[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 315-316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31184]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5604-N-17]


Notice of Proposed Information; Collection for Public Comment; 
Continuum of Care Program Application--Technical Submission

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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 26, 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: Continuum of Care Program Application--Technical 
Submission.
    Description of the need for the information proposed: This 
submission is to request a reinstatement with revisions of an expired 
information collection for reporting burden associated with the 
Technical Submission phase of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program 
Application. This submission is limited to the Technical Submission 
process under the CoC Program interim rule, formerly under the 
Supportive Housing Program and the Shelter Plus Care Program and 
changed to match the new program name created through the HEARTH Act.
    Applicants who are successful in the Continuum of Care Program 
Homeless Assistance Grant competition are required to submit more 
detailed technical information before grant agreement. The information 
to be collected will be used to ensure that technical requirements are 
met prior to the execution of a grant agreement. The technical 
requirements relate to a more extensive description of the budgets for 
supportive services and operations, as well as acquisition, 
rehabilitation, new construction, rental assistance, leasing, and 
sources of financing documentation. HUD will use this detailed 
information to determine if a project is financially feasible and 
whether all proposed activities are eligible.
    All information collected is used to carefully consider conditional 
applicants for funding. If HUD collects less information, or collected 
it less frequently, the Department could not make a final determination 
concerning the eligibility of applicants for grant funds and 
conditional applicants would not be eligible to sign grant agreements 
and receive funding. To see the regulations for the new CoC Program and 
applicable supplementary documents, visit HUD's Homeless Resource 
Exchange CoC page at http://www.hudhre.info/coc/. The statutory 
provisions and the implementing interim rule (also found at 24 CFR part 
587) that govern the program require the information provided by the 
Technical Submission.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-40090-3a, HUD-40090-3b.
    Members of the affected public: Conditional recipients of new CoC 
Program grant awards, including nonprofit organizations, local and 
state governments.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: Once a project is conditionally 
awarded, all applicants with new projects must complete the appropriate 
Technical Submission forms in e-snaps to receive funding. Each type of 
project will require a unique set of forms to meet compliance, and so 
the estimates below represent an average of applicants that have 
several forms to complete. We are anticipating a maximum of 750 
responses this year, with each respondent completing only 1 technical 
submission at 8 hours per response for a total of 6,000 hours. While 
much of the content remains the same as in the previous collection, we 
have estimated that the move to an electronic collection will save a 
minimum average of 1 hour per response, for a total savings of 750 
hours.
    Status of proposed information collection: Reinstatement, with 
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 20, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs Programs.
[FR Doc. 2012-31184 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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