[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55491-55492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22215]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5605-N-01]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Fair
Housing Initiatives Program Grant Application and Monitoring Reports
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity (FHEO), Department of Housing and Urban 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 of 1995. The
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
This information is required by the grant application to assist the
Department in selecting the highest ranked applicants to receive funds
under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program and carry out fair housing
enforcement and/or education and outreach activities under the
following initiatives; Private Enforcement, Education and Outreach, and
Fair Housing Organization. The information collected from quarterly and
final progress reports and enforcement logs will enable the Department
to evaluate the performance of agencies that receive funding and
determine the impact of the program on preventing and eliminating
discriminatory housing practices.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 9, 2012.
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 Paula Stone, FHIP Division, Office
of Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, Room 5222 or the number for the
Federal Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Program Contact, Myron Newry,
Director, FHIP Division, Office of Programs, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, Room 5222,
telephone (202) 402-7095 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of
the proposed forms and other available information.
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 is necessary for the
proper performance of the Department's program functions, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the Department's assessment of the paperwork burden that
may result from the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information which may be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on
responders, including the use of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., electronic
transmission of data).
Title of Proposal: 24 CFR part 125, Fair Housing Initiatives
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2529-0033.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
is an extension of a currently approved information collection used to
select applicants for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP)
grants under a FHIP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). These grants
are to fund fair housing enforcement and/or education and outreach
activities under the following initiatives: Administrative Enforcement;
Private Enforcement, Education and Outreach, and Fair Housing
Organizations. Additionally, the information is collected to monitor
grants and grant funds.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD 904 A, B and C, SF-425, SF-
424, SF-LLL, HUD-2880, HUD-2990, HUD-2993, HUD-424CB, HUD-424-CBW,
HUD2994-A, HUD-96010, and HUD-27061.
Members of the affected public: The collection of information
involves Qualified Fair Housing Organizations (QFHOs); Fair Housing
Organizations (FHOs); public or private non-profit organizations or
institutions and other public or private entities that are working to
prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; State and local
governments; and Fair Housing Assistant Program Agencies.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: An estimation of 46,420 total hours is
needed to prepare the information collection. The number of respondents
is 400 with a frequency response of 1 per annum, and the total hours
per respondent is 76.50 hours for application development. There is an
estimated 104 agencies that will receive funding and have to provide
quarterly and final reports, with approximately 59 having to provide
Enforcement Logs and 1 agency reporting on a semi-annual
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basis. The estimated number of respondents is based on the average of
the number of submissions for NOFA years 2009 to current. The number of
hours is an average based on grantee estimates of time to review
instructions, search existing data sources, prepare required responses
to the application, complete the certification, and assemble exhibits.
Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 3, 2012.
Sara Pratt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-22215 Filed 9-7-12; 8:45 am]
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