[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30253-30254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10687]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-21; OMB Control No. 2577-0208]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HOPE VI 
Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street Programs: Funding and Program 
Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data 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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17, 2022.

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: 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). Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the Federal 
Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. 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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on March 
9, 2022 at 87 FR 13305.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Proposal: HOPE VI Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street 
Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0208.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-52825-A, HUD-52861, HUD-53001-A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as added by Section 535 of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
276, 112 Stat. 2461, approved October 21, 1998) and revised by the HOPE 
VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main Street Rejuvenation 
and Housing Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-186, 117 Stat. 2685, approved 
December 16, 2003), established the HOPE VI program for the purpose of 
making assistance available on a competitive basis to public housing 
agencies (PHAs) to improve the living environment for public housing 
residents of severely distressed public housing projects (or portions 
thereof); and, beginning in Fiscal Year 2004, to rejuvenate the 
traditional or historic downtown areas of smaller units of local 
government. Funds were appropriated for competitive HOPE VI 
Implementation Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) through Fiscal 
Year 2011.
    Remaining HOPE VI Implementation grants account for most of the 
burden. However, HOPE VI funds are no longer being appropriated. HOPE 
VI Main Street funds are being funded through the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative appropriations. Currently, there are approximately 35 HOPE 
VI Implementation grants that remain active and must be monitored by 
HUD. HUD publishes competitive bi-annual NOFAs for the HOPE VI Main 
Street program and monitors grants that have been awarded through those 
NOFAs. These information collections are required in connection with 
the monitoring of the remaining active HOPE VI Implementation grants 
and the bi-annual publication on http://www.grants.gov of HOPE VI Main 
Street NOFAs, contingent upon available funding and authorization, 
which announce the availability of funds provided in annual 
appropriations for Section 24 of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
    Eligible units of local government interested in obtaining HOPE VI 
Main Street grants are required to submit applications to HUD, as 
explained in each NOFA. The information collection conducted in the 
applications enables HUD to conduct a comprehensive, merit-based 
selection process in order to identify and select the applications to 
receive funding. With the use of HUD-prescribed forms, the information 
collection provides HUD with sufficient

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information to approve or disapprove applications.
    Applicants that are awarded HOPE VI Implementations grants are 
required to report on a quarterly basis on their Implementation grant 
revitalization activities. HOPE VI Implementation grantees do this by 
sending emails to the HUD grant managers. HUD reviews and evaluates the 
collected information and uses it as a primary tool with which to 
monitor the status of HOPE VI projects and programs.
    Members of affected public: Public Housing Agencies, Units of Local 
Government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

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                                                                                                                                Hourly cost
                        Collection                            Respondents    Frequency    Responses   Burden  per   Burden per      per      Annual cost
                                                                             per annum    per annum     response      annum       response
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HOPE VI Main Street Application:
    Main Street NOFA Narrative Exhibits...................               5          0.5          2.5           80          200      \1\ $58      $11,600
    Main Street NOFA 52861 Application Data Sheet.........               5          0.5          2.5           15         37.5           58        2,175
    Main Street NOFA Project Area Map.....................               5          0.5          2.5            1          2.5           58          145
    Main Street NOFA Program Schedule.....................               5          0.5          2.5            4           10           58          580
    Main Street NOFA Photographs of site..................               5          0.5          2.5            5         12.5           58          725
    Main Street NOFA Five-year Pro-forma..................               5          0.5          2.5            5         12.5           58          725
    Main Street NOFA Site Plan and Unit Layout............               5          0.5          2.5           10           25           58        1,450
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        Subtotal..........................................              35  ...........         17.5  ...........          300  ...........       17,400
Non-NOFA Collections:
    Quarterly Reporting...................................              35            4          140            1          140           58        8,120
    52825-A HOPE VI Budget updates........................              40            1           40            1           40           58        2,320
    53001-A Actual HOPE VI Cost Certificate...............              55            1           55          0.5         27.5           58        1,595
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        Subtotal..........................................             130  ...........          235  ...........        207.5  ...........       12,035
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            Total Burden..................................             165  ...........        252.5  ...........        507.5  ...........       29,435
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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    \1\ Staff filling out these forms typically hold positions 
equivalent to a GS-14. Therefore, the hourly basic rate used for 
this calculation is the 2022 hourly rate for a GS-14 Step 9.
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    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.
    (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    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.

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-10687 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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