[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10044-10045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4030]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5487-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
Public Housing Assessment System Appeals, Technical Reviews and
Database Adjustments
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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: April 25, 2011.
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: Colette Pollard, Department
Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202.402.3400, (this is not a
toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. [email protected]. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by
calling the 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., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room
2206), Washington, DC 20410; telephone: 202-402-4109. (This is not a
toll-free number)
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: Public Housing Assessment System Appeals,
Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0257.
1. Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use:
Section 502 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended
by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (QHWRA),
implements section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the
Act). Section 6(j) establishes specific assessment indicators and
directs the Secretary to develop additional indicators to assess the
management performance of public housing agencies (PHAs) in all major
areas of management operations. The four Public Housing Assessment
System (PHAS) indicators under the new proposed PHAS rule are: Physical
condition; financial condition; management operations; and Capital Fund
Program. A PHA is designated as troubled if it fails to perform under
the assessment indicators, or if it is unable to administer the program
for assistance from the Capital Fund Program.
Pursuant to Sec. 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, HUD is required to
establish procedures
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for a PHA to appeal its troubled designation. The proposed PHAS interim
rule at Sec. 902.69 provides the opportunity for a PHA to appeal its
troubled designation, petition for the removal of troubled designation,
or appeal its score.
The proposed PHAS interim rule at Sec. 902.68 affords PHAs the
opportunity to request a technical review of its physical condition
inspection or, at Sec. 902.24, a database adjustment if certain
conditions are present. A technical review of the physical condition
inspection may be requested if a PHA believes that an objectively
verifiable and material error(s) occurred in the inspection of an
individual property. A database adjustment may be requested by a PHA
due to facts and circumstances affecting a project which are not
reflected in the physical condition inspection or which are reflected
inappropriately in the physical condition inspection.
HUD uses the data it collects from program participants (PHAs) to
evaluate the four individual PHAS indicators and to determine an
overall PHAS score for each PHA, and to determine the physical
condition scores for individual projects. The overall PHAS score
determines if a PHA's performance is high, standard, substandard or
troubled, including Capital Fund Program troubled. PHAs may request an
appeal of its overall PHAS score, or a technical review or database
adjustment of their physical condition score. These requests are
submitted by letter from the PHA to HUD, and the letter includes
documentation to justify the request. HUD reviews the request and
accompanying documentation, and makes a determination as to whether to
grant or deny the request based on what the PHA has submitted. These
information collections are described in the proposed PHAS interim
rule, with thorough definitions of each request. The granting of an
appeal, technical review or database adjustment may change a PHA's
designation, usually to a higher level.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of affected public: Public housing agencies.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents: 1,700
respondents annually with 1 response per respondent. Average time per
response for each form is 5.2 hours and total annual burden hours is
8,840.
Status of the proposed information collection: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 22, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Office of Policy, Programs and
Legislative Initiatives.
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