30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System, 20178-20179 [2023-07076]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20178-20179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07076]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7070-N-18; OMB Control No. 2506-0165]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Disaster 
Recovery Grant Reporting System

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
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 an additional 30 days of 
public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES:  Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 
[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 or communication disabilities. To learn more 
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit: https://
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/

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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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on 
November 22, 2022 at 87 FR 71351.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting 
System (DRGR).
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0165.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Form Number: SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) System is a grants management 
system used by the Office of Community Planning and Development to 
monitor special appropriation grants under the Community Development 
Block Grant program. This collection pertains to Community Development 
Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), Community Development Block 
Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), Community Development Block Grant National 
Disaster Resilience Competition (CDBG-NDR), Neighborhood Stabilization 
Program (NSP), Rural Capacity Building (RCB), Section 4, and Recovery 
Housing Program (RHP) grant funds.
    The CDBG program is authorized under Title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. Following major 
disasters, Congress appropriates supplemental CDBG funds for disaster 
recovery. According to Section 104(e)(1) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, HUD is responsible for reviewing grantees' 
compliance with applicable requirements and their continuing capacity 
to carry out their programs. Grant funds are made available to states 
and units of general local government, Indian tribes, and insular 
areas, unless provided otherwise by supplemental appropriations 
statute, based on their unmet disaster recovery needs.
    The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) was established for 
the purpose of stabilizing communities that have suffered from 
foreclosures and property abandonment. Authorized under Section 1497 of 
the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 
111-203, approved July 21, 2010) (``NSP3''), NSP3 Technical Assistance 
(TA) provides $20 million to organizations that are experienced and 
successful in providing program, technical, planning, financial, and 
organizational capacity building assistance, or consulting in such 
areas as community development, affordable housing, organizational 
management, financing and underwriting, construction and rehabilitation 
management, land banking, project management and strategic planning.
    Through the funding of national organizations with expertise in 
rural housing and community development, the Rural Capacity Building 
(RCB) and Section 4 programs enhance the capacity and ability of local 
governments, Indian tribes, housing development organizations, rural 
Community Development Corporations (CDCs), and rural Community Housing 
Development Organizations (CHDOs), to carry out community development 
and affordable housing activities that benefit low-and moderate-income 
families and persons in rural areas.
    The Recovery Housing Program (RHP) was authorized under section 
8071 of the Support for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act. HUD 
published its formula in the Federal Register on April 17, 2019 (84 FR 
16027), identifying the 35 eligible grantees and allocation 
percentages. Section 8071 of the SUPPORT Act (Section 8071) required 
funds appropriated or made available for the RHP be treated as CDBG 
funds under title I of the Housing and Community Act of 1974, unless 
otherwise provided in Section 8071 or modified by waivers and 
alternative requirements.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,378.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 46,150.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Average Hours per Response: Varies.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 59,890.50 hours.

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.
    (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Chief Data Officer.
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