60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity, 17000-17001 [2023-05691]

Download as PDF 17000 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 / Notices information collection to take approximately 30 minutes. 136 respondents × 1⁄2 hour = 68 hours 3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and This information collection is conducted in manner consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2). 4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. A complainant may access the complaint form on the agency website and may submit a completed complaint form electronically to the relevant Component’s EEO Office. The complaint form can then be directly uploaded into the DHS EEO Enterprise Complaints Tracking System, also known as ‘‘icomplaints.’’ Analysis Agency: Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Title: DHS Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination. OMB Number: 1610–0001. Frequency: Annually. Affected Public: Affected Public. Number of Respondents: 1200. Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 Mins. Total Burden Hours: 600 Hours. Robert Dorr, Executive Director, Business Management Directorate. [FR Doc. 2023–05696 Filed 3–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–7071–N–04; OMB Control No. 2502–0621] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 AGENCY: 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 requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Mar 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 is to allow for 60 days of public comment. DATES: Comments Due Date: May 22, 2023. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 60-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202– 402–3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other available information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, 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. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/ consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A. ADDRESSES: A. Overview of Information Collection Title of Information Collection: Housing Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). OMB Approval Number: 2502–0621. OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2023. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Form Numbers: HUD–9906–L; HUD– 9906–P; NOFO 9906 Charts (A, B, E); HUD 424–CB; HUD–2880; SF–424; SF– LLL. PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This is a revision of the collection because minor and clarifying revisions were made to the Form 9906 and its supplemental charts. This information is collected in connection with HUD’s Housing Counseling Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the Housing Counseling grant applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Information collected is also used to assign points for awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable basis. HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling will also use the information to provide housing counseling services through private or public organizations with special competence and knowledge in counseling low and moderate-income families. The information is collected from housing counseling agencies that participate in HUD’s Housing Counseling Program. The information is collected via the Form 9906 (grant application chart) and its supplemental charts. Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 300. Estimated Number of Responses: 300. Frequency of Response: 1. Average Hours per Response: 40. Total Estimated Burden: 12,000. 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. E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 21, 2023 / Notices welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/ consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. HUD encourages submission of questions about this document be sent to BuildAmericaBuyAmerica@hud.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: C. Authority Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. Jeffrey D. Little, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing. [FR Doc. 2023–05691 Filed 3–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. 6331–N–10A] Public Interest Phased Implementation Waiver for FY 2022 and 2023 of Build America, Buy America Provisions as Applied to Recipients of HUD Federal Financial Assistance Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Build America, Buy America Act (‘‘BABA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’) this notice advises that HUD has issued a public interest waiver of the Buy America Domestic Content Procurement Preference (‘‘Buy America Preference,’’ or ‘‘BAP’’) for recipients of Federal Financial Assistance (‘‘FFA’’) provided by HUD as set forth below. This notice provides a waiver and sets forth an updated implementation schedule for application of the BAP to HUD FFA. HUD is also announcing its BAP implementation schedule for all HUD FFA used to purchase iron or steel products in infrastructure projects in HUD programs, other than the CDBG formula grants addressed in the November 23, 2022, waiver. HUD is also announcing its BAP implementation schedule for the purchase of four specifically-listed construction materials: non-ferrous metals; lumber; composite building materials; and plastic and polymer-based pipe and tube (herein after referred to as ‘‘specifically-listed construction materials’’), all manufactured products, and all other construction materials. DATES: March 15, 2023. This waiver is effective as stated herein for FFA obligated by HUD on or after the effective date of the waiver until the implementation deadlines for the BAP as specifically shown below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faith Rogers, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Room 10126, Washington, DC 20410–5000, at (202) 402–7082 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Mar 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 I. Build America, Buy America The Build America, Buy America Act (‘‘BABA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’) was enacted on November 15, 2021, as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (‘‘IIJA’’) (Pub. L. 117–58). The Act establishes a domestic content procurement preference, the BAP, for Federal infrastructure programs. Section 70914(a) of the Act establishes that no later than 180 days after the date of enactment, HUD must ensure that none of the funds made available for infrastructure projects may be obligated by the Department unless