30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the Office of Public and Indian Housing's (PIH) Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) Program, 18071-18072 [2018-08579]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7001–N–17]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the Office of
Public and Indian Housing’s (PIH)
Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)
Program
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, 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 30 days of public
comment.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Comments Due Date: May 25,
2018.
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
ADDRESSES:
Base Period:
Web ........................................................
Telephone ..............................................
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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, QMAC, 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. Person with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree 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 July 22, 2016 at
81 FR 47813.
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: 2528—New.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.
Number of
respondents
Information collection
Municipal Building, 100 Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054.
Frequency of
Response
Responses
per annum
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. Since this type of
financing began in the 1980s, HUD has
approved approximately 315 EPCs
totaling nearly $1.5 billion in
investments. EPCs have been executed
in all ten HUD regions 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 followup 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/
Estimated Number of Responses:
Burden hour
per response
Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response 1
Annual cost
299.00
28.00
1.00
1.00
299.00
28.00
0.33
1.00
98.67
28.00
$34.79
34.79
$3,432.73
974.12
Total ................................................
Option Period:
Web ........................................................
Telephone ..............................................
327.00
........................
327.00
........................
126.67
34.79
4,406.85
136.00
18.00
1.00
1.00
136.00
18.00
0.33
1.00
44.88
18.00
34.79
34.79
1,561.38
626.22
Total ................................................
154.00
........................
........................
........................
62.88
34.79
2,187.60
Total .........................................
481.00
........................
........................
........................
189.55
34.79
6,594.45
1 The
Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey reported estimates that in 2017, the average property manager made about $34.79/hour (see
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
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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.
Section
202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. § 1708(c)(5)) requires that
HUD ‘‘publish a description of and the
cause for administrative action against a
HUD-approved mortgagee’’ by HUD’s
Mortgagee Review Board (‘‘Board’’). In
compliance with the requirements of
Section 202(c)(5), this notice advises of
actions that have been taken by the
Board in its meetings from October 1,
2016 to September 30, 2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Civil Money Penalties, Withdrawals
of FHA Approval, Suspensions,
Probations, and Reprimands
1. Alliance Financial Resources, LLC.,
Phoenix, AZ [Docket No. 16–1861–MR]
[Docket No. FR–6097–N–01]
Action: On June 27, 2017, the Board
voted to accept the terms of a settlement
agreement with Alliance Financial
Resources, LLC. (‘‘Alliance’’) that
required Alliance to pay a civil money
penalty in the amount of $13,000. The
settlement did not constitute an
admission of liability or fault.
Cause: The Board took this action
based on the following violations of
HUD/FHA requirements alleged by
HUD: Alliance (a) failed to timely notify
HUD/FHA that Alliance entered into a
Consent Order with the State of
Oklahoma Department of Consumer
Credit which required Alliance to pay a
penalty; and (b) falsely certified on its
annual certification that it had not been
sanctioned by a state agency,
notwithstanding the Consent Order with
the Oklahoma Department of Consumer
Credit.
Mortgagee Review Board:
Administrative Actions
2. Citizens Bank, N.A., Warwick, RI
[Docket No. 16–1771–MR]
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, Department of Housing
and Urban Development (‘‘HUD’’).
ACTION: Notice.
Action: On December 15, 2016, the
Board voted to accept the terms of a
settlement agreement with Citizens
Bank, N.A. (‘‘Citizens’’) that required
Citizens to pay a civil money penalty in
the amount of $25,500. The settlement
did not constitute an admission of
liability or fault.
Cause: The Board took this action
based on the following violations of
HUD/FHA requirements alleged by
HUD: Citizens (a) failed to timely notify
HUD/FHA that Citizens entered into a
Consent Order with the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau which
required Citizens to pay a penalty; (b)
failed to timely notify HUD/FHA that
Citizens had been assessed a civil
money penalty by the Office of the
Comptroller of Currency; and (c) failed
to notify HUD/FHA that Citizens was
assessed another civil money penalty by
the Office of the Comptroller of
Currency.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY:
In compliance with Section
202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act,
this notice advises of the cause and
description of administrative actions
taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review
Board against HUD-approved
mortgagees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy A. Murray, Secretary to the
Mortgagee Review Board, 451 Seventh
Street SW, Room B–133/3150,
Washington, DC 20410–8000; telephone
(202) 708–2224 (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Service at (800)
877–8339.
