[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68919-68920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19191]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7080-N-38]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Paperwork 
Reduction Act Submission--Proposed Information Collection Revision for 
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program, OMB 
Control No.: 2506-0133

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: September 27, 2024.

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 [email protected] or 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 [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 May 21, 
2024 at 89 FR 44698.

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, HOPWA closeout 
certification (HUD-4158).
    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

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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 elements           258.00            1.00          258.00           40.00       10,320.00          $28.73        $296,493.60
 (HUD-4155)..........................
HUD-4154, HIV Housing Care Continuum            40.00            1.00           40.00           20.00          800.00           28.73          22,984.00
 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       15,480.00           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 HUD-XXXX, 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, 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.
    (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. 
3507.

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
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