[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64234-64235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25359]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-95]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Environmental 
Review Procedures for Entities Assuming HUD Environmental 
Responsibilities

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: November 27, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to

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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 August 13, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Environmental Review Procedures 
for Entities Assuming HUD Environmental Responsibilities.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0087.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-7015.15.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 24 
CFR Part 58, ``Environmental Review Procedures for Entities Assuming 
HUD Environmental Responsibilities'' requires units of general local 
government receiving HUD assistance to maintain a written environmental 
review record for all projects receiving HUD funding documenting 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 
regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, related federal 
environmental laws, executive orders, and authorities, and Part 58 
procedure. When the environmental review record is complete, HUD 
recipients use HUD-7015.15--``Request for Release of Funds and 
Certification'' to certify their compliance with all applicable 
environmental laws and authorities. HUD (or the State for certain 
State-administered HUD grant programs) approves the certification 
allowing for the conditionally awarded or formula-allocated funds to be 
released to the recipient. Various laws that authorize this procedure 
are listed in 24 CFR 58.1(b).
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): The respondents are state and 
local governments receiving HUD funding who are required to submit HUD-
7015.15.

    Estimation of the Total Number of Hours To Prepare the Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of Response and Hours of
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                                      Number of       Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hour per   Annual burden   Hourly cost per
      Information collection         respondents        response          annum           response          hours           response       Annual cost
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Total............................          18,785                1           18,785               .6           11,271               30         $338,130
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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: October 22, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-25359 Filed 10-25-13; 8:45 am]
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