[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72210-72211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5481-N-20]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request 
Congressional Earmark Grants

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.
    The Department's Congressional Grants Division administers 
congressionally mandated grants, known as earmarks. These projects have 
been identified in the annual appropriation of funds to the Department 
and in the accompanying conference reports or congressional record 
accompanying each appropriation. Earmarks generally fall into two 
categories: Economic

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Development Initiative-Special Project (EDI-SP) and Neighborhood 
Initiative (NI) grants.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 23, 2012.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal 
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank McNally, Director, Congressional 
Grants Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 402-7100 (this is not 
a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available information.

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 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 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: Congressional Earmark Grants.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0179.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's 
Congressional Grants Division and its Environmental Officers in the 
field use this information to make funds available to entities directed 
to receive funds appropriated by Congress. This information is used to 
collect, receive, review and monitor program activities through 
applications, semi-annual and close-out reports. The information that 
is collected is used to assess performance. Grantees are units of state 
and local government, nonprofits and Indian tribes. Respondents are 
initially identified by Congress and generally fall into two 
categories: Economic Development Initiative-Special Project (EDI-SP) 
grantees and Neighborhood Initiative (NI) grantees. The agency has used 
the application, semi-annual reports and close-out reports to track 
grantee performance in the implementation of approved projects.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: SF-424; SF-LLL; SF-1199A; HUD-
27054; SF-425; HUD-27056.
    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 number of burden hours is 2,000. 
The number of respondents is 2,000, the number of responses is 4,000, 
the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per 
response is 4.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: October 24, 2011.
Valerie G. Piper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.
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