9348 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 40 / Thursday, March 1, 2007 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 40 

Status: New Collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5124–N–05] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; LOCCS 

Voice Response System Payment 

Vouchers for Public and Indian 

Housing Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

HUD is requesting extension of OMB 

approval for the application for grant 

funds disbursement through the LOCCS 

Voice Response System. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 2, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Approval Number (2577–0166) and 

should be sent to: Aneita Waites, 

Reports Liaison Officer, Public and 

Indian Housing, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC 

20410–5000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aneita Waites, Reports Liaison Officer, 

Public and Indian Housing, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, 

Washington, DC 20410–5000; e-mail 

Aneita_L._Waites@HUD.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–4114. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Waites and at HUD’s Web site 

at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/ 

icbts/collectionsearch.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice informs the public that the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) will be submitting 

the proposed information collection to 

OMB for review, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This 

Notice is soliciting comments from 

members of the public and affecting 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 

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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) Enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

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. 

This Notice Also Lists the Following 

Information 

Title of Proposal: LOCCS Voice 

Response System Payment Vouchers for 

Public and Indian Housing Programs. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0166. 

Form Numbers: HUD–50080 series. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use 

Grant recipients use the applicable 

payment information to request funds 

from HUD through the LOCCS/VRS 

voice activated system. The information 

collected on the payment voucher will 

also be used as an internal control 

measure to ensure the lawful and 

appropriate disbursement of Federal 

funds as well as provide a service to 

program recipients. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 4,746 114,113 0.15 17,117 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

17,117. 

Status: Request for extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Bessy Kong, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, 

Program and Legislative Initiatives. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5128–N–01] 

Regulatory Waivers for Public Housing 

Programs To Assist With Transition to 

Asset Management 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

of a process for seeking expedited 

waivers of HUD program regulations to 

assist public housing agencies (PHAs) as 

they convert to asset management. This 

notice, which concerns regulations 

governing HUD’s Office of Public and 

Indian Housing (PIH), does not apply to: 

PHAs with less than 250 units that do 

not elect to convert to asset 

management, Indian and Tribally 

Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs), 

local tribal governments, or PHAs that 

administer only the Section 8 Housing 

Choice Voucher program (‘‘Section 8- 

only PHAs’’). The expedited regulatory 

waiver process applies only to waivers 

of PIH program regulations applicable to 

PHAs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory A. Byrne, Director, Financial 

Management Division, Real Estate 

Assessment Center, Office of Public 

Housing Programs, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 550 

12th Street, SW., Room 2202, 

Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone 

number (202) 475–8632. Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 


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