Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request Community Development Block Grant Recovery (CDBG-R) Program, 74491-74492 [2012-30203]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5604–N–15]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request
Community Development Block Grant
Recovery (CDBG–R) Program
Office of Community Planning
and Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
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 Date: February
12, 2013.
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:
Colette Pollard, Departmental
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
QDAM, Department of Housing and
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Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone: 202–708–3400 (this is not a
toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard
for a copy of the proposed form and
other available information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Johnson, Director, Entitlement
Communities Division, Office of Block
Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone (202) 708–1577 (this is not a
toll-free number).
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: Community
Development Block Grant Recovery
(CDBG–R) Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2506–0184.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
request identifies the estimated
reporting burden associated with the
reporting of CDBG–R assisted activities
as they are completed and closing out
the CDBG–R program. The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act) appropriated $1 Billion
in Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds to states and local
governments that received CDBG
funding in Fiscal Year 2008 to carry out,
on an expedited basis, eligible activities
under the CDBG program. The purpose
of the CDBG–R funding was to stimulate
the economy through measures that
modernized the Nation’s infrastructure,
improved energy efficiency, and
expanded educational opportunities and
access to health care. All CDBG–R funds
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were required to be expended by
September 30, 2012. Any CDBG–R
funds remaining after that date were
recaptured by HUD and returned to
Treasury.
The Recovery Act did not specify a
requirement regarding the date for
completion of CDBG–R assisted
activities, although grantees were
required to give preference to activities
that could be started and completed
expeditiously. While the CDBG–R
expenditure deadline has passed, all
CDBG–R assisted activities have not
been completed. New activities were
added over time when grantees
amended their 2008 substantial
amendments to add such activities
because previously identified activities
came in under budget, were identified
as imprudent, or did not meet the
purposes of the Recovery Act. Once
CDBG–R assisted activities meet a
national objective and are physically
complete, grantees may proceed in
closing out their CDBG–R programs.
Grantees must complete their final
reports in federalreporting.gov before
closing out their CDBG–R grants. HUD
expects grantees to be ready to begin
closing out their grants by March 31,
2013.
Once final reports are completed in
federalreporting.gov, grantees may begin
the process of closing out their CDBG–
R grants. This process requires grantees
to submit their final
federalreporting.gov report and prepare
and submit a CDBG–R Program Grantee
Closeout Certification, a CDBG–R
closeout checklist, Grant Closeout
Agreement, and a Federal Financial
Report (SF 425) to local HUD Field
Offices.
The Recovery Act requires that not
later than 10 days after the end of each
calendar quarter, each recipient that
received recovery funds from a federal
agency shall submit a report to that
agency that contains: (1) The total
amount of recovery funds received from
that agency; (2) the amount of recovery
funds received that were expended or
obligated to projects or activities; and
(3) a detailed list of all projects or
activities for which recovery funds were
expended or obligated, including (A) the
name of the project or activity; (B) a
description of the project or activity; (C)
an evaluation of the completion status
of the project or activity; (D) an estimate
of the number of jobs created and the
number of jobs retained by the project
or activity; and (E) for infrastructure
investments made by State and local
governments, the purpose, total cost,
and rationale of the agency for funding
the infrastructure investment with funds
made available under the Recovery Act
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and name of the person to contact at the
agency if there are concerns with the
infrastructure investment.
An update of the status of activities
identified here must be reported
quarterly in federalreporting.gov. In
addition, not later than 30 calendar days
after the end of each calendar quarter,
each agency that made Recovery Act
funds available to any recipient shall
make the information in reports
submitted publicly available by posting
the information on a Web site. Grantees
that have ongoing CDBG–R assisted
activities are required to continue
reporting quarterly on those activities
until they are completed.
Information must be submitted using
HUD’s IDIS system and in
federalreporting.gov. Pursuant to
Section 1512 of the Recovery Act,
CDBG–R grantees must enter the data
into IDIS on a quarterly basis for
generation of reports by HUD or other
entities. In addition, grantees are
required to submit reports in
federalreporting.gov on a quarterly
basis. Grantees will report in IDIS and
federalreporting.gov for CDBG–R
assisted activities, recordkeeping
requirements, and reporting
requirements.
