30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Congressional Earmark Grants, 14726 [2014-05805]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5752–N–28]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Congressional Earmark
Grants
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 16,
2014.
SUMMARY:
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.
ADDRESSES:
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
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 6, 2014.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Congressional Earmark Grants.
OMB Approval Number: 2506–0179.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: SF–424; SF–LLL; SF–
1199A; HUD–27054; SF–425; HUD
27053, HUD–27056.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD’s
Congressional Grants Division and its
Environmental Officers in the field use
this information to make funds available
to entities directed to receive funds
appropriated by Congress. This
information is used to collect, receive,
review and monitor program activities
through applications, semi-annual
reports, and close out reports. The
information that is collected is used to
assess performance. Grantees are units
of state and local government,
nonprofits and Indian tribes.
Respondents are initially identified by
congress and generally fall into two
categories: Economic Development
Initiative—Special Project (EDI—SP)
grantees and Neighborhood Initiative
(NI) grantees. The agency has used the
application, semi-annual reports and
close out reports to track grantee
performance in the implementation of
approved projects.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1400.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2800.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Average Hours per Response: .5.
Total Estimated Burdens: 1400.
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
Annual burden
hours
Hourly cost
per response
Annual cost
1400
Information collection
2
2800
.5
1400
33.50
$46,900
Total
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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.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapters
35.
Federal Register notices of all
regulatory waivers that HUD has
approved. Each notice covers the
quarterly period since the previous
Dated: March 12, 2014.
Federal Register notice. The purpose of
Colette Pollard,
this notice is to comply with the
Department Reports Management Officer,
requirements of section 106 of the HUD
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Reform Act. This notice contains a list
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of regulatory waivers granted by HUD
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during the period beginning on October
1, 2013, and ending on December 31,
2013.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information about this notice,
[Docket No. FR–5711–N–04]
contact Camille E. Acevedo, Associate
General Counsel for Legislation and
Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests
Regulations, Department of Housing and
Granted for the Fourth Quarter of
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Calendar Year 2013
Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410–
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel,
0500, telephone 202–708–1793 (this is
HUD.
not a toll-free number). Persons with
hearing- or speech-impairments may
ACTION: Notice.
access this number through TTY by
SUMMARY: Section 106 of the Department calling the toll-free Federal Relay
of Housing and Urban Development
Service at 800–877–8339.
For information concerning a
Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform
particular waiver that was granted and
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-28]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Congressional
Earmark Grants
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 16, 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 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 6, 2014.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Congressional Earmark Grants.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-0179.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: SF-424; SF-LLL; SF-1199A; HUD-27054; SF-425; HUD
27053, HUD-27056.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD's
Congressional Grants Division and its Environmental Officers in the
field use this information to make funds available to entities directed
to receive funds appropriated by Congress. This information is used to
collect, receive, review and monitor program activities through
applications, semi-annual reports, and close out reports. The
information that is collected is used to assess performance. Grantees
are units of state and local government, nonprofits and Indian tribes.
Respondents are initially identified by congress and generally fall
into two categories: Economic Development Initiative--Special Project
(EDI--SP) grantees and Neighborhood Initiative (NI) grantees. The
agency has used the application, semi-annual reports and close out
reports to track grantee performance in the implementation of approved
projects.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1400.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2800.
Frequency of Response: 2.
Average Hours per Response: .5.
Total Estimated Burdens: 1400.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour per Annual burden Hourly cost per
Information collection respondents response annum response hours response Annual cost
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1400 2 2800 .5 1400 33.50 $46,900
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Total
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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.
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