82 FR 27856 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of Operating Subsidies Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 116 (June 19, 2017)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27856-27857]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12720]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5997-N-29]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Allocation of 
Operating Subsidies Under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection

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: July 19, 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: [email protected].

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 
[email protected] 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

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for a period of 60 days was published on December 21, 2016 at 81 FR 
93698.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Allocation of Operating Subsidies 
under the Operating Fund Formula: Data Collection.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0029.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collections.
    Form Number: HUD-52722 and HUD-52723.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government, Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs).
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) use this information in budget 
submissions which are reviewed and approved by HUD field offices as the 
basis for obligating operating subsidies. This information is necessary 
to calculate the eligibility for operating subsidies under the 
Operating Funding Program regulations, as amended. The Operating Fund 
is designed to provide the amount of operating subsidy needed for well-
managed PHAs. PHAs submit the information electronically with these 
forms.
    Three changes occurred with the form HUD-52723. First, respondents 
requested to provide the total number of units for all projects under 
the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC). Second, aligned the 
requirements for Limited Vacancy (Section 2, Line 14) to 24 CFR 
990.150. Finally, respondents may enter the Resident Paid Utilities 
benefits for Energy Performance Contracts in a separate line (Section 
3, Part B, Line 02). There is one change to the HUD-52722, HUD 
eliminated the Frozen Rolling Base checkbox in Section 1 and instead 
the respondents indicate a Rolling Base Consumption Level Category for 
each utility.
    Total Estimated Burdens:

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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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HUD-52722...............................           7,000               1            0.75           5,250           5,250          $30.98         162,645
HUD-52723...............................           7,000               1            0.75           5,250           5,250           30.98         162,645
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          10,500  ..............  ..............         325,290
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice solicits 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 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 as amended.

    Dated: June 13, 2017.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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