public on
proposed changes to the healthcare
facility documents and Section 232
program regulations, HUD hosted a
forum on May 31, 2012, in Washington,
DC. (See https://portal.hud.gov/
hudportal/HUD?src=/press/multimedia/
videos.) While comments were raised
and discussed at the forum, HUD
encouraged forum participants to file
written comments through the
www.regulations.gov Web site so that all
comments would be more easily
accessible to interested parties. All
comments, whether submitted through
www.regulations.gov or raised at the
forum, were considered in the
development of the revised documents
which were published on November 21,
2012 (77 FR 69870), and for which,
consistent with the PRA, comment was
solicited for an additional 30 days (30day Notice).
In the 30-day Notice, HUD identified
substantive changes that were made to
the healthcare facility documents in
response to public comments submitted
on the 60-day Notice, responded to
significant issues raised by the
commenters, and identified proposed
additional changes based on further
consideration of certain issues. As was
the case with the 60-day Notice, HUD
posted on its Web site the further
revised healthcare facility documents in
(1) a clean format, and (2) in redline/
strikeout format, to show the changes
made from the versions posted with
issuance of the 60-day Notice.
On March 14, 2013, at 78 FR 16279,
HUD published in the Federal Register
a notice that announced the approval of
the healthcare facility documents under
the PRA and an assignment of a control
number, 2502–0605, by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). In
addition to announcing the assignment
of an OMB control number, HUD
advised in the May 14, 2013, notice that
additional changes were made to the
healthcare facility documents in
response to comments submitted on the
30-day Notice. In the March 14, 2013,
notice, HUD highlighted additional
changes made to the healthcare facility
documents, and once again, provided on
HUD’s Web site at www.hud.gov/
232forms, the final versions of the
documents in clean and redline/
strikeout formats so that reviewers
could see the final changes made to the
documents and the clean final versions
of the documents.
II. Solicitation of Comment on
Electronic Submission of Healthcare
Facility Documents
As a result of the significant
solicitation of public comment on the
substance of the healthcare facility
documents, this solicitation of public
comment is devoted solely to the issue
of which healthcare facility documents
may be submitted electronically.
Consistent with current practice, HUD
requires applications for mortgage
insurance be submitted electronically.
Any healthcare facility documents
submitted as part of an application for
mortgage insurance must be submitted
electronically. Of the other healthcare
facility documents, HUD has identified
13 documents that HUD has determined
must be submitted with original
signatures, in hard copy format. These
documents are the following: Healthcare
Regulatory Agreement—Borrower
(HUD–92466–ORCF); Healthcare
Regulatory Agreement—Operator
(HUD–92466A–ORCF); Management
Certification—Residential Care Facility
(HUD–9839–ORCF); Lender
Certification (HUD–92434–ORCF);
Offsite Bond—Dual Obligee (HUD–
92479–ORCF); Performance Bond—Dual
Obligee (HUD–92452–ORCF); Payment
Bond (HUD–92452A–ORCF); Request
for Endorsement (HUD–92455–ORCF);
Request for Final Endorsement (HUD–
92023–ORCF); Guide for Opinion for
Mater Tenant’s Counsel (HUD–92335–
ORCF); Healthcare Regulatory
Agreement—Master Tenant (HUD–
92337–ORCF); Guide for Opinion of
Borrower’s Counsel (HUD–91725–
ORCF); and Guide for Opinion of
Operator’s Counsel and Certification
(HUD–92325–ORCF). For any of the
remaining healthcare facility documents
other than application documents or
these 13 documents, HUD does not
require that any of these remaining
documents be submitted electronically,
but presents electronic submittal as an
option.
In HUD’s 30-day Notice, HUD listed
in a table all the documents for which
approval under the PRA was sought and
provided the burden hours and costs
calculated for preparation of and
submission of each of documents and
provided a total aggregate annual cost of
$4,393,301. (See 77FR 69887–69889).
In the table below, HUD provides a
breakdown of the estimated costs
involved in hard copy preparation and
shipping, and estimates a $450,000
annual savings in costs if documents are
submitted electronically rather than in
hard copy.
Cost per item
Printing by Lender .....................................................................
Lender Box Preparation .............................................................
Shipping by Lender to HUD in Field .........................................
HUD processing preparation (Field and HQ) ............................
Shipping by HUD Field to HQ ...................................................
1,500 pages at $.04 per page .................................................
$50 per hour and two hours per box .......................................
1–40 lb. box .............................................................................
$50 per hour and 1 hour per box ............................................
1–40 lb. box .............................................................................
$60.00
$100.00
$20.00
$50.00
$20.00
Total ....................................................................................
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Item
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$250.00 per box
Estimated # Boxes per project ..................................................
