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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: Standards, Viability,

and Removal Plan for Conversion of

Certain Public Housing to Tenant-Based

Section 8 Vouchers and Certificates.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0210.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: To

implement Section 202 of the Omnibus

Consolidated Rescissions and

Appropriations Act of 1996, (Pub. L.

104–134, approved April 26, 1996),

Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will

identify certain distressed public

housing developments that will be

required to be converted to that their

households in occupancy can be given

tenant-based assistance or relocated.

PHAs will be required to submit a

Viability Plan, tenant-based assistance

plan and a plan to remove units from

the public housing inventory to HUD.

PHAs will conduct an annual review

and certify that their Comprehensive

Plan Annual Updates that they have

reviewed updated information regarding

the applicability of the standards on

their developments. HUD will review

and evaluate the information to ensure

compliance with the statutory criteria

(standards), that plans have been

developed in consultation with the

residents, timeframes met and Section

202 is implemented.

Member of affected public: State or

Local Government (PHAs).

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 50 respondents, onetime response, nine hours average per

response, 21,645 total reporting burden

hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be 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.

DATES: Comments due: May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, S.W.,

Room 4238, Washington, D.C. 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit 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 affected

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: Public Housing

Agencies Plan for Exception Request,

Site-Based Waiting Lists.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0214.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Each

Public Housing Agency (PHA) may

request an exception to establish sitebased waiting lists by submitting its

plan and the rationale for it to the local

HUD office. The plan must include all

of the PHA’s general occupancy

developments and/or all of the PHA’s

mixed-population and elderlydesignated developments. The request

must also include: Accurate statistics for

the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

and the PHA’s jurisdiction; each

development’s name, number,

occupancy type and number of units,

date site was developed, racial

composition by bedroom size and

waiting list composition. For the

Section 8 program: the number of

certificates and vouchers currently in

use by race and bedroom size; and the

length and composition of the waiting

list by race and bedroom size. PHA’s

must provide current and proposed

public housing tenant selection and

assignment procedures along with any

Consent Decrees, Voluntary Compliance

Agreements, or other documentation

related to current occupancy problems

along with measures being taken to

correct such problems. HUD needs the

information to assure statutory and

regulatory compliance and to approve

the PHA’s plan for exception to

establish site-based waiting lists.

Agency Form Numbers, if applicable.

None.

Members of affected public: PHAs.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: An average 52

respondents submit the plan one-time,

for a total burden of 3,744 hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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