[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81948-81949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27770]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7024-N-59]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency
Waivers Reporting; OMB Control No.: 2577-0292
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/Start Printed Page
15501PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Pollard.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days
was published on September 23, 2020 at 85 FR 59816.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Emergency Waivers Reporting.
OMB Approval Number: 2577-0292.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Numbers: HUD-5883, HUD-5884, HUD-5885.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on the proposed
Emergency Waivers Reporting.
In response to the national COVID-19 emergency, the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted on March
27, 2020. The Act gives the Department the ability to waive regulatory
and statutory provisions that apply to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs).
Specifically, the CARES Act allows the Secretary of HUD to ``waive, or
specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or
regulation (except for requirements related to fair housing,
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment) . . . . upon a
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative
requirements are necessary for the safe and effective administration of
these funds . . . to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
coronavirus.''
HUD issued a notice detailing the waivers available in response to
the COVID-19 crisis, posted on April 10, 2020, as PIH Notice 2020-05.
This notice states: PHAs are required to keep written documentation
that record which waivers the PHA applied to their programs(s) and the
effective dates.
In response to presidentially declared Major Disaster Declarations
(MDDs), FR-6050-N-04 is: Relief from HUD Public Housing and Section 8
Requirements Available During CY2020 and CY2021 to Public Housing
Agencies to Assist with Recovery and Relief Efforts. This notice lists
the specific waivers and relief options available for use by PHAs.
No respondent is mandated to use a waiver but use of the waivers is
encouraged by HUD in response to specific emergencies to reduce burdens
and administrative requirements. The notice announcing the availability
of waivers becomes the checklist which respondents use to note
responses as to which waivers they elected to use and their start date.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
responses, and hours of response:
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Burden hour
Information collection Number of Frequency of Responses per Annual burden Hourly cost Total annual
respondents response per annum response hours cost
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HUD-5883............................................ 3,800 1 3,800 1 3,800 36.86 $140,068
HUD-5884............................................ 300 1 300 1 300 36.86 11,058
HUD-5885............................................ 1,000 1 1,000 1 1,000 36.86 36,860
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Total........................................... 5,100 1 5,100 1 5,100 36.86 187,986
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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.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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