[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 332-333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28426]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7011-N-57]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 3, 2020.

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: OIRA [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P.Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. Person 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 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on October 
11, 2019 at 84 FR 54916.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Continuum of Care Program Homeless 
Assistance Application--Technical Submission.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0183.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement 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.

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                                      Number of       Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hour per   Annual burden   Hourly cost per
      Information collection         respondents        response          annum           response          hours           response       Annual Cost
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Exhibit 3 CoC Technical                    750.00             1.00           750.00             8.00         6,000.00            47.52       285,120.00
 Submissions e-snaps Forms,
 formerly HUD-40090-3(a-b).......
Submission Subtotal..............          750.00             1.00           750.00             8.00         6,000.00            47.52       285,120.00
Total Grant Program Application
 Collection......................
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    Total........................          750.00             1.00           750.00             8.00         6,000.00            47.52       285,120.00
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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;

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    (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: December 19, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-28426 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am]
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