Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Information Request Regarding Assistance: Certification of Consistency and Nexus Between Activities Proposed by the Applicant With Livability Principles Advanced in Preferred Sustainability Status Communities, 59714 [2011-24820]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 59714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24820]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5480-N-94]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Information Request Regarding Assistance: Certification of Consistency 
and Nexus Between Activities Proposed by the Applicant With Livability 
Principles Advanced in Preferred Sustainability Status Communities

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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: November 28, 2011.

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: Barbara Dorf, Director, Office of 
Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, Departmental Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 3156, Washington, DC 20410; telephone: 
202-402-4637, (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. Dorf at 
Barbara. Dorf@hud.gov. for a copy of the proposed form and other 
available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Collette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
Collete.Pollard@HUD.gov; or Dorthera Yorkshire, Senior Program Analyst 
Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight at 
Dorthera.Yorkshire@hud.gov for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 
affecting 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: Certification of Consistency and Nexus between 
Activities Proposed by the Applicant with Livability Principles 
Advanced in Preferred Sustainability Status Communities.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2535-0121.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
proposed form, an attachment to HUD Federal Financial Assistance 
applications, requests applicants to obtain a certification from the 
Designated Point of Contact for designated Preferred Sustainability 
Status Community using form HUD-XXXXX which verifies that the applicant 
has met the above criteria. The form will certify the nexus between the 
proposed activities of the applicant and the Livability Principles as 
they are being advanced in the Preferred Sustainability Status 
Communities. If the applicant is from the agency that holds Point of 
Contact status in a particular Preferred Sustainability Status 
Community, it must be certified by the appropriate HUD Regional 
Administrator in consultation with field staff.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-2995.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: An estimation of the total time needed 
to complete the form is less than ten minutes; number of respondents is 
11,000; frequency of response is on the occasion of application 
submission. The total report burden is 1100 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Approval of 
information for HUD's discretionary program.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: September 19, 2011.
Peter J. Grace,
Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Management, Advisor to the 
Secretary for Management.
[FR Doc. 2011-24820 Filed 9-26-11; 8:45 am]
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