[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53687-53688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26748]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4369-N-10]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, 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: December 7, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to: Ms. Shelia Jones, Reports Liaison
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will submit
to OMB the information collection requirements for the Base Closure
Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance (Base Reuse Program),
previously approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0154. The Base
Closure Community Development and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994
(October 25, 1994), as amended by Pub. L. 104-106, February 10, 1996,
created the Base Reuse Program to expand the supply of homeless
assistance resources at base closure and realignment sites. Interim
rules implementing the Act were published by both the Department of
Defense (DoD) and HUD on August 8, 1995 and August 17, 1995
respectively and both Agencies published final rules on July 1, 1997
and July 11, 1997 respectively. Paperwork requirements for HUD's
responsibilities were
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approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0154. This notice is being
submitted for an extension of the current OMB approved collection.
Title of Proposal: Base Closure Community Redevelopment and
Homeless Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0154.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Base Reuse Program instituted a community-based process for assessing
and addressing the needs of the homeless at base closure and
redevelopment sites. In this process, Local Redevelopment Authorities
(LRA's) assess community-wide needs and opportunities, conduct an
outreach process to solicit and identify interest from homeless
providers as well as State and local entities in obtaining a no cost
public benefit conveyance of installation property and develop a base
redevelopment plan for the installation that balances the economic
redevelopment and other development needs of the communities in the
vicinity of the installation with the needs of the homeless in those
communities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must
review the LRA's plan to assess the adequacy of the homeless assistance
providers outreach process, and that an appropriate balance in meeting
the needs of the homeless with other community development needs is
achieved.
The base reuse planning process culminates in the submission of the
officially approved base reuse plan to HUD which is composed of three
elements: 1. the base redevelopment plan, 2) the homeless assistance
component, and 3, the legally binding agreements which implement the no
cost homeless assistance property conveyances.
It is for the purposes of making the statutory determinations, as
indicated above, that a base redevelopment plan (composed of the three
elements above) is required to be submitted by each LRA to HUD for
review and approval. LRA's may not move further along in the base
redevelopment process until HUD reviews and grants approval of the base
redevelopment plan and homeless assistance component by officially
transmitting that approval to both the appropriate Military Department
(Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines) having jurisdiction over that
particular installation and to the DoD's, Office of Economic
Adjustment.
In the event that the HUD review determines that the LRA's
application fails to meet the regulatory review criteria at 24 CFR
586.35(d)(1), the LRA will be advised of the deficiencies in it's
application and will be required to revise and resubmit it's
application within a specified time period.
We estimate that the recordkeeping and reporting burden hours for
each individual respondent will remain largely unchanged from the
previous OMB approval. While both the Act and HUD regulations
implementing the base reuse act require that LRA's develop and submit a
base redevelopment plan, HUD does not prescribe the format for the
plan, as that is left up to the LRA's. HUD does, however, require that
all the statutory and regulatory items be specifically addressed within
the LRA's base redevelopment submission (base redevelopment plan,
homeless assistance component and Legally Binding Agreements).
Consistent with this, HUD does not require a specific format, or the
use of specific HUD forms, for the submission of the base redevelopment
plans. This paperwork burden request therefore omits any reference to
forms or formats.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
Members of affected public: States, units of local government,
private nonprofit organizations.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The total number of military
installations that were covered under the provisions of the Base
Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act (BRAC 1995
and earlier years) was initially set at 102. During the intervening
period a number of installations have submitted base redevelopment
plans and have received approval. At this point approximately 45
installations have not completed their base redevelopment plan
submissions. Our estimate of the total paperwork burden, in number of
hours to prepare a base reuse plan submission, is 440 hours per
installation.
Burden Hours per Each Complete Base Redevelopment Plan:
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Hours per
Responses Frequency response Burden hours
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Notice of Interest (NOI's)...................... 5 1 16 80
Section 586.20(2) LRA Application.... 1 1 360 360
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 440
Section 586.20(5) LRA's Resubmission
(two resubmissions estimated).................. 2 1 60 120
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Total....................................... .............. .............. .............. 120
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The submission burden hours for all remaining installations is 45
x 440 = 19,800 hours. Plus the two resubmissions is 19,800 + 120 =
19,920 Total burden hours.
Upon completion of approval of these remaining 45 base
redevelopment plans, we will have completed HUD's responsibility under
this legislation and both the Act and HUD's regulations will reach
sunset and the process will be concluded.
Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of
Currently Approved Collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 30, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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