2022-13991. 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing Grants Support for Payment Voucher, OMB Control No.: 2577-0299

AGENCY:

Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date: August 1, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to [e-mail] or www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at [e-mail] or telephone [phone]. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.

The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on April 29, 2022 at 87 FR 25514.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Grants Support for Payment Voucher.

OMB Approval Number: 2577-0299.

Type of Request: Extension.

Form Number: SF-425, HUD-XXXXX.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD will require Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to provide justification and support for vouchers drawing down certain Operating Fund grant and other supplemental or Public Housing grant funds from HUD's Line of Credit Control System (eLOCCS). The PHAs must provide justification and support that the expenditure of the grant funds is for eligible activities and meets the terms and conditions of the grant.

Respondents: Public Housing Authorities (PHAs).

Estimated Number of Respondents: 539 annually.

Estimated Number of Responses: 6,000 annually.

Frequency of Response: Frequency of response is estimated to be 6,000 total annually. PHAs are only required to submit forms when the department requires the PHA to provide support for voucher requests to drawdown grant funds.

Burden Hours per Response: Burden hours per response for a Support for Payment Vouchers form is 30 minutes.

Total Estimated Burdens: Total burden hours is estimated to be 3,000. Total burden cost is estimated to be $107,730.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Ways to 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.

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

C. Authority

Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer.