[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76746-76747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30977]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5376-N-119]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request Transformation Initiative: Sustainable 
Communities Research Grant Program; Notice of Proposed Information 
Collection for Public Comment

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.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform potential applicants that 
the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is interested in receiving 
preliminary applications for grants to support

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research activities focusing on sustainability issues.
    Grantees are selected through a competitive process, announced 
through a Notice of Funding Availability. Applicants are required to 
submit certain information as part of their application for assistance. 
Grantees are required to prepare a quarterly status report so that HUD 
monitors the progress of grantees in completing their research.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 23, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (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: Ross A. Rutledge, HUD 
Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: [email protected]; 
fax: 202-395-3086.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
[email protected]; telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to inform 
potential applicants that the Office of Policy Development and Research 
(PD&R) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is 
interested in receiving preliminary applications for grants to support 
research activities focusing on sustainability issues.
    Grantees are selected through a competitive process, announced 
through a Notice of Funding Availability. Applicants are required to 
submit certain information as part of their application for assistance. 
Grantees are required to prepare a quarterly status report so that HUD 
monitors the progress of grantees in completing their research.

This Notice Also Lists the Following Information

    Title of Proposal: Sustainable Communities Research Grant Program.
    Description of Information Collection: To select grantees during 
the application process and to monitor all grantee's performance.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Numbers: 424-cb, SF-424supp, 2880, SF424, SF-LLL.
    Members of Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Estimation of the Total Numbers of Hours Needed to Prepare the 
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of 
Responses, and Hours of Response:
    (1) Pre-Award:
    HUD estimates that each applicant spends approximately 42 person-
hours to complete an application. Almost all of this time is invested 
by a professor or other senior administrator who would oversee the 
program. HUD estimates the mean hourly rate at $30. For 20 
applications, the computation is as follows: 20 applications x 42 hours 
x $30 per hours = $25,200.
    (2) Post-Award:
    HUD estimates that each grantee will spend approximately 6 hours a 
year maintaining records. HUD also estimates that each grantee will 
spend approximately 4 hours a year preparing monitoring reports. 
Clerical staff and faculty/supervisory staff will share this burden. 
HUD estimates the applicable hourly rate at $15. The computation is as 
follow: 5 grantees x 10 hours x $15 an hour = $750.

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    Description of information         Number of    Responses  per   Total annual     Hours per
            collection                respondents        year          responses       response     Total hours
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SF424.............................              20               1              20           0.75           15
SF424 Supplement..................              20               1              20           0.08            1.6
HUD 424CB.........................              20               1              20           3              60
SFLLL.............................              20               1              20           0.17            3.4
HUD 2880 (2510-0011)..............              20               1              20           0               0
HUD 96010 (2535-0114).............              20               1              20           3              60
Rating factor 1...................              20               1              20           7             140
Rating factor 2...................              20               1              20           7             140
Rating factor 3...................              20               1              20           7             140
Rating factor 4...................              20               1              20           7             140
Rating factor 5...................              20               1              20           7             140
Subtotal (Application)............              20               1              20          42             840
Quarterly Reports.................               5               4              20           6             120
Recordkeeping.....................               5  ..............               5           4              20
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    Total.........................              20  ..............              40      Varies             980
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    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: December 3, 2010.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
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