[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44698-44700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11110]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7082-N-04]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing 
Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program, OMB Control No.: 
2506-0133

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: July 22, 2024.

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 
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 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; 
telephone 202-402-3577 (this is not a toll-free number) or email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Donze, Senior Program Financial 
Operations Specialist, Office of HIV/AIDS Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; 
email Claire Donze at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-2365. 
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 
Claire Donze.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

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A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Housing Opportunities for Persons 
With AIDS (HOPWA): Grant Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Closeout.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0133.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-4153, HUD-4154, HUD-4155, SF-425.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    The current Paperwork Reduction Act approval under OMB Control No. 
2506-0133 covers reporting, record keeping, and application 
requirements for both the HOPWA formula and competitive grant programs. 
The competitive grant program includes new competitive grants and 
renewal/replacement grants. This revision applies to reporting and 
closeout requirements for all HOPWA grantees.
    This submission requests to add additional data elements to form 
HUD-4155, remove forms that are no longer needed, remove pre-award 
information that will be covered with a child submission through the 
HUD generic information collection request under OMB Control Number 
2501-0044, adjust language in form HUD-4154, update form HUD-4153 to 
reflect published Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs), and add grant 
closeout to the paperwork collection package with a new HOPWA grant 
closeout form.
    The addition of information collection for grant closeout will 
apply to all HOPWA grantees. The use of a new HOPWA grant closeout 
certification form, the SF425, and all other relevant reports to the 
grant project will ensure grantees are able to close active grants when 
the project is complete by determining that all applicable 
administrative actions and all required work of the grant have been 
completed by the grantee.
    HUD systematically reviews and conducts data analysis in order to 
prepare national and individual grantee performance profiles that are 
not only used to measure program performance against benchmark goals 
and objectives, but also to communicate the program's achievement and 
contributions towards Departmental strategic goals. HUD plans to 
continue using the data elements in this submission for these purposes.
    Respondents: HOPWA competitive and renewal grant applicants, and 
all HOPWA formula, competitive, and renewal grantees.

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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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Consolidated APR/CAPER data                  258.00            1.00          258.00           40.00         10,320.00          $28.73        $296,493.60
 elements (HUD-4155)...............
HUD-4154, HIV Housing Care                    40.00            1.00           40.00           20.00            800.00           28.73          22,984.00
 Continuum Model Report (new
 competitive SPNS grant only)......
HUD-4153, SPNS Grant Model Report             40.00            1.00           40.00           40.00          1,600.00           28.73          45,968.00
 (new competitive SPNS grant only).
Recordkeeping for Competitive, PSH,          258.00            1.00          258.00           60.00         1,5480.00           28.73         444,740.40
 and Formula Grantees..............
Grant Amendments (budget change,              30.00            1.00           30.00            6.00            180.00           28.73           5,171.40
 extension, or early termination)..
Grant Closeout (closeout                     258.00            1.00          200.00           12.00          2,400.00           28.73          68,952.00
 certification, SF425, and all
 financial, performance, and other
 reports required as a condition of
 the grant)........................
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    Total..........................          884.00  ..............          826.00  ..............         30,780.00  ..............        $884,309.40
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    HOPWA grantees and applicants may be required to respond to more 
than one piece of information collection. All annualized costs reflect 
staff time spent on tasks in the table. The hourly rate of $28.73 is 
based on a GS-9 for Rest of United States. 10,320 hours * $28.73 = 
$296,493.
    The estimated costs under this OMB approval number in this request 
is lower than previous approval. This accounts for the removal of forms 
HUD-40110-C/D, and removal of pre-award information. Updates on the 
chart also include the addition of grant closeout,

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increases for a larger number of new competitive SPNS grants, and 
higher hourly wage.

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.
    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. 
3507.

Marion M. McFadden,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
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