[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29358-29359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12572]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5376-N-44]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and 
Communities--Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, 
Public Law 111-117

AGENCY: Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, HUD.

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.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the

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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: [email protected]; fax: (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 402-5564. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice is soliciting comments from 
members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed 
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 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) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities 
NOFA Rating Factor Forms.
    Description of Information Collection: The Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, approved December 16, 2009) 
(Appropriations Act), made $100 million available for the Sustainable 
Communities Regional Planning Grant Program to support metropolitan and 
multijurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, 
economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure 
investments in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to consider the 
interdependent challenges of (1) economic competitiveness and 
revitalization; (2) social equity, inclusion, and access to 
opportunity; (3) energy use and climate change; and (4) public health 
and environmental impact.
    As part of HUD's Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities 
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) we hope incorporating Rating 
Factor forms will achieve the following: (1) Facilitate the submission 
of information as part of the applicant's grant application; (2) ensure 
that the information submitted is consistent and uniform amongst all 
applicants; and (3) facilitate the review process when applications are 
being reviewed, ranked and rated.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Numbers: N/A, the data will be collected via form.
    Members of Affected Public: State, Local Government and Non-profit 
organizations.
    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 300 and the number of responses is 1. There will be, in total, 
approximately 300 responses. The total reporting burden is 600 hours.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New collection of 
information for Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program 
applicants.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 19, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-12572 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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