Notice2024-01759
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally-Owned Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance; OMB Control No.: 2539-0009
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Published
January 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of 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 89, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5922-5923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01759]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7087-N-01]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Requirements
for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards
in Federally-Owned Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal
Assistance; OMB Control No.: 2539-0009
AGENCY: Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for renewal of 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: April 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication
of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting, ``Currently under 60-
day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this
proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Anna
Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#441425342136332b362f1621203127302d2b2a0527300b22222d2721042c31206a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="144475647166637b667f4671706177607d7b7a5577605b72727d7771547c61703a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#672609090649374920120e0308270f120349000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a6b44444b047a046d5f434e456a425f4e044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone (202)
402-5535 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared
to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as
well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn
more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>. 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 renewal of the information collection
described in Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Requirements for Notification,
Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally-Owned
Residential Properties and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance.
OMB Approval Number: 2539-0009.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection with
some changes due to program changes.
Form Number: Not applicable.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Provision of a pamphlet on lead poisoning prevention to tenants and
purchasers; provision of a notice to occupants on the results of lead
hazard evaluation or reduction activities; special reporting
requirements for a child with an environmental intervention blood lead
level; and recordkeeping and periodic summary reporting requirements.
Required notifications under the Lead Safe Housing Rule, 24 CFR 35.
Respondents: Residential property owners; housing agencies; Federal
grantees; and tribally designated housing entities and/or participating
jurisdictions.
The revised hour burden estimates are presented in the table below.
In the table, the 16.58 hourly cost per response reflects the weighted
average of cases, first, in which the respondent is simply giving
someone a pamphlet, putting something in a file, or retrieving
something from a file, and sending summary information from it to the
Department, valued at $11.26 per hour; and second, processing notices
as above as well as providing information in cases of lead-poisoned
children, valued at $18.00 per hour.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Annual burden Hourly cost
Information collection respondents response annum per response hours per response Annual cost
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Total........................... 63,000 As needed......... Various........... 2.2 138,600 $16.58 $2,297,988
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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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35.
Matthew Ammon,
Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
[FR Doc. 2024-01759 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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