[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9044-9045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3519]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5481-N-03]
Notice of Extension of Information Collection for Public Comment;
Consolidated Plan and Annual Performance Report
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Information Collection for Public
Comment.
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SUMMARY: The proposed extension of information collection requirements
for Consolidated Planning for Community Planning and Development (CPD)
programs 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: April 18, 2011.
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 Colette Pollard, Paperwork
Reduction Act Officer, Office of Chief Information Officer, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salvatore Sclafani, Office of
Community Planning & Development, telephone (202) 402-4364 (this is not
a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed
extension of information collection to OMB for review, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 as amended).
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), HUD and OMB are seeking comments
from members of the public and affected agencies concerning the
proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed extension of 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 submission of responses.
Title of Proposal: Consolidated Plan & Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: OMB 2506-0117.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Uses: The
Department's collection of this information is in compliance with
statutory provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions submit a
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (Section 105(b)); the 1974
Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, that requires states
and localities to submit a Community Development Plan (Section
104(b)(4) and Section 104(m); and statutory provisions of these Acts
that require states and localities to submit applications and reports
for these formula grant programs. The information is needed to provide
HUD with preliminary assessment as to the statutory and regulatory
eligibility of proposed grantee projects and for informing citizens of
intended uses of program funds.
Members of the Affected Public: State and local governments
participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG),
the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program, the Emergency Shelter
Grants (ESG) program, or the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS/HIV (HOPWA) program.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response and hours of response: Under a previous submission, OMB
Control Number 2506-0117, the burden of meeting the regulatory
requirements of Title I of the National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA)
and the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDA) were assessed.
That submission was approved until April 30, 2011.
The paperwork estimates are as follows:
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Number of Frequency of Total U.S.
Task respondents response burden hours
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Consolidated Plan:
Localities:
Strategic Plan Development..................... 1,000 1 220,000
Action Plan Development........................ 1,000 .............. 112,000
States:
Strategic Plan Development..................... 50 1 30,200
Action Plan Development........................ 50 1 18,700
Performance Report:
Localities.................................................. 1,000 1 162,000
States...................................................... 50 1 12,600
*Abbreviated Strategy........................................... 100 .............. 8,200
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Total............................................... .............. .............. 563,700
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Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of
previously approved collection for which approval is near expiration
and request for OMB's approval for three years. The current OMB
approval expires April 30, 2011.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: January 26, 2011.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-3519 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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