[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4587-4588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01500]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5831-N-01]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Choice 
Neighborhoods

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: February 27, 2015.

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 at Colette [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 
November 17, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Choice Neighborhoods.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0269.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: SF-424, SF-LLL, HUD 2880, HUD 96010, HUD 96011, HUD 
53150, HUD 53152, HUD 53232, HUD 53153, HUD 53151, HUD 53154, HUD 
53156, HUD-53233, HUD-53234, HUD-53238, HUD-53231, HUD-53235, HUD-
53237, HUD-53236, HUD-53239, HUD-53240, HUD-53230, HUD-53421, HUD-2530, 
HUD-2991, HUD-2995, HUD-60002, HUD-52515.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information collection is required to administer the Choice 
Neighborhoods program, including applying for funds and grantee 
reporting.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Potential applicants and 
grantees (which would include local governments, tribal entities, 
public housing authorities, nonprofits, and for-profit developers that 
apply jointly with a public entity).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 251 annually.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 531 annually.
    Frequency of Response: Frequency of response varies depending on 
what

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information is being provided (e.g., once per year for applications and 
four times per year for grantee reporting).
    Average Hours per Response: Average hours per response varies 
depending on what information is being provided (e.g., Choice 
Neighborhoods Implementation grant application: 73.76; Choice 
Neighborhoods Planning grant application: 37.76; Choice Neighborhoods 
information collections unrelated to the NOFA, including grantee 
reporting: 13.58).
    Total Estimated Burdens: Total burden hours is estimated to be 
9,924. Total burden cost is estimated to be $396,979.

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: January 22, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-01500 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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