[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5570-5572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01965]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5831-N-03]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: National
Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) Phase 1 and Phase 2 Application
and Community Development Block Grant National Disaster Resilience
(CDBG-NDR) Pre- and Post-Award Planning and Reporting Requirements in
the Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) System
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: March 4, 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 at Colette Pollard @hud.gov or
telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339. 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 HUD has
submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 October
20, 2014.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: National Disaster Resilience
Competition (NDRC) and Community
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Development Block Grant National Disaster Recovery (CDBG-NDR) Pre- and
Post-Award planning and reporting requirements in the Disaster Recovery
Grant Reporting (DRGR) system.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0203.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424).
Applicants must include the nine digit zip code (zip code plus four
digits) associated to the applicant address in box 8d of the SF424. The
DUNS number used must have an active registration in SAM.
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL). If this form does not
apply, applicants will indicate that (e.g., writing ``N/A'') on the
form and submit it with their applications.
Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (form HUD-2880) (``HUD
Applicant Recipient Disclosure Report'');
Facsimile Transmittal Form on Grants.gov (HUD-96011). Third Party
Documentation Facsimile Transmittal, if applicable.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
information describes the application requirements of National Disaster
Resilience Competition (NDRC) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
The data required includes narratives, attachments and standard forms
needed to respond to thresholds, rating factors, and other criteria in
the Phase 1 and 2 NOFA applications. Successful Phase 1 applicants will
be invited to submit more detailed Phase 2 applications, which will
determine Community Development Block Grant National Disaster
Resilience (CDBG-NDR) funding awards. CDBG-NDR awardees will be
required to submit Action Plans, Quarterly Performance Reports (QPRs)
and vouchers for payment in HUD's Disaster Recovery Grants Reporting
(DRGR) system.
In response to comments received during the 60-day Federal Register
notice for this Submission, HUD has added a new checklist for the Most-
Impacted and Distressed Threshold response to the NDRC NOFA application
requirements. An additional 2 hours were added to the burden hours for
the Threshold response in each of Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Respondents are eligible local and State governments that
experienced a presidentially-declared major disaster during 2011-2013
as identified in the CDBG-NDR NOFA.
Total Estimated Burdens:
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Full NDRC Phase 1 application
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Number of Number of Total number Hours per Cost per
Description of information collection respondents responses of responses response Total hours response Total cost
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Phase 1 Threshold Determination......... 67 1 67 37 2,479 $1,288 $86,269
Factor Narratives and Attachments....... 67 1 67 120 8,040 4,176 279,792
SF-424.................................. 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
SF-LLL.................................. 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUD-2880................................ 67 1 67 4 268 96 25,835
HUD-96011............................... 67 1 67 0.03 2 1 67
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Total Phase 1 67 4 268 161 10,789 5,561 391,963
Paperwork Burden....................
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Full NDRC Phase 2 application
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Number of Number of Total number Hours per Cost per
Description of information collection respondents ** responses of responses response Total hours response Total cost
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Phase 2 Threshold Determination......... 67 1 69 35 2,415 1,218 84,042
Factor Narratives and Attachments....... 67 1 67 150 10,050 5,220 349,740
SF-424.................................. 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
SF-LLL.................................. 67 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUD-2880................................ 67 1 67 4 268 96 25,835
HUD-96011............................... 67 1 67 0.03 2 1 67
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Total Phase 2 67 4 270 189 12,735 6,535 459,684
Paperwork Burden....................
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* Based number of hours per response at GS-13 salary of $34.80/hr.
** Maximum if all eligible Phase 1 Applicants apply and are invited to submit Phase 2 applications.
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CDBG-NDR Information collection in DRGR
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Number of Number of Total number Hours per Cost per
Description of information collection respondents * responses of responses response Total hours response ** Total cost
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PRE-AWARD SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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Non-recurring:
Published Action Plan............... 67 1 67 40 2,680 $1,392 $93,264
SF 424.............................. 67 1 67 1 67 35 2,345
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Procurement, Financial Controls and 67 1 67 6 402 209 14,003
DOB documentation..................
Performance and Financial 67 1 67 8 536 278 18,626
Projections........................
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POST-AWARD
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Grant Agreement (HUD 40092)......... 67 1 67 1 67 35 2,345
Grantee's Written Agreements........ 67 1 67 5 335 174 11,658
DRGR Activation, Activity Set-Up and 67 1 67 10 670 348 23,316
Completion.........................
Total Pre- And Post-Award 67 7 469 71 4,757 2,471 165,557
Paperwork Burden...............
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REPORTING (Annual)
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Recurring:
Average Sized Grants Online 67 4 268 9 2,412 313 83,884
Quarterly Reporting via DRGR.......
Average-Sized Grants Online Voucher 67 19 1,273 0.22 280 8 10,184
Submissions........................
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Total Annual Reporting Paperwork 67 23 1,541 9.22 14,208 349 537,809
Burden.............................
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Total CDBG-NDR Paperwork Burden (Pre- 67 30 2,010 N/A 18,965 N/A 703,366
and Post- Award and Reporting)....
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* Maximum if all eligible Phase 1 Applicants apply and are invited to submit Phase 2 applications.
** Based number of hours per response at GS-13 salary of $34.80/hr.
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: January 23, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01965 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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