[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 45675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18829]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5831-N-38]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: CDBG-DR
Expenditure Deadline Extension Request Template (Pub. L. 113-2 Grantees
Only)
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 31, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at Colette
Pollard@hud or telephone 202-402-3400. 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. Colette Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on
the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on May
27, 2015 at 80 FR 30626.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: CDBG-DR Expenditure Deadline
Extension Request Template (Pub. L. 113-2 Grantees Only).
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0206.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Form Number: NA.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
information collection is being conducted by the Office of Community
Planning and Development, Office of Block Grant Assistance to assist
the Secretary of HUD in determining, as required by section 904(c)
under Title IX of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L.
113-2, enacted January 29, 2013), whether to grant extensions of the
twenty-four month expenditure deadline for grantees (Entitlement
communities, States and units of general local governments) receiving
funds under the Act.
Respondents: Entitlement communities, Nonprofits, States and units
of general local governments with Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) disaster recovery grants pursuant to the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113-2). Thirty-four (34) CDBG-DR
grantees are held to the 24-month requirement and are thus eligible to
submit information through this template to request an extension.
Estimated Number of Respondents: See Chart 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: See Chart 1.
Frequency of Response: See Chart 1.
Average Hours per Response: See Chart 1.
Total Estimated Burdens: See Chart 1.
Chart 1--2-Year Expenditure Deadline Extension Request
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Number of Frequency of Total Burden hour per Total burden Hourly cost per
Information collection respondents response responses response hours response Total cost
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CDBG-DR Expenditure Deadline 34 3 102 24 2,448 $24.34 $59,584.32
Extension Request Template (P.
L. 113-2 Grantees Only).........
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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: July 24, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-18829 Filed 7-30-15; 8:45 am]
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