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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3793; FR-3740-N-01]
Submission of Proposed Information Collection Requirement to OMB
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 has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for expedited review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments due date: Comments must be received by June 29, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should
be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed
forms and other 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 has submitted to OMB, for
expedited processing, an information collection package with respect to
owner application for funds for a special adjustment for drug-related
security retrofitting for Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects.
Funds were appropriated for drug-related security retrofitting for
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects by Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-124, approved October 28,
1993).
HUD intends to provide six million dollars to Section 8 Moderate
Rehabilitation owners who apply and are approved for a special
adjustment for drug-related security retrofitting.
The form provides for owners of Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
projects to apply for Fiscal Year 1994 funds for special rent
adjustments for security retrofitting. It also provides for Housing
Agencies (HAs) to review and comment on the owner's application, for
the HUD Field Office to approve or disapprove the owner's application.
All funding decisions regarding approved application will be made on a
first come first served basis until the available funding has been
depleted.
The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of
information as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 25);
(1) The title of the information collection proposal: Form HUD-
52662, Owner Application, Funds for Special Adjustment for Drug-Related
Security Retrofitting, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program.
(2) Office of the agency to collect the information: Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
(3) The description of the need for the information and its
proposed use: The data that will be collected on the form is necessary
for HUD to determine whether a Moderate Rehabilitation project meets
the statutory and administrative requirements necessary for HUD
approval of funds for a special adjustment for drug-related security
retrofitting.
(4) Agency form number: Form HUD-52662.
(5) Members of the public who will be affected by the proposal:
Owners of Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects; HAs with Section
8 Moderate Rehabilitation Programs.
(6) How frequently information submissions will be required: Once a
year in years when Congress appropriates funds for this purpose.
(7) An estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information submissions including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: Two hundred Moderate Rehabilitation
owners are expected to apply voluntarily for the special adjustment for
security retrofitting in Fiscal Year 1994. Owners will spend
approximately three (3) hours competing the form. HA review of the form
will take approximately one (1) hour. HUD Field Office review of the
form will take approximately one (1) hour. This process will take place
no more than once a year for funding purposes; Fiscal Year 1994 is the
first year such funding has occurred, and it is not know whether future
fiscal years will provide another opportunity for owners to apply for
these funds. Total Fiscal Year 1994 hours of response is 1,000.
(8) Type of request: New request.
(9) The names of telephone numbers of an agency official familiar
with the proposal: Gary Bowen, Office of Public and Indian Housing,
(202) 708-7424.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paper Work Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).
Dated: June 15, 1994.
Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Proposal: Owner Application, Drug-Related Security Retrofitting
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program.
Office: Office of Assisted Housing, PIH, DHUD.
Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:
This information collection enables the Department of Housing and Urban
Development to assign the six million dollars appropriated by Congress
for Fiscal Year 1994 to cover the costs of drug-related security
retrofitting at selected Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects.
The statutory authority for special adjustments to Section 8 Moderate
Rehabilitation Contract Rents is in Section 8(c)(2)(B) of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 as amended by the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act of 1990 at Section 542. Form HUD-52662, Owner
Application, Special Adjustment for Drug-Related Security Retrofitting,
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program, provides for owners of
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects to apply for Fiscal Year
1994 funds for special rent adjustments for security. Owner application
is voluntary.
Form Number: HUD-52662.
Respondents: Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation project owners;
Housing Agencies; HUD Field office staff.
Reporting Burden:
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Frequency
No. of respondents X of X House per = Burden
responses response hours
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200.......................... 1 5 1,000
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Total Burden: 1,000.
Status: New Collection.
Contact: Gary Bowen/Delia McCormick (202) 708-7424.
Date: June 14, 1994.
SF 83 Supporting Statement for Requests for OMB Approval Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR 1320
A. Justification
1. Explain the circumstances that make the collection of
information necessary. Include the identification of any legal or
administrative requirements that necessitate the collection.
Congress has appropriated six million dollars for Fiscal Year 1994
for special adjustments to cover the costs of drug-related security
measures at selected Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects. The
statutory authority for special adjustments to Section 8 Moderate
Rehabilitation Contract Rents is in Section 8(c)(2)(B) of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 as amended by the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act of 1990 at Section 542. Section 8(c)(2)(B)
states the following: ``Where the Secretary determines that a project
assisted under this section is located in a community where drug-
related criminal activity is generally prevalent and the project's
operating, maintenance, and capital repair expenses have been
substantially increased primarily as a result of the prevalence of such
drug-related activity, the Secretary may (at the discretion of the
Secretary and subject to the availability of appropriations for
contract amendments for this purpose), on a project-by-project basis,
provide adjustments to the maximum monthly rents, to a level no greater
than 120 percent of the project rents, to cover the costs of
maintenance, security, capital repairs, and reserves required for the
owner to carry out a strategy acceptable to the Secretary for
addressing the problem of drug-related criminal activity.'' Form HUD-
52662, Owner Application, Funds for Special Adjustment for Drug-Related
Security Retrofitting, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program,
provides for owners of Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation projects to
apply for Fiscal Year 1994 funds for special rent adjustments for
security. Owner application is voluntary.
