[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9621-9622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5281-N-17]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Application for Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs 
and Quality Assurance Plans

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: May 4, 2009.

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: Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone: 202-708-2374, (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. 
Deitzer at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed form 
and other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Warren Friedman, Senior Advisor, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202-708-0667 (this is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the

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functions of the agency, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Application for Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 
Control Grant Programs and Quality Addurance Plans.
    OMB Control Number, if Applicable: 2539-0015.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: This 
information is required in conjunction with the issuance of Notices of 
Funding Availability for approximately $180,000,000 for Healthy Homes 
and Lead Hazard Control Programs that are authorized under Title X of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, 
Section 1011, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, Sections 
501 and 502, and other legislation.
    After the award of grants, HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 
Hazard Control requires its Healthy Homes Demonstration, Healthy Homes 
Technical Studies grantees, and Lead Technical Studies grantees which 
are conducting research or significant evaluation activities, to submit 
a Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) to the Office for approval before they 
initiate data collection. This requirement also applies to Office of 
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control contractors who conduct such 
research or evaluation activities. This requirement was established 
because quality assurance procedures ensure the accuracy and validity 
of data. The use of quality assurance plan templates helps to ensure 
that quality assurance activities are well planned and thorough, and 
standardizes the formatting of plans, which aides both the respondents 
in plan development and HUD staff in their review. The use of different 
templates for technical studies and demonstration projects was designed 
to reduce respondent burden by requiring more detailed information only 
for the technical studies (research) projects, consistent with their 
more rigorous quality assurance requirements.
    Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: HUD-96008, 96012, 96013, 96014, 
96015, 96016, and standard grant forms.
    Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed to Prepare the 
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of 
Response, and Hours of Response: Application Development: Number of 
respondents: 340; frequency of responses: 1; hours per response 80; 
burden hours: 27,200. Award of Grant: Number of respondents: 97; 
frequency of responses: 1; hours per response 16; burden hours: 1,552. 
Quality Assurance Plan: Number of respondents: 27; Frequency of 
response: 1; Hours per response: 24; Total Burden Hours: 648. Grant 
total of estimated burden hours: 29,400.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Revision of a 
currently approved collection.
    Members of Affected Public: Potential applicants include State, 
Tribal, local governments, not-for-profit institutions and for-profit 
firms located in the U.S. State and units of general local government, 
and Federally recognized Native American Tribes.
    Additional Information: The obligation to respond to this 
information collection is required to obtain or retain benefits.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: February 17, 2009.
Jon L. Gant,
Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
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