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[Docket No. FR–7070–N–87]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the Moving
To Work (MTW) Expansion Asset
Building Cohort, OMB Control No.:
2528–NEW

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AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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: December
22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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 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. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal and comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and
should be sent to: Anna Guido,
Clearance Officer, REE, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington,
DC 20410–5000; email
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410;
email: PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov. telephone (202)–402–5535.
This is not a toll-free number, HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech or communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Guido.

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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 July 21, 2023 at
88 FR 47158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of the Moving to Work
(MTW) Expansion Asset Building
Cohort.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
purpose of this proposed information
collection is to evaluate the Moving to
Work Expansion Asset Building Cohort
(hereinafter ‘‘Asset Building Cohort’’).
This 60-day Notice informs the public of
intent to collect data about the asset
building programs implemented by the
PHAs in the Asset Building Cohort and
about the HUD-assisted residents
selected to participate in the asset
building programs. HUD selected 18
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to
participate in the Asset Building Cohort,
and 17 of these PHAs joined the MTW
demonstration. Each PHA will
implement an opt-out savings program,
a rent reporting for credit building
program, or a custom asset building
program. The savings account and rent
reporting programs are described in PIH
Notice 2022–11. For the savings account
program, PHAs will contribute at least
$10 per month for 24 months to at least
25 residents to support buildup of
emergency savings. For the rent
reporting program, PHAs will report ontime rent payments made by
participating public housing residents to
credit agencies so that the residents’
credit reports will gain a tradeline
(rental tradeline). The added rental
tradeline may increase residents’ credit
visibility and credit scores. HUD’s
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the
impacts of these asset building
programs. The evaluation requires data
from several sources, including the new
information collection described in this
Notice.
The first phase of the evaluation of
the Asset Building Cohort is guided by
a few overarching questions: (1) What
programs are PHAs implementing?
What are the characteristics of the group
of residents participating in the
programs? (2) How do participants
understand the programs? And what do

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the programs mean for them personally?
The programs will run for two years.
The first phase of the evaluation will
collect data from the following samples:
(1) PHA staff (n = 51), staff of partner
organizations (n = 12), and PHA
residents (n= 10)
(2) Residents that volunteered for the
rent reporting for credit building pilot
program, including households that
were randomly assigned to have their
rent payments reported to credit
agencies and households that were
assigned to a control group (who don’t
have their rent payments reported to
credit agencies) (n = 300)
(3) Residents that volunteered for the
rent reporting for credit building pilot
program and agree to participate in indepth qualitative interviews at up to
four time points during the two years
that the PHA is required to offer the
program (n = 40)
The evaluator will conduct interviews
of about 1 hour with staff from
participating PHAs, organizational
partners (e.g., a bank that partners with
a PHA to set up savings accounts for
unbanked residents), and PHA residents
to better understand facilitators and
challenges to starting and running the
asset building programs. The evaluator
will interview up to 3 staff per PHA at
all 17 PHAs, up to 3 partners at 4 PHAs
selected for in-depth case studies, and
up to 5 residents at 2 of the case study
PHAs.
Residents participating in the rent
reporting programs must complete an
Informed Consent Form (ICF) and
Baseline Information Form (BIF). The
BIF will provide important information
not otherwise available from HUD’s
administrative data, such as whether the
household has significant barriers to
employment. The BIF will take on
average 15 minutes to complete. After
enrollment in the program, 40
participants, including 20 members of
the treatment group and 20 members of
the control group, will be asked to
participate in qualitative interviews of
about 90 minutes each at two different
time points during the first year of the
rent reporting programs. The qualitative
interviews will focus on experiences
with the rent reporting program,
household budgeting, and the broader
context of interactions with banking,
credit, and financial institutions. The
Federal Register Notice provides an
opportunity to comment on the data
collection instruments and associated
materials to be administered to the
respondents at PHAs (including staff
and residents) in the Asset Building
Cohort and at partner organizations.
Respondents: Adults who work at,
provide services at, or are assisted by

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PHAs participating in the Asset
Building Cohort.
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Program Implementation PHA staff interview guide ................
Program Implementation partner staff
interview guide .........
Program Implementation resident interview
guide .........................
Rent Reporting Informed Consent
Form .........................
Rent Reporting Baseline Information Form
Rent Reporting Qualitative Interview Guide
1 ................................
Rent Reporting Qualitative Interview Guide
2 ................................

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost

51

1

.33

1

17

$57.60

$979.20

12

1

.33

1

4

42.48

169.92

10

1

.33

1

3.33

10.31

34.37

300

1

.33

.25

25

11.05

276.25

300

1

.33

.25

25

11.05

276.25

40

1

.6667

1.5

40

11.05

442.00

40

1

.6667

1.5

40

11.05

442.00

Total burden annualized over 3-year period.
The average hourly rate for HUD-assisted households is calculated as follows: (1) For the Program Implementation resident interview guide
we averaged the minimum wages of all states with a PHA implementing a Savings Account option, which includes California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, and South Carolina, and calculate the average hourly minimum wage as $10.31. (2) For the interviews that
apply only to PHAs in the rent reporting study, we averaged the minimum wages of all states with a PHA in the rent reporting study, which includes Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, and New Hampshire, and and calculate the average hourly minimum wage as $11.05.
The average hourly rate for PHA staff ($57.60) is based on the average employer costs for State and Local Government employees. (Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2022 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation) The average hourly rate for partner organization staff
($42.48) is based on the average employer costs for civilian employees.
(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2022 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation)

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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 comments in response to these
questions.

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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Office,
Office of Policy Development and Research,
Chief Data Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_ID_FRN_MO4500175813]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Caldwell Canyon Revised Mine and
Reclamation Plan, Caribou County,
Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls
District intends to prepare an

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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to consider the effects of P4 Production,
LLC’s (P4 Production) Caldwell Canyon
Revised Mine and Reclamation Plan
(RMRP) in Caribou County, Idaho. This
notice announces the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues and
alternatives.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the EIS. The BLM
requests that the public submit
comments concerning the scope of the
analysis, potential alternatives, and
identification of relevant information
and studies by December 22, 2023. In
order to be considered during the
preparation of the Draft EIS, please
ensure your comments are received
prior to the close of the 30-day scoping
period or 15 days after the last public
meeting, whichever is later. Additional
information will be distributed through
a press release, newspaper notice,
BLM’s ePlanning website, and email to
the mailing list.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Caldwell Canyon RMRP
by any of the following methods:
• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/2026858/510.
• Email: BLM_ID_
[email protected].
• Fax: (208) 478–6376.

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