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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–N–18]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the Rental
Assistance Demonstration Program,
Phase 2
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
HUD submitted the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the
SUMMARY:
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Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose
of this notice is to allow for an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 21,
2017.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535.
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. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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 September 8,
2016 at 81 FR 62167.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of the Rental Assistance
Demonstration, Phase 2.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: 2528-New.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Rental Assistance Demonstration
program (RAD) was established in 2012
to stem the loss of Public Housing units
and other subsidized housing arising
from a backlog of capital needs. The
program helps to convert at-risk Public
Housing properties to two different
forms of Project-Based Section 8
Housing Assistance Payments (HAP)
contracts—either Project-Based Voucher
(PBV) or Project-Based Rental
Assistance (PBRA)—giving Public
Housing Authorities (PHAs) more
flexibility to access private and public
funding sources, reducing their reliance
on limited appropriations. The RAD
authorizing statute requires HUD to
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assess the impact of the program on: (1)
The preservation and improvement of
former Public Housing units, in
particular their physical and financial
condition, (2) the amount of external
capital leveraged as a result of such
conversions, and (3) the residents living
in properties at the time of conversion.
To comply with this statutory
requirement and examine whether the
program’s objectives are being achieved,
HUD will be collecting and analyzing
quantitative and qualitative data from
primary and secondary sources related
to the following: (1) The physical and
financial condition of 24 RAD
properties selected for the study and 48
non-RAD properties selected for
comparison; (2) the implementation of
the program, including the capital needs
and amount of external funding
leveraged; and (3) the experience with,
and effect on, residents.
The first phase of the evaluation has
been completed, and relied on
information collected in accordance
with OMB control number 2528–0304.
Under Phase 1, HUD surveyed PHAs
about their experiences with RAD and
began enrolling Public Housing
residents to track them for Phase 2 of
the study. The information collection
effort occurred early in the RAD
implementation process; while it
provided useful information about how
PHAs were approaching RAD, further
information collection is necessary to
understand the results of RAD.
The second phase of the evaluation is
now under way to answer questions
about effects of RAD three to four years
after its launch. This notice announces
HUD’s intent to collect additional
information: (1) A survey of residents of
RAD properties and (2) follow-up
interviews with PHA staff. This
information will inform HUD, Congress,
and other interested parties about how
PHAs and residents are experiencing
RAD now that projects have been
converted, and whether or not it is
achieving its intended objectives.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
This information collection will affect
approximately 400 households that have
been enrolled in the RAD tenant study
(enrollment was approved under OMB
control number 2528–0304) and
approximately 100 PHA staff, including
Executive Directors and other high-level
staff at PHAs participating in RAD. The
tenant survey is expected to take 1 hour
and will be conducted once for each
household. The PHA interviews are
expected to take 1 hour and will be
conducted one time.
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Information collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
Annual
burden hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Annual cost
Survey of RAD tenants .........
Interviews with PHA staff .....
400
24
One time .......
One time .......
1
1
0.50
1.50
400
36
$12.73
$54.24
$2,546.00
1,952.64
Total ...............................
424
.......................
........................
........................
500
....................
$4,498.64
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 using
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 15, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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[FWS–R2–ES–2017–N047;
FXES11140200000–178–FF02ENEH00]
Incidental Take Permit Application
Received To Participate in American
Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas
Industry Conservation Plan in
Oklahoma
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
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AGENCY:
Under the Endangered
Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on federally
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listed American burying beetle
incidental take permit applications. The
applicants anticipate American burying
beetle take as a result of impacts to
habitat the species uses for breeding,
feeding, and sheltering in Oklahoma.
The take would be incidental to the
applicants’ activities associated with oil
and gas well field and pipeline
infrastructure (gathering, transmission,
and distribution), including geophysical
exploration (seismic), construction,
maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation. If
approved, the permit would be issued
under the approved American Burying
Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered
Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit
Issuance in Oklahoma.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
June 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
all documents and submit comments on
the applicants’ incidental take permit
(ITP) applications by one of the
following methods. Please refer to the
proposed permit number when
requesting documents or submitting
comments.
Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Endangered
Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
fws.gov.
