30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) Appeals; PHAS Unaudited Financial Statement Submission Extensions; Assisted and Insured Housing Property Inspection Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments, 52354-52355 [2014-20962]
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percent of target development Panel
members (675) and 50 percent of
neighborhood Panel members (474) will
respond to this flyer and it will take at
most 5 minutes. This activity is
estimated to result in 1,149 responses,
91.92 hours, and $1,253 of burden per
year.
3. DIR will initiate follow-up phone
calls to determine if the most current
telephone number(s) in the contact
database are correct. This action will
only become necessary if there is no
response to the annual mailers and there
Information collection
is no online update and the postcard/
flyer is returned. DIR estimates that
about half of the neighborhood sample
(474) and 10 percent of the target
development sample (74) will require a
follow-up phone call. We estimate this
call will take 5 minutes. We estimate
that this activity will be successful for
50% of households (237 neighborhood
and 37 target). This activity is estimated
to result in 274 responses, 21.92 hours,
and $299 of burden per year.
4. After a pre-determined number of
unsuccessful telephone attempts (e.g.,
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Burden
hour per
response
Responses
per annum
3–5), a DIR field locator will visit the
household to determine if the head of
household still lives there. We estimate
about 50 percent of the previous cases
are expected to be resolved by telephone
contact, with the remaining 50 percent
(237 neighborhood and 37 target) being
assigned to a field locator. We estimate
this field location contact will take 5
minutes. This activity is estimated to
result in 274 responses, 21.92 hours,
and $299 of burden per year.
Annual
burden hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Annual cost
Postcard .....................................
Mailing with return envelope .....
Phone calls ................................
In-person visit ............................
424
1,149
274
274
Quarterly ..........
Annual ..............
Annual ..............
Annual ..............
3
1
1
1
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
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91.92
21.92
21.92
$13.63
13.63
13.63
13.63
$1,387
1,253
299
299
Total ....................................
2,121
..........................
......................
....................
237.52
....................
3,238
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: August 27, 2014.
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–5752–N–69]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) Appeals;
PHAS Unaudited Financial Statement
Submission Extensions; Assisted and
Insured Housing Property Inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 3,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at
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Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone
202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. 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 HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for
approval of the information collection
described in Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on June 24, 2014
(79 FR 35767).
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS)
Appeals; Public Housing and
Multifamily Housing Technical Reviews
and Database Adjustments; Assisted and
Insured Housing property inspection
Technical Reviews and Database
Adjustments.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0257.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Pursuant
to § 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, HUD
established procedures in the Public
Housing Assessment System (PHAS)
rule for a public housing agencies
(PHAs) to appeal a troubled assessment
designation (§ 902.69). The PHAS rule
in §§ 902.24 and 902.68 also provides
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that under certain circumstances PHAs
may submit a request for a database
adjustment and technical review,
respectively, of physical condition
inspection results.
Pursuant to the Office of Housing
Physical Condition of Multifamily
Properties regulation at § 200.857(d) and
(e), multifamily property owners also
have the right, under certain
circumstances, to submit a request for a
database adjustment and technical
review, respectively, of physical
condition inspection results.
Appeals when granted change
assessment scores and designations, and
database adjustments and technical
reviews when granted change property
scores, all of which result is more
accurate assessments.
Section 902.60 of the PHAS rule also
provides that, in extenuating
circumstances, PHAs may request an
extension of time to submit required
unaudited financial information. When
granted, an extension of time postpones
the imposition of sanctions for a late
submission.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and
Multifamily Housing property owners
(MF POs).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
34,000.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,430.
Frequency of Response: once for each
PHA to submit a PHAS appeal; once for
each PHA or MF PO to request a
technical review or database
adjustment; and once for each PHA to
request an extension of time to submit
unaudited financial information.
Average Hours per Response: average
of five hours per PHAS appeal; average
of eight hours for each request for a
technical review or database
adjustment; average of ten minutes for a
request for an extension of time to
submit unaudited financial information.
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
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(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
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been granted in the second quarter of
calendar year 2014.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
106 of the HUD Reform Act added a
new section 7(q) to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Act
(42 U.S.C. 3535(q)), which provides
that:
1. Any waiver of a regulation must be
in writing and must specify the grounds
for approving the waiver;
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
2. Authority to approve a waiver of a
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
regulation may be delegated by the
Dated: August 27, 2014.
