[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12334-12335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04274]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7094-N-01]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated
Plan, Annual Action Plan and Annual Performance Report; OMB Control No:
2506-0117
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 16, 2025.
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.regulations.gov. 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: Anna
Guido, Clearance Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban
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Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria Coates, Senior Community
Planning and Development Specialist, Entitlement Communities Division,
Office of Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
email at [email protected] or telephone (202) 402-2184. 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. Coates.
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: Consolidated Plan, Annual Action
Plan and Annual Performance Report.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0117.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Department's collection of this information is in compliance with
statutory provisions of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions to submit
a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (Section 105(b)); the
1974 Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, that requires
states and localities to submit a Community Development Plan (Section
104(b)(4) and Section 104(m)); and statutory provisions of these Acts
that requires states and localities to submit applications and reports
for these formula grant programs. The information is needed to provide
HUD with preliminary assessment as to the statutory and regulatory
eligibility of proposed grantee projects for informing citizens of
intended uses of program funds.
Members of the Affected Public: States and local governments
participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG),
the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), the Emergency Solutions
Grants Program (ESG), the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/
HIV Program (HOPWA) or the Housing Trust Fund (HTF).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,197 localities and 50 states.
Estimated Number of Responses: Consolidated Plan and Performance
Reports.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports: 2, 474 localities, 100
states.*
Average Hours per Response: 305 (localities), 741 (states).
Total Estimated Burdens: 414,335.
* Includes combined Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and
separate performance report.
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Frequency Burden Annual Hourly
Information collection Number of of Responses hour per burden cost per Annual cost
respondents response per annum response hours response
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Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports.......................... $1,237.00 1 $1,237.00 305 $377,285 $47.53 $17,932,356
50.00 1 50.00 741 37,050 47.53 1,760,986
Localities...................................................
States.......................................................
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* Total number of respondents of 1,294 = sum of localities (1,237) and states (50). Total localities of 1,237 includes 1,237 entitlements + 3 non-
entitlements (Hawaii, Kauai, Maui) and four Insular Areas (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands).
** Estimates assume a blended hourly rate that is equivalent to a GS-12, Step 1, Federal Government Employee.
B. Solicitation of Public 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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35.
David C. Woll, Jr.,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
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