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Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.

Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 660.
Dated: May 11, 2020.
Gregg Piermarini,
Chief Information Officer, Science and
Technology Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2020–12378 Filed 6–8–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110–9F–P

A. Overview of Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7029–N–05]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Rental Assistance
Demonstration (RAD) Choice Mobility
and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (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.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 10,
2020.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5534
(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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
P. Guido at [email protected] or
telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Persons with hearing
or speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.

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SUMMARY:

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Title of Information Collection: Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice
Mobility and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Choice
Mobility and Long-Term Affordability
Evaluation.
RAD was established under the
Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2012 to preserve
affordable housing units over the long
term by enabling public housing
authorities (PHAs) to apply to HUD to
convert at-risk public housing
properties to two different forms of
project-based Section 8 Housing
Assistance Payments contracts—projectbased voucher (PBV) or project-based
rental assistance (PBRA). Doing so gives
PHAs more flexibility to access private
and public funding sources to meet with
short-term capital needs, reduce their
reliance on limited appropriations, and
stabilize their financial and physical
condition. Choice mobility, an
additional feature of RAD, allows
residents of RAD properties to request a
Housing Choice Voucher that they can
use to move to a housing unit in the
private market.
Congress requested an evaluation of
RAD to assess the impact of the
demonstration on the preservation and
improvement of public housing, the
amount of private sector leveraging, and
the effect on tenants. HUD contracted a
two-phase evaluation to address these
research areas. The Phase I results were
published in 2016 and the Phase II
results in 2019. The OMB Approval
Number for that evaluation was 2528–
0304 and expired on January 31st, 2020.
The Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations
Act provided funds to conduct a followup evaluation of the RAD program,
including its implementation and
outcomes, the choice mobility option,
the impact on tenants and related

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protections, and the long-term
preservation of housing affordability.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for this new
phase of the RAD evaluation titled RAD
Choice Mobility and Long-Term
Affordability Evaluation. The current
information collection is designed to
support four studies included in the
evaluation. One is the study of the
implementation of the RAD choice
mobility option and its effects on
property outcomes, tenant outcomes,
and the voucher program. The second
study is the impact of RAD on the longterm preservation and financial viability
of converted affordable housing
properties. The third is the adequacy of
asset management for PBV and PBRA
conversions. The fourth study will
examine the organizational and
operational changes at PHAs that
participated in RAD. For the first three
studies, the evaluation includes webbased survey of all RAD PHAs, RAD
property owners/operators, and former
RAD residents who have exercised the
choice mobility option; and a sample
survey of RAD residents who have not
elected the choice mobility option. For
the fourth study, we plan to conduct
qualitative interviews with senior staff
at 26 RAD PHAs.
Respondents: PHA officials and staff
participating in the RAD program;
property owners/operators of RAD
properties; former RAD residents who
have exercised the choice mobility
option; and RAD residents who have not
elected the choice mobility option.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
This information collection will affect
approximately 3,596 respondents. This
includes: (1) A survey of 500 RAD
PHAs; (2) a survey of 1,350 RAD
property owners/operators; (3) a survey
of approximately 1,300 former RAD
residents who are choice mobility
option users; (4) a survey of a sample of
420 RAD residents who did not use the
choice mobility option, and (5)
qualitative interviews of a sample of 26
RAD PHAs.
Estimated Time per Response: The
RAD PHA survey is expected to take 45
minutes. The RAD property owner/
operator survey is expected to take 20
minutes. Surveys of residents, for both
the choice mobility census and the nonchoice mobility sample, are expected to
take 20 minutes. Qualitative interviews
with a sample of 26 PHAs will take
approximately 60 minutes to complete.
Frequency of Response: 1 time for all
surveys and qualitative interviews.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,414 hours for all surveys and
qualitative interviews.

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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $45,415
for all surveys and qualitative
interviews.
Respondent’s Obligation: PHAs and
property owners who participate in the
RAD program are required to cooperate

with an evaluation of the RAD program
as a condition of participation in the
RAD program. Resident participation is
voluntary.
Legal Authority: The collection of
information is conducted under Title

Number of
respondents

Information collection

Frequency
of response

12, United States Code, Section 1701z
and Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44, U.S.C., 35, as
amended.

Burden
hour per
response

Responses
per annum

Annual
burden hours

Hourly
cost per
response

Cost

RAD PHAs survey .........................................
RAD property owners/operators survey ........
Residents survey (choice mobility option
users) .........................................................
Residents survey (choice mobility option
non-users) ..................................................
RAD PHAs qualitative interviews ..................

500
1,350

1
1

1
1

0.75
0.33

375.00
445.50

$34.46
34.46

$12,922.50
15,351.93

1,300

1

1

0.33

429.00

28.62

12,277.98

420
26

1
1

1
1

0.33
1

138.60
26.00

28.62
34.46

3,966.73
895.96

Total .......................................................

3,596

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

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

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

1,414.10

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

45,415.10

Source: Table B–3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted. U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. March 2020(P) for all private sector ($28.62) and professional and business services ($34.46). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm.

To arrive at the dollar cost of the
estimated response burden, we have
used preliminary estimates from the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on
average hourly earnings in March 2020.
For PHA staff and property owner/
operator staff, we use the estimate for
professional and business services
($34.46). For residents, we use the
estimate for all private sector employees
($28.62).

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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. The Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Seth Appleton, having
reviewed and approved this document,
is delegating the authority to
electronically sign this document to
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Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.

rooms, are located in the United States
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be
Dated: June 4, 2020.
addressed to the Secretary, United
Nacheshia Foxx,
States International Trade Commission,
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
and Urban Development.
20436. The public record for this
[FR Doc. 2020–12433 Filed 6–8–20; 8:45 am]
investigation may be viewed on the
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://www.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Project Leader Diana Friedman (202–
COMMISSION
205–3433 or [email protected])
[Investigation No. 332–574]
or Deputy Project Leader Patricia
Mueller (202–205–2599 or
Renewable Electricity: Potential
[email protected]) for
Economic Effects of Increased
information specific to this
Commitments in Massachusetts;
investigation. For information on the
Notice of a New Date for the Public
legal aspects of these investigations,
Hearing
contact William Gearhart of the
Commission’s Office of the General
AGENCY: United States International
Counsel (202–205–3091 or
Trade Commission.
[email protected]). The media
ACTION: Notice of a new date for the
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
public hearing.
Office of External Relations (202–205–
SUMMARY: The Commission has changed 1819 or [email protected]).
Hearing-impaired individuals may
the date of its public hearing for
obtain information on this matter by
Investigation No. 332–574: Renewable
Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal at 202–205–1810. General
Increased Commitments in
Massachusetts from May 7, 2020 to July information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
29, 2020 due to COVID–19.
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
DATES:
Persons with mobility impairments who
July 1, 2020: Deadline for filing
requests to appear at the public hearing. will need special assistance in gaining
access to the Commission should
July 15, 2020: Deadline for filing precontact the Office of the Secretary at
hearing briefs and statements.
202–205–2000.
July 29, 2020: Public hearing.
August 7, 2020: Deadline for filing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
post-hearing briefs and statements.
Commission published notice of
August 14, 2020: Deadline for filing
institution of the investigation in the
all other written submissions.
Federal Register on February 19, 2020
January 25, 2021: Transmittal of
(85 FR 9479, February 19, 2020). In that
Commission report to the Committee.
notice, the Commission announced it
would hold a public hearing on May 7,
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices,
2020, and it also set dates by which
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