[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29882-29883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11354]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5910-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Continuum of 
Care Homeless Assistance--Technical Submission

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 12, 2016.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
(202) 402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of 
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-5015 
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Continuum of Care Homeless 
Assistance--Technical Submission.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0183.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-40090-3a, HUD-40090-3b.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
submission is to request an extension of a currently approved 
collection associated with the Technical Submission phase of the 
Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Application. This submission is limited 
to the Technical Submission process under the CoC Program interim rule, 
as authorized by the HEARTH Act. Applicants who are successful in the 
CoC Program Competition are required to submit more detailed technical 
information before a grant agreement. The information to be collected 
will be used to ensure that technical requirements are met prior to the 
execution of a grant agreement. The technical requirements relate to a 
more extensive description of the budgets for administration costs, 
timelines for project implementation, match documentation and other 
project specific documentation, and information to support the 
resolution of grant conditions. HUD will use this detailed information 
to determine if a project is financially feasible and whether all 
proposed activities are eligible. All information collected is used to 
carefully consider conditional applicants for funding. If HUD collects 
less information, or collected it less frequently, the Department could 
not make a final determination concerning the eligibility of applicants 
for grant funds and conditional applicants would not be eligible to 
sign grant agreements and receive funding. To see the regulations for 
the CoC Program and applicable supplementary documents, visit HUD's 
Homeless Resource Exchange page at https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/. The statutory provisions and the implementing interim 
rule (also found at 24 CFR part 587) that govern the program require 
the information provided by the Technical Submission.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): Applicants that are successful 
in the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant competition.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 750.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 6,000.
    Note: Preparer of this notice may substitute the chart for 
everything beginning with estimated number of respondents above:

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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                                                     750               1             750               8           6,000              21         126,000
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    Total...............................             750               1             750               8           6,000              21         126,000
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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.


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    Dated: May 3, 2016.
Harriet Tregoning,
Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2016-11354 Filed 5-12-16; 8:45 am]
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