[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48194-48196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16883]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7051-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection, Comment 
Request: HUD Standardized Grant Application Forms: Detailed Budget Form 
(HUD Form 424-CB) HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet (HUD Form 424-CBW), HUD 
Funding Matrix (HUD 424-M), Application for Federal Assistance (SF-
424), Assurances and Certifications for Recipients and Applicants (HUD 
424-B), Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL), Certification 
Regarding Lobbying Activities (Lobbying Form), HUD-2880 Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure/Update Report, Project Abstract Form, and Budget 
Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A), OMB Control No.: 
2501-0017

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 7, 2022.

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 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) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed form. Persons with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
    Electronic Submission of Comments. Interested persons may also 
submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
at www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit 
comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the 
commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely 
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make them immediately available to 
the public. Comments submitted electronically through the 
www.regulations.gov website can be viewed by other commenters and 
interested members of the public. Commenters should follow the 
instructions provided on that site to submit comments electronically.

    Note:  To receive consideration as public comments, comments 
must be submitted through one of the methods specified above. Again, 
all submissions must refer to the docket number and title of the 
notice.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorthera Yorkshire, Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer, Grants Management and Oversight Division, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St. SW Room 
10162, Washington, DC 20410 or by email [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-4336. 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. Copies 
of the proposed data collection form may be requested from Ms. Collette 
Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Department is soliciting comments prior to submitting 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). HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Proposal: HUD Standardized Grant Application Forms: 
Detailed Budget Form (HUD 424-CB) HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet (HUD 
424-CBW), HUD Funding Matrix (HUD 424-M), Application for Federal 
Assistance (SF 424), Assurances and Certifications for Applicants and 
Recipients (HUD 424-B), Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF LLL), 
Certification Regarding Lobbying Activities (Lobbying Form), Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (HUD 2880), Project Abstract Form, 
and Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF 424-A).
    Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0017.
    Additional OMB control numbers applicable to government wide 
standardized forms are also noted in this collection. As the burden is 
accounted for in those separate collections, it is not included in this 
calculation.
    4040-0004 SF 424 Grants.gov form.
    4040-0006 SF 424-A Grants.gov form.
    4040-0019 Project Abstract Summary Grants.gov form.
    4040-0013 SF LLL Grants.gov form.
    4040-0013 Lobbying Form Grants.gov form.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Approval is sought for revision of the Information Collection Request 
of HUD standardized forms which are used by various HUD programs that 
use a competitive application process to award financial assistance. 
The HUD Common Budget Form--(HUD 424-CB), the Common Budget Form 
Worksheet (HUD 424-CBW), the Assurances and Certifications Form--(HUD 
424-B), and the HUD Matrix (HUD-M) are used to offer standardized 
application forms. The Federal Financial Assistance Improvement Act of 
1999 (Pub. L. 106-107, signed November 20, 1999) encourages 
standardization.
    In addition, as noted under the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Control Number heading, the collection references a number of 
government-wide forms, including forms from the Standard Form (SF) 
Family, which are used for all HUD applications and available on 
grants.gov. The burden associated with these government-wide forms are 
reflected in separate OMB-sponsored government-wide information 
collections and are not reflected in this collection.
    Further, HUD combined into this collection form HUD 2880 Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (formerly approved under OMB control 
number 2501-0032) to consolidate public input and burden into one OMB 
control number. The form HUD 2880 is also updated to reflect changes to 
the information respondents report in the Employee ID field under Part 
III of the form. For each person reported in Part III, HUD expects 
applicants to provide a unique ID that is not the person's social 
security number. Lastly, the

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updated form HUD 2880 includes updates to the certification language, 
which now reads as follows:

    I/We, the undersigned, certify under penalty of perjury that the 
information provided above is true, correct, and accurate. Warning: 
If you knowingly make a false statement on this form, you may be 
subject to criminal and/or civil penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1001. In 
addition, any person who knowingly and materially violates any 
required disclosures of information, including intentional non-
disclosure, is subject to civil money penalty not to exceed $10,000 
for each violation.

