30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Closeout Instructions for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs Grants
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)
Notices
Pages 58369-58370
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-23119
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Docket No. FR-5752-N-81
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Closeout Instructions for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs Grants
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at Colette Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 July 25, 2014.
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Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Closeout Instructions for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs Grants.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0193.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: Notice CPD-14-02 Includes HUD Forms: 40151, 40152, 40153, 40154, 40155, 40156, 40157, 40158, 40159, 40161, 40164, 40175, 40176, 40177, 40178, 40179, 40180, 40181, 40182, 40183, and 40184.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This information collection is being conducted by CPD Office of Block Grant Assistance to assist the Administrator of HUD in determining, as required by Section 104 (e) of the (HCDA) of 1974, and outlined in Subpart I (for States) and Subpart J (for entitlements) of the CDBG regulation, whether Grantees, have carried out eligible activities and its certifications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory requirements governing State CDBG, CDBG-R, Disaster Recovery, NSP1, NSP2 and NSP3 grants prior to closing the grant allocation.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Entitlement communities, Nonprofits, States and units of general local governments.
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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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Total............................... 3,088 Once during 204.5 17 738.5 $24.10 $17,797.85
the grant
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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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: September 22, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
FR Doc. 2014-23119 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am
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