[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20698-20699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8778]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5487-N-10]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
Public Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year and Annual Plan
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: Comment Due Date: June 13, 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, Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, 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.
Pollard at [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, 490 L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206, Washington, DC 20024;
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 proposed 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 Agency (PHA) 5-Year and Annual
Plan.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2577-0226.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The
PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to PHA policies, programs,
operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals.
The PHA Plan informs HUD, residents, and the public of the PHA's
mission for serving the needs of low, very low-income, and extremely
low-income families and its strategy for addressing those needs. This
data allows HUD to monitor the performance of programs and the
performance of public housing agencies that administer the programs.
The PHA Plan is being revised to clarify and provide additional
guidance on the submission requirements for qualified and non-qualified
PHAs.
Agency Form Number, if applicable: HUD-50075; HUD-50075.1, HUD-
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50075.2, HUD-50077, HUD-50077-CR, HUD-50077-SL.
Members of the Affected Public: Local, Regional and State Body
Corporate Politic Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) Governments..
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The estimated number of burden hours
needed to prepare the information collection is 45,612; estimated
number of respondents is 3,969; the frequency of response for non-
qualified PHAs is annually and once every 5 fiscal years for qualified
PHAs. All PHAs may submit updated PHA Plans when amending or modifying
any PHA policy, rule, regulation or other aspect of the plan.
Status of the Proposed Information Collection: This is a revision
of currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: April 5, 2011.
Merrie Nichol-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Office of Policy, Programs, and Legislative
Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2011-8778 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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