27806 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 18, 2010 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

508,442. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: May 10, 2010. 

Leroy McKinney, Jr., 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11738 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–38] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB 

Emergency Comment Request; 

Multifamily Weatherization 

Certification 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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 Due Date: June 1, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within fourteen (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name/or 

OMB approval number and should be 

sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail: OIRA_Submission 

@omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Freedberg, Office of Sustainable 

Housing and Communities, Room 

10180. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: 

Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–4366 or fax (202) 708–0465. 

This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 

available documents submitted to OMB 

may be obtained from Mr. Freedberg. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice is soliciting comments from 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information to enable HUD 

to identify additional multifamily 

public and assisted housing properties 

or buildings that meet the income 

guidelines for DOE’s Weatherization 

Assistance Program. 

On January 25, 2010, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) published a regulation 

in the Federal Register that is intended 

to reduce the review and verification 

burden related to income eligibility and 

certain operational requirements under 

the DOE Weatherization Assistance 

Program (‘‘weatherization program’’) for 

certain properties identified by HUD. 

The January 25 rule was developed to 

address significant additional funding 

appropriated by Congress for the 

weatherization program under the 

American Recovery and Revitalization 

Act of 2009 (‘‘Recovery Act’’). Under the 

new rule, if a public housing, assisted 

multi-family or Low Income Housing 

Tax Credit (LIHTC) building is 

identified by HUD and included on a 

list or lists published by DOE, that 

building meets DOE’s weatherization 

program income requirements without 

the need for further evaluation or 

verification, and may meet certain other 

program requirements. 

A minimum requirement for inclusion 

on these lists is that at least 66 percent 

of the residents of the building (50 

percent for 2–4 unit buildings) must 

meet DOE’s income eligibility 

requirement, which is currently set at 

200 percent of the federal poverty level, 

or, if a state chooses, 60 percent of the 

State’s median income. 

The DOE Final Rule requires that each 

building within a project meet the 

income qualification requirements in 

order to be included on the published 

eligibility list, whereas HUD records for 

assisted properties are at generally at the 

property or project level—which may 

contain more than one building. The 

initial list of properties provided by 

HUD to DOE contains properties that 

HUD was able to verify income 

eligibility for participation by utilizing 

existing available information. 

The buildings HUD was able to 

provide to DOE for inclusion on the 

initial lists were: (1) Projects/properties 

that consist of a single building, where 

at least 66 percent of the residents meet 

DOE’s income requirements; and (2) 

projects/properties with more than one 

building where 100 percent of the 

project/property’s residents meet DOE’s 

income requirements. 

A number of property owners have 

subsequently contacted HUD to request 

that properties not included on these 

initial lists be checked as to their 

eligibility. In order to enable HUD to 

verify additional buildings within 

projects/properties that may meet DOE’s 

income guidelines, additional 

information is needed. Property owners 

may e-mail HUD at 

energyaction@hud.gov with a list of 

projects that the property owner 

believes should be included on the next 

published list of eligible buildings. For 

each property, a certification from the 

owner with the following information 

must be provided: 

a. Property/Project ID number and 

address; 

b. Number of individual buildings 

within that project/property; 

c. List of addresses for each building, 

and the number of units in each 

building; and 

d. For multiple buildings that share 

the same address, the apartment or unit 

addresses. 

HUD will review the income 

information for those addresses 

associated with each building identified 

in the certification. If, utilizing this 

information, HUD is able to determine 

that an individual building within a 

project/property is income-eligible 

according to DOE requirements, HUD 

will provide that building to DOE for 

posting on DOE’s Web site. 

Alternatively, if, with the additional 

information supplied, HUD is able to 

determine that all buildings within the 

project meet DOE’s income 

requirements, the entire project/ 

property will be forwarded to DOE for 

posting on DOE’s Web site. The 

additional buildings and projects will be 

posted as a quarterly addendum to the 

DOE Lists. 

