30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Energy Audits and Utility Allowances

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-105]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Energy Audits and Utility Allowances

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

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:

January 10, 2014.

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:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov

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 for a period of 60 days was published on September 25, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:

Public Housing Energy Audits and Utility Allowances.

OMB Approval Number:

2577-062.

Type of Request:

Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved collection.

Form Number:

HUD-50078.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

24 CFR 965.301, Subpart C, Energy Audit and Energy Conservation Measures, requires PHAs to complete energy audits once every five years and undertake cost-effective energy conservation measures. 24 CFR Part 965, Subpart E, Resident Allowances for Utilities, requires PHAs to establish, review and revise utility allowances for PHA-furnished utilities and for resident-purchased utilities.

Respondents (i.e. affected public):

Public Housing Agencies.

Section reference

Number of

respondents

Number of

responses per respondent

Total annual number of

responses

Estimated

average

time for

requirement

(in hours)

Estimated

annual burden

(in hours)

965.302—Energy Audits

680

1

680

3.5

2,380

965.308—Energy Performance Contracts

22

1

22

100

2,200

965.402—Benefit/Cost Analysis

5

1

1

3

15

965.502—Establish utility allowances

5

1

5

20

100

965.507—Review utility allowances

13,100

1

3,100

2

6,200

965.507—Revise utility allowances

21,240

1

1,240

20

24,800

965.506—Establishment of Surcharges for Excess Consumption

200

1

200

1

200

Optional Benchmarking (50078 available for this purpose)

350

1

350

1.5

525

965-508-Individual Relief Criteria

1,000

1

1,000

1

1,000

Total Paperwork Burden for OMB Control #2577-0062

37,420

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. Chapters 35.

Dated: December 4, 2013.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2013-29543 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]

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