61648 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / Notices 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24381 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5752–N–85] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Evaluation of the Rental 

Assistance Demonstration Program, 

Phase I 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

13, 2014. 

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: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at 

Colette Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. This is not a toll-free number. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of the information collection 

described in Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on June 28, 2014. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Evaluation of the Rental Assistance 

Demonstration Program, Phase I. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528—New. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Rental Assistance Demonstration 

program (RAD) was established in 2012 

to stem the loss of public housing units 

and other subsidized housing arising 

from a backlog of capital needs. The 

program helps to convert at-risk public 

housing properties to two different 

forms of project-based Section 8 

Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) 

contracts—either project-based voucher 

(PBV) or project-based rental assistance 

(PBRA)—giving public housing 

authorities (PHAs) more flexibility to 

access private and public funding 

sources, easing their reliance on 

unpredictable appropriations. The RAD 

authorizing statute requires HUD to 

assess the impact of the program on: (1) 

The preservation and improvement of 

former public housing units, (2) the 

amount of private capital leveraged as a 

result of such conversions, and (3) the 

effect of conversion on residents. 

The evaluation is designed to examine 

the resources available to improve the 

physical conditions of a public housing 

property, what new opportunities RAD 

creates for PHAs to improve public 

housing physical conditions, and how it 

helps PHAs preserve those units over 

the long term. To examine whether the 

stated HUD and PHA objectives are 

achieved, HUD will be collecting 

quantitative and qualitative data from 

primary and secondary sources and 

analyzing data related to the following: 

(1) The physical and financial 

conditions of 24 RAD properties 

selected for the study and 48 non-RAD 

properties selected for comparison; (2) 

the implementation of the program, 

including the capital needs and amount 

of private funding leveraged; and (3) the 

experience with, and effect on, 

residents. 

At this time, funding is available to 

fund only the first two components of 

the evaluation, thus, this request for 

OMB clearance only covers the ‘‘first 

phase’’ of the evaluation—(1) an 

assessment of the baseline conditions of 

RAD properties chosen for study and 

the baseline conditions of the 

comparison non-RAD properties, and (2) 

an assessment of the initial RAD 

financing, and the implementation 

phase of the RAD program. The request 

also includes a tracking form for the 

resident study that will be completed as 

a second phase of the evaluation, should 

funding be made available. 

Respondents: PHAs and PHA tenants. 

Form Respondent sample Number of 

respondents 

Average 

time to 

complete 

(minimum, 

maximum) 

in minutes 

Frequency 

Total 

burden 

(hours) 

Physical and Financial Conditions 

Survey.

PHAs (n = 72 PHAs; 24 PHAs implementing RAD, 48 PHAs not implementing RAD.72 60 (50–70) 1 72 

Implementation Survey ..................... PHAs, stakeholder, implementation 

consultants, project managers (n 

= 100).

100 60 (50–70) 1 100 

Resident Intake Study Correspondence and Intake Form.Tenants of RAD PHAs (n = 400) ..... 400 10 (8–12) 1 67 

Total Burden Hours ................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 239 

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B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to 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. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24433 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5820–FA–01] 

Announcement of Funding Awards 

Capital Fund Emergency Safety and 

Security Grants Fiscal Year 2014 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department. The public 

was notified of the availability of the 

Emergency Safety and Security funds 

with PIH Notice 2014–09 (Notice), 

which was issued May 12, 2014. 

Additionally, Public Housing 

Authorities (PHAs) were notified of 

funds availability via electronic mail 

and a posting to the HUD Web site. 

PHAs were funded in accordance with 

the terms of the Notice. This 

announcement contains the 

consolidated names and addresses of 

this year’s award recipients under the 

Capital Fund Emergency Safety and 

Security grant program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning the Emergency 

Safety and Security awards, contact 

Jeffrey Riddel, Director, Office of Capital 

Improvements, Office of Public 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410, 

telephone (202) 708–1640. Hearing or 

speech-impaired individuals may access 

this number via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Capital Fund Emergency Safety and 

Security program provides grants to 

PHAs for physical safety and security 

measures necessary to address crime 

and drug-related emergencies. More 

specifically, in accordance with Section 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (1937 Act), and 

Public Law 113–76 (Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Appropriations Act, 2014) (FY 2014 

appropriations), Congress appropriated 

funding to provide assistance to ‘‘public 

housing agencies for emergency capital 

needs including safety and security 

measures necessary to address crime 

and drug-related activity as well as 

needs resulting from unforeseen or 

unpreventable emergencies and natural 

disasters excluding Presidentially 

declared disasters occurring in fiscal 

year [2014].’’ 

The FY 2014 awards in this 

Announcement were evaluated for 

funding based on the criteria in the 

Notice. These awards are funded from 

the set-aside in the FY 2014 

appropriations. 

In accordance with Section 102 

(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development Reform Act of 

1989 (103 Stat.1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), 

the Department is publishing the names, 

addresses, and amounts of the 13 

awards made under the set aside in 

Appendix A to this document. 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

Jemine A. Bryon, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and 

Indian Housing. 

Appendix A 

Capital Fund Emergency Safety and Security 

Program FY 2014 Awards 

Name/address of applicant Amount 

funded Project description 

Housing Authority of the City of Decatur, 100 Wilson Street NE., Decatur, AL 

35602.

$250,000 Security Cameras and Lighting. 

Housing Authority of Evergreen, 203 Rabb Drive, Evergreen, AL 36401–3342 250,000 Security Cameras, Lighting, and Fencing. 

East Hartford Housing Authority, 546 Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, CT 

06108–3511.

250,000 Security Cameras and Lighting. 

Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach, 200 Alton Road, Miami Beach, 

FL 33139–6742.

250,000 Security Cameras, Lighting, and Fencing. 

LaGrange Housing Authority, 201 Chatham Street, LaGrange, GA 30240– 

5313.

187,000 Security Cameras. 

Fort Wayne Housing Authority, 7315 South Hanna St., P.O. Box 13489, Fort 

Wayne, IN 46869–3489.

248,718 Security Cameras and Access Control Systems. 

Housing Authority of Flemingsburg, 142 Circle Drive, Flemingsburg, KY 

41041–1442.

175,519 Security Cameras and Security Window Screens. 

Housing Authority of Floyd County, 402 John M. Stumbo Drive, Langley, KY 

41645.

241,573 Security Cameras, Fencing, and Security Entry 

Doors. 

Yazoo City Housing Authority, 121 Lindsey Dawn Dr., Yazoo City, MS 

39194–2912.

250,000 Security Cameras and Fencing. 

Greensboro Housing Authority, 450 North Church St, Greensboro, NC 

27401–2001.

247,874 Security Cameras and Lighting. 

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