This information is collected from OHF
staff, mortgagees, mortgagors, contractors and agents to manage and
monitor the application, procedure, project administration and
initial/final endorsement of projects undertaken by Office of
Hospital Facilities.
The currently approved PRA
package was based on an assumed annual volume of 15 Section 242
applications. It shows 5,882.5 annual burden hours for an annual
cost of $540,000. Recently, HUD conducted a review of the paperwork
burden associated with the hospital mortgage insurance program. As
a result of that review, there were changes to the number of
respondents, frequency of response, burden hours per response, and
hourly cost per response for many data collection items affecting
various aspects of the program. HUD believes that the changes lead
to a much more realistic estimate of burden hours. A modified
supporting statement incorporating the results of HUD's review
would show, for the same assumed annual volume of 15 Section 242
applications, 74,825 annual burden hours for an annual cost of
$7,471,875. This modified estimate of burden hours and cost becomes
the new baseline against which program changes, or changes in
program volume, are assessed. On February 5, 2013, HUD published a
new Section 242 final rule containing provisions that implement
Section 223(f) refinancing and acquisition for hospitals. HUD
expects initially to insure five Section 242/223(f) loans per year,
increasing application volume from 15 to 20 and changing some forms
and procedures. When the modified estimates of burden hours and
cost are applied to the additional volume, the results are
98,811.50 burden hours for an annual cost of $9,881,450.00. These
are the numbers that appear in the modified Supporting Statement
for OMB approval. The difference is 23,986.50 burden hours and
$2,409,575.00 in cost. This is the PRA impact of introducing
Section 223(f) refinancing and acquisition loans as part of Section
242 hospital mortgage insurance and processing 5 Section 242/223(f)
applications per year.
$265,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
John Whitehead
2024025790
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.