[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17663-17664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7404]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5480-N-28]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Certification of Consistency and Nexus
Between Activities Proposed by the Applicant With Livability Principles
Advanced in Preferred Sustainability Status Communities
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been 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.
The proposed form, an attachment to HUD Federal Financial
Assistance applications, requests applicants to obtain a certification
from the Designated Point of Contact for designated Preferred
Sustainability Status Community using form HUD-2995 which verifies that
the applicant has met the above criteria. The form will certify the
nexus between the proposed activities of the applicant and the
Livability Principles as they are being advanced in the Preferred
Sustainability
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Status Communities. If the applicant is from the agency that holds
Point of Contact status in a particular Preferred Sustainability Status
Community, it must be certified by the appropriate HUD Regional
Administrator in consultation with field staff.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal.
Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval
Number (2535-Pending) 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Colette Pollard at
[email protected]; or telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the
Information collection described below. This notice is soliciting
comments from members of the public and affecting 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: Certification of Consistency and Nexus between
Activities Proposed by the Applicant with Livability Principles
Advanced in Preferred Sustainability Status Communities.
OMB Approval Number: 2535-Pending.
Form Numbers: HUD-2995.
Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:
The proposed form, an attachment to HUD Federal Financial
Assistance applications, requests applicants to obtain a certification
from the Designated Point of Contact for designated Preferred
Sustainability Status Community using form HUD-2995 which verifies that
the applicant has met the above criteria. The form will certify the
nexus between the proposed activities of the applicant and the
Livability Principles as they are being advanced in the Preferred
Sustainability Status Communities. If the applicant is from the agency
that holds Point of Contact status in a particular Preferred
Sustainability Status Community, it must be certified by the
appropriate HUD Regional Administrator in consultation with field
staff.
Frequency of Submission: Other Upon submission of grant
application.
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Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
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Reporting Burden.................. 11,000 1 ... 0.1 ... 1,100
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,100.
Status: New Collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: March 23, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-7404 Filed 3-29-11; 8:45 am]
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