30246 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 106 /Wednesday, June 3, 1998 / Notices

Task Number of

respondents

Frequency of

responses

Hours per

response

Burden

hours

Application Development .................................................................................. 2 1 100 200

Number of copies to be submitted to Office of Lead Hazard Control for evaluation: Original and five (5) copies.

Quarterly Reports .............................................................................................. 2 8 4 32

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 232

Status of the proposed information

collection: New Collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: May 26, 1998.

David Jacobs,

Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.

[FR Doc. 98–14663 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4351–N–07]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Emergency Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department is soliciting public

comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

June 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and should be

sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone

(202) 708–1305. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Notice informs the public that the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development has submitted to OMB, for

emergency processing, an information

collection package regarding random

digit dialing (RDD) rent surveys. HUD is

requesting a 7-day OMB review of this

information collection.

Section 8(C)(1) of the United States

Housing Act of 1937 requires the

Secretary to publish Fair Market Rents

(FMRs) annually to be effective on

October 1 of each year. FMRs are used

for the Section 8 Rental Certificate

Program (including space rentals by

owners of manufactured homes under

that program); the Moderate

Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy

program; housing assisted under the

Loan Management and Property

Disposition programs; payment

standards for the Rental Voucher

program; and any other program whose

regulations specify their use.

Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone

surveys have been used for several years

to adjust FMRs. These surveys are based

on a sampling procedure that uses

computers to select statistically random

samples of telephone numbers to locate

certain types of rental housing units for

surveying. HUD contracts with a private

company to conduct two types of RDD

surveys: (1) Approximately 50

individual FMR areas are surveyed

every year to test the accuracy of their

FMRs; (2) In addition, 20 RDD surveys

are conducted every year to provide

updating factors for FMRs not surveyed

individually and for Annual Adjustment

Factors (AAFs.) These surveys are

conducted in the nonmetropolitan

portions of all 10 HUD regions, and in

the 10 metropolitan portions that do not

have their own Consumer Price Index

(CPI) surveys.

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: Section 8 Random

Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent

Telephone Survey.

OMB Control Number: 2528–0142.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This

provides HUD with a fast, inexpensive

way to estimate and update Section 8

Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in areas not

covered by AHS or CPI surveys, and in

areas where FMRs are believed to be

incorrect. It also provides estimates of

annual rent changes.

Members of affected public:

Individuals or households.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The RDD surveys

require a great many telephone calls to

reach the required number of eligible

respondents—those living in 1 or 2

bedroom nonsubsidized rental housing,

who had moved in recently. Most

numbers are screened out on the first

completed telephone call, which is

brief. The few that are eligible are asked

a longer series of questions, for a total

elapsed time of about 4 minutes each.

Information collection is voluntary.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Pending OMB approval.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;

and Section 8(C)(1) of the United States

Housing Act of 1937.

Dated: May 28, 1998.

Paul A. Leonard,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development.

[FR Doc. 98–14664 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

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