Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Housing

[Docket No. N-94-3719; FR-3473-N-06]

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described

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

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

Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: January 9, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. 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, D.C.

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 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 proposal

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

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

35).

The Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering Technical

Assistance Grants form will assist grant recipients in making requests

for disbursement of funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/

Voice Response System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to

the recipient. The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests

for funds.

The Notice lists the following information:

(1) the title of the information collection proposal;

(2) the office of the agency to collect 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. 3535d.

Dated: December 21, 1994.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering

Technical Assistance Grants (FR 3473).

Office: Housing.

Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:

The form assist grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of

funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response

System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient.

The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests for funds.

Form number: HUD-9738-A.

Respondents: Intermediaries administering technical assistance

grants to recipients of Preservation Technical Assistance Planning

Grants.

Frequency of submission: One initial submission for the purpose of

setting up the intermediary's office. Periodically thereafter as grant

funds are expended and requested by those seeking Preservation

Technical Assistance Planning Grants.

Reporting burden:

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Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response =Burden hours

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Information collection... 35 5 .2 35

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Total estimated burden hours: 35.

Status: New.

Contact: Michael Winiarski, HUD (202) 708-2300; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB (202) 395-7316.

Date: December 21, 1994.

Supporting Statements for Form HUD-9738-A, Intermediary

Preservation Technical Assistance Voucher

1. Section 255(a) (1) through (6) of the National Housing Act

(Public Law 102-550, 106 STAT. 3766 through 3769 12 USC 4141 et seq.),

applicable portions of which are attached for reference, gives the

Secretary the authority to designate intermediaries for administering

technical assistance monies to qualifying non-profit groups wishing to

get a better understanding of the Low Income Housing Preservation and

Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA), and/or to prepare to

purchase a qualifying project under same.

The Notice of Funding Availability for Intermediaries to administer

the Preservation Technical Assistance Planning Grant Funds was

published in the Federal Register on April 6, 1994. These funds have

been made available to support resident-supported purchases of projects

eligible for incentives under the Preservation Program. The form

assists grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of funds

through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response System,

which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient. The

form also allows HUD Headquarters Staff to verify requests for funds.

2. The form will be used by intermediaries so that they may record

funds requested by grantees under Preservation Technical Assistance

Grants.

This information will be used by the Department to assure that

grantees are vouchering for eligible activities under the grant and to

monitor funds spent.

3. This form was developed in conjunction with the Department's

Line of Credit Control System/Voice Response System (LOCCS/VRS), an

automated disbursement system accessible by the grantee through a

touch-tone phone. Improved technology would not affect this information

collection.

4. There will be no duplication of information. Funds spent under

this grant are not documented in any other HUD program.

5. There is no similar information already available which could be

used or modified for this purpose.

6. This form and the telephone vouchering process will simplify the

vouchering process for all entities including small entities.

7. This reporting requirement is necessary to efficiently disburse

grant funds.

8. There are no special circumstances requiring the collection of

information that is inconsistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.

9. The Department consulted with no outside parties on the

development of this form.

10. There are no assurances of confidentiality provided to

respondents.

11. The information collected contains no items of a sensitive

nature.

12. Costs of the Information Collection

Cost to Respondents is estimated using the burden hours calculated

in 13 below and a dollar cost of $20 per hour which includes both labor

and overhead.

Cost to the Federal Government is also estimated using an hourly

labor/overhead rate of $20.

Respondents Burden hours * Cost/hour = Total

35 $20 $700

Government Responses * Hours * Cost/hour = Total

Processing........................................... 175 .10 $20 $350

Total............................................ .......... .. ....... .. ........... .. $1,050

13. Tabulation of Burden Hours

The amount of funds made available under the NOFA was approximately

$52,716,000. The Department estimates a total of 35 grants to be

awarded under the NOFA. This estimate assumes all intermediaries

receive the maximum award for their jurisdiction as prescribed in the

April 6, 1994, Notice of Funds Availability. The Department further

estimates voucher requests for funds to be made approximately 5 times

per year for each grantee. At .20 hours per form, the total annual

respondent burden is 35 hours. The government processing burden is

based on an estimate that verification of each request will take .10

hours.

14. This information collection is the result of the implementation

of new statutory requirements.

15. The department does not plan to use the collection of this

information for any published statistical use.

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