[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26195-26197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12618]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4369-N-01]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: July 13, 1998.

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: Ms. Shelia Jones, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451-7th

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Street, SW, Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.

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).
    The 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.
    The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will submit 
to OMB the information collection requirements for the HOME Program, 
previously approved under OMB Control Numbers 2506-0162 and 2501-0013.
    The HOME Investment Partnerships Act (Title II of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) was signed into law on 
November 28, 1990 (Pub. L. 101-625) and created the HOME Program to 
expand the supply of affordable housing. Interim regulations were first 
published for the program on December 16, 1991 and this and subsequent 
interim rules were codified at 24 CFR Part 92. Paperwork requirements 
for these rules were approved under OMB Control Number 2501-0013. On 
September 16, 1996, HUD published a final rule for the HOME Program. 
Additional paperwork requirements for certain optional reporting 
requirements were approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0162.
    Title of proposal: HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0013; 2506-0162.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
HOME statute and related authorities impose a significant number of 
data collection and reporting requirements on the Department and on 
HOME participating jurisdictions. This information is collected: (1) to 
assist HOME participating jurisdictions in managing their programs; (2) 
to track performance of participating jurisdictions in meeting fund 
commitment and expenditure deadlines; (3) to permit HUD to determine 
whether each PJ meets the HOME statutory targeting and affordability 
requirements; and (4) to permit HUD to determine compliance with other 
statutory and regulatory program requirements e.g., requirements 
relating to match, affirmative marketing, lead-based paint, and 
displacmeent and relocation.
    The recordkeeping and reporting burden hours for each individual 
respondent contained herein are largely unchanged from the previous 
approvals. The most significant change is in the total number of burden 
hours for both recordkeeping and reporting, brought about by the 
substantial increase in the number of program participants since the 
last major HOME paperwork submission in 1994. The number of 
participating jurisdictions has increased from 531 in 1994 to 576 in 
1997. During this period, the number of Community Housing Department 
Organizations increased from 1,075 to 2,732 and the number of State 
recipients increased from 675 to 1,555. Because so many more 
organizations are currently participating in the HOME Program than were 
participating in the first years of the program, the total number of 
burden hours has increased substantially despite the fact that the 
burden per respondent has dropped slightly.
    Other changes from the earlier paperwork approval include: (1) a 
slight reduction in the number of reporting burden hours as a result of 
eliminating the HOME Program Description and Annual Performance Report 
requirements from 24 CFR Part 92 and adding those requirements to the 
Consolidated Plan rule (24 CFR Part 91); (2) a slight reduction in both 
record-keeping and reporting hours due to the conversion of HOME 
participating jurisdiction from the HOME Cash and Management 
Information System to the paperless Integrated Disbursement and 
Information (C/MI) System. (Although this conversion is substantially 
complete, the notice assumes that the 49 participating jurisdictions 
currently in the C/MI will remain so); and (3) a slight increase due to 
the fact that three optional reporting requirements approved under OMB 
Control Number 2506-0162 are being added to this submission
    Agency form numbers: HUD-40094; 40095; 40096; 40096-M; 40097; 
40098; 40100; 40100-B; 40100-B; 40107; 40107-A.
    Members of affected pubic: States, units of general local 
government, nonprofit organizations.
    Estimation of the total annual number of hours to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

                                                                                                                
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                                           Paperwork         Number of    Frequency     Hours of                
          Section affected                requirement       respondents  of response    response    Annual total
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92.61..............................  Insular Areas Program            4            1         10             40  
                                      Description.                                                              
92.66..............................  Insular Areas                    4            1          3             12  
                                      reallocation.                                                             
92.101.............................  Consortia Designation           95            1          5            475  
92.200.............................  Public-Private                 580            1          2          1,160  
                                      Partnership.                                                              
92.201.............................  State Designation of           580            1          2          1,160  
                                      Local Recipients.                                                         
92.201.............................  Distribution of                 50            1          1.5           75  
                                      Assistance.                                                               
92.202.............................  Site and Neighborhood          580            1          2          1,160  
                                      Standards.                                                                
92.203.............................  Income Determination.        4,867            1          2          9,734  
92.206, 92.216, 92.217, 92.218,      Documentation                4,867            1          5         24,335  
 92,250, 92.252, 92.254.              required by HUD to                                                        
                                      be included in                                                            
                                      project file to                                                           
                                      determine project                                                         
                                      eligibility.                                                              
92.206.............................  Refinancing..........          200            1          4            800  
92.251.............................  Written Property             4,867            1          1          4,867  
                                      Standards.                                                                
92.253.............................  Tenant Protections...        4,867            1          5         24,335  
92.254.............................  Median Purchase price           20            1          5            100  
92.254.............................  Alternative to Resale/         275            1          5          1,375  
                                      Recapture Provisions.                                                     
92.300.............................  CHDO Identification..          576            1          2          1,152  

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92.300.............................  Designation of CHDOs.          300            1          1.5          450  
92.300.............................  CHDO Project                   576            1          2          1,152  
                                      Assistance.                                                               
92.303.............................  Tenant Participation         2,732            1         10         27,320  
                                      Plan.                                                                     
92.350.............................  Equal Opportunity....        4,867            1          5         25,335  
92.351.............................  Affirmative marketing        4,867            1         10         48,670  
92.353.............................  Displacement,                4,867            1          5         24,335  
                                      relocation and                                                            
                                      acquisition.                                                              
92.354.............................  Labor................        4,867            1          2.5       12,167.5
92.355.............................  Lead-Based Paint.....        4,867            1          0.5        2,433.5
92.357.............................  Debarment and                4,867            1          1          4,867  
                                      suspension.                                                               
92.501.............................  Investment                     580            1          1            580  
                                      Partnership                                                               
                                      Agreement.                                                                
92.502.............................  Cash and Management             49            1         10            490  
                                      Information system.                                                       
92.502.............................  Homeownership/Rental         1,604            1         12.5       20,050  
                                      Project Set-Up (C/                                                        
                                      MI).                                                                      
92.502.............................  Tenant-based rental             30            1          6.25         187.5
                                      assistance Set-Up.                                                        
92.502.............................  Rental Housing               1,604            1          7.5       12,030  
                                      Project Completion                                                        
                                      (C/MI).                                                                   
92.502.............................  Homeownership Project        1,604            1          3.75       6,015  
                                      Completion (C/MI).                                                        
92.502.............................  Homeownership/Rental           527            1         16          8,432  
                                      Set-Up and                                                                
                                      Completion (IDIS).                                                        
92.502.............................  Tenat-Based Rental              89            1          5.5          489.5
                                      Assistance Set-Up                                                         
                                      (IDIS).                                                                   
92.504.............................  Written Agreement....        4,863            1         10         48,630  
92.509.............................  Management Reports--           580            1          2.5        1,450  
                                      Annual Performance                                                        
                                      Report.                                                                   
92.509.............................  Management Reports--           576            1          0.76         432  
                                      FY Match Report.                                                          
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    The total annual estimate of burden hours is 315,296.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Public comment 
requested by HUD.
    Contact person and telephone numbers (this is not a toll-free 
number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available documents: 
Mary Kolesar, Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable 
Housing Programs, Room 7162, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, (This is not 
a toll-free number). A telecommunications device for hearing- and 
speech-impaired person (TTY) is available at 1-800-877-8229 (Federal 
Information Relay Service).

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 6, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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