30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: State Community Development Block (CDBG) Program
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 Reduc...
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:
April 24, 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:
OIRA_Submission@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 Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov
or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech
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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 January 23, 2014.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Comment Request, State Community Development Block (CDBG) Program.
OMB Approval Number:
2506-0085.
Type of Request:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number:
HUD-40108.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA), requires grant recipients that receive CDBG funding to retain records necessary to document compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements on an on-going basis. Grantees must also submit an annual performance and evaluation report to demonstrate progress that it has made in carrying out its consolidated plan, and such records as may be necessary to facilitate review and audit by HUD of the grantee's administration of CDBG funds [Section 104(e)]. The statute also requires [Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct an annual review to determine whether states have distributed funds to units of general local government in a timely manner. Respondents (i.e. affected public): This information collection applies to 50 State CDBG Grantees (49 states and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Number of Responses:
50.
Frequency of Response:
The frequency of the response to the collection of information is annual at 1.5 hour per response with a total of 75 hours reporting burden. The record keeping burden for program compliance is already included under the currently approved information collection. The estimate of the annual reporting and recordkeeping is 112,180 hours for 50 grant recipients.
Total Estimated Burdens:
112,180.
Note:
Preparer of this notice may substitute the chart for everything beginning with estimated number of respondents above.
Information collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Responses
per annum
Burden
hour per
response
Annual
burden
hours
Hourly
cost per
response
Annual
cost
PER
50
1
1
237
11,850
Recordkeeping: States Localities
50
3,500
On-going
On-going
176
26.13
8,800
91,456
Timely Distribution Form:
50
1
1
1.5
75
Total
112,180
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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapters 35.
Dated: March 12, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
79 FR 16362
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: State Community Development Block (CDBG) Program,” thefederalregister.org (March 25, 2014), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2014-06562/30-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-state-community-development-block-cdbg-program.
44 U.S.C. Chapters 35