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not authorize any additional substantive 

modifications to the closing process 

without approval of the appropriate 

Regional Counsel and the Office of 

Insured Housing in Headquarters. Draft 

closing submission will remain 

consistent with the approach of 

Multifamily Housing and OGC will 

accept draft closing packages in fully 

electronic form. 

Respondents estimation for the 

Escrow Agreement for Deferred Repairs 

& Debt Service—223(f)—(one closing): 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

330. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 330. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

annum. 

Average Hours per Response: .50 

hours. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 165. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The form 

Escrow Agreement for Deferred Repairs 

& Debt Service—223(f) (‘‘Debt Service 

Escrow Agreement’’), sets the terms and 

conditions between the Borrower and 

Lender and provides for the 

establishment of an escrow by the 

Borrower as security for completion of 

non-critical deferred repairs. Such 

escrow also serves as security for HUD’s 

insurance of the loan. The agreement 

provides for prior approval of HUD for 

certain actions to be taken by the 

Borrower or Lender. The information 

collection requirements contained in 

Debt Service Escrow Agreement are to 

oversee the parties’ compliance with all 

applicable legal requirements and 

therefore ensure protection of the FHA 

insurance fund. 

The global pandemic relating to the 

COVID–19 Emergency has disrupted the 

U.S. economy with significantly 

increased unemployment and overall 

economic instability. This instability 

has carried over to real estate markets in 

general, including multifamily 

commercial markets. During these 

challenging times, HUD remains open 

for business and will continue as an 

active participant in sourcing new 

construction and refinance debt through 

its mortgage insurance programs. At the 

same time, HUD has reevaluated its 

underwriting requirements, particularly 

for market rate refinance transactions 

that may now experience increased 

vacancy, rent collection losses and 

income disruption both in the near and 

long term. Section 207 of the National 

Housing Act provides that no mortgage 

shall be acceptable for insurance unless 

the Secretary finds that the project is 

economically sound, and the MAP 

Guide permits specific mitigants to be 

employed to reduce risk for transactions 

currently in process but yet to receive a 

Firm Commitment to insure. These 

mitigants include but are not limited to 

the requirement of a Debt Service 

Reserve (DSR) for Section 223(f) 

transactions to offset anticipated 

operating losses post endorsement. To 

address risk and/or changed economic 

circumstances for transactions that have 

been issued a commitment to insure but 

have yet to endorse, HUD includes 

language in the Firm Commitment 

affirming that no material adverse 

change (MAC) has occurred between the 

issuance of the commitment and 

endorsement. Accordingly, HUD has 

taken the position that the impact of the 

COVID–19 Emergency has resulted in a 

material change in most, if not all, real 

estate markets and therefore, HUD will 

require mitigants to offset this 

additional risk. Accordingly, this form 

provides clarification and instructions 

to HUD staff describing additional 

mitigants that may be included in the 

Firm Commitment for Section 223(f) 

loans that are in processing, as well as 

for those projects for which a Firm 

Commitment has been issued. 

Revisions to the OMB approved Form 

HUD–92476.1M is the temporary 

Escrow Agreement for Deferred Repairs 

& Debt Service—223(f). This form does 

not permanently replace the HUD– 

92476.1M. The revised escrow, while 

based on the HUD–92476.1M, is a 

separate document for temporary use 

during the COVID–19 emergency 

pursuant to Mortgagee Letter 2020–11 

issued April 10, 2020. The temporary 

Escrow Agreement for Deferred Repairs 

& Debt Service—223(f) Form will 

remain in effect until such time as HUD 

determines that the real estate markets 

that have been negatively affected by the 

COVID–19 Emergency have stabilized 

and additional mitigants for Section 

223(f) transactions are no longer 

required. 

This new collection can be used to 

address future changes to multifamily 

programs or processes that may arise 

from impacts due to the COVID19 

pandemic. 

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. 

Chapter 35. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27272 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7024–N–51] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Public Housing Agency 

(PHA) 5-Year and Annual Plan; OMB 

Control No.: 2577–0226 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 11, 

2021. 

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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

Start Printed Page 15501PRAMain. 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, QDAM, Department of Housing 


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and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 

Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@

hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400. 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

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 has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of 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 October 9, 2018 at 83 FR 50676. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: Public 

Housing Agency (PHA) 5-Year and 

Annual Plan. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0226. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Form Number(s): HUD–50075–5Y, 

HUD–50075–ST, HUD–50075–SM, 

HUD–50075–HCV, HUD–50075–HP, 

HUD–50075–MTW, HUD–50077–CR, 

HUD–50077–SL, HUD–50077–CRT–SM, 

and HUD–50077–ST–HCV–HP. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: Under 

the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) has submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

the information collection listed below. 

The Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan 

was created by section 5A of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437c–1). There are two different PHA 

Plans: The Five-Year Plan and the 

Annual Plan. The Five-Year Plan 

describes the agency’s mission, longrange goals and objectives for achieving 

its mission over a five-year period. The 

Annual PHA Plan is a comprehensive 

guide to PHA policies, programs, 

operations, and strategies for meeting 

local housing needs and goals. This 

revision integrates the MTW 

Supplement to the Annual PHA Plan 

process for PHAs that join MTW under 

the 2016 Appropriations Act (i.e., MTW 

Expansion). 

The PHA Plans informs HUD, 

residents, and the public of the PHA’s 

mission for serving the needs of low, 

very low-income, and extremely lowincome families and its strategy for 

addressing those needs. This 

information helps provide 

accountability to the local community 

for how PHAs spend their funding and 

implement their policies. Also, PHA 

Plans allow HUD to monitor the 

performance of programs and the 

performance of public housing agencies 

that administer them. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on October 9, 2018 (FR 83, 

50676) and allowed 60-days for public 

comment. It should be noted that all 

forms except for the Moving to Work 

(MTW) Supplement were published in 

the Federal Register on October 30, 

2019 (FR 84, 58167) for a 30-day public 

comment period. The four public 

comments received for the documents 

included in that notice were addressed 

at that time. The MTW Supplement was 

not included in this publication due to 

revisions that were needed as part of 

ongoing work on the MTW Operations 

Notice, which has now been published. 

The purpose of this 30-day notice is to 

respond to public comments received 

during the 60-day public comment 

period on the MTW Supplement and to 

allow for the 30-day public comment 

period for the MTW Supplement. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): 

Local, Regional and State Body 

Corporate Politic Public Housing 

Agencies (PHAs) Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,780. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

4,832 (Annual Plan: 1,152 and 5 Year 

Plan: 3,780). 

Frequency of Response: Every five 

years for all PHAs, annually for all 

PHAs except HERA Qualified PHAs. 

Average Hours per Response: 6.33 hrs. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 14,613.74. 

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. 

Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35. 

D. Overview of Significant Changes 

Made to the HUD–50075–MTW, MTW 

Supplement to the Annual PHA Plan 

The MTW Supplement has been 

updated to reflect the final MTW 

Operations Notice, which was 

published in the Federal Register (FR 

85, 53444) on August 28, 2020, and 

public comments received during the 

60-day Federal Register public 

comment period. A copy of the draft 

HUD–50075 MTW can be obtained per 

the information provided earlier in this 

notice under ‘‘For further information’’, 

or on the HUD Moving to Work website 

at https://www.hud.gov/mtw. 

The other forms in the PHA Plan data 

collection were published in the 

Federal Register on October 30, 2019 for 

the 30-day public comment period and, 

therefore, are not included in this 30- 

day Federal Register notice. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX21EG31DW50100; OMB Control Number 

1028–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Hydrography Maintenance 

Portal 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 


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