[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71351-71352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7052-N-06; OMB Control No. 2506-0165]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Disaster 
Recovery Grant Reporting System

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and 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: January 23, 2023.

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, Management Analyst, 
REE, 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. HUD welcomes and is 
prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of 
hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication 
disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone 
call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Tennille Smith Parker, Director, 
Disaster Recovery and Special Issues Division, Office of Block Grant 
Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Tennille Smith Parker at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-708-3587. This is not a toll-
free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from 
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals 
with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to 
make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 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.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting 
System (DRGR).
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0165.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Form Number: SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    The Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) System is a grants 
management system used by the Office of Community Planning and 
Development to monitor special appropriation grants under the Community 
Development Block Grant program. This collection pertains to Community 
Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), Community 
Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), Community Development 
Block Grant National Disaster Resilience Competition (CDBG-NDR), 
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), Rural Capacity Building 
(RCB), Section 4, and Recovery Housing Program (RHP) grant funds.
    The CDBG program is authorized under Title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Following major 
disasters, Congress appropriates supplemental CDBG funds for disaster 
recovery. According to Section 104(e)(1) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, HUD is responsible for reviewing grantees' 
compliance with applicable requirements and their continuing capacity 
to carry out their programs. Grant funds are made available to states 
and units of general local government, Indian tribes, and insular 
areas, unless provided otherwise by supplemental appropriations 
statute, based on their unmet disaster recovery needs.
    The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) was established for 
the purpose of stabilizing communities that have suffered from 
foreclosures and property abandonment. Authorized under Section 1497 of 
the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 
111-203, approved July 21, 2010) (``NSP3''), NSP3 Technical Assistance 
(TA) provides $20 million to organizations that are experienced and 
successful in providing program, technical, planning, financial, and 
organizational capacity building assistance, or consulting in such 
areas as community development, affordable housing, organizational 
management, financing and underwriting, construction and rehabilitation 
management, land banking, project management and strategic planning.
    Through the funding of national organizations with expertise in 
rural housing and community development, the Rural Capacity Building 
(RCB) and Section 4 programs enhance the capacity and ability of local 
governments, Indian tribes, housing development organizations, rural 
Community Development Corporations (CDCs), and rural Community Housing 
Development Organizations (CHDOs), to carry out community development 
and affordable housing activities that benefit low-and moderate-income 
families and persons in rural areas.
    The Recovery Housing Program (RHP) was authorized under section 
8071 of the Support for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act. HUD 
published its formula in the Federal Register on April 17, 2019 (84 FR 
16027), identifying the 35 eligible grantees and allocation 
percentages. Section 8071 of the SUPPORT Act (Section 8071) required 
funds appropriated or made available for the RHP be treated as CDBG 
funds under title I of the Housing and Community Act of 1974, unless 
otherwise provided in Section 8071 or modified by waivers and 
alternative requirements.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,378.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 46,150.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Average Hours per Response: Varies.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 59,890.50 hours and cost of $1,861,995.10.

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:

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    (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, Marion McFadden, 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 Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-25365 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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