Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request; Choice Neighborhoods, 52544-52545 [2010-21198]
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Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
Programs, and Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5377–N–03]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request; HUD
NEPA ARRA Section 1609(c) Reporting
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and extension of the current
approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 25,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval number and should be sent to:
Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410–
5000; telephone (202) 402–5564 (this is
not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr.
Leroy McKinney, Jr. at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed form, or other available
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Bien, Director, Environmental
Review Division, Office of Environment
and Energy, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail:
Charles.Bien@hud.gov; telephone (202)
402–4462. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice is soliciting comments from
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
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practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: HUD NEPA ARRA
Section 1609(c) Reporting.
Description of Information Collection:
The temporary electronic form will be
provided by HUD to be used by grantees
[i.e., Respondents] for the purpose of
complying with the ARRA Section
1609(c) statutory requirement. Grantees
who receive American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for
projects must report on the status and
progress of their projects and activities
with respect to compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) requirements and
documentation. HUD will consolidate
and transmit the information received
from grantees to the Council on
Environmental Quality and OMB for the
Administration’s reports to the House
and Senate committees designated in
the legislation.
OMB Control Number: 2506–0187.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: Notfor-profit institutions, State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
responses, frequency of responses, and
hours of responses: Estimated number of
respondents is 6,000. Frequency of
response is quarterly. Annual number of
responses is 24,000 (6,000 × 4). Estimate
30 minutes for response. Annualized
burden hours is 12,000 (24,000 × 0.5
hours).
Status of the proposed information
collection: Revision.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
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Mercedes M. Marquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5376–N–85]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Choice
Neighborhoods
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended). The Department is soliciting
public comments on the subject
proposal, to assure better understanding
of the reporting requirements and
consistency in the submission of data.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should
refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
approval number and should be sent to:
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; e-mail: OIRA_Submission
@omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410–
5000; telephone 202–402–8048, (this is
not a toll-free number) or email Mr.
McKinney at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms, or other available
information. Copies of available
documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has submitted to
OMB, for emergency processing, a
proposed information collection that
supports the Choice Neighborhoods
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
Title of Proposed Notice: Choice
Neighborhoods.
Description of Information Collection:
This is a new information collection.
The Department of Housing and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2010
SUMMARY:
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(Pub. L. 111–117, enacted on December
16, 2009) permits the HUD Secretary to
use up to $65,000,000 of the HOPE VI
appropriations for a Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative demonstration.
With FY 2010 funding, the Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative is a
demonstration program under section
24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437v). Thus,
except as otherwise specified in the
appropriations act, the HOPE VI
program requirements and selection
criteria will apply to Choice
Neighborhoods grants for FY 2010. In
preparation for the competitive process
to award funding, HUD posted on its
Web site a pre-notice to help potential
applicants prepare for the application
process. The pre-notice sets forth the
core goals of the initiative, identifies key
program elements and activities, and
outlines the framework of the
competition HUD will use to award FY
2010 funding. The actual Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) will
contain the selection criteria for
awarding Choice Neighborhoods grants
and specific requirements that will
apply to selected grantees.
Building upon the successes achieved
and the lessons learned from the HOPE
VI program, Choice Neighborhoods will
employ a comprehensive approach to
community development centered on
housing transformation. The program
aims to transform neighborhoods of
poverty into viable mixed-income
neighborhoods with access to economic
opportunities by revitalizing severely
distressed public and assisted housing
and investing and leveraging
investments in well-functioning
services, effective schools and education
programs, public assets, public
transportation, and improved access to
jobs. Choice Neighborhoods grants will
primarily fund the transformation of
public and/or HUD-assisted housing
developments through preservation,
rehabilitation, and management
improvements as well as demolition and
new construction. In addition, these
funds can be used on a limited basis
(and combined with other funding) for
improvements to the surrounding
community, public services, facilities,
assets and supportive services. Choice
Neighborhoods grant funds are intended
to catalyze other investments that will
be directed toward necessary
community improvements. The
leveraging of other sources will be
necessary to address other key
neighborhood assets and achieve the
program’s core goals. This may include
resources from other HUD programs,
such as the Community Development
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Block Grant and Section 108 Loan
Guarantee programs, as well as from
other Federal, State, local and private
programs or entities. HUD is working
with other Federal agencies to integrate
Choice Neighborhoods with other
Federal place-based programs.
