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Number of
respondents

Annual
responses

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Reporting Burden ..............................................................................

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

should be sent to: Colette Pollard.,
Departmental Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
Ms. Pollard at Colette_Pollard@hud.gov.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339. (Other than the HUD
USER information line and TTY
numbers, telephone numbers are not
toll-free.)

[Docket No. FR–5610–N–14]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,750.
Status: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: August 8, 2012.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment; Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD):
Supporting Contracts and Processing
Requirements
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.
The Rental Assistance Demonstration
allows Public Housing and Moderate
Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) properties
to convert to long-term Section 8 rental
assistance contracts; and Rent
Supplement (Rent Supp), Rental
Assistance Payment (RAP) and Mod
Rehab properties upon contract
expiration or termination, to convert
Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) to
Project Based Vouchers (PBVs).
Participation in the initiative will be
voluntary; the attached supporting
contracts and processing requirements
will be used to process and complete
the conversion process for Public
Housing, Mod Rehab, Rent Supp and
RAP.
DATES: Comment Due Date: October 15,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposed information collection.
Comments should refer to the proposal
by name/or OMB Control number and

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Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number via TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
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
submitting 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 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: Rental Assistance
Demonstration (RAD) Application
Forms.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0276.

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Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Rental Assistance Demonstration allows
Public Housing and Moderate
Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) properties
to convert to long- term Section 8 rental
assistance contracts; and Rent
Supplement (Rent Supp), Rental
Assistance Payment (RAP), and Mod
Rehab properties, upon contract
expiration or termination, to convert
tenant protection vouchers (TPVs) to
project-based vouchers (PBVs).
Participation in the initiative will be
voluntary. Public Housing Agencies,
Mod Rehab owners interested in
participating in the Demonstration are
required to submit supplementary
documentation through these processing
requirements to HUD so that HUD can
determine throughout the conversion
process the physical and financial
sustainability of properties. As such, the
processing requirements will
demonstrate to HUD that the applicant
will be able to leverage private financing
to address immediate and long-term
capital needs, improve operations, and
implement energy efficiency
improvements. The processing
information request will be in a Webbased portal and will be pre-populated
with data HUD is collecting from the
RAD Application, which is currently
undergoing its 30 day review under
cover of a separate PRA. Overall,
supplementary documentation and
information requested will allow the
Department to determine which
applicants continue to meet the
eligibility requirements and have the
capacity to successfully meet RAD’s
mission delineated in PIH Notice PIH–
2012–32: Rental Assistance
Demonstration—Final Implementation
Notice. Finally, all applicants will be
required to sign the appropriate
contractual documents to complete
conversion and bind both the applicant
and HUD, as well as set forth the rights
and duties of the applicant and HUD,
with respect to the converted project
and any payments under that project.
This requirement is for all applicants in
the Public Housing, Mod Rehab, Rent
Supp and RAP programs.
To review draft versions of the
processing requirements and the
contractual documentation please visit
the RAD Web site: www.hud.gov/rad/.
Agency form number(s), if applicable:
Members of affected public: State,
Local or Tribal Government.

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Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including respondents: The
estimated number of respondents is
2,539 annually that have only one
response per respondent. 605
respondents will have 9 responses
annually until conversion is complete to
total 5,445 responses. The average
number for each response to each
document in the information collection
is 1 hour, for a total burden of 7,379.
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.

DATES:

Dated: August 8, 2012.
Debra Gross,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of
Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5610–N–12]

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment; Indian
Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program
Reporting
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of revised information
collection.
AGENCY:

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.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
public comment on a revised Word
version of HUD–52737, Indian Housing
Plan/Annual Performance Report (IHP/
APR), and two additional, automated
versions of form: an Excel version and
a version on HUD’s Energy and
Performance Information Center (EPIC)
Web site. All three versions of the form
request exactly the same information,
but have different burdens due to the
automated capabilities of the Excel and
EPIC versions. These automated
enhancements make the Excel and EPIC
versions easier and faster to complete
than the Word version. Respondents
may elect to complete and submit to
HUD either the Word, Excel, or EPIC
versions; however, the Excel and EPIC
versions are preferred because of their

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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: Colette
Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
4160, Washington, DC 20410–5000;
telephone 202–402–3400, (this is not a
toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov 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 tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at (800) 877–8339. (Other than the HUD
USER information line and TTY
numbers, telephone numbers are not
toll-free.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
number).
ADDRESSES:

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automated capabilities and reduced
burden.
The Native American Housing
Assistance and Self Determination Act
(NAHASDA) requires recipients (tribes
and tribally designated housing entities)
to submit specific information that is
necessary for the implementation and
evaluation of low income housing
programs using Indian Housing Block
Grant funds (IHBG). Recipients of IHBG
funds are required to submit the IHP/
APR annually. In addition to the IHP/
APR, each year recipients may submit a
Formula Response Form (HUD–4117),
and Formula Challenge Form (HUD–
4119).

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

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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: Indian Housing
Block Grant Information Collection,
Word, Excel and EPIC Versions of the
Indian Housing Plan/Annual
Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0218.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
Indian tribes, Alaska Natives, Native
Hawaiians, or tribally designated
housing entities that receive IHBG funds
are required annually to submit HUD–
52737 that consists of two components:
the Indian Housing Plan (IHP)
component and the Annual Performance
Report (APR) component.
The IHP is required by Section 102 of
the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
(NAHASDA) and describes the eligible
IHBG-funded, affordable housing
activities the recipient plans to conduct
for the benefit of low and moderate
income tribal members and identifies
the intended outcomes and outputs for
the upcoming 12-month year. The
recipient submits the IHP at least 75
days prior to the beginning of its 12month program year. HUD conducts a
limited review of the IHP to determine
that the planned activities are in
compliance with NAHASDA
requirements, as defined at 24 CFR Part
1000.
At the end of the 12-month period,
the recipient submits the APR that is
required by Section 404 of NAHASDA
and describes (1) The use of grant funds
during the prior 12-month period; (2)
the actual outcomes and outputs
achieved; (3) program accomplishments;
and (4) jobs supported by IHBG-funded
activities. HUD uses the information in
the APR to review the recipient’s
progress in implementing the IHP,
verify whether the activities are eligible
and to determine if the recipient has the
capacity to continue implementing the
activities described in the IHP in a
timely manner. The information in the
APR also will be used to provide
Congress, stakeholders, and other
interested parties with information on
how the IHBG funds are being used to
meet affordable housing needs within
Native American communities.

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