83 FR 56091 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HOPE VI Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street Programs: Funding and Program Data Collection

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 218 (November 9, 2018)

HUD 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 30 days of public comment.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56091-56092]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24489]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7001-N-55]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HOPE VI 
Implementation and HOPE VI Main Street Programs: Funding and Program 
Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD 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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 10, 2018.

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: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [email protected], or 
telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. Person with 
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. 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 
August 3, 2018 at 83 FR 38162.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: HOPE VI Implementation and HOPE VI 
Main Street Programs: Funding and Program Data Collection.
    OMB Approved Number: 2577-0208.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-52825-A, HUD-52861, and HUD-53001-A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 535 of 
the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub L. 105-
276, 112 Stat. 2461, approved October 21, 1998) and revised by the HOPE 
VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main Street Rejuvenation 
and Housing Act of 2003 (Pub. L.108-186, 117 Stat. 2685, approved 
December 16, 2003), established the HOPE VI program for the purpose of 
making assistance available on a competitive basis to Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) in improving the living environment for Public Housing 
residents of severely distressed Public Housing projects through the 
demolition, rehabilitation, reconfiguration, or replacement of severely 
distressed public housing projects (or portions thereof); and, 
beginning in Fiscal Year 2004, in rejuvenating the traditional or 
historic downtown areas of smaller units of local government. Funds 
were appropriated for competitive HOPE VI Implementation Notices of 
Funding Availability (NOFAs) through Fiscal Year 2011. The program 
title has changed from ``HOPE VI Application'' to ``HOPE VI and HOPE VI 
Main Street Program,'' to better describe this collection. The 
remaining HOPE VI Implementation grants account for most of the burden. 
However, HOPE VI funds are no longer being appropriated. HOPE VI Main 
Street funds are being funded through the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative appropriations.
    Collections in support of the HOPE VI Implementation NOFAs, which 
ended in 2011, are being deleted from this ICR, which include forms 
HUD-52860-A, HUD-52774, HUD-52780, HUD-52785, HUD-52787, HUD-52790, 
HUD-52797, HUD-52798, HUD-52799, HUD-52800, SF-424, SF-LLL, HUD-2880, 
HUD-96010, HUD-96011 and HUD-52861. The total burden is decreasing from 
26,516 hours to 3,980 hours and the cost is decreasing from 
$1,156,305.00 to $226,860.
    Currently, there are approximately 55 HOPE VI Implementation grants 
that remain active and must be monitored by HUD. HUD publishes 
competitive bi-annual NOFAs for the HOPE VI Main Street program and 
monitors grants that have been awarded through those NOFAs.
    These information collections are required in connection with the 
monitoring of the remaining active HOPE VI Implementation grants and 
the bi-annual publication on http://www.grants.gov of HOPE VI Main 
Street NOFAs, contingent upon available funding and authorization, 
which announce the availability of funds provided in annual 
appropriations for Section 24 of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended.
    Eligible units of local government interested in obtaining HOPE VI 
Main Street grants are required to submit applications to HUD, as 
explained in each NOFA. The information collection conducted in the 
applications enables HUD to conduct a comprehensive, merit-based 
selection process in order to identify and select the applications to 
receive funding. With the use of HUD-prescribed forms, the information 
collection provides HUD with sufficient information to approve or 
disapprove applications.
    Applicants that are awarded HOPE VI Implementation grants are 
required to report on a quarterly basis on the sources and uses of all 
amounts expended for the Implementation grant revitalization 
activities. HOPE VI Implementation grantees use a fully-automated, 
internet-based process for the submission of quarterly reporting 
information. HUD reviews and evaluates the collected information and 
uses it as a primary tool with which to monitor the status of HOPE VI 
projects and the HOPE VI programs.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Agencies and 
units of local Governments.

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                                                           Frequency per   Responses per    Burden per      Burden per      Hourly cost
               Collection                   Respondents        annum           annum         response          annum       per response     Annual cost
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HOPE VI Main Street Application:
    Main Street NOFA Narrative Exhibits.               5             0.5             2.5              80             200             $57      $11,400.00
    Main Street NOFA 52861 Application                 5             0.5             2.5              15              38              57        2,137.50
     Data Sheet.........................
    Main Street NOFA Project Area Map...               5             0.5             2.5               1               3              57          142.50
    Main Street NOFA Program Schedule...               5             0.5             2.5               4              10              57          570.00
    Main Street NOFA Photographs of site               5             0.5             2.5               5              13              57          712.50
    Main Street NOFA Five-year Pro-forma               5             0.5             2.5               5              13              57          712.50
    Main Street NOFA Site Plan and Unit                5             0.5             2.5              10              25              57        1,425.00
     Layout.............................
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        Subtotal........................               5  ..............            17.5  ..............             300  ..............       17,100.00
Non-NOFA Collections:                     ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............
    On-line Quarterly Reporting.........              55               4             220              16           3,520              57      200,640.00
    52825-A HOPE VI Budget updates......              40               1              75               2             150              57        8,550.00
    53001-A Actual HOPE VI Cost                       20               1              20             0.5              10              57          570.00
     Certificate........................
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        Subtotal........................             115  ..............             315  ..............           3,680  ..............      209,760.00
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            Total Burden................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,980  ..............      226,860.00
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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.
    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. 
Chapter 35.

    Dated: October 31, 2018.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-24489 Filed 11-8-18; 8:45 am]
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