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Environmental Review Division, P.O.
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications
to take the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) during oil and gas well
field infrastructure geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
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decommissioning, as well as oil and gas
gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
construction, maintenance, operation,
repair, decommissioning, and
reclamation in Oklahoma.
If approved, the permits would be
issued to the applicants under the
American Burying Beetle Amended Oil
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section
10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in
Oklahoma. The original ICP was
approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no
significant impact’’ finding notice was
published in the Federal Register on
July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft
amended ICP was made available for
comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR
12113), and approved on April 13, 2016.
The ICP and the associated
environmental assessment/finding of no
significant impact are available on the
Web site at https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP.
However, we are no longer taking
comments on these finalized, approved
documents.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications
under the ICP, for incidentally taking
the federally listed American burying
beetle. Please refer to the appropriate
permit number (e.g., TE–123456) when
requesting application documents and
when submitting comments. Documents
and other information the applicants
have submitted with this application are
available for review, subject to Privacy
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)
requirements.
Permit TE23851C
Applicant: Targa SouthOK NGL
Pipeline, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a permit for oil
and gas upstream and midstream
production, including oil and gas well
field infrastructure geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning, as well as oil and gas
gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
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[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10362]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5997-N-18]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program, Phase 2
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD 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: June 21, 2017.
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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-5535. 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. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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
September 8, 2016 at 81 FR 62167.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Rental
Assistance Demonstration, Phase 2.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: 2528-New.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Rental Assistance Demonstration program (RAD) was established in 2012
to stem the loss of Public Housing units and other subsidized housing
arising from a backlog of capital needs. The program helps to convert
at-risk Public Housing properties to two different forms of Project-
Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts--either
Project-Based Voucher (PBV) or Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)--
giving Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) more flexibility to access
private and public funding sources, reducing their reliance on limited
appropriations. The RAD authorizing statute requires HUD to assess the
impact of the program on: (1) The preservation and improvement of
former Public Housing units, in particular their physical and financial
condition, (2) the amount of external capital leveraged as a result of
such conversions, and (3) the residents living in properties at the
time of conversion.
To comply with this statutory requirement and examine whether the
program's objectives are being achieved, HUD will be collecting and
analyzing quantitative and qualitative data from primary and secondary
sources related to the following: (1) The physical and financial
condition of 24 RAD properties selected for the study and 48 non-RAD
properties selected for comparison; (2) the implementation of the
program, including the capital needs and amount of external funding
leveraged; and (3) the experience with, and effect on, residents.
The first phase of the evaluation has been completed, and relied on
information collected in accordance with OMB control number 2528-0304.
Under Phase 1, HUD surveyed PHAs about their experiences with RAD and
began enrolling Public Housing residents to track them for Phase 2 of
the study. The information collection effort occurred early in the RAD
implementation process; while it provided useful information about how
PHAs were approaching RAD, further information collection is necessary
to understand the results of RAD.
The second phase of the evaluation is now under way to answer
questions about effects of RAD three to four years after its launch.
This notice announces HUD's intent to collect additional information:
(1) A survey of residents of RAD properties and (2) follow-up
interviews with PHA staff. This information will inform HUD, Congress,
and other interested parties about how PHAs and residents are
experiencing RAD now that projects have been converted, and whether or
not it is achieving its intended objectives.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): This information collection
will affect approximately 400 households that have been enrolled in the
RAD tenant study (enrollment was approved under OMB control number
2528-0304) and approximately 100 PHA staff, including Executive
Directors and other high-level staff at PHAs participating in RAD. The
tenant survey is expected to take 1 hour and will be conducted once for
each household. The PHA interviews are expected to take 1 hour and will
be conducted one time.
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Hourly
Information collection Number of Frequency of response Responses per Burden hour Annual burden cost per Annual cost
respondents annum per response hours response
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Survey of RAD tenants................ 400 One time............... 1 0.50 400 $12.73 $2,546.00
Interviews with PHA staff............ 24 One time............... 1 1.50 36 $54.24 1,952.64
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Total............................ 424 ....................... .............. .............. 500 ........... $4,498.64
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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 using 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 15, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-10362 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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