[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39305-39306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15689]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-54]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: OSHC Progress 
Report Template

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 31, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB

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Control Number 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].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. 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 HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on April 15, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: OSHC Progress Report Template.
    OMB Approval Number: 2501-New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Appropriations Act, provided a total of $100,000,000 to HUD for a 
Sustainable Communities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts 
that integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the 
capacity to improve land use and zoning. Of that total, $70,000,000 is 
available for the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant 
Program, and $30,000,000 is available for the Community Challenge 
Planning Grant Program. The Appropriations Act, 2010, provided a total 
of $150 million in fiscal year 2010 to HUD for a Sustainable 
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning efforts that 
integrate housing and transportation decisions, and increase the 
capacity to improve land use and zoning. This information collection is 
necessary to fulfill the reporting requirements of HUD`s Sustainable 
Communities Initiative (SCI) Planning Grant Programs, which comprise of 
the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, the 
Community Challenge Planning Grant Program, and the Capacity Building 
for Sustainable Communities Grant Program. All grant programs require 
progress reporting by grantees on a semi-annual basis (i.e. Twice per 
year: January 30th and July 30th). The grant program terms and 
conditions require the grantee to submit a semi-annual progress report 
which reflects activities undertaken, obstacles encountered and 
solutions achieved, and accomplishments. Progress reports that show 
progress of the program in meeting approved work plan goals, objectives 
are to be submitted.
    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 total number of annual burden 
hours is 226.5. The number of respondents is 151, the number of 
responses is 302, the frequency of response is semi-annually (6 
months), and the burden hour per response is 0.75 (45 minutes).

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to 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.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

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

    Dated: June 25, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15689 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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