Estimated # of projects per year ...............................................
Total Annual Costs .............................................................
1 Along with the 60-day Notice, HUD published
in the Federal Register on May 3, 2012, at 77 FR
26218, a proposed rule that proposed to strengthen
regulations for HUD’s Section 232 program to
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reflect current policy and practices, and to improve
accountability and strengthen risk management. A
final rule following the May 3, 2012, proposed rule,
and taking into consideration public comment
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$450,000.00
received on the proposed rule, was published on
September 7, 2012, at 77 FR 55120.
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Therefore, in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), HUD is soliciting
comments from members of the public
and interested parties on:
(1) Whether the documents identified
by HUD for originally signed, hard copy
submission are necessary in such format
for proper performance of the
transactions in which the documents are
used;
(2) Whether any of the documents not
identified as necessary for originally
signed, hard copy submission should be
submitted only in originally signed,
hard copy;
(3) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the reduced burden and
reduced costs for submission of
documents electronically;
(4) Whether electronic submission of
application documents enhances the
utility and efficiency of the transactions
in which the documents are used;
(5) Whether electronic submission of
other documents enhances the utility
and efficiency of the transactions in
which the documents are used; and
(6) Additional ways, through
information technology, to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond.
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments regarding the
information collection requirements in
this proposal. Comments must be
received by November 12, 2013.
Comments must refer to the proposal by
name and docket number (FR–5354–N–
01) and must be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax number:
(202) 395–6947, and
Colette Pollard, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Room 4178,
Washington, DC 20410.
Dated: September 4, 2013.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing—Associate Deputy Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
Notice of a New System of Records
Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior.
AGENCY:
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Notice of creation of a new
system of records.
ACTION:
Pursuant to the provisions of
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
the Department of the Interior is issuing
a public notice regarding the
Department of the Interior system of
records titled ‘‘Oracle Federal
Financials.’’ The Oracle Federal
Financials application is a financial
software package that clients may use to
perform budgeting, purchasing, and
procurement functions. The related
system of records contains information
relating to corporations and other
business entities as well as individuals.
Records in this system are subject to the
Privacy Act only if they are about an
individual within the meaning of the
Act, and not if they are about a business
or other non-individual.
DATE: Comments must be received by
October 21, 2013. This new system will
be effective October 21, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments either by
mail or by hand-delivery to the OS/IBC
Privacy Act Officer, U.S. Department of
the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail
Stop 2650 MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
or by email to privacy@IBC.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chief, Application Management Branch,
Finance & Procurement Systems
Division, U.S. Department of the
Interior, Interior Business Center, 625
Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170,
or by telephone at (703) 735–4131.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Department of the Interior’s (DOI)
Interior Business Center (IBC) is a
service provider that performs services
for other Federal government agencies,
both inside and outside the DOI. The
IBC’s service offerings include
providing and maintaining various
types of business management systems
for its clients, including human
resources and financial management
applications. The Oracle Federal
Financials (OFF) application will offer
IBC clients a suite of customized Oracle
financial management modules that
combine to provide a comprehensive
financial software package. The OFF
modules address budgeting, purchasing,
Federal procurement, accounts payable,
fixed assets, general ledger, inventory,
and accounts receivable. The OFF
application is hosted by the IBC; each
client agency accesses the system
remotely to populate and manage its
own data. Clients can contract with the
IBC for an OFF package that includes a
full set of modules or for a more limited
set. The IBC is responsible for system
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administration functions, while each
client has one or more designated
managers who are responsible for
maintaining the client’s data in the OFF
system.
Some OFF records are covered by
three existing system of records notices
(SORNs), which are GSA/GOVT–3,
Travel Charge Card Program; GSA/
GOVT–4, Contracted Travel Services
Program; and GSA/GOVT–6, GSA
SmartPay Purchase Charge Card
Program. This notice incorporates GSA/
GOVT–3, GSA/GOVT–4, and GSA/
GOVT–6 by reference.
Client data maintained within the
OFF System is covered by this SORN.
Clients that remove records from OFF
for use outside of the system will be
responsible for ensuring the use of the
records is consistent with this SORN, or
other published SORN, as indicated
above, and the requirements of the
Privacy Act.
The system will be effective as
proposed on October 21, 2013, unless
comments are received which would
require a contrary determination. DOI
will publish a revised notice if changes
are made based upon a review of the
comments received.
II. Privacy Act
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
embodies fair information practice
principles in a statutory framework
governing the means by which Federal
agencies collect, maintain, use, and
disseminate individuals’ personal
information. The Privacy Act applies to
information that is maintained in a
‘‘system of records.’’ A ‘‘system of
records’’ is a group of any records under
the control of an agency for which
information is retrieved by the name of
an individual or by some identifying
number, symbol, or other identifying
particular assigned to the individual.
