66882 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2023 / Notices 

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27–50 ................. D93 Standard Test Methods for Flash-Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Cup Tester. 

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reference the website listed below for a 

complete listing of CBP approved 

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http://www.cbp.gov/about/labsscientific/commercial-gaugers-andlaboratories. 

James D. Sweet, 

Laboratory Director, Houston, Laboratories 

and Scientific Services Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21217 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6086–N–08] 

RIN 2577–AD05 

Economic Growth Regulatory Relief 

and Consumer Protection Act: 

Implementation of National Standards 

for the Physical Inspection of Real 

Estate (NSPIRE); Extension of NSPIRE 

Compliance Date for HCV Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice extends the 

compliance date for HUD’s National 

Standards for the Physical Inspection of 

Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for 

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and 

Project Based Voucher (PBV) programs 

until October 1, 2024. HUD is taking 

this action to allow Public Housing 

Authorities (PHAs) additional time to 

implement HUD’s NSPIRE standards. 

DATES: Compliance Date: Jurisdictions, 

participants, and grantees subject to 24 

CFR parts 882, 982, and 983 are not 

required to comply with the changes to 

these parts in the NSPIRE final rule 

until October 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana M. Kitchen, Real Estate 

Assessment Center, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 550 12th 

Street SW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 

20410–4000; telephone 202–708–1112 

(this is not a toll-free number), 

NSPIREV_AlternateInspection@hud.gov. 

HUD welcomes and is prepared to 

receive calls from individuals who are 

deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 

individuals with speech or 

communication disabilities. To learn 

more about how to make an accessible 

telephone call, please visit: https://

www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

PHAs subject to the HCV and PBV 

programs currently use the Housing 

Quality Standards (HQS) for 

inspections, which are defined at 24 

CFR 982.401. The Economic Growth 

Regulatory Relief and Consumer 

Protection Act: Implementation of 

National Standards for Physical 

Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final 

rule (‘‘NSPIRE final rule’’) was 

published on May 11, 2023 (88 FR 

30442). The NSPIRE final rule includes 

amendments to 24 CFR parts 982 and 

983 effective October 1, 2023. 

II. Basis for Delay of Compliance Date 

HUD encourages any PHA that is 

ready to implement NSPIRE at their 

earliest convenience. However, HUD 

has determined that additional time is 

necessary for some PHAs to implement 

NSPIRE for HCV, PBV, and Moderate 

Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) programs. 

This will provide PHAs with additional 

time to train staff, communicate with 

landlords and for HUD to provide 

additional technical resources needed 

for PHAs and agencies to transition to 

the NSPIRE standards. 

III. Instructions 

PHAs who wish to continue using 

HQS on or after October 1, 2023, must 

notify HUD of their intent to continue 

using HQS and the date on which they 

plan to transition to NSPIRE. This date 

may be no later than October 1, 2024. 

This notification must be sent via email 

to NSPIREV_AlternateInspection@

hud.gov with a courtesy copy to their 

Field Office representative. The email’s 

subject line must read ‘‘Notification of 

Extension of HQS, [PHA code]’’ and the 

body of the email should include the 

PHA name, PHA code, a statement that 

HQS will continue to be used, and what 

date the PHA tentatively plans to 

implement NSPIRE (which may be no 

later than October 1, 2024). 

If a PHA implements NSPIRE after 

October 1, 2023, but before October 1, 

2024, the PHA must notify HUD via 

email to NSPIREV_

AlternateInspection@hud.gov with a 

courtesy copy to their Field Office 

representative. The email’s subject line 

must read ‘‘Notification of 

Implementation of NSPIRE, [PHA 

code]’’ and the body of the email should 

include the PHA name, PHA code, a 

statement that the PHA will be 

transitioning to NSPIRE, and what date 

the PHA will implement NSPIRE (which 

may be no later than October 1, 2024). 

IV. Conclusion 

Accordingly, HUD revises the October 

1, 2023, compliance date for the changes 

made to 24 CFR parts 882, 982, and 983 

to October 1, 2024, at which time PHAs 

subject to these parts must comply with 

the NSPIRE final rule. Until October 1, 

2024, PHAs subject to these parts may 

instead choose to comply with these 

parts as they existed prior to October 1, 

2023. 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Public and Indian Housing, Richard 

J. Monocchio, having reviewed and 

approved this document, is delegating 

the authority to electronically sign this 

document to submitter, Aaron Santa 

Anna, who is the Federal Register 

Liaison for HUD, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Aaron Santa Anna, 

Federal Register Liaison for the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21141 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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