it has taken steps to ensure that the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in a project are produced in the United States. In section 70912, the Act further defines a project to include ‘‘the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States’’ and includes within the definition of infrastructure those items traditionally included along with buildings and real property. Thus, starting May 14, 2022, new awards of HUD FFA, and any of those newly obligated funds by HUD then obligated by the grantee for infrastructure projects, are covered under BABA provisions of the Act, 41 U.S.C. 8301 note, unless covered by a waiver. II. HUD’s Progress in Implementation of the Act Since the enactment of the Act, HUD has worked diligently to implement the BAP. HUD understands that advancing Made in America objectives is a continuous effort and believes this transparent schedule of future implementation will provide industry partners and FFA recipients with the time and notice necessary to efficiently and effectively implement the BAP. HUD’s plans to move forward with the implementation of the new BAP requirements as set forth in this notice are designed to maximize coordination and collaboration to support long-term investments in domestic production. HUD will continue its efforts to implement the Act consistent with the PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17001 guidance and requirements of the Made in America Office of the Office of Management and Budget, including anticipated guidance concerning appropriate compliance with the BAP. In order to ensure orderly implementation of the BAP across HUD’s programs, HUD has provided public interest, general applicability waivers in order to implement the BAP in phases in connection with the application of the BAP across HUD’s FFA programs and to provide HUD with sufficient time to solicit information from the public relating to the agency’s implementation of the BAP in connection with FFA awards made by HUD. HUD has previously published general applicability, public interest waivers to the BAP to provide the agency with sufficient time to solicit information from the public relating to the agency’s implementation of the BAP in connection with FFA awards made by HUD. On November 23, 2022, HUD issued a separate waiver covering all HUD FFA obligated by HUD on or before February 21, 2023, with the exception of the BAP as to the purchase of iron and steel for infrastructure projects funded by Community Development Block Grant (‘‘CDBG’’) formula grants on or after November 15, 2022. Separately, HUD waived the application of the BAP in connection with HUD FFA provided to Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (‘‘TDHE’’), and other Tribal Entities (referred to herein as ‘‘Tribal FFA’’) to allow time for HUD to complete the Tribal consultation process regarding implementation of the BAP in connection with infrastructure projects. This Notice does not apply to Tribal FFA covered by that separate waiver.1 Details on HUD’s implementation of the BABA requirements, including two public interest waivers covering Exigent Circumstances and De Minimis and Small Grants and a separate public interest waiver for all Tribal FFA, can be found at https://www.hud.gov/program_ offices/general_counsel/BABA. III. Waiver Authority Under section 70914(b), HUD and other Federal agencies have authority to waive the application of a domestic content procurement preference when (1) application of the preference would be contrary to the public interest, (2) the materials and products subject to the 1 General Applicability Waiver of Build America, Buy America Provisions as Applied to Tribal Recipients of HUD Federal Financial Assistance (Effective until May 14, 2023) address Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing Entities (‘‘TDHE’’), and other Tribal Entities’ implementation of BABA. (May 5, 2022, 87 FR 26221). E:\FR\FM\21MRN1.SGM 21MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17000-17001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7071-N-04; OMB Control No. 2502-0621]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing 
Counseling Notice of Funding Opportunity

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 60-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Interested persons 
are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by name 
and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, 
Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410; 
telephone 202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from 
individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals 
with speech and communication disabilities. To learn more about how to 
make an accessible telephone call, please visit: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

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: Housing Counseling Notice of 
Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0621.
    OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2023.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Numbers: HUD-9906-L; HUD-9906-P; NOFO 9906 Charts (A, B, E); 
HUD 424-CB; HUD-2880; SF-424; SF-LLL.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a revision of the collection because minor and clarifying revisions 
were made to the Form 9906 and its supplemental charts. This 
information is collected in connection with HUD's Housing Counseling 
Program and will be used by HUD to determine that the Housing 
Counseling grant applicant meets the requirements of the Notice of 
Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Information collected is also used to 
assign points for awarding grant funds on a competitive and equitable 
basis. HUD's Office of Housing Counseling will also use the information 
to provide housing counseling services through private or public 
organizations with special competence and knowledge in counseling low 
and moderate-income families. The information is collected from housing 
counseling agencies that participate in HUD's Housing Counseling 
Program. The information is collected via the Form 9906 (grant 
application chart) and its supplemental charts.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 300.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Hours per Response: 40.
    Total Estimated Burden: 12,000.

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.

[[Page 17001]]

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2023-05691 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P

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