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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William W. Matchneer III, Associate 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Regulatory Affairs and Manufactured 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

(202) 708–6401 (this is not a toll free 

number) for copies of the proposed 

forms and other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting 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 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 

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: Manufactured Home 

Construction and Safety Standards 

Program. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–0233. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 

Collection of this information will result 

in a better determination of reporting 

how Primary Inspection Agencies and 

manufacturers request certification 

labels, track payment, track production, 

refund monies, and report missing or 

damaged labels to the Department or its 

monitoring contractor. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The number of 

burden hours is 2,811. The number of 

respondents is 176, the number of 

responses is 5,622, the frequency of 

response is on occasion, and the burden 

hour per response is 6.5. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

amended. 

Dated: June 23, 2009. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing—Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E9–15358 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281-N–51] 

Housing Choice Voucher Program 

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. 

Public Housing Authorities (PHA) 

apply for funding to assist very lowincome families to lease or purchase 

housing. PHAs maintain records on 

participant eligibility, unit acceptability, 

lease and/or housing assistance 

payments, and budget and payment 

documentation. In some cases PHAs 

voluntarily divest their voucher 

programs to a receiving PHA. PHAs may 

also project-base a portion of their 

vouchers or use their vouchers under 

the Homeownership Option. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 30, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2577–0169) 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: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at 

Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Ms. Deitzer. 

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: Housing Choice 

Voucher Program. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0169. 

Form Numbers: HUD–52515, HUD– 

52517, HUD–52530–A, HUD–52530–B, 

HUD–52530–C, HUD–52531–A, HUD– 

52531–B, HUD–52578–B, HUD–52580– 

A, HUD–52641, HUD–52641–A, HUD– 

52642, HUD–52642–A, HUD–52646, 

HUD–52649, HUD–52665, HUD–52667, 

HUD–52672, HUD–52681, HUD–52681– 

B. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

Public Housing Authorities (PHA) apply 

for funding to assist very low-income 

families to lease or purchase housing. 

PHAs maintain records on participant 

eligibility, unit acceptability, lease and/ 

or housing assistance payments, and 

budget and payment documentation. In 

some cases PHAs voluntarily divest 

their voucher programs to a receiving 

PHA. PHAs may also project-base a 

portion of their vouchers or use their 

vouchers under the Homeownership 

Option. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion, quarterly, annually. 


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Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 492,450 6.129 0.354 1,071,354 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

1,071,354. 

Status: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: June 24, 2009. 

Lillian Deitzer, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15478 Filed 6–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5311–N–03] 

Buy American Exception Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), and 

implementing guidance of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), this 

notice advises that an exception to the 

Buy American requirements of the 

Recovery Act was determined 

applicable to the Boston Housing 

Authority’s construction of a project 

using Recovery Act funds. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4210, Washington, DC 

20410–4000, telephone 202–402–8500 

(this is not a toll-free number). Persons 

with hearing- or speech-impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act imposes a 

‘‘Buy American’’ requirement on 

Recovery Act funds used for a project 

for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or public work unless all of the 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States. Section 1605(b) provides 

that the Buy American requirement 

shall not apply in any case or category 

in which the head of Federal 

department or agency finds that: (1) 

Applying the Buy American 

requirement would be inconsistent with 

the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and 

the relevant manufactured goods are not 

produced in the U.S. in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities or of 

satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods will 

increase the cost of the overall project 

by more than 25 percent. Section 

1605(c) provides that if the head of a 

Federal department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on June 11, 

2009, HUD granted the Boston Housing 

Authority, upon its request, an 

exception to applicability of the Buy 

American requirements with respect to 

work, using Recovery Act funds, in 

connection with the construction of 

units for Phase 1B of the Washington 

Beech HOPE VI project. Although a final 

determination of applicability of the 

Buy American requirements to housing 

had not been made at the time that HUD 

granted the exception, given the 

compelling exigencies presented by 

BHA in its waiver request (as described 

in this notice), HUD considered the 

waiver request on the assumption of the 

applicability of the Buy American 

requirements to the Phase 1B project. 

The exception was granted by HUD on 

the basis that applicability of the 

Recovery Act Buy American 

requirements would be inconsistent 

with the public interest. 

BHA received Recovery Act funds in 

the amount of $10 million for 

construction of Phase 1B units of the 

Washington Beech HOPE VI project. An 

award of the HOPE VI funds to BHA 

predated BHA’s award of the Recovery 

Act funds. BHA notified HUD that it 

had procured Trinity Financial as its 

development partner in 2007 for the 

HOPE VI grant awarded for the 

construction of the Phase 1B units. 

Because the award of the HOPE VI grant 

to BHA was made prior to passage of the 

Recovery Act’s requirements, the 

requirements of section 1605(a) were 

not included in BHA’s procurement 

process. Trinity Financial secured and 

selected a general contractor, CWC 

Builders, Inc., to build the units in 

Phase 1B. This construction contract 

between Trinity Financial and CWC was 

also negotiated prior to the passage of 

the Recovery Act, and accordingly 

section 1605 requirements were not 

included in the contract. The contract 

requires CWC Builders to obtain all 

structural steel as soon as possible to 

meet the construction deadlines for the 

Phase 1B project. 

In addition to these contracts entered 

into prior to the Recovery Act, 

Washington Beech Phase 1B will be 

developed by a limited partnership that 

includes a tax credit investor, RBC Tax 

Credit Equity, LLC (RBC). Prior to 

passage of the Recovery Act, Trinity 

Financial received a commitment from 

RBC to provide equity through the LowIncome Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) 

program. RBC informed Trinity 

Financial and BHA that if the funding 

transaction for Phase 1B did not close 

and documents were not recorded by 

June 15, 2009, RBC would withdraw its 

offer to purchase the Phase 1B credits. 

Such withdrawal would place Trinity 

Financial in the situation of having to 

renegotiate the tax credit contribution or 

find another equity investor. BHA 

advised that delay at this juncture 

would imperil the availability of the tax 

credits and jeopardize the ability to 

complete construction of the Phase 1B 

units by the deadline of July 28, 2010. 

BHA also advised that, in accordance 

with the contracts entered into prior to 

enactment of the Recovery Act, CWC 

Builders are ready to begin construction 

immediately upon the closing that was 

scheduled to take place on June 15, 

2009. BHA advised that if there is a 

delay in the start of construction, jobs 

planned by the construction would be 

lost. 

HUD determined that application of 

the Buy American requirements to the 

Phase 1B units, given the actions and 

contracts that occurred prior to 

enactment of the Recovery Act would be 

inconsistent with the public interest. 

The exception granted is for Phase 1B 

units only. It is not applicable to future 

construction phases at the Washington 

Beech HOPE VI project. 


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