[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28631-28632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12221]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5281-N-39]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program 
(Combined and Simplified Indian Housing Plan and Annual Performance 
Reporting Requirements)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal, to assure better understanding of the reporting 
requirements and consistency in the submission of data.

DATES: June 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; e-mail: OIRA--Submission @omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202-402-8048, (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr. 
McKinney at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms, 
or other available information. Copies of available documents submitted 
to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection that 
combines and simplifies reporting for the Indian Housing Plan and 
Annual Performance Report and reduces the estimated annual burden hours 
for preparing the combined report.
    Recipients of IHBG funds are required to submit an annual Indian 
Housing Plan (IHP) (HUD-52735) that provides a series of goals and 
objectives for the recipient to accomplish with the IHBG funds to 
provide affordable housing for its low- to moderate-income tribal 
members (Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
(NAHASDA), Sec.  102).
    At the end of each 1-year period the recipient is to submit an 
Annual Performance Report (APR) (HUD-52735-AS) to (1) Describe the use 
of grant funds; (2) compare relationship of grant fund use to the IHP 
goals and objectives; (3) discuss program accomplishments; and (4) 
describe how the recipient would change its program delivery and 
implementation based upon the recipient's experience (NAHASDA Sec.  
404).
    IHBG recipients (tribes and tribally designated housing entities) 
are required to submit information annually to demonstrate compliance 
with eligibility and other requirements of NAHASDA and for HUD's annual 
report to Congress. The information collected enables HUD to maintain 
its databases in order to monitor a recipient's performance and 
determine program compliance.
    The proposal to create a combined IHP/APR reporting form is 
necessary for improving the quality of reported data and reducing the 
burden hours to complete the forms. HUD anticipates that the 
simplification of the IHP will reduce the average estimated hours to 
complete the IHP section of the IHP/APR. The simplification of the APR 
and combining it with the IHP enables recipients to avoid unnecessary 
data entry while eliminating the need to

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report on multiple open grants in each APR, thereby improving data 
quality and reducing reporting burden. In compliance with requirements 
of 5 CFR 1320.13, the agency cannot reasonably comply with the normal 
clearance procedures under this part because the statutory changes 
accelerate the submission of the IHP starting in fiscal year 2011. With 
implementation of the statutory changes, the IHP is due 75 days prior 
to the beginning of the grantee's fiscal year. For grantees with a 
fiscal year beginning in October 1, 2010, the revised IHP will be due 
July 16, 2010.
    Title of Proposed Notice: Indian Housing Block Grant Program 
(Combined Indian Housing Plan and Annual Performance Reporting 
Requirements).
    Description of Information Collection: This is a revision of a 
previously approved information collection. The Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is seeking emergency review of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act requirements associated with HUD's proposed combined IHP/
APR. The combined reporting format will simplify the reporting process, 
improve the quality of data submitted annually, and reduce the annual 
burden for recipients IHBG funds. As a result, HUD will receive 
improved reporting data for monitoring a recipient's performance and 
determining program compliance.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0218.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-52735, HUD-52735-AS. (This revision 
modifies and combines both the HUD-52735 and 52735-AS and requests that 
the revised combined form be assigned a new form number or letter 
designation. Prior editions of the HUD-52735 should become obsolete. 
The HUD-52735-AS will need to be used for approximately three more 
years.)
    Members of Affected Public: Tribes and tribally designated housing 
entities.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of responses: The estimated number of respondents 
is 366; the frequency of response is once per year; and the total 
reporting burden will reduce significantly from the current total 
reporting time of 93,308 hours to 52,941 hours.

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

    Dated: May 17, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-12221 Filed 5-20-10; 8:45 am]
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