81 FR 66075 - Notice of Web Availability: Memorandum of Understanding Regarding U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Compliance With the National Environmental Policy Act and Related Laws and Authorities

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 186 (September 26, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-23014

Today's notice announces that HUD has posted on its Web site its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding HUD compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related laws and authorities.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23014]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5979-N-01]

Notice of Web Availability: Memorandum of Understanding Regarding
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Compliance With the
National Environmental Policy Act and Related Laws and Authorities

AGENCY: Office of Environment and Energy, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Today's notice announces that HUD has posted on its Web site
its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding HUD compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related laws and
authorities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Potter, Office of Environment and
Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 7212, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-4225
(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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today's notice announce that HUD has posted
on its Web site its ``Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Regarding U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Related Laws and
Authorities''.
A core mission of HUD is to provide housing in a safe, suitable and
healthy environment, and this mission is accomplished in large measure
through environmental compliance with NEPA. NEPA ensures that a
project's impacts on the environment, as well as the environment's
impacts on the residents, are considered in a transparent manner before
decisions are made.
The purpose of the MOU is to outline the respective roles and
responsibilities of HUD program offices to ensure HUD compliance with
NEPA and related laws

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and authorities, and HUD's implementing regulations of 24 CFR parts 50,
51, 55, and 58. The MOU defines the roles and responsibilities of the
parties involved in HUD's environmental review process, establishes a
governance structure to address environmental compliance issues, and
clarifies procedural mechanisms to ensure and evaluate compliance.
The MOU establishes an internal governance structure to address
environmental compliance issues with regional, national, and executive
committees. Issues can be raised at each level and elevated as
necessary to create a more efficient review process. Mechanisms to
maintain and monitor environmental compliance are included in the MOU.
HUD will develop a management program to evaluate program office
compliance with environmental review requirements. These procedures
will be used to identify and solve internal issues of compliance.
The MOU can be found on the Department of Housing and Urban
Development's Web site at https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/5142/hud-nepa-compliance-mou/.

Dated: September 20, 2016.
Danielle L. Schopp,
Director Office of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016-23014 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
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A B C D E F

Information Collection Number of Frequency Responses Burden Annual Hourly cost Annual cost
respondents of response per annum hours burden per ($)
per hours response
response ($)

§ 578.77(a) Signed leases/occupancy
agreements ....................................... 104,000 2 208,000 1 208,000 37.13 7,723,040.00
§ 578.77(b) Calculating occupancy
charges ............................................. 1,840 200 368,000 0.75 276,000 37.13 10,247,880.00
§ 578.77(c) Calculating rent ................. 2,000 200 400,000 0.75 300,000 37.13 11,139,000.00
§ 578.81(a) Use restriction ................... 20 1 20 0.5 10 37.13 371.30
§ 578.91(a) Termination of assistance 400 1 400 4 1,600 37.13 59,408.00
§ 578.91(b) Due process for termi-
nation of assistance ......................... 4,500 1 4,500 3 13,500 37.13 501,255.00
§ 578.95(d)—Conflict-of-Interest ex-
ceptions ............................................ 10 1 10 3 30 37.13 1,113.90
§ 578.103(a)(3) Documenting home-
lessness ............................................ 300,000 1 300,000 0.25 75,000 37.13 2,784,750.00
§ 578.103(a)(4) Documenting at risk of
homelessness ................................... 10,000 1 10,000 0.25 2,500 37.13 92,825.00
§ 578.103(a)(5) Documenting imminent
threat of harm ................................... 200 1 200 0.5 100 37.13 3,713.00
§ 578.103(a)(7) Documenting program
participant records ............................ 350,000 6 2,100,000 0.25 525,000 37.13 19,493,250.00
§ 578.103(a)(7) Documenting case
management ..................................... 8,000 12 96,000 1 96,000 37.13 3,564,480.00
§ 578.103(a)(13) Documenting faith-
based activities ................................. 8,000 1 8,000 1 8,000 37.13 297,040.00
§ 578.103(b) Confidentiality proce-
dures ................................................. 11,500 1 11,500 1 11,500 37.13 426,995.00
§ 578.105(a) Grant/project changes—
UFAs ................................................. 20 2 40 2 80 37.13 2,970.40
§ 578.105(b) Grant/project changes—
multiple project applicants ................ 800 1 800 2 1,600 37.13 59,408.00

Total .............................................. 366,500 .................... 3,968,075 .................... 1,921,711 .................... 71,353,110.87

Annualized Cost @$37.13/hr (GS–12): Dated: September 11, 2016. Energy, Department of Housing and
$71,353,110.87. Harriet Tregoning, Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Room 7212, Washington, DC 20410;
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
Community Planning and Development. telephone number 202–708–4225 (this
This notice is soliciting comments [FR Doc. 2016–23004 Filed 9–23–16; 8:45 am] is not a toll-free number). Persons with
from members of the public and affected BILLING CODE 4210–67–P hearing or speech impairments may
parties concerning the collection of access this number through TTY by
information described in Section A on calling the toll-free Federal Relay
the following: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Service at 800–877–8339.
(1) Whether the proposed collection URBAN DEVELOPMENT SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s
of information is necessary for the notice announce that HUD has posted
proper performance of the functions of [Docket No. FR–5979–N–01]
on its Web site its ‘‘Memorandum of
the agency, including whether the Notice of Web Availability: Understanding (MOU) Regarding U.S.
information will have practical utility; Memorandum of Understanding Department of Housing and Urban
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s Development Compliance with the
Regarding U.S. Department of Housing
estimate of the burden of the proposed National Environmental Policy Act
and Urban Development Compliance
collection of information; (NEPA) and Related Laws and
With the National Environmental Policy
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, Authorities’’.
Act and Related Laws and Authorities
utility, and clarity of the information to A core mission of HUD is to provide
be collected; and AGENCY: Office of Environment and housing in a safe, suitable and healthy
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of Energy, HUD. environment, and this mission is
the collection of information on those ACTION: Notice. accomplished in large measure through
who are to respond; including through environmental compliance with NEPA.
the use of appropriate automated SUMMARY: Today’s notice announces NEPA ensures that a project’s impacts
collection techniques or other forms of that HUD has posted on its Web site its on the environment, as well as the
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information technology, e.g., permitting Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) environment’s impacts on the residents,
electronic submission of responses. regarding HUD compliance with the are considered in a transparent manner
HUD encourages interested parties to National Environmental Policy Act before decisions are made.
submit comment in response to these (NEPA) and related laws and The purpose of the MOU is to outline
questions. authorities. the respective roles and responsibilities
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim of HUD program offices to ensure HUD
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Potter, Office of Environment and compliance with NEPA and related laws

