60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System (DRGR), OMB Control No.: 2506-0165, 68636-68637 [2024-19171]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68636-68637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19171]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7082-N-07]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Disaster 
Recovery Grant Reporting System (DRGR), OMB Control No.: 2506-0165

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, 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: October 28, 2024.

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 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 and 
comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number 
and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tennille Smith Parker, Director, 
Disaster Recovery and Special Issues Division, email 
[email protected], telephone (202) 402-4649 or Robert C. 
Peterson, Director of State and Small Cities, email 
[email protected], Office of Block Grant Assistance, telephone 
(202) 402-4211, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410. 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/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. 
Pollard.

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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: 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, Recovery Housing Program (RHP), Pathways to Removing 
Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing), and Preservation and Reinvestment 
Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) 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.
    PRO Housing is a competitive grant program for the identification 
and removal of barriers to affordable housing production and 
preservation. PRO Housing was authorized by the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-42, approved March 9, 2024), and 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328, approved 
December 29, 2022). HUD makes these competitive funds available through 
the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process [OMB Approval Number 
2506-0220]. The competition invites States, local governments, 
metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities 
to apply for funds for eligible activities that develop, evaluate, and 
implement housing policy plans, improve housing strategies, and 
facilitate affordable housing production and preservation.
    The ``Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community 
Enhancement'' (PRICE) was authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-42, approved March 9, 2024), and the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328, approved 
December 29, 2022). To date, $225 million has been allocated for PRICE 
grants to preserve and revitalize manufactured housing and eligible 
manufactured housing communities. HUD makes these competitive funds 
available through the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) process. The 
competition invites State, Tribal, and Local governments, as well as 
non-profit entities, cooperatives, and Community Development Finance 
Institutions to apply for funds for eligible activities that facilitate 
manufactured housing preservation and revitalization.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,393.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 49,568.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Average Hours per Response: Varies.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 64,532 hours and cost of $2,143,766.83.

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 comments in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

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

Marion M. McFadden,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
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