[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52545-52546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21196]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 5377-N-02]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request, State 
Community Development Block (CDBG) Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, 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 Date: October 25, 2010.

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: Leroy McKinney, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone, 202-
402-5564 (this is not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr. McKinney at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Fontheim at (202) 402-3461 (this 
is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate 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) 
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: State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 
Program.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0085.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA), 
requires grant recipients that receive CDBG funding to retain records 
necessary to document compliance with statutory and regulatory 
requirements on an on-going basis. Grantees must also submit an annual 
performance and evaluation report to demonstrate progress that it has 
made in carrying out its consolidated plan, and such records as may be 
necessary to facilitate review and audit by HUD of the grantee's 
administration of CDBG funds [Section

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104(e)]. The statute also requires [Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct 
an annual review to determine whether States have distributed funds to 
units of general local government in a timely manner. HUD has re-
designed a form by which the grantees can report their compliance with 
this requirement.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: The collection of this 
information will be submitted on HUD's timely distribution form or in 
similar format from State records or systems.
    Members of affected public: This information collection applies to 
50 State CDBG Grantees (49 States and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The estimated number of respondents is 
50. The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of 
information is annual at 1.5 hours per response with a total of 75 
hours additional reporting burden. The record keeping burden for 
program compliance is already included under the currently approved 
information collection. The estimate of the annual reporting and 
recordkeeping is increased to 112,175 hours for 50 grant recipients. 
The 75 hour increase due to the addition of the timely distribution 
form represents .067% of the original burden.
    Status of the proposed information collection:
    Revision of a currently approved collection, and a request for OMB 
renewal for three years. The current OMB approval will expire in April 
30, 2012.

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

    Dated: August 17, 2010.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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