Notice2022-04913
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HOPE VI Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street Programs: Funding and Program Data Collection; OMB No.: 2577-0208
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Published
March 9, 2022
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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 for 60 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13304-13305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04913]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7061-N-04]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HOPE VI
Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street Programs: Funding and Program
Data Collection; OMB No.: 2577-0208
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
(PIH), 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 9, 2022.
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31725e5d544545541f615e5d5d504355715944551f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ac9e5e6effefeefa4dae5e6e6ebf8eecae2ffeea4ede5fc">[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: 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). Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal
Information 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 Proposal: HOPE VI Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street
Programs.
OMB Control Number: 2577-0208.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD-52825-A, HUD-52861, HUD-53001-A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as added by Section 535 of
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
276, 112 Stat. 2461, approved October 21, 1998) and revised by the HOPE
VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main Street Rejuvenation
and Housing Act of 2003 (Pub.L.108-186, 117 Stat. 2685, approved
December 16, 2003), established the HOPE VI program for the purpose of
making assistance available on a competitive basis to public housing
agencies (PHAs) to improve the living environment for public housing
residents of severely distressed public housing projects (or portions
thereof); and, beginning in Fiscal Year 2004, to rejuvenate the
traditional or historic downtown areas of smaller units of local
government. Funds were appropriated for competitive HOPE VI
Implementation Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) through Fiscal
Year 2011.
Remaining HOPE VI Implementation grants account for most of the
burden. However, HOPE VI funds are no longer being appropriated. HOPE
VI Main Street funds are being funded through the Choice Neighborhoods
Initiative appropriations. Currently, there are approximately 35 HOPE
VI Implementation grants that remain active and must be monitored by
HUD. HUD publishes competitive bi-annual NOFAs for the HOPE VI Main
Street program and monitors grants that have been awarded through those
NOFAs. These information collections are required in connection with
the monitoring of the remaining active HOPE VI Implementation grants
and the bi-annual publication on <a href="http://www.grants.gov">http://www.grants.gov</a> of HOPE VI Main
Street NOFAs, contingent upon available funding and authorization,
which announce the availability of funds provided in annual
appropriations for Section 24 of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
Eligible units of local government interested in obtaining HOPE VI
Main Street grants are required to submit applications to HUD, as
explained in each NOFA. The information collection conducted in the
applications enables HUD to conduct a comprehensive, merit-based
selection process in order to identify and select the applications to
receive funding. With the use of HUD-prescribed forms, the information
collection provides HUD with sufficient information to approve or
disapprove applications.
Applicants that are awarded HOPE VI Implementations grants are
required to report on a quarterly basis on their Implementation grant
revitalization activities. HOPE VI Implementation grantees do this by
sending emails to the HUD grant managers. HUD reviews and evaluates the
collected information and uses it as a primary tool with which to
monitor the status of HOPE VI projects and programs.
Members of affected public: Public Housing Agencies, Units of Local
Government.
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Frequency Responses Burden per Burden per Hourly cost
Collection Respondents per annum per annum response annum per response Annual cost
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HOPE VI Main Street Application
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Main Street NOFA Narrative Exhibits................. 5 0.5 2.5 80 200 \1\ $58 $11,600
Main Street NOFA 52861 Application Data Sheet....... 5 0.5 2.5 15 37.5 58 2,175
Main Street NOFA Project Area Map................... 5 0.5 2.5 1 2.5 58 145
Main Street NOFA Program Schedule................... 5 0.5 2.5 4 10 58 580
Main Street NOFA Photographs of site................ 5 0.5 2.5 5 12.5 58 725
Main Street NOFA Five-year Pro-forma................ 5 0.5 2.5 5 12.5 58 725
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Main Street NOFA Site Plan and Unit Layout.......... 5 0.5 2.5 10 25 58 1,450
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Subtotal........................................ 35 ............ 17.5 ............ 300 .............. 17,400
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Non-NOFA Collections
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Quarterly Reporting................................. 35 4 140 1 140 58 8,120
52825-A HOPE VI Budget updates...................... 40 1 40 1 40 58 2,320
53001-A Actual HOPE VI Cost Certificate............. 55 1 55 0.5 27.5 58 1,595
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Subtotal........................................ 130 ............ 235 ............ 207.5 .............. 12,035
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Total Burden................................ 165 ............ 252.5 ............ 507.5 .............. 29,435
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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:
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\1\ Staff filling out these forms typically hold positions
equivalent to a GS-14. Therefore, the hourly basic rate used for
this calculation is the 2022 hourly rate for a GS-14 Step 9.
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(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 as amended.
Laura Miller-Pittman,
Chief, Office of Policy, Programs and Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. 2022-04913 Filed 3-8-22; 8:45 am]
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