[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28631-28632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12221]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5281-N-39]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program
(Combined and Simplified Indian Housing Plan and Annual Performance
Reporting Requirements)
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal, to assure better understanding of the reporting
requirements and consistency in the submission of data.
DATES: June 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (14) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; e-mail: OIRA--Submission @omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone 202-402-8048, (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr.
McKinney at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms,
or other available information. Copies of available documents submitted
to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection that
combines and simplifies reporting for the Indian Housing Plan and
Annual Performance Report and reduces the estimated annual burden hours
for preparing the combined report.
Recipients of IHBG funds are required to submit an annual Indian
Housing Plan (IHP) (HUD-52735) that provides a series of goals and
objectives for the recipient to accomplish with the IHBG funds to
provide affordable housing for its low- to moderate-income tribal
members (Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
(NAHASDA), Sec. 102).
At the end of each 1-year period the recipient is to submit an
Annual Performance Report (APR) (HUD-52735-AS) to (1) Describe the use
of grant funds; (2) compare relationship of grant fund use to the IHP
goals and objectives; (3) discuss program accomplishments; and (4)
describe how the recipient would change its program delivery and
implementation based upon the recipient's experience (NAHASDA Sec.
404).
IHBG recipients (tribes and tribally designated housing entities)
are required to submit information annually to demonstrate compliance
with eligibility and other requirements of NAHASDA and for HUD's annual
report to Congress. The information collected enables HUD to maintain
its databases in order to monitor a recipient's performance and
determine program compliance.
The proposal to create a combined IHP/APR reporting form is
necessary for improving the quality of reported data and reducing the
burden hours to complete the forms. HUD anticipates that the
simplification of the IHP will reduce the average estimated hours to
complete the IHP section of the IHP/APR. The simplification of the APR
and combining it with the IHP enables recipients to avoid unnecessary
data entry while eliminating the need to
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report on multiple open grants in each APR, thereby improving data
quality and reducing reporting burden. In compliance with requirements
of 5 CFR 1320.13, the agency cannot reasonably comply with the normal
clearance procedures under this part because the statutory changes
accelerate the submission of the IHP starting in fiscal year 2011. With
implementation of the statutory changes, the IHP is due 75 days prior
to the beginning of the grantee's fiscal year. For grantees with a
fiscal year beginning in October 1, 2010, the revised IHP will be due
July 16, 2010.
Title of Proposed Notice: Indian Housing Block Grant Program
(Combined Indian Housing Plan and Annual Performance Reporting
Requirements).
Description of Information Collection: This is a revision of a
previously approved information collection. The Department of Housing
and Urban Development is seeking emergency review of the Paperwork
Reduction Act requirements associated with HUD's proposed combined IHP/
APR. The combined reporting format will simplify the reporting process,
improve the quality of data submitted annually, and reduce the annual
burden for recipients IHBG funds. As a result, HUD will receive
improved reporting data for monitoring a recipient's performance and
determining program compliance.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0218.
Agency Form Numbers: HUD-52735, HUD-52735-AS. (This revision
modifies and combines both the HUD-52735 and 52735-AS and requests that
the revised combined form be assigned a new form number or letter
designation. Prior editions of the HUD-52735 should become obsolete.
The HUD-52735-AS will need to be used for approximately three more
years.)
Members of Affected Public: Tribes and tribally designated housing
entities.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
responses, and hours of responses: The estimated number of respondents
is 366; the frequency of response is once per year; and the total
reporting burden will reduce significantly from the current total
reporting time of 93,308 hours to 52,941 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 17, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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