Notice2021-17981
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 3 Sample Utilization Plans
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Published
August 23, 2021
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 160 (Monday, August 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47136-47137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17981]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7039-N-05]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Section 3
Sample Utilization Plans
AGENCY: Office of Field Policy and Management, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 22, 2021.
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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51103f3f307f017f162438353e113924357f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50113e3e317e007e172539343f103825347e373f26">[email protected]</span></a> 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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e4f60606f205e20497b676a614e667b6a20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4b59a9a95daa4dab3819d909bb49c8190da939b82">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877-8339.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Guido.
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: Section 3 Sample Utilization
Plans.
OMB Approval Number: 2501-New.
Type of Request: New.
Form Number: HUD Forms 4737, 4737A, 4737B, 4737C, 4737D.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
collection is to document the Section 3 labor hours for Section 3
workers and Section 3 Business concerns for employment and economic
opportunities generated by public housing financial assistance and
section 3 projects as well as the HUD funding/grants generating the
opportunities. This collection is reflective of the changes to the
Section 3 regulation, published in the Federal Register 9/29/2020.
Grantees of HUD financial assistance can use this as a sample tool to
document their Section 3 labor hours. This collection is not a
requirement but is to be used as a sample if grantees do not already
have a process in place to document Section 3 labor hours.
Respondents (i.e., affected public): HUD recipients of public
housing financial assistance, certain HUD recipients of housing and
community development financial assistance, certain HUD grantees,
public housing residents and other eligible Section 3 workers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Total burden Hourly per
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours response Annual cost
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HUD Form 4737 Utilization Tracker....... 2,500.00 1.00 2,500.00 5.00 12,500.00 $42.01 $525,125.00
HUD Form 4737A Utilization Tracker...... 2,500.00 1.00 2,500.00 5.00 12,500.00 42.01 525,125.00
HUD Form 4737B PHA Utilization Plan..... 2,500.00 1.00 2,500.00 1.50 3,750.00 49.83 189,862.50
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HUD Form 4737C HCD Utilization Plan..... 2,500.00 1.00 2,500.00 1.50 3,750.00 34.18 139,425.00
HUD Form 4737D HUD Funding Tracker...... 2,500.00 1.00 2,500.00 3.00 7,500.00 42.01 315,075.00
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Total............................... 12,500.00 .............. .............. 16.00 40,000.00 .............. 1,694,612.50
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<bullet> Utilization Tracker and Funding Tracker hourly response
rate has been determined by a mean of the PHA and HCD hourly response
rates.
<bullet> PHA utilization hourly response is set at the median
hourly rate of a General Operation Manager, per OES, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/">https://www.bls.gov/oes/</a>.
<bullet> The HCD hourly response rate has been determined by the
median hourly rate of a compliance manager, per OES, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/">https://www.bls.gov/oes/</a>.
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.
Krista Mills,
Director, Office of Field Policy and Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-17981 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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