Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. N-94-3790]

Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notices.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirements described

below have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department

is soliciting public comment on the subject proposals.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comment regarding

these proposals. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from

the date of this notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name

and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the

proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be

obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposals

for the collections of information, as described below, to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter

35).

The Notices list the following information: (1) The title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (4) the agency form number, if

applicable; (5) what members of the public will be affected by the

proposal; (6) how frequently information submissions will be required;

(7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (8) whether the proposal is new or an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection

requirement; and (9) the names and telephone numbers of an agency

official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the

Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44

U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: June 2, 1994.

John T. Murphy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.

Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Analysis of Proposed Main Construction Contract.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

Description of the Need For the Information and Its Proposed Use:

Form HUD-52396 is a comparison of actual bid cost on a conventionally

developed public housing project to the approved pre-bid estimates. The

form is prepared by the PHA and submitted to HUD when requesting

approval for the award of the construction contract.

Form Number: HUD-52396.

Respondents: State or Local Governments and Non-Profit

Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: Annually and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of x Frequency of x Hours per Burden

respondents response response = hours

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Annual Reporting....................... 96 1.15 2 220

Recordkeeping.......................... 110 1 .25 28

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 248.

Status: Reinstatement, no changes.

Contact: William C. Thorson, HUD, (202) 708-4703, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: June 2, 1994.

Proposal: HOME Program Evaluation--Round II Data Collection.

Office: Policy Development and Research.

Description of the Need For the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The evaluation will identify the effects of the HOME program's

requirements on its implementation, including how the program is being

administered and which housing units, households, and neighborhoods are

being assisted. This second phase of data collection will involve

telephone interviews to state and local participating jurisdictions and

to non-profit participants, and will focus on the use of Community-

based Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) in the HOME program.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: State or Local Governments and Non-Profit

Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: One-Time.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Freuency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Evaluation............................. 530 1 .75 398

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 398.

Status: New.

Contact: Ruth Alahydoian, HUD, (202) 708-0574, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: June 2, 1994.

Proposal: Characteristics of Good HUD Multifamily Management

Agents.

Office: Inspector General.

Deccription of the Need For the Information and Its Proposed Use:

HUD seeks to identify measurable or quantifiable characteristics of

good multifamily management agents. HUD would use any identified

characteristics to approve and monitor agents who manage HUD-insured

and HUD held multifamily projects.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Businesses or Other For-Profit and Small Businesses or

Organizations.

Frequency of Submission: One-Time.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Freuency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Information Collection................. 80 1 .5 40

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 40.

Status: New.

Contact: Robert G. King, HUD, (602) 379-4681, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 27, 1994.

Proposal: Recertification of Family Income and Composition--section

235 (b).

Office: Housing.

Description of the Need For the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The forms are submitted by homeowners to mortgagees to determine their

continued eligibility for assistance and to determine the amount of

assistance a homeowner is to receive. The forms are also used by

mortgagees to report statistical and general program data to HUD.

Form Number: HUD-93101 and 93101-A.

Respondents: Individuals or Households and Businesses or Other For-

Profit.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion and Monthly.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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HUD-93101.............................. 50,000 1.25 1 187,500

HUD-93101-A............................ 962 12 .17 1.962

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 189,462.

Status: Extension, no changes.

Contact: Theodore Green, HUD (202) 708-1719, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 27, 1994.

Proposal: Definition of Income, Rents and Recertification of Family

Income for the Rent Supplement, section 236 and section 8 Special

Allocation Programs.

Office: Housing.

Description of the Need For the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The information will be used by the project owners to advise HUD and

request approval of new utility allowances when the utility rate change

results in a cumulative increase of 10 percent or more. If periodic

adjustments to the utility allowance are not made, tenants would be

required to pay a larger total tenant payment than is permissible.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: State or Local Governments, Businesses or Other For--

Profit, and Non-Profit Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Periodic requests...................... 1,200 1 0.5 600

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 600.

Status: Extension, no changes.

Contact: James J. Tahash, HUD, (202) 708-3944, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 26, 1994.

Proposal: Community Development Block Grants: State's Program.

Office: Community Planning and Development.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:

Section 104 (A) and (D) of the Housing Community Development Act of

1974, as amended, requires states to submit to HUD a final statement

and a performance and evaluation report annually concerning the use of

funds made available under Section 106 of the Act for HUD to determine

statutory compliance.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: State or Local Governments.

Frequency of Submission: Annually and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of x Frequency of x Hours per Burden

respondents response response = hours

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Annual Report.......................... 49 2 308 30,184

Recordkeeping.......................... 49 1 6,120 299,880

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 330,064.

Status: Revision.

Contact: Richard J. Kennedy, HUD, (202) 708-1322, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 23, 1994.

Proposal: Preservation--Sales and Resident Homeownership.

Office: Housing.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The form will assist grant recipients in receiving grant funds through

the Department's automated Line of Credit System. The form will also

assist HUD in reviewing and verifying payment of grant funds.

Form Number: HUD-9739.

Respondents: Non-Profit Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of x Frequency of x Hours per Burden

respondents response response = hours

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HUD-9739............................... 25 5 .25 31

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 31.

Status: New.

Contact: Arlene Halfon, HUD, (202) 708-1142, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 23, 1994.

Proposal: Previous Participation Certificate Joint HUD and USDA-

Farmer's Home Administration Forms.

Office: Housing.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The information collected will be used to evaluate the feasibility of

applications for multifamily projects with respect to previous track

and experience records of the applicants as owners, managers,

consultants, general contractors, and nursing home operators and

administrators.

Form Number: HUD-2503 and USDA Farmer's Home 1944-37.

Respondents: Individuals or Households and Businesses or Other For-

Profit.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Information Collection................. 11,250 1 0.6197 6,972

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,972.

Status: Extension with changes.

Contact: Thomas H. Hitchcock, HUD, (202) 708-3776, Joseph F.

Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 23, 1994.

Proposal: Transmittal of Form HUD-50058.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:

The form HUD-50060 allows the Department to establish appropriate

management control procedures to assure complete and accurate reporting

of information contained on form HUD-50058 submittals.

Form Number: HUD-50060.

Respondents: State or Local Governments.

Frequency of Submission: Monthly and Quarterly.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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HUD-50060.............................. 4,500 8.3 .05 1,867

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,867.

Status: Reinstatement, no changes.

Contact: Earl Simons, HUD, (202) 708-0744, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: May 23, 1994.

[FR Doc. 94-14685 Filed 6-15-94; 8:45 am]

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