[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 54354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22142]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5383-N-17]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment 
Allocation of Operating Subsidies Under the Operating Fund Formula: 
Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is being published to revise an existing 
information collection. The proposed information collection requirement 
described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Department 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202.402.5564 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr. 
McKinney at [email protected]. Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. (Other than the 
HUD USER information line and TTY numbers, telephone numbers are not 
toll-free.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone: 202-402-4109 (this is not a toll-free number) for copies of 
the proposed forms and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the revised collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 
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) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Allocation of Operating Subsidies under the 
Operating Fund Formula.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0029.
    Discription of Information Collection: On December 6, 2006, (71 FR 
70782), HUD published a notice to inform the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would be soliciting 
comments from the public on the subject forms as part of the Subsidy 
and Grants Information System submission. For Fiscal Year 2011, the 
Department is changing its submission methods for the subject forms.
    Section 9(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 establishes 
an Operating Fund for the purpose of making assistance available to 
public housing agencies (PHAs) which assistance is determined using a 
formula approach under the Operating Fund program. PHAs compute their 
operating subsidy eligibility by completing the following HUD 
prescribed forms, as applicable, each fiscal year: Calculation of 
Utilities Expense Level (HUD-52722); Operating Fund Calculation of 
Operating Subsidy (HUD-52723); and Calculation of Subsidies for 
Operations: Non-Rental Housing (HUD-53087). HUD uses the information on 
these forms to determine the operating subsidy obligation and proration 
level for each PHA. The forms HUD 52723 and HUD 52722 will be submitted 
through templates; form HUD 53087 will be submitted via hard copy.
    Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: HUD-52722, HUD-52723, and HUD-
53087.
    Members of Affected Public: Public Housing Agencies.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of response: The estimation number of respondents 
is 6,997 annually with 1 response per respondent for forms HUD-52722 
and HUD-52723 for a total of 13,910 responses; and 1 response per 9 
respondents for form HUD-53087 for a total of 9 responses. Average time 
per response for each form is .75 hours and total annual burden hours 
are 10,439.25.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Revised collection.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 27, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Policy, Programs and Legislative 
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2010-22142 Filed 9-3-10; 8:45 am]
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