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an effort to reduce energy costs and
improve energy conservation.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Business and Other for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
12,290.
Estimated Number of Responses:
18,435.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Average Hours per Response: 8 hours.
Total Estimated Burdens: 99,856.

Notice of revised proposed
information collection.

ACTION:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
The public housing program funds
low-rent projects owned and operated
by public housing agencies (PHAs),
subject to the terms and conditions
contained in an Annual Contributions
Contract (ACC) with certain
requirements applicable to all projects
and other requirements applicable in
only certain conditions or types of
projects. These program requirements
govern how properties are funded and
operated by PHAs including how
properties are added or removed from
their inventories. Information
collections from PHAs assure
compliance with all Federal program
requirements.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 21,
2014.
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:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5564
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at [email protected] for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy,
Programs and Legislative Initiatives,
PIH, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206),
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202–
402–4109, (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
SUMMARY:

B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (3) Ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond; including through the
use of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. HUD
encourages interested parties to submit
comment in response to these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapters
35.
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–03478 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5759–N–04]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Public Housing Annual
Contributions Contractor and
Inventory Removal Application
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, PIH, HUD.

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AGENCY:

ACC Provision
1 ...............
2 ...............

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Number of
respondents

Execute new ACC
via HUD form
53012–A and B.
Terminate or
amend ACC.

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Total
responses

Frequency

Hours per
23 response

number via TTY by calling the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Mussington.
This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Public
Housing Annual Contributions Contract
and Inventory Removal Application.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0270.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
Form Number: HUD–51999; HUD–
52190A; HUD–52190B; HUD–52840–A;
HUD–53012A, HUD–53012B, HUD
52860–A, HUD 52860–B, HUD 52860–C;
HUD 52860–D; HUD 52860–E, and HUD
52860–F.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
information collection consolidates all
ACC-related information collections
involving the use of funding and
inventory changes. Section 5 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (Pub.
L. 75–412, 50 Stat. 888) permits the
Secretary of HUD to make annual
contributions to public housing agencies
(PHAs) to achieve and maintain the
lower income character of public
housing projects. The Secretary is
required to embody the provisions for
such annual contributions in a contract
guaranteeing payment. Applicable
regulations are 24 CFR 941 for public
housing development and 24 CFR 969
for continued operation of low-income
housing after completion of debt
service. This collection also covers
Public Housing Authority (PHA)
submissions under Sections 18, 22, 33
and 32 that involve the authority of the
HUD Secretary to approve PHA requests
to remove certain public housing
property from their inventories through
demolition, disposition, voluntary
conversion, required conversion or
homeownership conveyance.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, State, Local Government and
public housing authorities.
Total hours

Cost per
hour

Total cost

42

1

42

5

205

30

6150

78

1

78

5

390

30

11700

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respondents

ACC Provision
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4 ...............
5 ...............

6 ...............
7 ...............

8 ...............
9 ...............

10 .............

11 .............
12 .............

13 .............

14 .............

15 .............

16 .............
17 .............

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19 .............

20 .............

21 .............

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Request HUD approval of nondwelling leases
or agreements.
HUD approval for
easement uses.
Submit General
Depository
Agreement
(GDA) via form
HUD 51999.
Request to terminate GDA.
ACC revisions to
change year end
dates.
ACC to consolidate PHAS.
ACC revision to
transfer programs.
Request review of
Conflict of interest.
Request pooling of
insurance.
Request for new
Declaration of
Trust (DOT) via
form HUD
52190–A and B.
Request DOT
amendment or
termination.
Amend ACC for
Capital Fund Finance via form
HUD 52840–A.
Amend ACC for
Mixed Finance
Supplementary
Legal Document.
Amend ACC for
Capital Grant.
Amend ACC for
Emergency Capital Fund Grant.
Amend ACC Capital Fund for
Safety and Security.
Amend ACC to
Recapture Capital Fund Grant.
Amend ACC for
Energy Performance Contract.
Amend ACC for
Community Facilities Grants.
Demo Disposition
Approvals and
Removing Units
form ACC–HUD
Form 52860.

