Notice2021-20199
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan & Annual Performance Report; OMB Control No: 2506-0117
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Published
September 20, 2021
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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 60 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52172-52173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20199]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7036-N-10]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated
Plan, Annual Action Plan & Annual Performance Report; OMB Control No:
2506-0117
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 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 19, 2021.
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: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535
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(this is not a toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22634c4c430c720c65574b464d624a57460c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcfdd2d2dd92ec92fbc9d5d8d3fcd4c9d892dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a> 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: Gloria Coates, Office of Block Grant
Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f4843405d464e0143014c404e5b4a5c6f475a4b01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90f7fcffe2f9f1befcbef3fff1e4f5e3d0f8e5f4bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a> or
telephone at 202-402-2184. 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 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.
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), the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/
HIV Program (HOPWA) or the Housing Trust Fund (HTF).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,234 localities and 50 states.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports: 2,468 localities, 100
states.*
Average Hours per Response: 305 (localities), 741 (states).
Total Estimated Burdens: 413,420.
* Includes combined Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and
separate performance report.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hours Total U.S. Hourly cost Total annual
Information collection respondents response annum per response burden hours per response cost
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Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports:
Localities.......................... * 1,234 1 1234 305 376,370 ** $41.78 $15,724,738
States.............................. * 50 1 50 741 37,050 ** 41.78 1,547,949
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* Total number of respondents of 1,284 = sum of localities (1,234) and states (50). Total localities of 1,234 includes 1,227 entitlements + 3 non-
entitlements (Hawaii, Kauai, Maui) and four Insular Areas (Guam, Mariana Islands, Samoa, Virgin Islands).
** Estimates assume a blended hourly rate that is equivalent to a GS-12, Step 1, Federal Government Employee.
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.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, James Arthur Jemison II, having reviewed and approved this
document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this
document to submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is the Federal Register
Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-20199 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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