Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,

[Federal Register: August 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 164)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-58]

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Housing owners/agents submit vouchers to HUD or their Contract Administrators (CA)/Performance Based Contract Administrators (PBCA) monthly to receive assistance payments for the difference between the gross rent and the total tenant payment for all assisted tenants. Special claims vouchers are also submitted by owners/agents to HUD or their CA/PBCA to receive an amount to offset unpaid rent, tenant damages, vacancies, and/or debt service losses. This is a proposed revision to the current information collection.

The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 24, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval number (2502-0182) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395- 6974; e-mail Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins or through HUD's Information Collection Budget Tracking System at http://mf.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; (4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection requirement; and (10) the name and telephone number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments.

OMB Approval Number: 2502-0182.

Form Numbers: HUD-52670; HUD-52670-A, Part 1; HUD-52670-A, Part 2; HUD-52671-A/B/C/D.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: Owners/agents submit vouchers to HUD or their Contract Administrators/ Performance Based Contract Administrators monthly to receive assistance payments for the difference between the gross rent and the total tenant payment for all assisted tenants. Special claims vouchers are also submitted to receive an amount to offset unpaid rent, tenant damages, vacancies, and/or debt service losses.

Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for- profit, Not-for-profit institutions, State, local or tribal government

Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Monthly.

Reporting Burden: Number of Respondents 23,507; Average responses per respondent 16.8; Total annual responses 394,824; Average burden per response 0.81 hrs.

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 319,627.

Status: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

Dated: August 15, 2003. Wayne Eddins, Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 03-21634 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]

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