[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32746-32747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13265]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-49]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural 
Innovation Fund Evaluation Data Collection

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 7, 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 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 March 
21, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Rural Innovation Fund Evaluation 
Data Collection.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528--New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information will be used in the evaluation of the Rural Innovation Fund 
(RIF) which is the successor program to the Rural Housing and Economic 
Development (RHED) Program. The RIF provides larger grant amounts and 
places a greater emphasis on leverage than the RHED. This evaluation 
aims to determine if these two major differences provide for economies 
of scale or program sustainability, and what the overall program 
outcomes and impacts are.
    Respondents: Rural nonprofit housing and community development 
organizations and corporations and federally recognized Indian tribes, 
state housing finance agencies and state economic development agencies.

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                                            Number of     Frequency of    Responses per  Burden hour per   Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection            respondents      response          annum          response          hours       per response     Annual cost
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RHED Telephone Interviews..............              50               1               1              1.5              75            $110          $8,250
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    Total..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ...............  ..............  ..............  ..............

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RIFHED Telephone Interviews............              50               1               1              1.5            76.5             110           8,415
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    Total..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ...............  ..............  ..............  ..............
Site Visits............................              15               1               1             16               240             278          66,720
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    Total..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ...............  ..............  ..............  ..............
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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: May 30, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-13265 Filed 6-5-14; 8:45 am]
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