[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60638-60639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23984]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-61]


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

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: December 3, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to [email protected] or www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

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 July 
29, 2021 at 86 FR 40867.

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: Reinstatement with change of a previously 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.

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                                                                   Grant Closeout Form
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                                                                                                      Burden hour     Annual    Hourly cost
                    Information collection                      Number of    Frequency    Responses       per         burden        per      Annual cost
                                                               respondents  of response   per annum     response      hours       response
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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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                                                                                                      Burden hour     Annual    Hourly cost
                    Information collection                      Number of    Frequency    Responses       per         burden        per      Annual cost
                                                               respondents  of response   per annum     response      hours       response
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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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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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner;
    (3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) 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.

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-23984 Filed 11-2-21; 8:45 am]
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