[Federal Register: June 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 109)]
[Notices]
[Page 32996]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5044-N-10]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment;
Public Housing Assessment System; Appeals, Technical Reviews and
Database Adjustments
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: August 7, 2006.
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 4116, Washington, DC 20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aneita Waites, (202) 708-0713,
extension 4114, 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 responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS);
Appeals, Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Pursuant to Sec. 6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, HUD is required to
establish procedures for a PHA to appeal troubled designation. The PHAS
regulation at Sec. 902.69 provides the opportunity for a PHA to appeal
its troubled designation, petition for the removal of troubled
designation, or appeal its score. The PHAS regulation at Sec. 902.68
affords PHAs the opportunity to request a technical review of its
physical condition inspection or a database adjustment, or a technical
review of its resident satisfaction survey, if certain conditions are
present. A technical review of the physical condition inspection may be
requested if a PHA believes that an objectively verifiable and material
error(s) occurred in the inspection of an individual property. A
technical review of the resident satisfaction survey results may be
requested in cases where the contracted third party survey
administrator can be shown by a PHA to be in error.
Multifamily entities are also provided the opportunity to submit
technical review and database adjustment requests for their physical
condition score pursuant to 24 CFR parts 5 and 200, and technical
reviews of resident/customer surveys for multifamily entities when such
surveys are conducted.
Agency form number, if applicable: N/A.
Members of affected public: Public housing agencies.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents: The estimated
average number of respondents is 351.5 PHAs and 496 multifamily
entities that submit request for an appeal, technical review, or
database adjustment for a total 847.5 PHAs and multifamily entities
that submit annually. The average total reporting burden is 4,407
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: May 31, 2006.
Bessy Kong,
Director, Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
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