Notice of Information Collection and Request for Public Comment

• Published date: 07 February 2022
• Citation: 87 FR 6944
• Record Number: 2022-02448
• Section: Notices
• Court: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,Treasury Department

Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 25 (Monday, February 7, 2022)

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 25 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 6944]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2022-02448]
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                DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
                Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
                Notice of Information Collection and Request for Public Comment
                ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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                SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
                effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
                public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
                on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
                the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Currently, the
                Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S.
                Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the
                Certification of Material Events Form.
                DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 8, 2022 to
                be assured of consideration.
                ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via email to Heather Hunt, Office of
                Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation (OCME) Program Manager, CDFI Fund,
                at [email protected].
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Hunt, OCME Program Manager,
                CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
                NW, Washington, DC 20220 or by phone at (202) 653-0385. The
                Certification of Material Events Form may be obtained from the CDFI
                Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov/news. Other information
                regarding the CDFI Fund and its programs may be obtained through the
                CDFI Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Title: Certification of Material Events Form.
                 OMB Number: 1559-0037.
                 Abstract: This information collection captures information related
                to specified ``material events'' that recipients and/or allocatees are
                required to report per applicable Assistance, Award, Allocation, or
                Bond Loan Agreement for New Markets Tax Credit Program, CDFI Bond
                Guarantee Program, Bank Enterprise Award Program, Small Dollar Loan
                Program, Capital Magnet Fund Program, CDFI Program/Native American CDFI
                Assistance Program, including Technical Assistance, Financial
                Assistance, Healthy Food Financing Initiative Financial Assistance,
                Disability Funds Financial Assistance, Persistent Poverty Counties
                Financial Assistance, and/or the CDFI Rapid Response Program. The
                revised form requires recipients and/or allocatees to indicate their
                material event, explain the event, and describe their organization's
                response.
                 Type of Review: Regular Review.
                 Affected Public: CDFIs and CDEs; including business or other for-
                profit institutions, non-profit entities, and State, local and Tribal
                entities participating in CDFI Fund programs.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
                 Estimated Annual Time per Respondent: .25 hours.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
                 Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this
                notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB
                approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments
                are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary
                for the proper performance of the functions of the CDFI Fund, including
                whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
                of the CDFI Fund's estimate of the burden of the collection of
                information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
                the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
                collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
                technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of
                operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide
                information.
                 Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.; 26 U.S.C. 45D.
                Jodie L. Harris,
                Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
                [FR Doc. 2022-02448 Filed 2-4-22; 8:45 am]
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