[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60706-60707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19037]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-46]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for 
Community Compass TA and Capacity Building Program NOFO and Awardee 
Reporting, OMB Control No.: 2506-0197

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: October 5, 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, Clearance 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 12692.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Application for HUD--Technical 
Assistance and Capacity Building Program Notice of Funding Opportunity 
(NOFO).
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0197.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Form Number: SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance, HUD-424B, 
HUD-424CB, HUD-424CBW-I, Grants.gov Certification Regarding Lobbying, 
HUD-2880 Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Report, HUD-50070 
Certification for a Drug-Free Workplan, HUD-4131, HUD-4132, HUD-4134, 
SF-425, SF-LLL, SF-424-Key Contacts, HUD-4133, HUD-4135, HUD-4136, HUD-
4137, HUD-4138, HUD-4139, and HUD-4140.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Application information is needed to determine competition winners, 
i.e., the technical assistance providers best able to help HUD's 
customers navigate complex housing and community development challenges 
by equipping HUD customers with the knowledge, skills, tools, capacity, 
and systems to implement HUD programs and policies successfully and 
sustainably and provide effective administrative and managerial 
oversight of HUD funding. Additional information is needed during the 
life of the award from the competition winner, i.e., the technical 
assistance providers to fulfill the administrative requirements of the 
award.

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Application/Pre-Award

    Respondents: Profit and non-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 60.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 118.14.
    Application/Pre-Award Total Estimated Burden: 7088.40.

Post-Award

    Estimated Number of Respondents/Awardees: 30.
    Work Plans: 10 per year/awardee.
    Average Hours per Response: 18.
    Reports: 4 per year/awardee.
    Average Hours per Response: 6.
    Recordkeeping: 12 per year/awardee.
    Average Hours per Response: 16.
    Post-Award Total Estimated Burden: 11070.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 18,158.40.

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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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Application/Pre-Award...................              60               1              60          115.14         6,908.4          $68.85     $475,643.34
Post-Award..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
Work Plans..............................              30              10             300              33           9,900           68.85      681,615.00
Reports.................................              30              12             360             1.5             540           68.85       37,179.00
Recordkeeping...........................              60               8             480          1.5625             750           68.85       51,637.50
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       18,158.40  ..............    1,246,074.84
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* Per OMB, Standard Form should be listed, but the burden does not need to be included as part of the collection.
** Estimated cost for respondents is calculated from the December 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 $47.37 per hour plus $21.48
  per hour for fringe benefits for a total $68.85 per hour.

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 comment 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. 2023-19037 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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