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[FR Doc No: 94-32019]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3719; FR-3473-N-06]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
AGENCY: Office of Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for expedited review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments due date: January 9, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should
be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20410,
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Weaver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal
for the collection of information, as described below to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35).
The Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering Technical
Assistance Grants form will assist grant recipients in making requests
for disbursement of funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/
Voice Response System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to
the recipient. The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests
for funds.
The Notice lists the following information:
(1) the title of the information collection proposal;
(2) the office of the agency to collect information;
(3) the description of the need for the information and its
proposed use;
(4) the agency form number, if applicable;
(5) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal;
(6) how frequently information submissions will be required;
(7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response;
(8) whether the proposal is new or an extension, reinstatement, or
revision of an information collection requirement; and
(9) the names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar
with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535d.
Dated: December 21, 1994.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Proposal: Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering
Technical Assistance Grants (FR 3473).
Office: Housing.
Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:
The form assist grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of
funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response
System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient.
The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests for funds.
Form number: HUD-9738-A.
Respondents: Intermediaries administering technical assistance
grants to recipients of Preservation Technical Assistance Planning
Grants.
Frequency of submission: One initial submission for the purpose of
setting up the intermediary's office. Periodically thereafter as grant
funds are expended and requested by those seeking Preservation
Technical Assistance Planning Grants.
Reporting burden:
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Number of respondents Frequency of response Hours per response =Burden hours
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Information collection... 35 5 .2 35
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Total estimated burden hours: 35.
Status: New.
Contact: Michael Winiarski, HUD (202) 708-2300; Joseph F. Lackey,
Jr., OMB (202) 395-7316.
Date: December 21, 1994.
Supporting Statements for Form HUD-9738-A, Intermediary
Preservation Technical Assistance Voucher
1. Section 255(a) (1) through (6) of the National Housing Act
(Public Law 102-550, 106 STAT. 3766 through 3769 12 USC 4141 et seq.),
applicable portions of which are attached for reference, gives the
Secretary the authority to designate intermediaries for administering
technical assistance monies to qualifying non-profit groups wishing to
get a better understanding of the Low Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA), and/or to prepare to
purchase a qualifying project under same.
The Notice of Funding Availability for Intermediaries to administer
the Preservation Technical Assistance Planning Grant Funds was
published in the Federal Register on April 6, 1994. These funds have
been made available to support resident-supported purchases of projects
eligible for incentives under the Preservation Program. The form
assists grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of funds
through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response System,
which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient. The
form also allows HUD Headquarters Staff to verify requests for funds.
2. The form will be used by intermediaries so that they may record
funds requested by grantees under Preservation Technical Assistance
Grants.
This information will be used by the Department to assure that
grantees are vouchering for eligible activities under the grant and to
monitor funds spent.
3. This form was developed in conjunction with the Department's
Line of Credit Control System/Voice Response System (LOCCS/VRS), an
automated disbursement system accessible by the grantee through a
touch-tone phone. Improved technology would not affect this information
collection.
4. There will be no duplication of information. Funds spent under
this grant are not documented in any other HUD program.
5. There is no similar information already available which could be
used or modified for this purpose.
6. This form and the telephone vouchering process will simplify the
vouchering process for all entities including small entities.
7. This reporting requirement is necessary to efficiently disburse
grant funds.
8. There are no special circumstances requiring the collection of
information that is inconsistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.
9. The Department consulted with no outside parties on the
development of this form.
10. There are no assurances of confidentiality provided to
respondents.
11. The information collected contains no items of a sensitive
nature.
12. Costs of the Information Collection
Cost to Respondents is estimated using the burden hours calculated
in 13 below and a dollar cost of $20 per hour which includes both labor
and overhead.
Cost to the Federal Government is also estimated using an hourly
labor/overhead rate of $20.
Respondents Burden hours * Cost/hour = Total
35 $20 $700
Government Responses * Hours * Cost/hour = Total
Processing........................................... 175 .10 $20 $350
Total............................................ .......... .. ....... .. ........... .. $1,050
13. Tabulation of Burden Hours
The amount of funds made available under the NOFA was approximately
$52,716,000. The Department estimates a total of 35 grants to be
awarded under the NOFA. This estimate assumes all intermediaries
receive the maximum award for their jurisdiction as prescribed in the
April 6, 1994, Notice of Funds Availability. The Department further
estimates voucher requests for funds to be made approximately 5 times
per year for each grantee. At .20 hours per form, the total annual
respondent burden is 35 hours. The government processing burden is
based on an estimate that verification of each request will take .10
hours.
14. This information collection is the result of the implementation
of new statutory requirements.
15. The department does not plan to use the collection of this
information for any published statistical use.
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