Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 151 (Friday, August 5, 2011)

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FR Doc No: 2011-19931

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5484-N-26

Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request;

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF) Rent Increase Requirement

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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: October 4, 2011.

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: Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal

Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Brennan, Director, Office of

Housing Assistance & Grant

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Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-3000 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 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 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: Annual Adjustment Factors (AAF) Rent Increase

Requirement.

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0507, an extension of currently approved collection.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

Owners of project-based section 8 contracts that utilize the AAF as the method of rent adjustment provide this information which is necessary to determine whether or not the subject properties' rents are to be adjusted and, if so, the amount of the adjustment.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92273-S8.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 918. The number of respondents is 4,287, the number of responses is 612, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response is 1.5.

Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension of currently approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: August 2, 2011.

Ronald Y. Spraker,

Associate General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing-Associate

Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.

FR Doc. 2011-19931 Filed 8-4-11; 8:45 am

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