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Total
responses

Frequency

Hours per
23 response

Total hours

Cost per
hour

Total cost

114

1

114

6

735

30

22050

48

1

48

7

3524

30

10560

265

1

265

2

651

30

19530

107

1

107

2

202

30

6780

23

1

23

11

257

30

7710

18

1

18

12

217

30

6510

43

1

43

9

391

30

11730

102

1

102

9

951

30

27520

5

1

5

19

97

30

2910

142

1

142

19

1249

30

2910

221

1

221

9

2031

30

41370

73

1

73

9

788

30

60930

94

1

94

21

1981

$50

$96,090

2820

1

2820

4

11,070

30

$391,860

48

1

38

3

100

30

3990

75

1

50

2

96

30

$3008

123

1

123

8

643

30

$17790

38

1

38

5

192

30

5760

15

1

13

90 days

28

30

$840

162

1

162

1696

30

$50,880

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Number of
respondents

ACC Provision
23 .............

Totals

Total hours

Cost per
hour

Total cost

60

1

60

24

1440

$50

$72,000

.........................

3,280

1

4,679

8.8

28,812

$30

$880,578

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: February 11, 2014.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs
and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2014–03480 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5749–N–01]

Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Annual
Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2014
Office of Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development and Research,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs).
AGENCY:

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The United States Housing
Act of 1937 requires that assistance
contracts signed by owners participating
in the Department’s Section 8 housing
assistance payment programs provide
annual adjustments to monthly rentals
for units covered by the contracts. This
notice announces FY 2014 AAFs for
adjustment of contract rents on
assistance contract anniversaries. The
factors are based on a formula using
residential rent and utility cost changes
from the most recent annual Bureau of
Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index
(CPI) survey. Beginning with the FY
2014 Fair Market Rents and continuing
with the FY 2014 AAFs, the Puerto Rico
CPI is used in place of the South Region
CPI for all areas in Puerto Rico. These
factors are applied at Housing
Assistance Payment (HAP) contract
anniversaries for those calendar months
commencing after the effective date of
this notice. A separate Federal Register
Notice will be published at a later date
that will identify the inflation factors
that will be used to adjust tenant-based
rental assistance funding for FY 2014.
DATES: Effective Date: February 18,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michael S. Dennis, Director,
Housing Voucher Programs, Office of
Public Housing and Voucher Programs,
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
202–708–1380, for questions relating to
the Project-Based Certificate and
Moderate Rehabilitation programs (nonSingle Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva,
Director, Office of Special Needs
Assistance Programs, Office of
Community Planning and Development,
202–708–4300, for questions regarding
the Single Room Occupancy (SRO)
Moderate Rehabilitation program;
Catherine Brennan, Director, Office of
Housing Assistance and Grant
Administration, Office of Housing, 202–
708–3000, for questions relating to all
other Section 8 programs; and Marie
Lihn, Economist, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy
SUMMARY:

This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.

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Supplementary
Document:
Unique Legal
Document used
by HQ Staff
Mixed-Finance
Amendment to
the Annual Contributions Contract.

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Development and Research, 202–402–
5866, for technical information
regarding the development of the
schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the AAFs.
The mailing address for these
individuals is: Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or
speech-impaired persons may contact
the Federal Information Relay Service at
800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the
‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed
telephone numbers are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tables
showing AAFs will be available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at http://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/
aaf.html/FY2014_tables.pdf.
I. Applying AAFs to Various Section 8
Programs
AAFs established by this Notice are
used to adjust contract rents for units
assisted in certain Section 8 housing
assistance payment programs during the
initial (i.e., pre-renewal) term of the
HAP contract and for all units in the
Project-Based Certificate program. There
are three categories of Section 8
programs that use the AAFs:
Category 1: The Section 8 New
Construction, Substantial
Rehabilitation, and Moderate
Rehabilitation programs;
Category 2: The Section 8 Loan
Management (LM) and Property
Disposition (PD) programs; and
Category 3: The Section 8 ProjectBased Certificate (PBC) program.
Each Section 8 program category uses
the AAFs differently. The specific
application of the AAFs is determined
by the law, the HAP contract, and
appropriate program regulations or
requirements.
AAFs are not used in the following
cases:
Renewal Rents. With the exception of
the Project-Based Certificate program,
AAFs are not used to determine renewal
rents after expiration of the original

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