Published 30-day FR Notice

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Form Number: SF–425, HUD–
XXXXX.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD
will require Public Housing Authorities
(PHAs) to provide justification and
support for vouchers drawing down
certain Operating Fund grant and other
supplemental or Public Housing grant
funds from HUD’s Line of Credit Control
System (eLOCCS). The PHAs must
provide justification and support that
the expenditure of the grant funds is for
eligible activities and meets the terms
and conditions of the grant.
Respondents: Public Housing
Authorities (PHAs).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
539 annually.
Estimated Number of Responses:
6,000 annually.
Frequency of Response: Frequency of
response is estimated to be 6,000 total
annually. PHAs are only required to
submit forms when the department
requires the PHA to provide support for
voucher requests to drawdown grant
funds.
Burden Hours per Response: Burden
hours per response for a Support for
Payment Vouchers form is 30 minutes.
Total Estimated Burdens: Total
burden hours is estimated to be 3,000.
Total burden cost is estimated to be
$107,730.

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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.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.

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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7050–N–20; OMB Control
No.: 2577–0274]

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

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 an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17,
2022.
SUMMARY:

Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov or www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
This is not a toll-free number. Persons
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
ADDRESSES:

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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 March 9, 2022 at
87 FR 13305.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Energy and Performance Information
Center (EPIC).
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0274.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Numbers: N/A—all information
collected electronically through the
EPIC data system.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
EPIC data system automates the
previous paper collection of the Fiveyear Plan and Annual Statement/
Budget/Performance and Evaluation
(P&E) forms from grantees. These are
required forms that were previously
collected in hard copy on Forms HUD
50075.1 and HUD 50075.2 under
collection OMB control number 2577–
0157. These forms collect data on the
eventual, and actual use of funds.
Electronic collection will enable the
Department to aggregate information
about the way grantees are using Federal
funding. 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. EPIC also automates the
collection of signed documents required
by 24 CFR 905 in order to gain access
to funds awarded by HUD. These forms
are covered under other PRAs. Finally,
EPIC allows PHAs to request to use
additional funding sources, such as
Operating Funds, for capital fund
eligible activities.
The EPIC data system is equipped to
collect Physical Needs Assessment
(‘‘PNA’’) data, should this data be
required in the future. This data being
in the system coupled with the
electronic planning process would
streamline grantee planning. The EPIC
data system is equipped to 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. The EPIC data
system is equipped to track

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development of public housing with
Federal funds and through other means,
including mixed-finance development.
Respondents: Members of Affected
Public: State, Local or Local

Governments and Non-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
See table below.
Estimated Number of Responses: See
table below.
Number of
respondents

Form/document
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
8

Total
responses

Hours per
response

Total
hours

Cost per
hour

Total cost

Core Activity ........................................................................
5-Yr Plan ..............................................................................
Annual Stmt/Budget .............................................................
P&E ......................................................................................
Document Management Center ..........................................
Additional Capital Resources ..............................................
EPC .....................................................................................
Public Housing Development ..............................................
Mixed Finance Early Warning .............................................

2,8000
2,000
2,800
2,800
2,800
15
30
60
60

1
1
3
0.5
2
1
1
1
1

2,800
2,000
8,400
1,475
5,600
15
30
60
60

2
2
1
1
0.5
0.5
120
120
0.33

5,600
4,000
8,400
1,475
2,800
7.5
3,600
7,200
20

$44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10
44.10

$246,960
176,400
370,440
65,048
123,480
331
158,760
317,520
882

Totals .................................................................................

2,800

Varies

20,440

Varies

33,102.5

44.10

1,459,820

The follow are the specific revisions
to the public burden by instrument:
1. The projected labor burden was
decreased for Core Activity due to
grantees becoming familiar with
navigating that aspect of the EPIC
system and because submissions after
the first reporting cycle for a grant will
be an update to the initial submitted
report and will require less labor to
complete. This reduced hours from the
collection 3,250 hours.
2. P&E Reports are no longer required
annually, reducing the number of
responses and hours by 7,025.
3. RHF data will no longer be
collected as that program is being
phased out of CFP, reducing the number
of collection hours by 25.
4. The Annual Statement/Budget total
number of responses dropped by 100
due to the total number of respondents
being lowered.
5. EPIC now collects copies of
documents previously submitted on
paper covered by CFP, Annual Plan and
ACC PRA adding collection hours of
2,800.
6. EPIC has added a way for PHA to
request to use additional capital
resources via EPIC, increasing collection
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Frequency

Frequency of Response: See table
below.
Average Hours per Response: See
table below.
Total Estimated Burdens: See table
below.

(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.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comment in response to these
questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35 as amended.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022–10685 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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;

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Self-Governance PROGRESS Act
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
Establishment
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of establishment.
AGENCY:

The Department of the
Interior (DOI) is establishing the SelfGovernance PROGRESS Act Negotiated

SUMMARY:

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Rulemaking Committee (Committee).
The Committee will negotiate and
advise the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) on a proposed rule to
implement the Practical Reforms and
Other Goals To Reinforce the
Effectiveness of Self-Governance and
Self-Determination for Indian Tribes Act
of 2019 (PROGRESS Act).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Vickie Hanvey, Designated Federal
Officer; telephone: (918) 931–0745;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On October 21, 2020, the PROGRESS
Act was signed into law. See Public Law
116–180. The PROGRESS Act amends
subchapter I of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Act (ISDEAA), 25 U.S.C.
5301 et seq., which addresses Indian
Self-Determination, and subchapter IV
of the ISDEAA, which addresses DOI’s
Tribal Self-Governance Program. The
PROGRESS Act calls for a negotiated
rulemaking committee to be established
under 5 U.S.C. 565, with membership
consisting only of representatives of
Federal and Tribal governments, with
the Office of Self-Governance serving as
the lead agency for the DOI. The
PROGRESS Act also authorizes the
Secretary to adapt negotiated
rulemaking procedures to the unique
context of self-governance and the
government-to-government relationship
between the United States and Indian
Tribes.
On February 1, 2021, a notice in the
Federal Register (86 FR 7656)
announced the DOI’s intent to form the
negotiated rulemaking committee under
the PROGRESS Act. On November 23,
2021, a notice in the Federal Register
(86 FR 66491) announced the proposed
membership. The Committee will

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