[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47406-47407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5909-N-52]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency 
Solutions Grant 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: August 22, 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: 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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5533. 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. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the

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information collection for a period of 60 days was published on May 16, 
2016 at 81 FR 30338.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Emergency Solutions Grant Data 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2506-0089.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved.
    Description of the Need for Information and Proposed Use: This 
submission is to request an extension of a currently approved 
collection for the reporting burden associated with program and 
recordkeeping requirements that Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) 
program recipients will be expected to implement and retain. This 
submission is limited to the recordkeeping burden under the ESG 
entitlement program. To see the regulations for the ESG program and 
applicable supplementary documents, visit the ESG page on the HUD 
Exchange at https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/esg/. The statutory 
provisions and the implementing interim regulations (also found at 24 
CFR 576) that govern the program requiring these recordkeeping 
requirements.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): ESG recipient and subrecipient 
lead persons.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The ESG record keeping 
requirements include 18 distinct activities. Each activity requires a 
different number of respondents ranging from 20 to 78,000. There are 
78,000 unique respondents.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 526,116.
    Frequency of Response: Each activity also has a unique frequency of 
response, ranging from once annually to monthly.
    Average Hours per Response: Each activity also has a unique 
associated number of hours of response, ranging from 15 minutes to 12 
hours and 45 minutes.
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total number of hours needed for all 
reporting is 387,552 hours.

                                           Exhibit A-1--Estimated Annual Burden Hours for ESG Data Collection
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                                                             Response
         Information collection              Number of       frequency     Total annual    Burden hours    Total annual   Hourly rate **    Burden cost
                                            respondent       (average)       responses     per response        hours                      per instrument
A                                                      B               C               D               E               F
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576.100(b)(2) Emergency Shelter and                  360               1             360            1.00             360          $37.13      $13,366.80
 Street Outreach Cap....................
576.400(a) Consultation with Continuums              360               1             360            6.00           2,160           37.13       80,200.80
 of Care................................
576.400(b) Coordination with other                 2,360               1           2,360            8.00          18,880           37.13      701,014.40
 Targeted Homeless Services.............
576.400(c) System and Program                      2,360               1           2,360           16.00          37,760           37.13    1,402,028.80
 Coordination with Mainstream Resources.
576.400(d) Centralized or Coordinated              2,000               1           2,000            3.00           6,000           37.13      222,780.00
 Assessment.............................
576.400(e) Written Standards for                     808               1             808            5.00           4,040           37.13      150,005.20
 Determining the Amount of Assistance...
576.400(f) Participation in HMIS........          78,000               1          78,000            0.50          39,000           37.13    1,448,070.00
576.401(a) Initial Evaluation...........          50,000               1          50,000            1.00          50,000           37.13    1,856,500.00
576.401(b) Recertification..............          20,000               2          40,000            0.50          20,000           37.13      742,600.00
576.401(d) Connection to Mainstream               78,000               3         234,000            0.25          58,500           37.13    2,172,105.00
 Resources..............................
576.401(e) Housing retention plan.......          50,000               1          50,000            0.75          37,500           37.13    1,392,375.00
576.402 Terminating Assistance..........             808               1             808            4.00           3,232           37.13      120,004.16
576.403 Habitability review.............          52,000               1          52,000            0.60          31,200           37.13    1,158,456.00
576.405 Homeless Participation..........           2,360              12          28,320            1.00          28,320           37.13    1,051,521.60
576.500 Recordkeeping Requirements......           2,360               1           2,360           12.75          30,090           37.13    1,117,241.70
576.501(b) Remedial Actions.............              20               1              20            8.00             160           37.13        5,940.80
576.501(c) Recipient Sanctions..........             360               1             360           12.00           4,320           37.13      160,401.60
576.501(c) Subrecipient Response........           2,000               1           2,000            8.00          16,000           37.13         594,080
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    Total...............................          78,000  ..............         526,116  ..............         387,522  ..............   14,388,691.86
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Annualized Cost @$37.13/hr (GS-12): $14,388,691.86.

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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: July 18, 2016.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
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