[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 74024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29982]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5604-N-14]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Emergency Solutions Grant Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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: February 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone (202) 402-3400, (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms. 
Pollard at [email protected] for a copy of proposed forms, or 
other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments 
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information Relay Service at: (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Marie Oliva, Director, Office of 
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1590 
(This is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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: Emergency Solutions Grants Program Record 
Keeping Requirements.
    Description of the need for the information proposed: This 
submission is to request a reinstatement without 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 record keeping 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 576) that govern 
the program require these recordkeeping requirements.
    Agency Form Numbers:
    Members of the affected public: ESG recipient and subrecipient lead 
persons.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:
    The ESG record keeping requirements include 18 distinct activities. 
Each activity requires a different number of respondents ranging from 
20 to 78,000. There are 78,000 unique respondents. Each activity also 
has a unique frequency of response, ranging from once annually to 
monthly, and a unique associated number of hours of response, ranging 
from 15 minutes to 12 hours and 45 minutes. The total number of hours 
needed for all reporting is 367,441 hours.
    Status of proposed information collection: Reinstatement, without 
change, of previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: December 6, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Assistant Secretary (Acting).
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