Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program-Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Inflation Factors for Public Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal Funding
| Citation | 86 FR 14470 |
| Record Number | 2021-05365 |
| Published date | 16 March 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Housing And Urban Development Department |
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(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,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Action on an Approved
Application or Petition.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–824; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. This information collection
is used to request a duplicate approval
notice, as well as to notify and to verify
the U.S. Consulate that a petition has
been approved or that a person has been
adjusted to permanent resident status.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–824 is 10,571 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
0.42 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 4,440 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $1,361,016.
Dated: March 9, 2021.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6248–N–01]
Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Fiscal Year (FY)
2021 Inflation Factors for Public
Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal
Funding
AGENCY
: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: This notice establishes
Renewal Funding Inflation Factors
(RFIFs) to adjust Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
renewal funding for the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) Program of each public
housing agency (PHA), as required by
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021. The notice apportions the
expected percent change in national Per
Unit Cost (PUC) for the HCV program,
5.80 percent, to each PHA based on the
change in Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for
their operating area to produce the FY
2021 RFIFs. HUD’s FY 2021
methodology is the same as that which
was used in FY 2020.
DATES
: Effective Date: March 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Miguel A. Fontanez, Director, Housing
Voucher Financial Division, Office of
Public Housing and Voucher Programs,
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
telephone number 202–402–4212; or
Adam Bibler, Program Parameters and
Research Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, telephone
number 202–402–6057, for technical
information regarding the development
of the schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the
inflation factors. Their mailing address
is: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or
speech-impaired persons may contact
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY
number, the above-listed telephone
numbers are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Background
Division L, Title II of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 requires that
the HUD Secretary, for the calendar year
2021 funding cycle, provide renewal
funding for each public housing agency
(PHA) based on validated voucher
management system (VMS) leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year and
by applying an inflation factor as
established by the Secretary, by notice
published in the Federal Register. This
notice announces the availability of the
FY 2021 inflation factors and describes
the methodology for calculating them.
Tables in PDF and Microsoft Excel
formats showing Renewal Funding
Inflation Factors (RFIFs) by HUD Fair
Market Rent Area are available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at: https://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/rfif/
rfif.html.
II. Methodology
RFIFs are used to adjust the allocation
of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program funds to PHAs for local
changes in rents, utility costs, and
tenant incomes. To calculate the RFIFs,
HUD first forecasts a national inflation
factor, which is the annual change in
the national average Per Unit Cost
(PUC). HUD then calculates individual
area inflation factors, which are based
on the annual changes in the two-
bedroom Fair Market Rent (FMR) for
each area. Finally, HUD adjusts the
individual area inflation factors to be
consistent with the national inflation
factor.
HUD’s forecast of the national average
PUC is based on forecasts of gross rent
and tenant income. Each forecast is
produced using historical and
forecasted macroeconomic data as
independent variables, where the
forecasts are consistent with the
Economic Assumptions of the
Administration’s FY 2022 Budget. The
forecast of gross rent is itself based on
forecasts of the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) Rent of Primary Residence Index
and the CPI Fuels and Utilities Index.
Forecasted values of these series are
applied to the FY 2021 national average
two-bedroom FMR to produce a CY
2021 value. A ‘‘notional’’ PUC is
calculated as the difference between
gross rent value and 30 percent of tenant
income (the standard for tenant rent
contribution in the voucher program).
The change between the forecasted CY
2021 notional PUC and the CY 2020
notional PUC is the expected national
change in PUC, or 5.80 percent. HUD
uses a notional PUC as opposed to the
actual PUC to project costs that are
consistent with PHAs leasing the same
number and quality of units. For more
information on HUD’s forecast
methodology, see 82 FR 26710.
The inflation factor for an individual
geographic area is based on the
annualized change in the area’s FMR
between FY 2020 and FY 2021. These
changes in FMRs are then scaled such
that the voucher-weighted average of all
individual area inflation factors is equal
to the national inflation factor, i.e., the
expected annual change in national PUC
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from CY 2020 to CY 2021, and such that
no area has a factor less than one. For
PHAs operating in multiple FMR areas,
HUD calculates a voucher-weighted
average inflation factor based on the
count of vouchers in each FMR area
administered by the PHA as captured in
HUD administrative data as of December
31, 2020.
III. The Use of Inflation Factors
HUD subsequently applies the
calculated individual area inflation
factors to eligible renewal funding for
each PHA based on VMS leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year.
