[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31517-31518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10507]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-25]


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

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 16, 2023.

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 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. Interested 
persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, 
REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 
Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7th Street 
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. 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 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. 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 
February 28, 2023 at 88 FR 12693.

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

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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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                                                                                                       Burden      Annual    Hourly cost
                Information collection                    Number of     Frequency of     Responses    hour per     burden        per        Annual cost
                                                         respondents      response       per annum    response      hours      response
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576.100(b)(2) Emergency Shelter and Street Outreach               360               1           360           1         360        45.14       16,250.40
 Cap.................................................
576.400(a) Consultation with Continuums of Care......             360               1           360           6    2,160.00        45.14       97,502.40
576.400(b) Coordination with other Targeted Homeless         2,360.00               1      2,360.00           8   18,880.00        45.14      852,243.20
 Services............................................
576.400(c) System and Program Coordination with              2,360.00               1      2,360.00          16   37,760.00        45.14    1,704,486.40
 Mainstream Resources................................
576.400(d) Centralized or Coordinated Assessment.....        2,000.00               1      2,000.00           3    6,000.00        45.14      270,840.00
576.400(e) Written Standards for Determining the                  808               1           808           5    4,040.00        45.14      182,365.60
 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 Resources.......       78,000.00               3    234,000.00        0.25   58,500.00        45.14    2,640,690.00
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 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 comments in response to 
these questions.

C. 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. 2023-10507 Filed 5-16-23; 8:45 am]
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