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and authorities, and HUD’s SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from A. Overview of Information Collection
implementing regulations of 24 CFR the Office of Management and Budget
parts 50, 51, 55, and 58. The MOU (OMB) for the information collection Title of Information Collection:
defines the roles and responsibilities of described below. In accordance with the Family Options Study: Long-Term
the parties involved in HUD’s Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is Tracking.
environmental review process, requesting comment from all interested OMB Approval Number: 2528–0259.
establishes a governance structure to parties on the proposed collection of
Type of Request: Revision of currently
address environmental compliance information. The purpose of this notice
approved collection.
issues, and clarifies procedural is to allow for 60 days of public
mechanisms to ensure and evaluate comment. Form Number: N/A.
compliance. DATES: Comments Due Date: November Description of the need for the
The MOU establishes an internal 25, 2016. information and proposed use: The
governance structure to address purpose of this proposed information
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
environmental compliance issues with collection is to continue tracking the
invited to submit comments regarding
regional, national, and executive families that enrolled in the U.S.
this proposal. Comments should refer to
committees. Issues can be raised at each Department of Housing and Urban
the proposal by name and/or OMB
level and elevated as necessary to create Development’s (HUD) Family Options
Control Number and should be sent to:
a more efficient review process. Study between September 2010 and
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Mechanisms to maintain and monitor January 2012. The Family Options
environmental compliance are included Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street Study is a multi-site experiment
in the MOU. HUD will develop a designed to test the impacts of different
management program to evaluate SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone (202) 402–5534 housing and services interventions on
program office compliance with homeless families in five key domains:
environmental review requirements. (this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of Housing stability, family preservation,
These procedures will be used to
the proposed forms or other available adult well-being, child well-being, and
identify and solve internal issues of
information. Persons with hearing or self-sufficiency. Families who enrolled
compliance.
The MOU can be found on the speech impairments may access this in the Family Options Study were
Department of Housing and Urban number through TTY by calling the toll- actively tracked for a minimum of three
Development’s Web site at https:// free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– years after their enrollment into the
www.hudexchange.info/resource/5142/ 8339. study; the last outreach to families took
hud-nepa-compliance-mou/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: place between March 2014 and March
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 2015. Both the design and the scale of
Dated: September 20, 2016. the study provides a strong basis for
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
Danielle L. Schopp, and Urban Development, 451 7th Street conclusions about the relative impacts
Director Office of Environment and Energy. SW., Washington, DC 20410; email of the interventions over time; both the
[FR Doc. 2016–23014 Filed 9–23–16; 8:45 am] Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@ short-term (20 month) and long-term
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5535. (37-month) impacts from this study
This is not a toll-free number. Persons yielded powerful evidence regarding the
with hearing or speech impairments impact of a non-time-limited housing
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND may access this number through TTY by subsidy. It is possible, though, that some
URBAN DEVELOPMENT calling the toll-free Federal Relay effects of the various interventions
[Docket No. FR–5915–N–11] Service at (800) 877–8339. might take longer to emerge, particularly
Copies of available documents for child well-being. Therefore, HUD
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information submitted to OMB may be obtained wishes to maintain contact with the
Collection: Family Options Study: from Ms. Guido. sample of families in order to observe
Long-Term Tracking SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This the longer-term effects of the
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development & notice informs the public that HUD is interventions in a limited set of
Research, HUD. seeking approval from OMB for the measures, and to assess the feasibility of
information collection described in an additional round of data collection in
ACTION: Notice.
Section A. the future.

Number of Frequency Responses Burden hour Annual Hourly cost
Information collection Annual cost
respondents of response per annum per response burden hours per response

Informed Consent .......... 2,271 1 2,271 .17 hours (10 minutes) 378.5 $10.15 $3,842
Tracking Interview ......... 2,271 1 2,271 .25 hours (15 minutes) 568 10.15 5,762

Total ....................... .................... .................... .................... ...................................... 946.5 ........................ 9,604

B. Solicitation of Public Comment proper performance of the functions of (3) Ways to enhance the quality,
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This notice is soliciting comments the agency, including whether the utility, and clarity of the information to
from members of the public and affected information will have practical utility; be collected; and
parties concerning the collection of (2) The accuracy of the agency’s (4) Ways to minimize the burden of
information described in Section A on estimate of the burden of the proposed the collection of information on those
the following: collection of information; who are to respond; including through
(1) Whether the proposed collection the use of appropriate automated
of information is necessary for the collection techniques or other forms of

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Contact		Jim Potter, Office of Environment and Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7212, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-4225 (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.
FR Citation		81 FR 66075