[Federal Register: November 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 221)]
[Notices]
[Page 66792-66793]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5044-N-21]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
Public Housing, Contracting With Resident-Owned Businesses
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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: January 16, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to: Aneita Waites, Reports Liaison
Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4114, Washington, DC 20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aneita Waites, (202) 708-0713,
extension 4114, for copies of proposed forms and/or 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 responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Public Housing, Contracting with Resident-Owned
Businesses.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0161.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Eligible resident-owned businesses submit applications to Housing
Agencies (HAs) to be approved for noncompetitive contract work on
public housing sites as an alternative to HUD's otherwise-required
competitive procurement procedures. In order for a resident-owned
business to be eligible for noncompetitive contract work, or the
alternative procurement process provided by 24 CFR 963, a business must
submit evidence as outlined in 24 CFR 963.10 to the PHA, in the formed
described therein, or as the PHA may require, that shows how each
requirement as described in 24 CFR 963.10 has been met.
For example, resident-owned businesses must provide, and PHAs must
collect various types of information, including, but not limited to:
Certified copies of any State, county, or municipal licenses that
may be required of the business to engage in the type of business
activity for which it was formed. Where applicable (as for example, in
the case of corporations), the business also shall submit a certified
copy of its corporate charter or other organizational document that
verifies that the business was properly formed in accordance with State
law.
The business shall disclose to the PHA all owners of the business,
and each owner's percentage of ownership interest in the business. The
business also shall disclose all individuals who possess the power to
make the day-to-day, as well as major, decisions on matters of
management, policy and operations (management officials). The business
shall identify all owners and management officials who are not public
housing residents, and shall disclose any relationship that these
owners and officials may have to a business (resident- or non-resident-
owned) engaged in the type of business activity with which the
resident-owned business is engaged. The business also shall submit such
evidence as the PHA may require to verify that the owner or owners
identified as public housing residents reside within public housing of
the PHA.
The business shall submit evidence sufficient to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the PHA that the business has the ability to perform
successfully under the terms and conditions of the proposed contract.
The business shall submit a certification as to the number of
contracts awarded, and the dollar amount of each contract award
received, under the alternative procurement process provided by 24 CFR
963. A resident-owned business is not eligible to participate in the
alternative procurement process provided by 24 CFR 963 if the resident-
owned business has received under this process one or more contracts
with a total combined dollar value of $1,000,000.
For additional information, please refer to 24 CFR 963, 24 CFR
85.36(d) and 85.36(b).
Agency form number, if applicable: Not applicable.
Members of affected public: Individuals or Households, Not-For-
Profit Institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents:
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Frequency of Hours per
Number of respondents x response x response = Burden hours
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500........................................... ... 1 ... 17 ... 8,500
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,500.
Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 8, 2006.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Program and
Legislative Initiative.
[FR Doc. E6-19299 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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