Secretary only to an individual of
Colette Pollard,
Assistant Secretary or equivalent rank,
Department Reports Management Officer,
and the person to whom authority to
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
waive is delegated must also have
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regulation to be waived;
3. Not less than quarterly, the
Secretary must notify the public of all
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
waivers of regulations that HUD has
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
approved, by publishing a notice in the
Federal Register. These notices (each
[Docket No. FR–5789–N–02]
covering the period since the most
recent previous notification) shall:
Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests
a. Identify the project, activity, or
Granted for the Second Quarter of
undertaking involved;
Calendar Year 2014
b. Describe the nature of the provision
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel,
waived and the designation of the
HUD.
provision;
c. Indicate the name and title of the
ACTION: Notice.
person who granted the waiver request;
SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department
d. Describe briefly the grounds for
of Housing and Urban Development
approval of the request; and
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform
e. State how additional information
Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly
about a particular waiver may be
Federal Register notices of all
obtained.
regulatory waivers that HUD has
Section 106 of the HUD Reform Act
approved. Each notice covers the
also contains requirements applicable to
quarterly period since the previous
waivers of HUD handbook provisions
Federal Register notice. The purpose of that are not relevant to the purpose of
this notice is to comply with the
this notice.
requirements of section 106 of the HUD
This notice follows procedures
Reform Act. This notice contains a list
provided in HUD’s Statement of Policy
of regulatory waivers granted by HUD
on Waiver of Regulations and Directives
during the period beginning on April 1,
issued on April 22, 1991 (56 FR 16337).
2014, and ending on June 30, 2014.
In accordance with those procedures
and with the requirements of section
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
106 of the HUD Reform Act, waivers of
general information about this notice,
regulations are granted by the Assistant
contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate
Secretary with jurisdiction over the
General Counsel for Legislation and
Regulations, Department of Housing and regulations for which a waiver was
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street requested. In those cases in which a
General Deputy Assistant Secretary
SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC
granted the waiver, the General Deputy
20410–0500, telephone 202–708–1793
Assistant Secretary was serving in the
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
absence of the Assistant Secretary in
with hearing- or speech-impairments
may access this number through TTY by accordance with the office’s Order of
Succession.
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
This notice covers waivers of
Service at 800–877–8339.
regulations granted by HUD from April
For information concerning a
1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. For ease
particular waiver that was granted and
of reference, the waivers granted by
for which public notice is provided in
HUD are listed by HUD program office
this document, contact the person
(for example, the Office of Community
whose name and address follow the
Planning and Development, the Office
description of the waiver granted in the
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity,
accompanying list of waivers that have
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-69]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) Appeals; PHAS Unaudited Financial Statement
Submission Extensions; Assisted and Insured Housing Property Inspection
Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or
telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339. 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 HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection
described in Section A.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on June
24, 2014 (79 FR 35767).
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Assessment System
(PHAS) Appeals; Public Housing and Multifamily Housing Technical
Reviews and Database Adjustments; Assisted and Insured Housing property
inspection Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0257.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Pursuant to Sec. 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the United States Housing Act of
1937, as amended, HUD established procedures in the Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) rule for a public housing agencies (PHAs) to
appeal a troubled assessment designation (Sec. 902.69). The PHAS rule
in Sec. Sec. 902.24 and 902.68 also provides
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that under certain circumstances PHAs may submit a request for a
database adjustment and technical review, respectively, of physical
condition inspection results.
Pursuant to the Office of Housing Physical Condition of Multifamily
Properties regulation at Sec. 200.857(d) and (e), multifamily property
owners also have the right, under certain circumstances, to submit a
request for a database adjustment and technical review, respectively,
of physical condition inspection results.
Appeals when granted change assessment scores and designations, and
database adjustments and technical reviews when granted change property
scores, all of which result is more accurate assessments.
Section 902.60 of the PHAS rule also provides that, in extenuating
circumstances, PHAs may request an extension of time to submit required
unaudited financial information. When granted, an extension of time
postpones the imposition of sanctions for a late submission.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies (PHAs)
and Multifamily Housing property owners (MF POs).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 34,000.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,430.
Frequency of Response: once for each PHA to submit a PHAS appeal;
once for each PHA or MF PO to request a technical review or database
adjustment; and once for each PHA to request an extension of time to
submit unaudited financial information.
Average Hours per Response: average of five hours per PHAS appeal;
average of eight hours for each request for a technical review or
database adjustment; average of ten minutes for a request for an
extension of time to submit unaudited financial information.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in
Section A on the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: August 27, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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