The Recovery Act imposes additional
reporting requirements including, but
not limited to, information on the
environmental review process, the
expected completion of the activity, the
type of activity, and the location of the
activity.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
Not applicable.
Members of affected public: Grant
recipients (metropolitan cities and
urban counties) participating in the
CDBG–R Entitlement Program.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
respondents was 1,167. However, some
grantees have completed all CDBG–R
assisted activities and have closed out
their CDBG–R program grants. The
remaining estimated number of
respondents carrying out CDBG–R
assisted activities and/or closing out
their CDBG–R programs is 200. The
proposed frequency of the response to
the collection is quarterly. The total
estimated burden is 25,600 hours.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This submission is a revision
of a currently approved collection. The
current OMB approval expires on
January 31, 2013.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
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Dated: December 7, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Assistant Secretary (Acting).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5601–N–49]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for use to assist the
homeless.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Juanita Perry, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC
20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and
section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11411), as amended, HUD is publishing
this Notice to identify Federal buildings
and other real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. The properties were
reviewed using information provided to
HUD by Federal landholding agencies
regarding unutilized and underutilized
buildings and real property controlled
by such agencies or by GSA regarding
its inventory of excess or surplus
Federal property. This Notice is also
published in order to comply with the
December 12, 1988 Court Order in
National Coalition for the Homeless v.
Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–
OG (D.D.C.).
Properties reviewed are listed in this
Notice according to the following
categories: Suitable/available, suitable/
unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and
unsuitable. The properties listed in the
three suitable categories have been
reviewed by the landholding agencies,
and each agency has transmitted to
HUD: (1) Its intention to make the
property available for use to assist the
homeless, (2) its intention to declare the
property excess to the agency’s needs, or
(3) a statement of the reasons that the
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property cannot be declared excess or
made available for use as facilities to
assist the homeless.
Properties listed as suitable/available
will be available exclusively for
homeless use for a period of 60 days
from the date of this Notice. Where
property is described as for ‘‘off-site use
only’’ recipients of the property will be
required to relocate the building to their
own site at their own expense.
Homeless assistance providers
interested in any such property should
send a written expression of interest to
HHS, addressed to Theresa Ritta,
Division of Property Management,
Program Support Center, HHS, room
5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not
a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the
interested provider an application
packet, which will include instructions
for completing the application. In order
to maximize the opportunity to utilize a
suitable property, providers should
submit their written expressions of
interest as soon as possible. For
complete details concerning the
processing of applications, the reader is
encouraged to refer to the interim rule
governing this program, 24 CFR part
581.
For properties listed as suitable/to be
excess, that property may, if
subsequently accepted as excess by
GSA, be made available for use by the
homeless in accordance with applicable
law, subject to screening for other
Federal use. At the appropriate time,
HUD will publish the property in a
Notice showing it as either suitable/
available or suitable/unavailable.
For properties listed as suitable/
unavailable, the landholding agency has
decided that the property cannot be
declared excess or made available for
use to assist the homeless, and the
property will not be available.
Properties listed as unsuitable will
not be made available for any other
purpose for 20 days from the date of this
Notice. Homeless assistance providers
interested in a review by HUD of the
determination of unsuitability should
call the toll free information line at 1–
800–927–7588 for detailed instructions
or write a letter to Ann Marie Oliva at
the address listed at the beginning of
this Notice. Included in the request for
review should be the property address
(including zip code), the date of
publication in the Federal Register, the
landholding agency, and the property
number.
For more information regarding
particular properties identified in this
Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing
sanitary facilities, exact street address),
providers should contact the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5604-N-15]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
Community Development Block Grant Recovery (CDBG-R) Program
AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, 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 Date: February 12, 2013.
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: Colette Pollard, Departmental
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410;
telephone: 202-708-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email Ms.
Pollard for a copy of the proposed form and other available
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Johnson, Director, Entitlement
Communities Division, Office of Block Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1577 (this is
not a toll-free number).
