Notice2024-06655
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Relocation Options Study, OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW
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Published
March 28, 2024
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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 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21537-21538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06655]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7090-N-03]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Relocation
Options Study, OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be submitted within 60 days of publication
of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting, ``Currently under 60-
day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this
proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Anna
Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cb9baabbaeb9bca4b9a099aeafbea8bfa2a4a58aa8bf84adada2a8ae8ba3beafe5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9a998899c8b8e968b92ab9c9d8c9a8d909697b89a8db69f9f909a9cb9918c9dd79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13527d7d723d433d54667a777c537b66773d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64250a0a054a344a23110d000b240c11004a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone (202)
402-5535 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared
to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as
well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn
more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Guido.
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: Relocation Options Study.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-NEW.
Type of Request: New data collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing the
collection of information for the Relocation Options study.
Increasing threats of natural hazards due to climate change may
necessitate the movement of households or entire communities to
mitigate risk to people and properties. This research will conduct
analysis of the efficacy of buyouts, relocation, and resettlement in
mitigating hazard risk exposure; assess the potential adverse outcomes,
inequities, and opportunity of such programs; and determine the needed
capacity and coordination of Federal, state, and local levels to enable
successful buyout, relocation, and resettlement initiatives. The goal
of this research is to improve equity in how disaster recovery and
mitigation funds are used for households that participate
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in buyout programs in communities that have received Community
Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grants or Community
Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) grants. Results from this
research shall be interpretable to inform a framework for a pilot
program and evaluation structure to inform the ongoing federal approach
to hazard-related relocation. Currently, a ``buyout'' for CDBG-DR and
CDBG-MIT grants means the acquisition of a property located in a
floodway, floodplain, or other grantee-designated high-risk area, that
is intended to reduce risk from future hazards.
This Federal Register Notice provides an opportunity to comment on
the information collection for this study titled Relocation Options.
The information collection is designed to support the Relocation
Options study to better understand outcomes of households and
communities that have participated in homeowner buyout programs using
CDBG-DR or CDBG-MIT funds. This work will include a qualitative
component and generate principles for equitable and responsible
buyouts, relocation, and resettlement strategies. The study includes
interviews of CDBG-DR grantees and program administrators, other
relevant community stakeholders, and homeowners that have gone through
a CDBG-DR or CDBG-MIT funded buyout process.
Respondents: CDBG-DR grantee representatives and administrators;
other relevant community stakeholders, and homeowners living in CDBG-DR
grantee jurisdictions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Information may be collected from
approximately a total of 27 key informants. This includes: (1) 27
qualitative interviews with grantees, CDBG-DR or CDBG-MIT program
administrators, other relevant stakeholders, and homeowners that
participated in a CDBG-DR or CDBG-MIT buyout program.
Estimated Time per Response: Interviews are expected to take one
hour each. The total estimated time is 27 hours.
Frequency of Response: One time for each interview.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,058.20 for all individual document/
information solicited for related research activities covered under
approval for researchers conducting primary interview data collection
and research participants.
The Table below provides the estimated burden hours for interviews.
These estimates assume the maximum targeted number of study
participants and are calculated as the time needed to complete
individual surveys and interviews or to participate in focus groups.
The table breaks out time to complete informed consent and time
participating in the study by key informant group (Government
Stakeholders, Community Stakeholders, and Program Participants).
Calculating the annual total cost burden to respondents, the
project team utilized Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S.
Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify the median
hourly wages (as classified by Standard Occupational Classification,
SOC, codes) for October 2023 for interview participants.
Annual Burden Table
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Burden hour Annual Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses per burden per Annual cost
respondents of response per annum response hours response
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Interviews with government stakeholders................... 27 1 1 1 27 $59.90 $1,617.30
Interviews with community stakeholders.................... 27 1 1 1 27 43.93 1,186.11
Interviews with program participants...................... 15 1 1 1 15 43.93 658.95
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Interview Total........................................... 69 ........... ........... ........... 69 ........... 3,462.36
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Informed consent to participate in the study--Government 27 1 1 0.17 4.59 59.90 112.02
Stakeholders.............................................
Informed consent to participate in the study--Community 27 1 1 0.17 4.59 49.93 229.18
Stakeholders.............................................
Informed consent to participate in the study--Program 15 1 1 0.17 2.55 49.93 127.32
Participants.............................................
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Informed Consent Total................................ 69 ........... ........... ........... 11.73 ........... 595.84
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Grand Total....................................... 69 ........... ........... ........... 80.73 ........... 4,058.20
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Respondent's Obligation: Participation is voluntary.
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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2024-06655 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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