[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64142-64143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30768]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4185-N-01]
Office of Administration; Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of Administration, 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 emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: The due date for comments is: December 10, 1996.
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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr. HUD 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 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, HUD Notice, Site-Based Waiting Lists.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination
on the ground of race, color, national origin, religion of sex in any
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. HUD has
implemented Title VI through regulations at 24 CFR Part 1. HUD has
existing authority under 24 CFR 1.4(b)(2)(iii), to make exceptions from
the community-wide waiting list regulation that are consistent with the
purpose of the regulation and Title VI to prohibit discrimination in
the assignment of low-income families to public housing units. HUD's
policy on implementation of exceptions under the community-wide waiting
list regulation is included in the attached draft Notice.
The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of
information to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Department has requested emergency
clearance of the collection of information, as described below, with
approval being sought by December 9, 1996:
(1) Title of the information collection proposal: PHA's Plan for
Exception Request--Site-Based Waiting Lists
(2) Summary of the collection of information: Each PHA may request
an exception to establish site-based waiting lists by submitting its
plan and the rationale for it to the local HUD office. The plan must
include all of the PHA's general occupancy developments and/or all of
the PHA's mixed-population and elderly-designated developments. The
request must also include: accurate statistics for the Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA) and the PHA's jurisdiction; each development's
name, number, occupancy type and number of units, date site was
developed, racial composition by bedroom size and waiting list
composition. For the Section 8 program: the number of certificates and
vouchers currently in use by race and bedroom size; and the length and
composition of the waiting list by race and bedroom size. PHAs must
provide current and proposed public housing tenant selection and
assignment procedures along with any Consent Decrees, Voluntary
Compliance Agreements, or other documentation related to current
occupancy problems along with measures being taken to correct such
problems.
(3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed
use: HUD needs the information to assure statutory and regulatory
compliance. The information will be used to approve the PHA's plan for
exception to establish site-based waiting lists.
(4) Description of the likely respondents, and proposed frequency
of response to the collection of information: State, Local Governments
will request exceptions on occasion.
(5) Estimate of the total reporting burden that will result from
the collection of information:
Reporting Burden:
Number of respondents: 52
(@ 72 hours per response)
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,744
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 26, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-30768 Filed 12-2-96; 8:45 am]
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