[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4824-4825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2048]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELPOMENT

[Docket No. 5604-N-01]


Notice of Revised Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Consolidated Plan & Annual Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of revised information collection for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The revised information collection requirements for 
Consolidated Planning for Community Planning and Development (CPD) 
programs 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: April 2, 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 William Kelleher, Paperwork 
Reduction Act Officer, Office of Chief Information Officer, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 7233, 
Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Meg Barclay, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, telephone (202) 402-3669 (this is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the revised 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C Chapter 35 as amended). As required 
under 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), HUD and OMB are seeking comments from members 
of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection 
of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the revised 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 revised collection of information; (3) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) Minimize the burden of collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
collection techniques (e.g. electronic submission of the Consolidated 
Plan and annual performance reports) or other forms of information 
submission of responses.
    Title of Proposal: Consolidated Plan & Annual Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2506-011.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Uses: The 
Department's collection of this information is in compliance with 
statutory provisions of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions to submit 
a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (Section 105(b)); the 
1974 Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, that requires 
states and localities to submit a Community Development Plan (Section 
104(b)(4) and Section 104(m)); and statutory provisions of these Acts 
that requires states and localities to submit applications and reports 
for these formula grant programs. The information is needed to provide 
HUD with preliminary assessment as to the statutory and regulatory 
eligibility of proposed grantee projects and for informing citizens of 
intended uses of program funds.
    Members of the Affected Public: State and local governments 
participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), 
the HOME Investments Partnership (HOME) Program, the Emergency Shelter 
Grants (ESG) program, or the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS/HIV (HOPWA) program.
    Estimation of the total number of hours to prepare the information 
collection including number of respondents, frequency of response and 
hours of response: The burden of meeting the regulatory requirements of 
Title I of the National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) and the Housing 
and Community Development Act (HCDA) were assessed based on revisions 
to the previously approved information collection [OMB Control Number 
2506-0117]. The paperwork estimates are as follows:

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                                                                     Number of     Frequency of     Total U.S.
                              Task                                  respondents      response       burden hrs
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Consolidated Plan...............................................
    Localities..................................................
         Strategic Plan Development.....................           1,000               1         154,000
         Action Plan Development........................           1,000               1          56,000
    States......................................................
         Strategic Plan Development.....................              50               1          21,150
         Action Plan Development........................              50               1           9,350
Performance Report..............................................
    Localities..................................................           1,000               1          81,000
    States......................................................              50               1           6,300
* Abbreviated Strategy..........................................             100  ..............           8,200

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            Total...............................................           1,150  ..............         336,000
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Revision of 
previously approved collection.

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

    Dated: January 25, 2012.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 2012-2048 Filed 1-30-12; 8:45 am]
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