[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 143 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40867-40868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16157]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7036-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Closeout 
Instructions for Community Development Block Grant Programs (CDBG); OMB 
Control No: 2506-0193

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, Housing and Urban 
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: September 27, 2021.

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: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535 
(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: Robert Peterson, Director of State and 
Small Cities Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, email Robert Peterson at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-4211. 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.

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    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: Closeout Instructions for 
Community Development Block Grant Programs (CDBG).
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0193.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: 7082.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information collection is being conducted by HUD's Community Planning 
and Development Office of Block Grant Assistance (CPDOBGA) to assist 
HUD in determining, as required by Section 104(e) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (HCDA), and outlined in Subpart I 
(for States) and Subpart J (for entitlements) of the CDBG regulation, 
whether Grantees, (Entitlement communities, States and units of general 
local governments) have carried out eligible activities and its 
certifications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory 
requirements governing State CDBG, CDBG-R, Disaster Recovery, 
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) 1, NSP2 and NSP 3 grants prior 
to closing the grant allocation. The submission of the HUD 7082--
Funding Approval Form is necessary as the form is the Grant Agreement 
between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the 
Grantee and is made pursuant to the authority of the HCDA, as amended, 
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). HUD will make the funding assistance as 
specified to the grantee upon execution of the Agreement.
    We request the paperwork approval because the funding approval form 
is a vehicle for standardizing the agreements between HUD and each of 
its grantees.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): 3,325.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,325.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,325.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Average Hours per Response: .25.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 5,581.

                                                                   Grant Closeout Form
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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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States Total............................          182.00            1.00          182.00            3.00          546.00          $41.78      $22,811.88
Counties in Hawaii Total................            3.00            1.00            3.00            3.00            9.00           41.78          376.02
Entitlement Total.......................        1,490.00            1.00        1,490.00            3.00        4,470.00           41.78      186,756.60
Non-entitlement Total...................           32.00            1.00           32.00            3.00           96.00           41.78        4,010.88
Non-Profits and Quasi-public Total......           20.00            1.00           20.00            3.00           60.00           41.78        2,506.80
Funding Approval Total..................        1,727.00            1.00        1,727.00            3.00        5,181.00           41.78      216,462.18
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                                                          Funding Approval/Agreement 7082 Form
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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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State Total.............................          132.00            1.00          132.00            0.25           33.00          $41.78       $1,378.74
Counties in Hawaii Total................            3.00            1.00            3.00            0.25            0.75           41.78           31.33
Entitlement Total.......................        1,399.00            1.00        1,399.00            0.25          349.75           41.78       14,612.55
Nonentitlement Total....................           32.00            1.00           32.00            0.25            8.00           41.78          334.24
Nonentitlement Direct Grantees Total....           32.00            1.00           32.00            0.25            8.00           41.78          334.24
Funding Approval Total..................        1,598.00            1.00        1,598.00            0.25          399.50           41.78       16,691.11
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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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Grant Closeout/Form 7082.........        3,325.00             1.00         3,325.00   ...............        5,581.00           $41.78      $233,174.18
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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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.
    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, James Arthur Jemison II, having reviewed and approved this 
document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this 
document to submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is the Federal Register 
Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.

Aaron Santa Anna,
Federal Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-16157 Filed 7-28-21; 8:45 am]
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