The Privacy Act defines an individual
as a United States citizen or lawful
permanent resident. As a matter of
policy, DOI extends Privacy Act
protections to all individuals.
Individuals may request access to their
own records that are maintained in a
system of records in the possession or
under the control of DOI by complying
with DOI Privacy Act Regulations, 43
CFR Part 2.
The Privacy Act requires each agency
to publish in the Federal Register a
description denoting the type and
character of each system of records that
the agency maintains and the routine
uses made of the information in each
system. The purposes of the notice are
to make agency record keeping practices
transparent, to notify individuals
regarding the uses of their records, and
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket Number FR-5623-N-04]
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Healthcare Facility
Documents: Notice of Information Collection--Proposed Documents
Eligible for Electronic Submission
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On March 14, 2013, HUD published in the Federal Register a
notice that announced that FHA's healthcare facility documents
completed the notice and comment processes under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, and had been assigned a control number, 2502-
0605, by the Office of Management and Budget. The assignment of a
control number concluded a 10-month process through which HUD solicited
public comment to update 115 healthcare facility documents to reflect
current policy and practices, to improve accountability by all parties
involved in FHA's healthcare facility transactions and strengthen risk
management.
Through this notice, HUD solicits public comment solely on the
issue of which healthcare facility documents are eligible for
electronic submission. HUD did not address this issue as part of the
previous notice and comment process, but recognizes the importance,
efficiency, and reduction of burden that electronic submission of
documents can achieve, and now solicits public comment on the
healthcare facility documents that HUD has determined may be submitted,
but are not required to be submitted, electronically.
DATES: Comment Due Date: November 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice. Communications must refer to the above docket number and
title. There are two methods for submitting public comments:
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. Comments may be submitted
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
notice.
No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (fax) comments are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted
comments and communications will be available for public inspection and
downloading at www.regulations.gov under the docket number for this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John M. Hartung, Director, Policy and
Risk Management Division, Office of Residential Care Facilities, Office
of Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing, U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 1222 Spruce Street, Room 3.203, St. Louis, MO
63103-2836; telephone (314) 418-5238 (this is not a toll-free number).
Persons with hearing or speech disabilities may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800)
877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background--Prior Public Comment on Substance of Healthcare Facility
Documents
On May 3, 2012, at 77 FR 26304, and consistent with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), HUD published a notice in the Federal
Register seeking public comment for a period of 60 days (60-day Notice)
on HUD's proposed update and revisions to a set of production,
underwriting, asset management, closing, and other documents used in
connection with transactions involving healthcare facilities, excluding
hospitals (collectively, the healthcare facility documents), that are
insured pursuant to section 232 of the National Housing Act (Section
232). In conjunction with publication of the 60-day Notice, the
proposed revised healthcare facility documents (115 documents) were
made available at: www.hud.gov/232forms. In addition to presenting
unmarked versions of the documents, this Web
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site, to the extent applicable, presented the proposed healthcare
facility documents as a redline/strikeout against the updated
multifamily rental project closing documents to highlight the changes
made to facilitate a healthcare transaction. Where the proposed
healthcare facility documents were based on existing healthcare
facility documents, the proposed healthcare facility documents, in
addition to being presented in an unmarked format, were presented in
redline/strikeout format so that reviewers could see the changes
proposed to the existing healthcare facility documents.\1\
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\1\ Along with the 60-day Notice, HUD published in the Federal
Register on May 3, 2012, at 77 FR 26218, a proposed rule that
proposed to strengthen regulations for HUD's Section 232 program to
reflect current policy and practices, and to improve accountability
and strengthen risk management. A final rule following the May 3,
2012, proposed rule, and taking into consideration public comment
received on the proposed rule, was published on September 7, 2012,
at 77 FR 55120.
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As a special outreach to the public on proposed changes to the
healthcare facility documents and Section 232 program regulations, HUD
hosted a forum on May 31, 2012, in Washington, DC. (See https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/multimedia/videos.) While
comments were raised and discussed at the forum, HUD encouraged forum
participants to file written comments through the www.regulations.gov
Web site so that all comments would be more easily accessible to
interested parties. All comments, whether submitted through
www.regulations.gov or raised at the forum, were considered in the
development of the revised documents which were published on November
21, 2012 (77 FR 69870), and for which, consistent with the PRA, comment
was solicited for an additional 30 days (30-day Notice).
In the 30-day Notice, HUD identified substantive changes that were
made to the healthcare facility documents in response to public
comments submitted on the 60-day Notice, responded to significant
issues raised by the commenters, and identified proposed additional
changes based on further consideration of certain issues. As was the
case with the 60-day Notice, HUD posted on its Web site the further
revised healthcare facility documents in (1) a clean format, and (2) in
redline/strikeout format, to show the changes made from the versions
posted with issuance of the 60-day Notice.