OMB Control Number: 2577–Pending.
Agency Form Number: 2577–Pending.
Members of Affected Public: Local
governments, public housing
authorities, nonprofits, and for-project
developers that apply jointly with a
public entity.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of responses,
and hours of responses: For Choice
Neighborhoods Round 1: Burden hours
per response total 58.09 for
Implementation Grant applications, and
35.59 for Planning Grant applications.
For FY 2010, applicants may only
submit an Implementation Grant
application or a Planning Grant
application, not both. The total burden
hours, estimating 100 respondents for
each grant application type, is 5,809 for
Implementation Grants, and 3,559 for
Planning Grants.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is a new information
Collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5377–N–02]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request, State
Community Development Block
(CDBG) Program
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 25,
2010.
SUMMARY:
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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:
Leroy McKinney, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC
20410; telephone, 202–402–5564 (this is
not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr.
McKinney at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva
Fontheim at (202) 402–3461 (this is not
a toll free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed
collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
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) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (3) enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
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.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: State Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2506–0085.
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
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5376-N-85]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Choice Neighborhoods
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal, to
assure better understanding of the reporting requirements and
consistency in the submission of data.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or
OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503; e-mail: OIRA--Submission @omb.eop.gov; fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000;
telephone 202-402-8048, (this is not a toll-free number) or email Mr.
McKinney at Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms,
or other available information. Copies of available documents submitted
to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection that
supports the Choice Neighborhoods Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA).
Title of Proposed Notice: Choice Neighborhoods.
Description of Information Collection: This is a new information
collection. The Department of Housing and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2010
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(Pub. L. 111-117, enacted on December 16, 2009) permits the HUD
Secretary to use up to $65,000,000 of the HOPE VI appropriations for a
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative demonstration. With FY 2010 funding,
the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative is a demonstration program under
section 24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1437v). Thus, except as otherwise specified in the appropriations act,
the HOPE VI program requirements and selection criteria will apply to
Choice Neighborhoods grants for FY 2010. In preparation for the
competitive process to award funding, HUD posted on its Web site a pre-
notice to help potential applicants prepare for the application
process. The pre-notice sets forth the core goals of the initiative,
identifies key program elements and activities, and outlines the
framework of the competition HUD will use to award FY 2010 funding. The
actual Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) will contain the selection
criteria for awarding Choice Neighborhoods grants and specific
requirements that will apply to selected grantees.
Building upon the successes achieved and the lessons learned from
the HOPE VI program, Choice Neighborhoods will employ a comprehensive
approach to community development centered on housing transformation.
The program aims to transform neighborhoods of poverty into viable
mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities by
revitalizing severely distressed public and assisted housing and
investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services,
effective schools and education programs, public assets, public
transportation, and improved access to jobs. Choice Neighborhoods
grants will primarily fund the transformation of public and/or HUD-
assisted housing developments through preservation, rehabilitation, and
management improvements as well as demolition and new construction. In
addition, these funds can be used on a limited basis (and combined with
other funding) for improvements to the surrounding community, public
services, facilities, assets and supportive services. Choice
Neighborhoods grant funds are intended to catalyze other investments
that will be directed toward necessary community improvements. The
leveraging of other sources will be necessary to address other key
neighborhood assets and achieve the program's core goals. This may
include resources from other HUD programs, such as the Community
Development Block Grant and Section 108 Loan Guarantee programs, as
well as from other Federal, State, local and private programs or
entities. HUD is working with other Federal agencies to integrate
Choice Neighborhoods with other Federal place-based programs.
OMB Control Number: 2577-Pending.
Agency Form Number: 2577-Pending.
Members of Affected Public: Local governments, public housing
authorities, nonprofits, and for-project developers that apply jointly
with a public entity.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
responses, and hours of responses: For Choice Neighborhoods Round 1:
Burden hours per response total 58.09 for Implementation Grant
applications, and 35.59 for Planning Grant applications. For FY 2010,
applicants may only submit an Implementation Grant application or a
Planning Grant application, not both. The total burden hours,
estimating 100 respondents for each grant application type, is 5,809
for Implementation Grants, and 3,559 for Planning Grants.
Status of the proposed information collection: This is a new
information Collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-21198 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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