[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2488]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5603-N-08]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Emergency Comment Request Emergency Solutions Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been 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: March 5, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval Number (2506-0089) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503; fax: (202) 395-5806. Email: [email protected] fax: (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard., Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected]. or 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: This notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a 
request for approval of the Information collection described below. 
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting 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: Emergency Solutions Grants Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0089.
    Form Numbers: HUD-4150.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This submission is to request a reinstatement with revisions of an 
expired information collection for the reporting burden associated with 
program and recordkeeping requirements that Emergency Solutions Grants 
(ESG) program recipients will be expected to implement and retain. This 
submission is limited to the reporting burden under the ESG entitlement 
program, formerly titled, Emergency Shelter Grants Program and changed 
to match the new program name created through the HEARTH Act. To see 
the regulations for the new ESG program and applicable supplementary 
documents, visit HUD's Homeless Resource Exchange ESG page at http://www.hudhre.info/esg/. The statutory provisions and the implementing 
interim regulations (also found at 24 CFR part 576) that govern the 
program require new program and recordkeeping requirements.
    Members of the Affected Public: ESG grantee and subgrantee lead 
persons.

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                                       Number of          Annual              Hours per
                                      respondents       responses      x       response      =     Burden hours
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Reporting Burden:.................           2,360              222   ...           0.698   ...         367,081
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    Status: Reinstatement, with change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 27, 2012.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-2488 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
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