[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 315-316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31184]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5604-N-17]
Notice of Proposed Information; Collection for Public Comment;
Continuum of Care Program Application--Technical Submission
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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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: February 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone (202) 402-3400, (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms.
Pollard at [email protected] for a copy of proposed forms, or
other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Marie Oliva, Director, Office of
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1590
(This is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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: Continuum of Care Program Application--Technical
Submission.
Description of the need for the information proposed: This
submission is to request a reinstatement with revisions of an expired
information collection for reporting burden associated with the
Technical Submission phase of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
Application. This submission is limited to the Technical Submission
process under the CoC Program interim rule, formerly under the
Supportive Housing Program and the Shelter Plus Care Program and
changed to match the new program name created through the HEARTH Act.
Applicants who are successful in the Continuum of Care Program
Homeless Assistance Grant competition are required to submit more
detailed technical information before grant agreement. The information
to be collected will be used to ensure that technical requirements are
met prior to the execution of a grant agreement. The technical
requirements relate to a more extensive description of the budgets for
supportive services and operations, as well as acquisition,
rehabilitation, new construction, rental assistance, leasing, and
sources of financing documentation. HUD will use this detailed
information to determine if a project is financially feasible and
whether all proposed activities are eligible.
All information collected is used to carefully consider conditional
applicants for funding. If HUD collects less information, or collected
it less frequently, the Department could not make a final determination
concerning the eligibility of applicants for grant funds and
conditional applicants would not be eligible to sign grant agreements
and receive funding. To see the regulations for the new CoC Program and
applicable supplementary documents, visit HUD's Homeless Resource
Exchange CoC page at http://www.hudhre.info/coc/. The statutory
provisions and the implementing interim rule (also found at 24 CFR part
587) that govern the program require the information provided by the
Technical Submission.
Agency Form Numbers: HUD-40090-3a, HUD-40090-3b.
Members of the affected public: Conditional recipients of new CoC
Program grant awards, including nonprofit organizations, local and
state governments.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: Once a project is conditionally
awarded, all applicants with new projects must complete the appropriate
Technical Submission forms in e-snaps to receive funding. Each type of
project will require a unique set of forms to meet compliance, and so
the estimates below represent an average of applicants that have
several forms to complete. We are anticipating a maximum of 750
responses this year, with each respondent completing only 1 technical
submission at 8 hours per response for a total of 6,000 hours. While
much of the content remains the same as in the previous collection, we
have estimated that the move to an electronic collection will save a
minimum average of 1 hour per response, for a total savings of 750
hours.
Status of proposed information collection: Reinstatement, with
change, of previously approved collection for which approval has
expired.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-31184 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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