[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52545-52546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21196]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5377-N-02]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request, State
Community Development Block (CDBG) Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 25, 2010.
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: Leroy McKinney, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone, 202-
402-5564 (this is not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr. McKinney at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Fontheim at (202) 402-3461 (this
is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
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: State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0085.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA),
requires grant recipients that receive CDBG funding to retain records
necessary to document compliance with statutory and regulatory
requirements on an on-going basis. Grantees must also submit an annual
performance and evaluation report to demonstrate progress that it has
made in carrying out its consolidated plan, and such records as may be
necessary to facilitate review and audit by HUD of the grantee's
administration of CDBG funds [Section
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104(e)]. The statute also requires [Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct
an annual review to determine whether States have distributed funds to
units of general local government in a timely manner. HUD has re-
designed a form by which the grantees can report their compliance with
this requirement.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: The collection of this
information will be submitted on HUD's timely distribution form or in
similar format from State records or systems.
Members of affected public: This information collection applies to
50 State CDBG Grantees (49 States and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The estimated number of respondents is
50. The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of
information is annual at 1.5 hours per response with a total of 75
hours additional reporting burden. The record keeping burden for
program compliance is already included under the currently approved
information collection. The estimate of the annual reporting and
recordkeeping is increased to 112,175 hours for 50 grant recipients.
The 75 hour increase due to the addition of the timely distribution
form represents .067% of the original burden.
Status of the proposed information collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection, and a request for OMB
renewal for three years. The current OMB approval will expire in April
30, 2012.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 17, 2010.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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