Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Emergency Comment Request - Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application

Federal Register: March 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 61)

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5187-N-16

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;

Emergency Comment Request; Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance

Application

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and

Development.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 4, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Paperwork Reduction

Act Compliance Officer, QDAM Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Lillian_Deitzer@hud.gov, telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a toll- free number. Copies of documentation submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, for emergency processing, a proposed information collection requirement as described below. This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) 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.

This notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Consolidated Plan and Annual Performance Report.

Description of Information Collection: Information is to be used in the rating, ranking, and selection of proposals submitted to HUD by state and local governments, public housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations for awarded funds under the Continuum of Care Homeless

Assistance programs.

OMB Control Number: 2506-0112.

Agency Form Numbers: HUD 40090-1, HUD 40090-2, HUD 40090-3a and

HUD 40090-3b.

Members of Affected Public: Eligible applicants interested in applying for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance funds.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of responses, and hours of response: The estimated total number of burden hours needed to prepare the information collection is 469,700; the number of respondents is 700; the frequency of response for each form varies from weekly, quarterly and annually.

Status: This is a revision of a currently approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: March 21, 2008.

Lillian Deitzer,

Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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