[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12693-12695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04072]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7066-N-02]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Emergency 
Solutions Grant Data Collection, OMB Control No.: 2506-0089

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: May 1, 2023.

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be sent within 60 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 60-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit 
comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and 
can be sent to: Anna Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, 
Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5535 for Anna (this is not 
a toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a copy of the 
proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norm Suchar, Director, Office of 
Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410. HUD welcomes and is 
prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of 
hearing, as well as individuals with speech or 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: Emergency Solutions Grants Program 
Recordkeeping Requirements.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0089.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
submission is to request an revision of a currently approved collection 
for the reporting burden associated with program and recordkeeping 
requirements that Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program recipients 
will be expected to implement and retain. This submission is limited to 
the recordkeeping burden under the ESG program. To see the regulations 
for the ESG program and applicable supplementary documents, visit the 
ESG page on the HUD Exchange at https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/esg/. The statutory provisions and the implementing interim regulations 
(also found at 24 CFR 576) that govern the program require these 
recordkeeping requirements.
    Respondents: ESG recipient and subrecipient lead persons.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: The ESG record keeping 
requirements include 18 distinct activities. Each activity requires a 
different number of respondents ranging from 20 to 78,000. There are 
78,000 unique respondents.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 546,116.
    Frequency of Response: Each activity also has a unique frequency of 
response, ranging from once annually to monthly.
    Average Hours per Response: Each activity also has a unique 
associated number of hours of response, ranging from 15 minutes to 12 
hours and 45 minutes.
    Total Estimated Burdens: The total number of hours needed for all 
reporting is 387,522 hours.

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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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576.100(b)(2) Emergency Shelter and                  360               1             360               1             360           45.14       16,250.40
 Street Outreach Cap....................
576.400(a) Consultation with Continuums              360               1             360               6        2,160.00           45.14       97,502.40
 of Care................................
576.400(b) Coordination with other              2,360.00               1        2,360.00               8       18,880.00           45.14      852,243.20
 Targeted Homeless Services.............
576.400(c) System and Program                   2,360.00               1        2,360.00              16       37,760.00           45.14    1,704,486.40
 Coordination with Mainstream Resources.
576.400(d) Centralized or Coordinated           2,000.00               1        2,000.00               3        6,000.00           45.14      270,840.00
 Assessment.............................
576.400(e) Written Standards for                     808               1             808               5        4,040.00           45.14      182,365.60
 Determining the Amount of Assistance...
576.400(f) Participation in HMIS........       78,000.00               1       78,000.00             0.5       39,000.00           45.14    1,760,460.00
576.401(a) Initial Evaluation...........       50,000.00               1       50,000.00               1       50,000.00           45.14    2,257,000.00
576.401(b) Recertification..............       20,000.00               2       40,000.00             0.5       20,000.00           45.14      902,800.00
576.401(d) Connection to Mainstream            78,000.00               3      234,000.00            0.25       58,500.00           45.14    2,640,690.00
 Resources..............................
576.401(e) Housing retention plan.......       50,000.00               1       50,000.00            0.75       37,500.00           45.14    1,692,750.00
576.402 Terminating Assistance..........             808               1             808               4        3,232.00           45.14      145,892.48
576.403 Habitability review.............       52,000.00               1       52,000.00             0.6       31,200.00           45.14    1,408,368.00
576.405 Homeless Participation..........        2,360.00              12       28,320.00               1       28,320.00           45.14    1,278,364.80
576.500 Recordkeeping Requirements......        2,360.00               1        2,360.00           12.75       30,090.00           45.14    1,358,262.60
576.501(b) Remedial Actions.............              20               1              20               8             160           45.14        7,222.40
576.501(c) Recipient Sanctions..........             360               1             360              12        4,320.00           45.14      195,004.80
576.501(c) Subrecipient Response........        2,000.00               1        2,000.00               8       16,000.00           45.14      722,240.00
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    Total...............................       78,000.00  ..............      546,116.00  ..............      387,522.00  ..............   17,492,743.08
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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

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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 Register Liaison, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-04072 Filed 2-27-23; 8:45 am]
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