[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6434-6436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03417]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7018-N-01]


60 Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection Comment Request: 
HUD Standardized Grant Application Forms

AGENCY: Office of Strategic Planning and Management, 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: April 29, 2019.

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 form. Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
    Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may also 
submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
at www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit 
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the 
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely 
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to 
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the 
www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters and 
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the 
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.

    Note:  To receive consideration as public comments, comments 
must be submitted through one of the methods specified above. Again, 
all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the 
notice.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Walsh, Grants Management 
and Oversight Division, Office of Strategic Planning and Management, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St. SW, Room 
3156, Washington, DC 20410 or by email [email protected] 
telephone 202-402-4353. 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 the proposed data collection form may be requested from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Department is soliciting comments prior to submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

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A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Proposal: HUD Standardized Grant Application Forms.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0017.
    Additional OMB control numbers applicable to government wide 
standardized forms:
4040-0004 SF 424
4040-0007 SF 424-B
4040-0009 SF 424-D
SLLL--Grants.gov form
SFLLa Grants.gov form
2501-0032 Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (HUD Form 2880)
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Approval is sought for extension of HUD standardized forms which are 
used by various HUD competitive grant programs in the grant application 
process. The HUD Common Budget Form--(HUD-CB), the Common Budget Form 
Worksheet (HUD-CBW), and the HUD Matrix (HUD-M) are used to offer 
standardized grant application processes for several HUD programs. The 
policy of standardization is in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Financial Assistance Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107, 
signed November 20, 1999). The HUD 424 Supplement, Survey on Ensuring 
Equal Opportunity for Applicants is completed by nonprofit 
organizations to provide HUD with an understanding of the population of 
applicants for Federal funds.
    In addition, the collection references a number of standard forms 
from the government wide SF Family of Forms. These forms are used for 
all HUD applications. However, the burden associated with those forms 
is not reflected in this collection because that burden is reflected in 
Office of Management and Budget sponsored government-wide information 
collections.
    In addition, HUD may combine into this collection OMB collection 
2501-0032, HUD Form 2880 Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report 
which is being separately processed in advance of this publicaiton into 
this collection in order to consolidate public input on these forms.
    Public notification of the renewal of these forms was made in 
December 20, 2017 as part of the Consolidated Competive Grant Paperwork 
Reduction Act Notice (FR-6005-N-01, 82 FR 60410, published December 20, 
2017).
    Members of affected public: Applicants for HUD competitively funded 
assistance.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The forms are used by entities when 
they apply for grants. As HUD receives roughly 14,000 applications on 
an annual basis, we expect that there will be 14,000 respondents who 
may be completing these forms. HUD estimates that the hourly rate of 
individuals completing the form, at $60.74 per hour.\1\ The total 
estimated burden on respondents would thus reach $2,648,264.00 on an 
annual basis. This is shown in the following table.
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    \1\ Estimated cost for respondents is calculated from the June 
2018 Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report on 
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation determined that the hourly 
rate of management, professional and related wages and salaries 
averaged $41.71 per hour plus $19.03 per hour for fringe benefits 
for a total $60.74 per hour.

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                                                             Number of                       Hours per
                          Form                              respondents      Frequency      respondent      Total hours    Cost per hour    Total cost
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SF424...................................................          14,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SF424B..................................................          14,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SF424D..................................................            2000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SFLLL...................................................          14,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SFLLLa..................................................          12,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
HUD424CB................................................           1,100               1               3           3,300           60.74     $200,442.00
HUD424CBW...............................................           1,100               1               3           3,300           60.74      200,442.00
HUD424M.................................................             200               1               5           1,000           60.74       60,740.00
HUD424SUP...............................................           4,000               1               2           8,000           60.74      485,920.00
HUD2880.................................................          14,000               1               2          28,000           60.74    1,700,720.00
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    Total...............................................          14,000  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............    2,648,264.00
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    Estimation of the Cost to the Federal Government: The following 
table shows the estimated burden of Federal financial assistance 
review. HUD estimates the cost of the maximum burden on HUD staff would 
total at most $5,011,267. This estimate assumes that each form would be 
reviewed for one hour by a GS 13 step 5 performing a review, and then 
by a GS 14 and a GS 15 who will look at summary results on an annual 
basis.\2\
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    \2\ Federal staff time is estimated for a GS-13 step 5 hourly 
rate at $52.66 per hour (from the Office of Personnel Management and 
the table with Washington-Baltimore-Arlington locality pay), plus 
16% fringe benefit for a total of $61.08 per hour, as well as 15 
minutes each for a GS 14 and a GS 15 based on similar calculations 
bringing the blended total to $100.91/hr.

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                                                                             Estimated       Estimated       Estimated                         Total
                  Estimated respondents                      Frequency       number of     burden hours    burden hours    Cost per hour     estimated
                                                                             responses      per review       per year                        burden 2
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14,000..................................................               1          76,400               1          76,400          $61.08     $21,191,100
14,000..................................................               1          76,400             .15          19,100           72.20         344,755
                                                                                                                                               5,011,267
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including

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whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.

C. Authority

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 
amended.

    Dated: February 11, 2019.
Angie R. Scott,
Acting Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Management.
[FR Doc. 2019-03417 Filed 2-26-19; 8:45 am]
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