[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40314-40315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15998]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-60]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Fair Housing 
Initiatives Program Grant

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: August 2, 2013.

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: 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 September 10, 2012.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
Grant.
    OMB Approval Number: 229-0033.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved.
    Form Number: 2880, SF LLL, HUD 27061, HUD 96010, HUD 904-A, HUD 
904-B, HUD 904-C, HUD 27300, 424, 424CB, 424CBW.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is an extension of a currently approved information collection used to 
select applicants for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) 
grants under a FHIP Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). These grants 
are to fund fair housing enforcement and/or education and outreach 
activities under the following initiatives: Administrative Enforcement; 
Private Enforcement, Education and Outreach, and Fair Housing 
Organizations. Additionally, the information is collected to monitor 
grants and grant funds.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: An estimation of 46,420 total hours is 
needed to prepare the information collection. The number of respondents 
is 400 with a frequency response of 1 per annum, and the total hours 
per respondent is 76.50 hours for application development. There is an 
estimated 104 agencies that will receive

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funding and have to provide quarterly and final reports, with 
approximately 59 having to provide Enforcement Logs and 1 agency 
reporting on a semi-annual program on preventing and eliminating 
discriminatory housing practices.

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.

C. Authority

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

    Dated: June 27, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15998 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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