On March 14, 2013, at 78 FR 16279, HUD published in the Federal
Register a notice that announced the approval of the healthcare
facility documents under the PRA and an assignment of a control number,
2502-0605, by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In addition to
announcing the assignment of an OMB control number, HUD advised in the
May 14, 2013, notice that additional changes were made to the
healthcare facility documents in response to comments submitted on the
30-day Notice. In the March 14, 2013, notice, HUD highlighted
additional changes made to the healthcare facility documents, and once
again, provided on HUD's Web site at www.hud.gov/232forms, the final
versions of the documents in clean and redline/strikeout formats so
that reviewers could see the final changes made to the documents and
the clean final versions of the documents.
II. Solicitation of Comment on Electronic Submission of Healthcare
Facility Documents
As a result of the significant solicitation of public comment on
the substance of the healthcare facility documents, this solicitation
of public comment is devoted solely to the issue of which healthcare
facility documents may be submitted electronically. Consistent with
current practice, HUD requires applications for mortgage insurance be
submitted electronically. Any healthcare facility documents submitted
as part of an application for mortgage insurance must be submitted
electronically. Of the other healthcare facility documents, HUD has
identified 13 documents that HUD has determined must be submitted with
original signatures, in hard copy format. These documents are the
following: Healthcare Regulatory Agreement--Borrower (HUD-92466-ORCF);
Healthcare Regulatory Agreement--Operator (HUD-92466A-ORCF); Management
Certification--Residential Care Facility (HUD-9839-ORCF); Lender
Certification (HUD-92434-ORCF); Offsite Bond--Dual Obligee (HUD-92479-
ORCF); Performance Bond--Dual Obligee (HUD-92452-ORCF); Payment Bond
(HUD-92452A-ORCF); Request for Endorsement (HUD-92455-ORCF); Request
for Final Endorsement (HUD-92023-ORCF); Guide for Opinion for Mater
Tenant's Counsel (HUD-92335-ORCF); Healthcare Regulatory Agreement--
Master Tenant (HUD-92337-ORCF); Guide for Opinion of Borrower's Counsel
(HUD-91725-ORCF); and Guide for Opinion of Operator's Counsel and
Certification (HUD-92325-ORCF). For any of the remaining healthcare
facility documents other than application documents or these 13
documents, HUD does not require that any of these remaining documents
be submitted electronically, but presents electronic submittal as an
option.
In HUD's 30-day Notice, HUD listed in a table all the documents for
which approval under the PRA was sought and provided the burden hours
and costs calculated for preparation of and submission of each of
documents and provided a total aggregate annual cost of $4,393,301.
(See 77FR 69887-69889).
In the table below, HUD provides a breakdown of the estimated costs
involved in hard copy preparation and shipping, and estimates a
$450,000 annual savings in costs if documents are submitted
electronically rather than in hard copy.
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Item Cost per item Costs
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Printing by Lender.......... 1,500 pages at $.04 $60.00
per page.
Lender Box Preparation...... $50 per hour and two $100.00
hours per box.
Shipping by Lender to HUD in 1-40 lb. box........ $20.00
Field.
HUD processing preparation $50 per hour and 1 $50.00
(Field and HQ). hour per box.
Shipping by HUD Field to HQ. 1-40 lb. box........ $20.00
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Total................... .................... $250.00 per box
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Estimated Boxes 3
per project.
Estimated of 600
projects per year.
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Total Annual Costs...... ( of boxes $450,000.00
x of
projects x cost per
box).
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Therefore, in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), HUD is soliciting
comments from members of the public and interested parties on:
(1) Whether the documents identified by HUD for originally signed,
hard copy submission are necessary in such format for proper
performance of the transactions in which the documents are used;
(2) Whether any of the documents not identified as necessary for
originally signed, hard copy submission should be submitted only in
originally signed, hard copy;
(3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the reduced burden and
reduced costs for submission of documents electronically;
(4) Whether electronic submission of application documents enhances
the utility and efficiency of the transactions in which the documents
are used;
(5) Whether electronic submission of other documents enhances the
utility and efficiency of the transactions in which the documents are
used; and
(6) Additional ways, through information technology, to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding the
information collection requirements in this proposal. Comments must be
received by November 12, 2013. Comments must refer to the proposal by
name and docket number (FR-5354-N-01) and must be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503, Fax number: (202) 395-6947, and
Colette Pollard, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., Room 4178,
Washington, DC 20410.
Dated: September 4, 2013.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Associate
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2013-22024 Filed 9-9-13; 8:45 am]
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