[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54916-54917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7012-N-04]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance--Technical Submission

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: December 10, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone (202) 402-3400, (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms. 
Pollard at [email protected] for a copy of proposed forms, or 
other available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments 
may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 
Information 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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). This Notice 
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected 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 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Information Collection:
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0183.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-40090-3a.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
submission is to request an extension of a currently approved 
collection for reporting burden 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 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

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Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant competition.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 750.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time annually.
    Average Hours per Response: 8.
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total number of hours needed for all 
reporting is 126,000 hours.

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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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Exhibit 3 CoC Technical Submissions e-               750               1             750               8           6,000           47.52         285,120
 snaps Forms, formerly HUD-40090-3(a-b).
Submission Subtotal.....................             750               1             750               8           6,000           47.52         285,120
Total Grant Program Application
 Collection
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    Total...............................             750               1             750               8           6,000           47.52         285,120
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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: September 20, 2019.
John Bravacos,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2019-22332 Filed 10-10-19; 8:45 am]
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