Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 27, 2001 / Notices 12533

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4652–N–12]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment for the

Office of Public and Indian Housing

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and

Improvement Plan (IP) in Connection

With the Public Housing Assessment

System (PHAS)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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 Date: April 30,

2001.

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:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 4238; Washington, DC 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. [This is not a toll-free

number.]

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).

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 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 response.

This Notice also list the following

information:

Title of Proposal. Memorandum of

Agreement (MOA) and Improvement

Plan (IP).

OMB Control Number:

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: A Public

Housing Agency (PHA) which is

designated troubled or substandard

under the Public Housing Assessment

System (PHAS) must enter into a

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

with HUD to outline its planned

improvements. Similarly, a PHA which

is a standard performer, but receives a

total PHAS score of less than 70% but

not less than 60% is required to submit

an Improvement Plan (IP). These plans

are designed to address deficiencies in

a PHA’s operations found through the

PHAS assessment process (management,

financial, physical, or resident related)

and any other deficiencies identified by

HUD through independent assessments

or other methods.

Agency form number, if applicable:

NA.

Members of affected public: Public

Housing Agencies.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response: 939

respondents for either a MOA or in IP

and either monthly or quarterly reports,

36 hours average response (including

reporting), 34,026 hours total reporting

burden hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: New collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

Gloria Cousar,

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Public and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 01–4793 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4649–N–02]

Announcement of OMB Approval

Number for Rural Housing and

Economic Development Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of OMB

Approval Number.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the OMB approval number

for the collection of information

pertaining to Rural Housing and

Economic Development Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jackie Mitchell, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone

(202) 708–2290. This is not a toll-free

number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended), this notice

advises that OMB has responded to the

Department’s request for approval of the

information collection pertaining to

Rural Housing and Economic

Development Program. The OMB

approval number for this information

collection is 2506–0169, which expires

on November 30, 2003.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information,

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number.

Dated: February 15, 2001.

Donna M. Abbenante,

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4783 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4649–N–03]

Announcement of OMB Approval

Number for Annual Progress Report

(APR) for Competitive Homeless

Assistance Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of OMB

Approval Number.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the OMB approval number

for the collection of information