This collection is approved with the following terms of clearance: HUD is approved an emergency clearance for the collection to meet the American Reinvestment Recovery Act requirements. This collection will be valid for 180 days. If HUD decides to continue use of the form past the approved emergency clearance time period, they must resubmit to OMB under the normal PRA clearance process for a three year approval. Any future resubmissions that include the use of standard forms should not include in the burden the burden associated with the standard forms. Additionally, in accordance with OMB guidance, paper-based applications are not acceptable as a sole method of transmission. HUD must provide, in conjunction with paper-based application transmissions, an electronic alternative such as email, file transfers, systems, etc. for applicants to submit the application. This approval does not include any utility consumption monitoring of program participants.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2010
6 Months From Approved
12,600
0
0
9,800
0
0
0
0
0
HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Preservation must collect certain data to administer the Green Retrofit Program(GRP) authorized by the Recovery Act. The legislation includes reporting requirements for all recipients of Recovery Act funds. The data being collected will track the progress of work funded under the GRP and report compliance with program requirements. Respondents will be loan and grant recipients (owners of eligible properties) and contractors hired by HUD to perform certain GRP activities.
September 23, 2009
Ross A. Rutledge
OMB Desk Officer
Office of Management and Budget
New Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20503
Dear Mr. Rutledge:
The Department is seeking emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements contained in the ÂRetrofit Funding Agreement-Green Retrofit Program and the ÂUtility Consumption Report Green Retrofit ProgramÂ. The Notice of Paperwork Submission (copy enclosed), proposed for immediate Federal Register publication, explains the burden of the collection requirements and invites public comments on them. This is a new information collection.
In compliance with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.13, this letter requests emergency processing within 14 days from the date of publication. This emergency processing is essential to the immediate implementation of the Green Retrofit Program which authorizes HUD to make loans, make grants, and take a variety of other actions to facilitate utility-saving investments and other investments that produce environmental benefits, in certain existing HUD-assisted multifamily housing, subject to agreement between HUD and the Owner. The Green Retrofit Program is authorized by Title XII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P. L. 111-5 (the ÂRecovery ActÂ), in the section titled ÂAssisted Housing Stability and Energy and Green Retrofit Investments under ÂHousing ProgramsÂ.
The Secretary must take steps necessary to ensure that owners receiving funding for energy and green retrofit investments under the Recovery Act must expend such funding within 2 years of the date they receive the funding. To ensure that owners complete the agreed-upon retrofits and expend funds as scheduled, OAHP will use the Retrofit Funding Agreement- Green Retrofit Program (ÂRFAÂ) to control the expenditure of loan and grant funds, and to monitor and track owners progress towards completion of the scheduled work for each property. The RFA must be in place before any retrofits may be commenced and funded; therefore immediate use of this form is critical to the implementation of the Green Retrofit Program section of the Recovery Act.
Additionally, the Recovery Act provides that the Secretary may share in a portion of future property utility savings resulting from improvements made by grants or loans made available under the GRP. In order to determine the utility savings, utility consumption must be measured both pre- and post- retrofit and the results compared. The Utility Consumption Agreement- Green Retrofit Program will be used to report the baseline utility consumption prior to retrofits; it will be used a second time to report utility consumption one year after all retrofits have been completed.
Thank you for your consideration and assistance.
Sincerely,
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner
Enclosures
This is a new submission to cover information collection required to meet the statutory and regulatory requirements of the The Green Retrofit Program of the American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009
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No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Yes
Uncollected
Patricia Casey 2024028385
Reginfo record details
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
GRP RFA 11-10-09.docx
Green Retrofit Program