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60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan and Annual Performance Report; OMB Control No: 2506-0117
HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is req...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan and Annual Performance Report.
OMB Approval Number:
2506-0117.
Type of Request:
Extension.
Form Number:
N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The Department's collection of this information is in compliance with statutory provisions of the Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions to submit a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (Section 105(b)); the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, that requires states and localities to submit a Community Development Plan (Section 104(b)(4) and Section 104(m)); and statutory provisions of these Acts that requires states and localities to submit applications and reports for these formula grant programs. The information is needed to provide HUD with preliminary assessment as to the statutory and regulatory eligibility of proposed grantee projects for informing citizens of intended uses of program funds.
Members of the Affected Public:
States and local governments participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), the Emergency Solutions Grants Program (ESG), the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/HIV Program (HOPWA) or the Housing Trust Fund (HTF).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,197 localities and 50 states.
Estimated Number of Responses:
Consolidated Plan and Performance Reports.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1.
Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports:
2, 474 localities, 100 states.*
Average Hours per Response:
305 (localities), 741 (states).
Total Estimated Burdens:
414,335.
* Includes combined Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan and separate performance report.
| Information collection |
Number of
respondents |
Frequency
of
response |
Responses
per annum |
Burden
hour per
response |
Annual
burden
hours |
Hourly
cost per
response |
Annual cost |
| Consolidated Plan & Performance Reports |
$1,237.00
50.00 |
1
1 |
$1,237.00
50.00 |
305
741 |
$377,285
37,050 |
$47.53
47.53 |
$17,932,356
1,760,986 |
| Localities |
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| States |
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| * Total number of respondents of 1,294 = sum of localities (1,237) and states (50). Total localities of 1,237 includes 1,237 entitlements + 3 non-entitlements (Hawaii, Kauai, Maui) and four Insular Areas (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). |
| ** Estimates assume a blended hourly rate that is equivalent to a GS-12, Step 1, Federal Government Employee. |
B. Solicitation of Public 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 comments in response to these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
David C. Woll, Jr.,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.