This Emergency Comment Request 

meets Paperwork Reduction Act 

requirements for emergency processing 

as outlined in 5 CFR 1320.13. The 

emergency processing is related to the 

rapid obligation and expenditure 

deadlines established by the Recovery 

Act, and are therefore extremely time 

sensitive. HUD cannot reasonably 

comply with normal clearance 

procedures, because potential 

multifamily applicants will be placed at 

a competitive disadvantage in applying 

for weatherization program funds 

appropriated by Congress under the 

Recovery Act if normal clearance 

procedures are followed. 

The opportunity to take advantage of 

the funds is essential to the objectives 

of the partnership established between 

HUD and DOE for this purpose, and to 

enable potential multifamily applicants 

to lower utility costs for low-income 

residents with these funds. 

Further, emergency processing is 

essential in order to enable HUD to 

respond in a timely fashion to requests 

that have already been received from 

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owners of public housing and assisted 

housing properties to have HUD review 

this information for the purpose of 

identifying these properties as meeting 

certain requirements for the 

weatherization program. Demand for the 

weatherization funds is very high, and 

long waiting lists already exist in many 

states for these funds; absent emergency 

processing of this information request, 

these individuals are likely to be placed 

at a competitive disadvantage in 

applying for Recovery Act 

weatherization assistance funding, since 

HUD is otherwise unable to identify 

these buildings or properties as meeting 

these requirements under the expedited 

procedures described in the DOE 

January 25, 2010 rule. 

Failure to secure the information in a 

timely fashion may delay the ability of 

potential weatherization program grant 

recipients to apply for Recovery Act 

weatherization funds under the 

streamlined procedures envisioned in 

the DOE rule. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Multifamily 

Weatherization Certification. 

Description of Information Collection: 

Certification to be provided by owners 

of public housing and assisted housing 

multifamily properties to enable HUD to 

identify additional properties or 

buildings that meet requirements of 

DOE’s Weatherization Assistance 

Program, in addition to those properties 

already posted on DOE’s Web site. 

OMB Control Number: 2501— 

Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: Public 

Housing Authorities, Owners of HUDassisted multifamily properties. 

Estimation of the Total Numbers of 

Hours Needed to Prepare the 

Information Collection Including 

Number of Respondents, Frequency of 

Responses, and Hours of Responses: 

The estimated number of respondents is 

100, and the number of responses is 1. 

There will be in total, approximately 

100 total responses. The total reporting 

burden is 50 hours. 

Status of the Proposed Information 

Collection: New collection of 

information. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: May 11, 2010. 

Leroy McKinney, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11736 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–37] 

Uniform Physical Standards & Physical 

Inspection Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, 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. 

All multifamily properties with 

Section 8 project based assistance or 

housing with HUD insured or HUD Held 

mortgages or Housing that is receiving 

insurance from HUD must be inspected 

regularly. Entities responsible for 

conducting physical inspections of the 

properties are HUD, the lender or the 

owner. Owners/Agents which have been 

cited with Exigent Health and Safety 

(EH&S) deficiencies must certify that 

(EH&S) deficiencies noted during the 

inspections have been repaired. This 

information is intended to ensure that 

HUD Program Participants maintain 

HUD properties in a condition that is 

decent, safe, sanitary, and in good 

repair. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17, 

2010 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0369) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy 

McKinney Jr. at 

Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov or telephone 

(202) 402–5564. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Mr. McKinney. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the Information 

collection described below. 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: Uniform Physical 

Standards & Physical Inspection 

Requirements. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0369. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Its Proposed Use: All 

multifamily properties with Section 8 

project based assistance or housing with 

HUD insured or HUD Held mortgages or 

Housing that is receiving insurance from 

HUD must be inspected regularly. 

Entities responsible for conducting 

physical inspections of the properties 

are HUD, the lender or the owner. 

Owners/Agents which have been cited 

with Exigent Health and Safety (EH&S) 

deficiencies must certify that (EH&S) 

deficiencies noted during the 

inspections have been repaired. This 

information is intended to ensure that 

HUD Program Participants maintain 

HUD properties in a condition that is 

decent, safe, sanitary, and in good 

repair. 

Frequency of Submission: Annually, 

Semi Annually, Every 3 years. 

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