Published 30-day FR Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 161 / Monday, August 20, 2018 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7001–N–45]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Energy and Performance
Information Center (EPIC)
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD submitted the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose
of this notice is to allow for 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
19, 2018.
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:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email:
[email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
[email protected], or telephone
202–402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Person with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on April 19, 2018
83 FR 17424.
SUMMARY:

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A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Energy and Performance Information
Center (EPIC).
OMB Approved Number: 2577–0274.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: N/A—all information
collected electronically.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The

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EPIC data system automates the
previous paper collection of the fiveyear plan and annual statement forms
from grantees. These are required forms
were collected in hard copy on Forms
HUD 50075.1 and HUD 50075.2 under
collection OMB control number 2577–
0157. These forms also collect data on
the eventual, actual use of funds; this
data will be gradually collected
electronically through the EPIC data
system as well. Electronic collection
will enable the Department to aggregate
information about the way grantees are
using Federal funding. Additionally,
PHA grantees will be able to submit
Replacement Housing Factor fund
plans, the mechanism by which PHAs
are allowed to accumulate special funds
received based on units removed from
the inventory from year to year. This
information is presently collected in
hard copy at the field office level; the
EPIC data system will automate and
centralize this collection in order to
streamline the process and improve
transparency. Furthermore, the EPIC
data system will be loaded with
Physical Needs Assessment (‘‘PNA’’)
data. This data being in the system
coupled with the electronic planning
process will streamline grantee
planning. The EPIC data system will
collect information about the Energy
Performance Contract (‘‘EPC’’) process,
including the energy efficiency
improvements. As the Department
moves to shrink its energy footprint in
spite of rising energy costs, clear and
comprehensive data on this process will
be crucial to its success. Tracking of the
use of Federal funds paid through the
Public Housing Capital Fund, the only
Federal funding stream dedicated to the
capital needs of the nation’s last resort
housing option, is crucial to
understanding how the Department can
properly and efficiently assist grantees
in meeting this goal as well as assessing
the Department’s own progress. The
EPIC data system will track
development of public housing with
Federal funds and through other means,
including mixed-finance development.
Respondents (i.e., affected public):
Members of Affected Public: State, Local
or Local Governments and Non-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,950.
Estimated Number of Responses:
22,149.78.
Frequency of Response: 7.5084.
Average Hours per Response: 1.83724.
Total Estimated Burdens: 40,694.46
hours.

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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. Chapter 35.
Dated: August 8, 2018.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ–P040–2017–1711–PH–1000–241A
14X.LLAZP04000.L1711.PH0000]

Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Approved Resource
Management Plan Amendment/
Environmental Impact Statement for
Recreational Target Shooting in the
Sonoran Desert National Monument,
Arizona
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the approved Resource
Management Plan (RMP) Amendment/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for Recreational Target Shooting in the
Sonoran Desert National Monument
(SDNM) in Arizona.
DATES: This decision became operative
on March 5, 2018.
ADDRESSES: The complete text of the
ROD, along with the EIS and supporting
SUMMARY:

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