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3. CMG Mortgage, Inc., San Ramon, CA
[Docket No. 16–1770–MR]
Action: On December 15, 2016, the
Board voted to accept a settlement
agreement with CMG Mortgage, Inc.
(‘‘CMG’’) that required CMG to pay a
civil money penalty in the amount of
$8,500. The settlement did not
constitute an admission of liability or
fault.
Cause: The Board took this action
based on the following violation of
HUD/FHA requirements alleged by
HUD: CMG failed to timely notify HUD/
FHA that it entered into a Settlement
Agreement with the State of New York
Department of Financial Services under
which it paid a fine.
4. Financial Freedom, a Division of CIT
Bank N.A., Irvine, CA [Docket No.17–
0036–FC]
Action: On January 9, 2017, the Board
voted to accept a settlement agreement
with Financial Freedom; pursuant to the
settlement agreement, Financial
Freedom was required to pay the United
States $89,274,944 without admitting
liability.
Cause: The Board took this action
because Financial Freedom allegedly
failed to self-curtail debenture interest
on mortgage insurance claims it had
submitted to HUD relating to HECM
loans.
5. Great Western Financial Services,
Inc., Plano, TX [Docket No. 16–1781–
MR]
Action: On June 27, 2017, the Board
voted to accept a settlement agreement
with Great Western Financial Services
(‘‘Great Western’’) that required Great
Western to pay a civil money penalty in
the amount of $52,468. The settlement
did not constitute an admission of
liability or fault.
Cause: The Board took this action
based on the following violations of
HUD/FHA requirements alleged by
HUD: Great Western (a) failed to timely
notify HUD/FHA that it was assessed a
fine by the State of Illinois Department
of Financial and Professional Regulation
Division of Banking; (b) failed to timely
notify HUD/FHA that it was issued a
Consent Order by the State of Oklahoma
Department of Consumer Credit
requiring Great Western to pay a civil
money penalty; (c) failed to timely
notify HUD/FHA that it was issued a
Consent Order by the State of
Connecticut Department of Banking
requiring Great Western to pay a civil
money penalty; (d) failed to timely
notify HUD/FHA that it was issued a
Consent Order by the State of Texas
Department of Savings and Mortgage
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[Notices]
[Pages 18071-18072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08579]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7001-N-17]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Office of Public and Indian Housing's (PIH) Energy Performance
Contracting (EPC) Program
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 25, 2018.
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 [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Person 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 July
22, 2016 at 81 FR 47813.
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: 2528--New.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: N/A.
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. Since this type of financing
began in the 1980s, HUD has approved approximately 315 EPCs totaling
nearly $1.5 billion in investments. EPCs have been executed in all ten
HUD regions 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/Estimated Number of Responses:
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Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden per response Annual cost
respondents Response annum per response hours \1\
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Base Period:
Web................................. 299.00 1.00 299.00 0.33 98.67 $34.79 $3,432.73
Telephone........................... 28.00 1.00 28.00 1.00 28.00 34.79 974.12
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Total........................... 327.00 .............. 327.00 .............. 126.67 34.79 4,406.85
Option Period:
Web................................. 136.00 1.00 136.00 0.33 44.88 34.79 1,561.38
Telephone........................... 18.00 1.00 18.00 1.00 18.00 34.79 626.22
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Total........................... 154.00 .............. .............. .............. 62.88 34.79 2,187.60
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Total....................... 481.00 .............. .............. .............. 189.55 34.79 6,594.45
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\1\ The Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey reported estimates that in 2017, the average property manager made about $34.79/hour
(see https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
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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: April 18, 2018.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-08579 Filed 4-24-18; 8:45 am]
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