82 FR 9592 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Comment Request: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 24 (February 7, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 24 (February 7, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-02464 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 9592-9594] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-02464] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5997-C-01] 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Comment Request: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD. ACTION: Correction; Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice corrects the document HUD published on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 82 FR 8839. HUD omitted the Appendix which is included in this document. DATES: Comments Due Date: March 9, 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]. Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535 (this is not a toll- free number) or email at [email protected] 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. 1. Submission of Comments by Mail. Comments may be submitted by mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. 2. Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to the public. Comments submitted electronically through the www.regulations.gov Web site can be viewed by other commenters and interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically. Note: To receive consideration as public comments, comments must be submitted through one of the two methods specified above. Again, all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the notice. No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not acceptable. Public Inspection of Public Comments. All properly submitted comments and communications submitted to HUD will be available for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above address. Due to security measures at the [[Page 9593]] HUD Headquarters building, an advance appointment to review the public comments must be scheduled by calling the Regulations Division at 202- 708-3055 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or have speech impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Copies of all comments submitted are available for inspection and downloading at www.regulations.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 [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 September 21, 2016. I. Background As noted in the Summary, elsewhere in today's Federal Register, HUD is publishing its final rule entitled ``Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual's Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs.'' Through this final rule, HUD ensures equal access to individuals in accordance with their gender identity in programs and shelter funded under programs administered by HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD). This rule builds upon HUD's February 2012 final rule entitled ``Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity'' (2012 Equal Access Rule), which aimed to ensure that HUD's housing programs would be open to all eligible individuals and families regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. The 2012 Equal Access Rule, however, did not address how transgender and gender non- conforming individuals should be accommodated in temporary, emergency shelters and other buildings and facilities used for shelter that have physical limitations or configurations that require and that are permitted to have shared sleeping quarters or shared bathing facilities.\1\ This final rule published in today's Federal Register follows HUD's November 20, 2015 proposed rule, which addressed this issue after soliciting public comment. The final rule requires that recipients and subrecipients of CPD funding, as well as owners, operators, and managers of shelters, and other buildings and facilities and providers of services funded in whole or in part by any CPD program to grant equal access to such facilities, and other buildings and facilities, benefits, accommodations and services to individuals in accordance with the individual's gender identity, and in a manner that affords equal access to the individual's family. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Shared sleeping quarters and shared bathing facilities are those for simultaneous use by more than one person. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The notice set out in the appendix presents an additional measure by HUD to ensure that individuals seeking placement or accommodation in a shelter or other building or facility and housing funded under a program administered by CPD are aware of HUD's equal access policy, as established in HUD's 2012 Equal Access Rule, and elaborated upon in the final rule published in today's Federal Register. Through this PRA notice, HUD proposes to require owners and operators of CPD-funded shelters, housing, buildings and other facilities to post this notice on bulletin boards and in other public places where individuals staying in the shelter, building, housing or facility or seeking placement or accommodation in the shelter, building, housing, or facility would see this information. HUD strives to reduce burden by providing the content of the notice to be posted and estimates it will take about six minutes for owners and operators to print and post this notice. All existing and new owners would be required to post the notice only once, and ensure that it remains visible to those accessing the shelter, housing, or facility. A. Overview of Information Collection Title of Information Collection: Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs. OMB Approval Number: 2506--New. Type of Request: New collection of information. Form Number: None. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: As noted above, the purposeof the notice set out in the appendix to this PRA notice is to ensure that individuals seeking placement or accommodation in a shelter, building, housing or facility funded under a program administered by CPD are aware of HUD's equal access requirements, as established in HUD's 2012 Equal Access Rule, and elaborated upon in the final rule published in today's Federal Register. Members of affected public: Owners and operators of a shelter, building, housing or facility funded under programs administered by CPD. Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: Please see table below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Response Information collection respondents frequency Total ** Burden hours Total annual Hourly rate Burden cost * (average) responses per response hours *** per instrument A B C D E F .............. .............. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME Investment Partnerships program.............. 25,350 1 25,350 .10 2,535 $21.73 $55,085.55 Community Development Block Grant program (State 2,430 1 2,430 .10 243 21.73 5,280.39 and Entitlement)................................. Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 100 1 100 .10 10 21.73 217.30 program.......................................... Emergency Solutions Grants program & Continuum of 6,750 1 6,750 .10 675 21.73 14,667.75 Care............................................. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 9594]] Total......................................... 34,630 ............ 34,630 ............ 3,463 .............. 75,250.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. C. Authority Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Dated: February 1, 2017. Anna P. Guido, Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. Appendix Notice on Equal Access Regardless of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Marital Status for HUD's Community Planning and Development Programs This [shelter/building/housing/facility] receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Department's (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) and MUST comply with the following REQUIREMENTS:Determine your eligibility for housing regardless of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status, and must not discriminate against you because you do not conform to gender or sex stereotypes (i.e., because of your gender identity); Grant you equal access to CPD programs or facilities consistent with your gender identity, and provide your family with equal access; MUST NOT ask you to provide anatomical information or documentary (like your ID), physical, or medical evidence of your gender identity; and Take non-discriminatory steps when necessary and appropriate to address privacy concerns raised by any residents or occupants, including you. If you think this program has violated any of these requirements, including any denial of services or benefits, contact your local HUD office for assistance with alleged violations of HUD program regulations. Local offices can be found at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/field_policy_mgt/localoffices. If you believe you have experienced housing discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex, including discrimination because of gender identity, contact 1-800-669-9777 or file a written complaint with HUD at: www.hud.gov ``file a discrimination complaint''. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech impairments may file a complaint via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To better understand HUD's requirements, the following definitions apply: Sexual orientation means one's emotional or physical attraction to the same and/or opposite sex (e.g. homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality). Gender identity means the gender with which a person identifies, regardless of the sex assigned to that person at birth and regardless of the person's perceived gender identity. Perceived gender identity means the gender with which a person is perceived to identify based on that person's appearance, behavior, expression, other gender related characteristics, or sex assigned to the individual at birth or identified in documents. [FR Doc. 2017-02464 Filed 2-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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interviews—28; ethnographic interviews participant interviews—120 minutes; RRH program participant interviews—
and housing journals—16; RRH ethnographic interviews and housing one time; ethnographic interviews and
household observations—16, and journals—170 minutes; RRH household housing journals—two times, and RRH
quarterly updates—16. observations—180 minutes, and household observations—five times, and
Estimated Time per Response: Web- quarterly updates—10 minutes. quarterly updates and housing journal—
based program survey (CoCs)—20 Frequency of Response: Web-based five times.
minutes; web-based program survey program survey (CoCs)—one time; web- Estimated Total Annual Burden
(RRH programs)—30 minutes; RRH in- based program survey (RRH programs)— Hours: $1,772.16
depth telephone program interviews— one time; RRH in-depth telephone Estimated Total Annual Cost:
120 minutes; one time RRH program program interviews—one time; one time $45,629.82
Number of Frequency Responses Burden hour Annual Hourly cost
Information collection Cost
respondents of response per annum per response burden hours per response
Web-based Program Survey—CoCs ............................ 400 1 400 0.33 132 $36.85 $4,864.20
Web-based Program Survey—RRH Programs ............ 2,400 1 2,400 0.5 1,200 29.60 35,520
RRH In-depth Program Interviews ................................ 20 1 20 2 40 29.60 1,184
One-time RRH Program Participant Interviews ............ 28 1 28 2 56 10.15 568.40
Ethnographic Interviews and Housing Journals ........... 16 2 32 2.83 90.56 10.15 919.18
RRH Household Observations ...................................... 16 5 80 3 240 10.15 2,436
Quarterly RRH Household Updates .............................. 16 5 80 0.17 13.6 10.15 138.04
Total ....................................................................... .................... .................... 3,040 ........................ 1,772.16 ........................ 45,629.82
B. Solicitation of Public Comment DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND free Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 8339.
