60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Evaluation of the Office of Public and Indian Housing's (PIH) Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) Program, 47813-47814 [2016-17391]
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63237) extending the ACAS pilot period
through July 26, 2014, and reopening
the application period through
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CBP published a notice in the Federal
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44360) extending the ACAS pilot period
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Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of
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The President’s National Security
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The President’s National
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Strategic Vision Subcommittee.
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Helen Jackson,
Designated Federal Officer for the NSTAC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5915–N–06]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Notice of Proposed
Information Collection for Public
Comment: Evaluation of the Office of
Public and Indian Housing’s (PIH)
Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
Program
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
SUMMARY:
Comments Due Date: September
20, 2016.
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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
DATES:
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Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th 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. Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
Information collection
Number of
respondents
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of the Office of Public and
Indian Housing’s (PIH) Energy
Performance Contracting (EPC) Program.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: This is a new
request.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
information is being collected to explore
and document the effectiveness and
value of HUD’s Energy Performance
Contracting (EPC) program. EPCs are an
innovative financing technique
designed to provide Public Housing
Authorities (PHAs) with cost-effective
energy improvements that are installed
with little or no up-front expenditures,
wherein the costs of the improvements
are typically borne by the performance
contractor and repaid using a portion of
the cost savings resulting from the
improvements. HUD has approved
approximately 315 EPCs, totally nearly
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
$1.5 billion in investments, since this
type of financing began in the 1980s.
EPCs have been executed in all ten HUD
Regions and in very small (less than 250
units) to very large (more than 6,599
units) PHAs; however to date, no
substantive review of the program’s
performance has been conducted. The
proposed data collection instrument is a
web-based survey that will be supported
by follow-up telephone interviews to a
subset of the study’s participants.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Employees of housing organizations
receiving funding from HUD,
specifically public housing authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
492 (consisting of PHAs that have: (1)
Executed an EPC, (2) begun the EPC
application process but didn’t execute
the EPC, and (3) never been associated
with an EPC),
Estimated Number of Responses: 394
(based on an 80% response rate, web
survey or telephone interviews).
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 0.79
(weighted average).
Total Estimated Burdens: 312.
Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response
Annual cost
Web Survey .................
Telephone Interview .....
328
66
1
1
1
1
0.75
1
246
66
$44.15
44.15
$10,861
2,914
Total ......................
394
........................
........................
........................
312
........................
13,775
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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
(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.
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Dated: May 11, 2016.
Matthew E. Ammon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
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Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
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number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free),
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588 or send an email to
title5@hud.gov .
In
accordance with the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
determined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: July 14, 2016.
Brian P. Fitzmaurice,
Director, Division of Community Assistance,
Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs.
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[FR Doc No: 2016-17391]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5915-N-06]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Notice of
Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Evaluation of the
Office of Public and Indian Housing's (PIH) Energy Performance
Contracting (EPC) Program
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September 20, 2016.
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: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management
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Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-
3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
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. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Office of Public
and Indian Housing's (PIH) Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
Program.
OMB Approval Number: None.
Type of Request: This is a new request.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
information is being collected to explore and document the
effectiveness and value of HUD's Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
program. EPCs are an innovative financing technique designed to provide
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) with cost-effective energy
improvements that are installed with little or no up-front
expenditures, wherein the costs of the improvements are typically borne
by the performance contractor and repaid using a portion of the cost
savings resulting from the improvements. HUD has approved approximately
315 EPCs, totally nearly $1.5 billion in investments, since this type
of financing began in the 1980s. EPCs have been executed in all ten HUD
Regions and in very small (less than 250 units) to very large (more
than 6,599 units) PHAs; however to date, no substantive review of the
program's performance has been conducted. The proposed data collection
instrument is a web-based survey that will be supported by follow-up
telephone interviews to a subset of the study's participants.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Employees of housing
organizations receiving funding from HUD, specifically public housing
authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 492 (consisting of PHAs that have:
(1) Executed an EPC, (2) begun the EPC application process but didn't
execute the EPC, and (3) never been associated with an EPC),
Estimated Number of Responses: 394 (based on an 80% response rate,
web survey or telephone interviews).
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 0.79 (weighted average).
Total Estimated Burdens: 312.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Annual cost
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Web Survey.............................. 328 1 1 0.75 246 $44.15 $10,861
Telephone Interview..................... 66 1 1 1 66 44.15 2,914
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Total............................... 394 .............. .............. .............. 312 .............. 13,775
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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
(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: May 11, 2016.
Matthew E. Ammon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2016-17391 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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