    All HUD-specific forms in this information collection have been 
modified to include updated Paperwork Reduction Act burden statements, 
in order to comply with 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3). The burden statements now 
reads as follows:

    The public reporting burden for this collection of information 
is estimated to average [X] hours per response, including the time 
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of the requested information. Comments 
regarding the accuracy of this burden estimate and any suggestions 
for reducing this burden can be sent to the Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
St SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000. Do not send completed 
forms to this address. This agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. The 
information you provide will enable HUD to carry out its 
responsibilities under this Act and ensure greater accountability 
and integrity in the provision of certain types of assistance 
administered by HUD. This information is required to obtain the 
benefit sought in the HUD program. Failure to provide any required 
information may delay the processing of your application and may 
result in sanctions and penalties including of the administrative 
and civil money penalties specified under 24 CFR 4.38. This 
information will not be held confidential and may be made available 
to the public in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552).

    Members of affected public: Applicants for HUD's competitively 
funded financial assistance programs.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The forms referenced in this Notice 
are used by entities when they apply for financial assistance for HUD's 
competitive programs. HUD receives roughly 14,375 applications on an 
annual basis, HUD expects 14,375 respondents who may complete the major 
forms. However, respondents have the option to complete one of several 
budget forms (SF 424-A, HUD 424-CB, HUD-424CBW, or HUD 424-M), 
depending on the requirements associated with the financial assistance 
program. HUD estimates an hourly rate of $65.15 per hour \1\ for 
individuals completing the form. The total estimated burden on 
respondents would thus reach $2,902,432.50 on an annual basis. This is 
shown in Estimated Burden on Respondents Table 1 below. The actual 
burden is assessed by each HUD program.
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    \1\ Estimated cost for respondents is calculated from the March 
2022 Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics report on 
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation determined that the hourly 
rate of management, professional and related wages and salaries 
averaged $44.28 per hour plus $20.87 per hour for fringe benefits 
for a total $65.15 per hour.

                                                        Table 1--Estimated Burden on Respondents
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                                                             Number of                       Hours per
                          Form                              respondents      Frequency      respondent      Total hours    Cost per hour    Total cost
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SF 424..................................................          11,500             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SF LLL..................................................          11,375             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
Lobbying Form...........................................          14,375             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
SF 424-A................................................          11,500             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
Project Abstract Summary................................          14,375             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
HUD 424-B...............................................          11,500             1.2  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
HUD 424-CB..............................................           1,375             1.2               3           4,950           65.15    $ 322,492.50
HUD 424-CBW.............................................           1,375             1.2               3           4,950           65.15      322,492.50
HUD 424-M...............................................             250             1.2             0.5             150           65.15        9,772.50
HUD 2880................................................          14,375             1.2               2          34,500           65.15    2,247,675.00
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    Total...............................................          14,375  ..............             8.5          44,550  ..............    2,902,432.50
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    Estimation of the Cost to the Federal government: The following 
table shows the estimated burden of Federal financial assistance 
review. HUD estimates the cost of the maximum burden on HUD staff would 
total at most $3,989,793.60 for the HUD-specific forms, and 
$12,749,436.60 for all forms in Table 1. These estimates assume that 
each form would be reviewed for one hour by a GS-13 step 5 performing a 
review, and then by a GS-14 and a GS-15 who will look at summary 
results on an annual basis.\2\
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    \2\ Federal staff time is estimated for a GS-13 step 5 hourly 
rate at $58.01 per hour (from the Office of Personnel Management and 
the table with Washington-Baltimore-Arlington locality pay), plus 
16% fringe benefit for a total of $67.29 per hour, as well as 15 
minutes each for a GS-14 step 5 at $72.19/hour and a GS-15 step 5 at 
$84.91/hour, based on similar calculations bringing the blended 
total to $106.57/hour for each form submitted.
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting 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.

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C. Authority

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 
amended.

George Tomchick,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-16883 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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