[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05464]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELPOMENT
[Docket No. FR-5832-N-03]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated
Plan, Annual Action Plan & Annual Performance Report
AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 8, 2015.
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, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone
202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg Barclay, Office of Block Grant
Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-3669. This is not a
toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access
this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service
at (800) 877-8339.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Consolidated Plan & Annual
Performance Report.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0117.
Type of Request: Extension.
Agency Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Departments collection of this information is in compliance with
statutory provisions of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions to 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 requires 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 for informing citizens of
intended uses of program funds.
Members of the Affected Public: States and local governments
participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG),
the Home investment Partnership Program (HOME), the Emergency Solutions
Grants Program (ESG) or the Housing Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS/HIV Program (HOPWA).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,197 localities and 50 states.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,394 localities, 100 states *.
Average Hours Per Response: 210 localities, 610 states.
Total Estimated Burdens: 393,327 **.
* Includes combined Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and
separate performance report.
** includes hours for 100 localities to submit abbreviated
plans.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in
section A on the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to 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.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to
these questions.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
Dated: March 3, 2015.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-05464 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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