2. Indicate how, by whom, and for what purpose the information is
to be used and the consequence to Federal program or policy activities
if the collection of information was not conducted.
The information collected on Form HUD-52662 is to be used by
Housing Agencies administering Moderate Rehabilitation Programs and HUD
Field Office staff to evaluate the eligibility and need of project
owners applying for the funds for special adjustments for security, and
as a basis for assigning funds. If this collection of information was
not conducted, the Department would be unable to assign Fiscal Year
1994 funds for special adjustments for security for Moderate
Rehabilitation projects.
3. Describe any consideration of the use of improved information
technology to reduce burden and any technical or legal obstacles to
reducing burden.
Form HUD-52662 will collect information by Housing Assistance
Payments (HAP) Contract Number. Field Office staff will be able to
check information on the incoming HUD-52662 by using the newly
available Control Files System (CFS) containing Moderate Rehabilitation
HAP Contract information. CFS will reduce the burden to Field Office
staff in evaluating the information in the HUD-52662.
4. Describe efforts to identify duplication.
The Department is not collecting this data through any other
information collection mechanism. Owners are not asked to provide data
of Form HUD-52662. Owners are not asked to provide data of Form HUD-
52662 that can be obtained from other HUD computerized files.
5. Show specifically why any similar information already available
cannot be used or modified for use for the purpose(2) described in #2.
Similar information (description of criminal activity in the
neighborhood of the Moderate Rehabilitation project; impact of the
drug-related criminal activity on the project's operating, maintenance
and capital repair expenses; owner's strategy to address the problem of
drug-related criminal activity; and security items needed) is not
already available from other sources.
6. If the collection of information involves small businesses or
other small entities, describe the methods used to minimize burden.
The collection of information may involve small businesses of other
small entities that own Moderate Rehabilitation projects. These
entities are under no obligation to complete the application, and will
do so on a voluntary basis if they believe they can benefit from the
funds. Form HUD-52662 takes no more than three hours for an owner to
complete.
7. Describe the consequence to Federal program or policy activities
if the collection were conducted less frequently.
The collection will occur only in years in which Congress has
appropriated funds for special adjustments for security for Moderate
Rehabilitation projects.
8. Explain any special circumstances that require the collection to
be conducted in a manner inconsistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR
1320.6.
This information collection does not violate 5 CFR 1320.6.
9. Describe efforts to consult with persons outside the agency to
obtain their views on the availability of data, frequency of
collection, the clarity of instructions and record-keeping, disclosure,
or reporting format (if any), and on the data elements to be recorded,
disclosed, or reported. (Consultation should occur at least once every
3 years.)
In the supporting statement, provide:
a. The names and telephone numbers of those consulted and the year
in which the consultation took place. Indicate the agencies, companies,
State or local governments, or other organizations represented by those
consulted.
b. A summary of any major problems that could not be resolved
during consultation.
c. A description of other public contacts and opportunities for
public comment, and a summary of the comments received.
The parties outside the agency who would have an interest in
commenting on Form HUD-52662 are Housing Agencies (HAs) administering
Moderate Rehabilitation Programs and Moderate Rehabilitation project
owners. Since the form must be approved for use in assigning funds
appropriated for the current fiscal year, time does not permit the
opportunity for HAs and owners to comment. HAs and owners have
expressed interest to the Department in having a mechanism for funding
special adjustments for security.
10. Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to
respondents and the basis for the assurance in statute, regulation, or
agency policy.
Section 8 owners who choose to use Form HUD-52662 to apply for
special adjustments for security are accustomed to providing
information on the nature of project operations through their ongoing
participation in the Section 8 Program. HAs and HUD staff are aware of
many of the particulars of the ownership, financial and physical
conditions of projects under HAP Contract. The additional information
requested on Form HUD-52662 regarding drug-related criminal activity
and its impact on the project is considered non-confidential and
customary under the program.
11. Provide additional justification for any questions of a
sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious
beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. This
justification should include the reasons why the agency considers the
questions necessary, the specific uses to be made of the information,
the explanation to be given to persons from whom the information is
requested, and any steps to be taken to obtain their consent.
There are no questions of this nature in the collection.
12. Provide estimates of annualized cost to the Federal Government
and to the respondents. Also provide a description of the method use to
estimate cost, which should include quantification of hours,
operational expenses (such as equipment, overhead, printing, and
support staff), and any other expense that would not have been incurred
without the paperwork burden.
An owner who chooses to use the form will spend approximately three
(3) hours completing the form. Housing Agency review of the form will
take approximately one (1) hour. HUD Field Office review of the form
will take approximately one (1) hour. This process will take place no
more than once a year for funding purposes; Fiscal Year 1994 is the
first year such funding has occurred, and it is not know whether future
fiscal years will provide another opportunity for owners to apply for
these funds.
