[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10651-10653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04495]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5916-N-04]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Housing
Annual Contributions Contract and Inventory Removal Application
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, PIH, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revised proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
The public housing program funds low-rent projects owned and
operated by public housing agencies (PHAs), subject to the terms and
conditions contained in an Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) with
certain requirements applicable to all projects and other requirements
applicable in only certain conditions or types of projects. These
program requirements govern how properties are funded and operated by
PHAs including how properties are added or removed from their
inventories. Information collections from PHAs assure compliance with
all Federal program requirements.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 2, 2016.
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: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202-402-5564 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., (L'Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-402-4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Mussington.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public Housing Annual
Contributions Contractor and Inventory Removal Application.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0075.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD-51999; HUD-52190A; HUD-52190B; HUD-52840-A; HUD-
53012A, HUD-53012B, HUD 52860, HUD 52860-B, HUD 52860-C; HUD 52860-D;
HUD 52860-E, and HUD 52860-F, HUD-52860-G, HUD-5838 and HUD-5837.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
previously amended this information collection to consolidate all
information that PHAs are required to submit to HUD in connection with
their contractual duties to operate public housing dwelling units and
other real property under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. Section 5 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (Pub. L. 75-412, 50 Stat. 888)
permits the Secretary of HUD to make annual contributions to public
housing agencies (PHAs) to achieve and maintain the lower income
character of public housing projects. The Secretary is required to
embody the provisions for such annual contributions in a contract
guaranteeing payment. Applicable regulations are 24 CFR 941 for public
housing development and 24 CFR 969 for continued operation of low-
income housing after completion of debt service. This information
collection also covers Public Housing Authority (PHA) submissions under
Sections 18, 22, 33 and 32 that involve the authority of the HUD
Secretary to approve PHA requests to remove certain public housing
property from their inventories through demolition, disposition,
voluntary conversion, required conversion, or homeownership conveyance,
conversion through the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD)
(authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations
Act of 2012), and any other HUD approved action that will remove Public
Housing units from the ACC.
This amendment of this collection does two things. First, it adds
submission requirements (HUD-52860-G) for when a PHA may choose to
voluntarily apply to HUD to retain non-dwelling public housing real
property
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free from public housing use restrictions under the Annual
Contributions Contract (ACC) and Declaration of Trust (DOT) pursuant to
2 CFR 200.311(c)(1). HUD considers retentions under this section of
part 200 a ``removal'' of public housing real property even though the
PHA will be retaining ownership of the property since the property will
no longer be subject to public housing use restrictions. HUD will only
approve retention requests when non-dwelling property is no longer
needed for its originally authorized purpose. Second, it adds new
submission requirements (HUD-5838 and HUD-5837) to collect information
from any PHA who intends to remove all of its public housing dwelling
units from its inventory (through any available law or HUD program,
which may include Sections 18, 22, 33, 32 of the U.S. Housing Act of
1937 or the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program) and will
alert HUD to its future plans for either termination of the public
housing ACC or development of new dwelling units. Please note that a
PHA who removes all public housing dwelling units will be instructed to
fill out either HUD-5838 or HUD-5837, not both. HUD will use the
information collected in HUD-5838 to review any PHA requests for
expending Operating or Capital Funds for eligible closeout activities,
for extension on closeout activities, for provision of technical
assistance to the PHA during its required closeout activities, and
determine eligibility for the Asset Repositioning Fee (ARF) or
Demolition or Disposition Transitional Funding (DDTF). HUD will use the
information in HUD-5837 to monitor compliance with the Public Housing
ACC following removal of all dwelling units, to provide relevant
technical assistance to the PHA, and to determine eligibility for the
Asset Repositioning Fee (ARF) or Demolition or Disposition Transitional
Funding (DDTF). In addition, this information request will assist HUD
in maintaining accurate records of the federal public housing stock.
The functions and activities for Public Housing Annual
Contributions Contractor, under OMB control number 2577-0270, has been
combined with the Public Housing Inventory Removal Application,
currently approved collection 2577-0075. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approved discontinuation of OMB Control Number, 2577-0270.
Respondents: Public housing agencies.
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Total
ACC Provision responses Total hours Cost per hour ($) Total cost
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1. Execute new ACC via HUD form 53012-A and B... 42 205 $24.34 $4,990
2. Terminate or amend ACC....................... 78 390 24.34 9,493
3. Request HUD approval of non-dwelling leases 114 735 24.34 17,890
or agreements..................................
4. HUD approval for easement uses............... 48 3,524 24.34 8,567
5. Submit General Depository Agreement (GDA) via 265 651 24.34 15,845
form HUD 51999.................................
6. Request to terminate GDA..................... 107 202 24.34 4,917
7. ACC revisions to change year end dates....... 23 257 24.34 6,255
8. ACC to consolidate PHAS...................... 18 217 24.34 5,282
9. ACC revision to transfer programs............ 43 391 24.34 9,517
10. Request review of Conflict of interest...... 102 951 24.34 23,147
11. Request pooling of insurance................ 5 97 24.34 2,361
12. Request for new Declaration of Trust (DOT) 142 1,249 24.34 30,400
via form HUD 52190-A and B.....................
13. Request DOT amendment or termination........ 221 2031 24.34 49,435
14. Amend ACC for Capital Fund Finance via form 73 788 24.34 19,180
HUD 52840-A....................................
15. Amend ACC for Mixed Finance Supplementary 94 1,981 50 99,050
Legal Document.................................
16. Amend ACC for Capital Grant................. 2,820 11,070 24.34 269,443
17. Amend ACC for Emergency Capital Fund Grant.. 38 100 24.34 2,434
18. Amend ACC Capital Fund for Safety and 75 96 24.34 2,337
Security.......................................
19. Amend ACC to Recapture Capital Fund Grant... 123 643 24.34 15,650
20. Amend ACC for Energy Performance Contract... 38 192 24.34 4,673
21. Amend ACC for Community Facilities Grants... 13 28 24.34 682
22. Demo Disposition Approvals and Removing 162 1,746 24.34 42,498
Units form ACC-HUD Form 52860..................
23. Chicago Special Applications Center Approval 851 6,010 33.06 225,072
for Inventory Removal Applications.............
24. Supplementary Document: Unique Legal 60 1,440 50 72,000
Document used by HQ Staff Mixed-Finance
Amendment to the ACC...........................
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Totals...................................... 6,765 34,944 .............. 927,423
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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.
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Date: February 23, 2016.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative
Initiatives.
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