IV. Geographic Areas and Area
Definitions
As explained above, inflation factors
based on area FMR changes are
produced for all FMR areas and applied
to eligible renewal funding for each
PHA. The tables showing the RFIFs,
available electronically from the HUD
data information page, list the inflation
factors for each FMR area on a state-by-
state basis. The inflation factors use the
same OMB metropolitan area
definitions, as revised by HUD, that are
used in the FY 2021 FMRs. PHAs
should refer to the Area Definitions
Table on the following web page to
make certain that they are referencing
the correct inflation factors: http://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/rfif/
FY2021/FY2021_RFIF_FMR_AREA_
REPORT.pdf. The Area Definitions
Table lists areas in alphabetical order by
state, and the counties associated with
each area. In the six New England states,
the listings are for counties or parts of
counties as defined by towns or cities.
HUD is also releasing the data in
Microsoft Excel format to assist users
who may wish to use these data in other
calculations. The Excel file is available
at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
datasets/rfif/rfif.html. Note that, as
described earlier, the actual renewal
funding inflation factor applied to
agency funding will be the voucher-
weighted average of the FMR area
factors when the PHA operates in
multiple areas.
VI. Environmental Impact
This notice involves a statutorily
required establishment of a rate or cost
determination which does not constitute
a development decision affecting the
physical condition of specific project
areas or building sites. Accordingly,
under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(6), this notice is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321).
Todd Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2021–05365 Filed 3–15–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[Docket No. DEA–709]
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled
Substances Application: Cambridge
Isotope Lab; Correction
AGENCY
: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Justice.
ACTION
: Notice of application;
correction.
SUMMARY
: The Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) published a
document in the Federal Register of
September 14, 2020, concerning a notice
of application. The document contained
a misspelling (Isotype vs. Isotope).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Correction
In the Federal Register of September
14, 2020, in FR Doc. 2020–20160 (85 FR
56633), on page 56633–56634, correct
all instances of the registrant name to
read Cambridge Isotope Lab.
William T. McDermott,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021–05358 Filed 3–15–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[Docket No. DEA–805]
Importer of Controlled Substances
Application: Purisys, LLC
AGENCY
: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Justice.
ACTION
: Notice of application.
SUMMARY
: Purisys, LLC has applied to be
registered as an importer of basic
class(es) of controlled substance(s).
Refer to Supplementary Information
listed below for further drug
information.
DATES
: Registered bulk manufacturers of
the affected basic class(es), and
applicants therefore, may file written
comments on or objections to the
issuance of the proposed registration on
or before April 15, 2021. Such persons
may also file a written request for a
hearing on the application on or before
April 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Written comments should
be sent to: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Attention: DEA Federal
Register Representative/DPW, 8701
Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia
22152. All requests for a hearing must
be sent to: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Attn: Administrator,
8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield,
Virginia 22152. All requests for a
hearing should also be sent to: (1) Drug
Enforcement Administration, Attn:
Hearing Clerk/OALJ, 8701 Morrissette
Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; and
(2) Drug Enforcement Administration,
Attn: DEA Federal Register
Representative/DPW, 8701 Morrissette
Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: In
accordance with 21 CFR 1301.34(a), this
is notice that on February 17, 2021,
Purisys, LLC, 1550 Olympic Drive,
Athens, Georgia 30601, applied to be
registered as an importer of the
following basic class(es) of controlled
substance(s):
Marihuana Extract ............. 7350 I
Marihuana ......................... 7360 I
Tetrahydrocannabinols ..... 7370 I
Noroxymorphone .............. 7379 II
Phenylacetone .................. 8501 II
Levorphanol ...................... 9220 II
Thebaine ........................... 9333 II
Poppy Straw Concentrate 9670 II
Tapentadol ........................ 9780 II
The company plans to import drug
code 8501, Phenylacetone and drug
code 9670, Poppy Straw Concentrate to
bulk manufacture other controlled
substances for distribution to its
customers. The company plans to
import impurities of buprenorphine that
have been determined by DEA to be
captured under drug code 9333,
Thebaine. In reference to drug codes
73760, Marihuana and 7370,
Tetrahydrocannabinols the company
plans to import a Synthetic Cannabidiol
and a Synthetic Tetrahydrocannabinol.
No other activity for these drug codes is
authorized for this registration.
Placement of these drug codes on the
company’s registration does not
translate into automatic approval of
subsequent permit applications to
import controlled substances.
Approval of permit applications will
occur only when the registrant’s
business activity is consistent with what
is authorized under 21 U.S.C. 952(a)(2).
Authorization will not extend to the
import of Food and Drug
Administration-approved or non-
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