Proposed Information Collection; 30-Day Notice: Requirement for Contractors To Provide Certificates of Insurance for Capital Program Projects

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-47]

Proposed Information Collection; 30-Day Notice: Requirement for Contractors To Provide Certificates of Insurance for Capital Program Projects

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: June 26, 2014

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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

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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 March 24, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:

Requirement for Contractors to Provide Certificates of Insurance for Capital Program Projects.

OMB Approval Number:

2577-0046.

Type of Request:

Extension of a currently approved collection.

Form Number:

Not applicable.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

Public Housing Agencies must obtain certificates of insurance from contractors and subcontractors before beginning work under either the development of a new low-income public housing projects or the modernization of an existing project. The certificates of insurance provide evidence that worker's compensation and general liability, automobile liability insurance are in force before and construction work is started.

Respondents

(i.e. affected public): Business or other For-Profit, State, Local or Tribal Government.

Total Estimated Burdens

Information collection

Number of

respondents

Frequency of response

Responses per annum

Burden hour per response

Annual burden hours

Hourly cost per response

Annual cost

2577-0046

3,000

4

12,000

0.5

6,000

$25

$150,000

Total

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: May 21, 2014.

Colette Pollard,

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

[FR Doc. 2014-12215 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am]

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