[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16362-16363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06562]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-27]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: State Community 
Development Block (CDBG) Program

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: April 24, 2014.

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

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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 January 23, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Comment Request, State Community 
Development Block (CDBG) Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0085.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-40108.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA), 
requires grant recipients that receive CDBG funding to retain records 
necessary to document compliance with statutory and regulatory 
requirements on an on-going basis. Grantees must also submit an annual 
performance and evaluation report to demonstrate progress that it has 
made in carrying out its consolidated plan, and such records as may be 
necessary to facilitate review and audit by HUD of the grantee's 
administration of CDBG funds [Section 104(e)]. The statute also 
requires [Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct an annual review to 
determine whether states have distributed funds to units of general 
local government in a timely manner. Respondents (i.e. affected 
public): This information collection applies to 50 State CDBG Grantees 
(49 states and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 50.
    Frequency of Response: The frequency of the response to the 
collection of information is annual at 1.5 hour per response with a 
total of 75 hours reporting burden. The record keeping burden for 
program compliance is already included under the currently approved 
information collection. The estimate of the annual reporting and 
recordkeeping is 112,180 hours for 50 grant recipients.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 112,180.

    Note:  Preparer of this notice may substitute the chart for 
everything beginning with estimated number of respondents above.


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                                                                                                                      Annual    Hourly cost
       Information collection           Number of     Frequency of response    Responses per annum    Burden hour     burden        per      Annual cost
                                       respondents                                                   per response     hours       response
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PER................................              50  1.....................  1.....................        237          11,850  ...........  ...........
Recordkeeping: States Localities...              50  On-going..............  On-going..............        176           8,800  ...........  ...........
                                              3,500                                                         26.13       91,456
Timely Distribution Form:..........              50  1.....................  1.....................          1.5            75  ...........  ...........
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    Total..........................  ..............  ......................  ......................  ............      112,180  ...........  ...........
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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. Chapters 35.

    Dated: March 12, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06562 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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