13. Provide estimates of the burden of the collection of
information. The statement should:
Provide number of respondents, frequency of response,
annual burden, and an explanation of how the burden was estimated.
Unless directed to do so, agencies should not make special survey to
obtain information on which to base burden estimates. Consultation with
a few potential respondents is desirable. If the burden on respondents
is expected to vary widely because of differences in activity, size, or
complexity, show the range of estimated burden, and explain the reasons
for the variance.
If the request for approval is for more than one form,
provide burden estimates for each form for which approval is sought and
summarize the burdens on the SF 83.
If the proposed collection of information was not included
in the agency's Information Collection Budget (ICB) or if the burden
show on the SF 83 is different from that in the ICB, explain the
difference.
Two hundred Moderate Rehabilitation owners are expected to apply
for the special adjustment for security in Fiscal Year 1994. The annual
``burden'' will be once per year, if Congress provides appropriations
after the current fiscal year.
14. Explain reasons for changes in burden, including the need for
any increase.
This is a new information collection requirement, since this is the
first time Congress has appropriated funds for this purpose.
15. For collections of information whose results are planned to be
published for statistical use, outline plans for tabulation,
statistical analysis, and publication. Provide the time schedule for
the entire project, including beginning and ending dates of the
collection of information, completion of report, publication dates, and
other actions.
The results of this collection will not be published for
statistical use.
B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical Methods
Descriptions of collections of information submitted for approval
that employ statistical methods.
This information collection does not employ statistical methods.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
[Docket No. N-94-3794; FR-3738-N-01]
Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Amendment to a System of Records
AGENCY: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
ACTION: Notification of a proposed amendment to an existing system of
records.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes
to amend its system of records entitled, ``Accounting Records, HUD/
DEPT-2,'' in its inventory of systems of records notices subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. Notice of this system
was last published at 55 FR 17676, April 26, 1990.
EFFECTIVE DATES: This action will be effective without further notice
on July 22, 1994 unless comments are received that would result in a
contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
these routine uses to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General
Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should
refer to the above docket number and title. An original and four copies
of comments should be submitted. Facsimile (FAX) comments are not
acceptable. A copy of each communication submitted will be available
for public inspection and copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
weekdays at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanette Smith, Departmental Privacy Act Officer, at (202) 708-2374, or
Mary Felton at (202) 708-4256.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended, notice is given that HUD proposes to identify
by name two agencies under its routine uses (Item (i)) to its system of
records, HUD/DEPT-2, Accounting Records; namely, to the United States
Postal Service and to the Department of Defense for the purpose of
collecting debts owed to the Federal Government by administrative or
salary offsets. Also, we are adding a new routine use (Item (k));
namely, to other agencies, such as Departments of Agriculture,
Education and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration,
for use of HUD's Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System
(CAIVRS) to prescreen applicants for loans or loans guaranteed by the
Federal Government to ascertain if the applicant is delinquent in
paying a debt owed to or insured by the Government. The routine uses
paragraph is published below in its entirety.
Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e) (4) and (11) provide that the public be
afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the new record system.
The system report, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the Privacy
Act has been submitted to the Committee on Government Operations of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, and the Office of Management and Budget OMB), pursuant to
paragraph 4c of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130, Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals'' dated June
25, 1993 (58 FR 36075, July 2, 1993).
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a. 88 Stat. 1896; sec. 7(d), Department
of HUD Act (42 U.S.C. sec. 3535(d)).
Issued at Washington, D.C. June 16, 1994.
Marilynn A. Davis,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
HUD/DEPT-2
Accounting Records.
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In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C.
552a(b) of the Privacy Act, other routine uses are as follows:
(a) To the U.S. Treasury--for disbursements and adjustments
thereof.
(b) To the Internal Revenue Service--for reporting of sales
commissions and to obtain current mailing addresses.
(c) To the General Accounting Office, General Services
Administration, Department of Labor, Labor housing authorities, and
taxing authorities--for audit, accounting and financial reference
purposes.
(d) To mortgage lenders--for accounting and financial reference
purposes, for verifying information provided by new loan applicants and
evaluating creditworthiness.
(e) To HUD contractors--for debt and/or mortgage note servicing.
(f) To financial institutions that originated or serviced loans--to
give notice of disposition of claims.
(g) To title insurance companies--for payment of liens.
(h) To local recording offices--for filing assignments of legal
documents, satisfactions, etc.
(i) To the United States Postal Service, Department of Defense, and
other government agencies--for the purpose of collecting debts owed to
the Federal Government by administrative or salary offset.
(j) To consumer credit reporting agencies--for protecting private
sector institutions that extend credit, and to encourage debtors to
repay their legitimate debts.
(k) Other agencies; such as, Departments of Agriculture, Education
and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration--for use of
HUD's Credit Alert Inactive Voice Response System (CAIVRS) to prescreen
applicants for loans or loans guaranteed by the Federal Government to
ascertain if the applicant is delinquent in paying a debt owed to or
insured by the Government.
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