This notice is soliciting comments 1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
from members of the public and affected [Docket No. FR–5997–C–01] Comments may be submitted by mail to
parties concerning the collection of the Regulations Division, Office of
information described in Section A on 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information General Counsel, Department of
the following: Collection: Public Comment Request: Housing and Urban Development, 451
(1) Whether the proposed collection Notice on Equal Access Regardless of 7th Street SW., Room 10276,
of information is necessary for the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Washington, DC 20410–0500.
proper performance of the functions of Marital Status for HUD’s Community 2. Electronic Submission of
the agency, including whether the Planning and Development Programs Comments. Interested persons may
information will have practical utility; submit comments electronically through
AGENCY: Office of Community Planning
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s and Development, HUD.
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
estimate of the burden of the proposed ACTION: Correction; Notice. encourages commenters to submit
collection of information; comments electronically. Electronic
SUMMARY: This notice corrects the
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, document HUD published on Tuesday, submission of comments allows the
utility, and clarity of the information to January 24, 2017 at 82 FR 8839. HUD commenter maximum time to prepare
be collected; and omitted the Appendix which is and submit a comment, ensures timely
included in this document. receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
make them immediately available to the
the collection of information on those DATES: Comments Due Date: March 9,
public. Comments submitted
who are to respond, including through 2017. electronically through the
the use of appropriate automated ADDRESSES: Interested persons are www.regulations.gov Web site can be
collection techniques or other forms of invited to submit comments regarding viewed by other commenters and
information technology, e.g., permitting this proposal. Comments should refer to interested members of the public.
electronic submission of responses. the proposal by name and/or OMB Commenters should follow the
HUD encourages interested parties to Control Number and should be sent to: instructions provided on that site to
submit comment in response to these HUD Desk Officer, Office of submit comments electronically.
questions. Management and Budget, New Note: To receive consideration as
Executive Office Building, Washington, public comments, comments must be
C. Authority DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email: submitted through one of the two
Section 3507 of the Paperwork OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. methods specified above. Again, all
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management submissions must refer to the docket
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing number and title of the notice.
Chapter 35.
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile
Dated: January 30, 2017. SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC (FAX) comments are not acceptable.
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Matthew E. Ammon, 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5535 Public Inspection of Public
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (this is not a toll-free number) or email Comments. All properly submitted
Development and Research. at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of comments and communications
[FR Doc. 2017–02465 Filed 2–6–17; 8:45 am] the proposed forms or other available submitted to HUD will be available for
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Response
Number of Total ** Burden hours Total annual Burden cost
Information collection frequency Hourly rate ***
respondents * responses per response hours per instrument
(average)
A B C D E F
Total ................................................................. 34,630 ...................... 34,630 ...................... 3,463 ........................ 75,250.99
B. Solicitation of Public Comment your ID), physical, or medical evidence of Council scheduled for Tuesday,
your gender identity; and February 7, 2017, and Wednesday,
This notice is soliciting comments • Take non-discriminatory steps when
from members of the public and affected February 8, 2017, is cancelled.
necessary and appropriate to address privacy
parties concerning the collection of concerns raised by any residents or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
information described in Section A on occupants, including you. Joshua Winchell, Council Designated
the following: If you think this program has violated any Federal Officer, by U.S. mail at the U.S.
(1) Whether the proposed collection of these requirements, including any denial Fish and Wildlife Service, National
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HUD office for assistance with alleged Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; by
proper performance of the functions of violations of HUD program regulations. Local
the agency, including whether the offices can be found at: http://portal.hud.gov/
telephone at (703) 358–2639; or by
information will have practical utility; hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/field_ email at joshua_winchell@fws.gov.
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discrimination because of gender identity,
be collected; and contact 1–800–669–9777 or file a written is cancelled.
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identity.
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Anna P. Guido, gender with which a person is perceived to meeting is given under the Federal Advisory
Department Reports Management Officer, identify based on that person’s appearance, Committee Act (FACA), Pub. L. 92–463, as
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| 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. | |
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