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: Community Development Block Grant Recovery
(CDBG-R) Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0184.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
request identifies the estimated reporting burden associated with the
reporting of CDBG-R assisted activities as they are completed and
closing out the CDBG-R program. The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated $1 Billion in Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to states and local governments
that received CDBG funding in Fiscal Year 2008 to carry out, on an
expedited basis, eligible activities under the CDBG program. The
purpose of the CDBG-R funding was to stimulate the economy through
measures that modernized the Nation's infrastructure, improved energy
efficiency, and expanded educational opportunities and access to health
care. All CDBG-R funds were required to be expended by September 30,
2012. Any CDBG-R funds remaining after that date were recaptured by HUD
and returned to Treasury.
The Recovery Act did not specify a requirement regarding the date
for completion of CDBG-R assisted activities, although grantees were
required to give preference to activities that could be started and
completed expeditiously. While the CDBG-R expenditure deadline has
passed, all CDBG-R assisted activities have not been completed. New
activities were added over time when grantees amended their 2008
substantial amendments to add such activities because previously
identified activities came in under budget, were identified as
imprudent, or did not meet the purposes of the Recovery Act. Once CDBG-
R assisted activities meet a national objective and are physically
complete, grantees may proceed in closing out their CDBG-R programs.
Grantees must complete their final reports in federalreporting.gov
before closing out their CDBG-R grants. HUD expects grantees to be
ready to begin closing out their grants by March 31, 2013.
Once final reports are completed in federalreporting.gov, grantees
may begin the process of closing out their CDBG-R grants. This process
requires grantees to submit their final federalreporting.gov report and
prepare and submit a CDBG-R Program Grantee Closeout Certification, a
CDBG-R closeout checklist, Grant Closeout Agreement, and a Federal
Financial Report (SF 425) to local HUD Field Offices.
The Recovery Act requires that not later than 10 days after the end
of each calendar quarter, each recipient that received recovery funds
from a federal agency shall submit a report to that agency that
contains: (1) The total amount of recovery funds received from that
agency; (2) the amount of recovery funds received that were expended or
obligated to projects or activities; and (3) a detailed list of all
projects or activities for which recovery funds were expended or
obligated, including (A) the name of the project or activity; (B) a
description of the project or activity; (C) an evaluation of the
completion status of the project or activity; (D) an estimate of the
number of jobs created and the number of jobs retained by the project
or activity; and (E) for infrastructure investments made by State and
local governments, the purpose, total cost, and rationale of the agency
for funding the infrastructure investment with funds made available
under the Recovery Act
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and name of the person to contact at the agency if there are concerns
with the infrastructure investment.
An update of the status of activities identified here must be
reported quarterly in federalreporting.gov. In addition, not later than
30 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter, each agency
that made Recovery Act funds available to any recipient shall make the
information in reports submitted publicly available by posting the
information on a Web site. Grantees that have ongoing CDBG-R assisted
activities are required to continue reporting quarterly on those
activities until they are completed.
Information must be submitted using HUD's IDIS system and in
federalreporting.gov. Pursuant to Section 1512 of the Recovery Act,
CDBG-R grantees must enter the data into IDIS on a quarterly basis for
generation of reports by HUD or other entities. In addition, grantees
are required to submit reports in federalreporting.gov on a quarterly
basis. Grantees will report in IDIS and federalreporting.gov for CDBG-R
assisted activities, recordkeeping requirements, and reporting
requirements.
The Recovery Act imposes additional reporting requirements
including, but not limited to, information on the environmental review
process, the expected completion of the activity, the type of activity,
and the location of the activity.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: Not applicable.
Members of affected public: Grant recipients (metropolitan cities
and urban counties) participating in the CDBG-R Entitlement Program.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The number of respondents was 1,167.
However, some grantees have completed all CDBG-R assisted activities
and have closed out their CDBG-R program grants. The remaining
estimated number of respondents carrying out CDBG-R assisted activities
and/or closing out their CDBG-R programs is 200. The proposed frequency
of the response to the collection is quarterly. The total estimated
burden is 25,600 hours.
Status of the proposed information collection: This submission is a
revision of a currently approved collection. The current OMB approval
expires on January 31, 2013.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 7, 2012.
Mark Johnston,
Assistant Secretary (Acting).
[FR Doc. 2012-30203 Filed 12-13-12; 8:45 am]
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