[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9044-9045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3519]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 5481-N-03]


Notice of Extension of Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Consolidated Plan and Annual Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Information Collection for Public 
Comment.

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SUMMARY: The proposed extension of information collection requirements 
for Consolidated Planning for Community Planning and Development (CPD) 
programs 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: April 18, 2011.

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, Paperwork 
Reduction Act Officer, Office of Chief Information Officer, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, 
Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salvatore Sclafani, Office of 
Community Planning & Development, telephone (202) 402-4364 (this is not 
a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
extension of information collection to OMB for review, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 as amended). 
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), HUD and OMB are seeking comments 
from members of the public and affected agencies concerning the 
proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the 
proposed extension of 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 submission of responses.
    Title of Proposal: Consolidated Plan & Annual Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: OMB 2506-0117.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Uses: The 
Department's collection of this information is in compliance with 
statutory provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act of 1990 that requires participating jurisdictions submit a 
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (Section 105(b)); the 1974 
Housing and Community Development Act, as amended, that requires states 
and localities to submit a Community Development Plan (Section 
104(b)(4) and Section 104(m); and statutory provisions of these Acts 
that require states and localities to submit applications and reports 
for these formula grant programs. The information is needed to provide 
HUD with preliminary assessment as to the statutory and regulatory 
eligibility of proposed grantee projects and for informing citizens of 
intended uses of program funds.
    Members of the Affected Public: State and local governments 
participating in the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), 
the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program, the Emergency Shelter 
Grants (ESG) program, or the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS/HIV (HOPWA) 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: Under a previous submission, OMB 
Control Number 2506-0117, the burden of meeting the regulatory 
requirements of Title I of the National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) 
and the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDA) were assessed. 
That submission was approved until April 30, 2011.
    The paperwork estimates are as follows:

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                                                                     Number of     Frequency of     Total U.S.
                              Task                                  respondents      response      burden hours
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Consolidated Plan:
    Localities:
        <bullet> Strategic Plan Development.....................           1,000               1         220,000
        <bullet> Action Plan Development........................           1,000  ..............         112,000
    States:
        <bullet> Strategic Plan Development.....................              50               1          30,200
        <bullet> Action Plan Development........................              50               1          18,700
Performance Report:
    Localities..................................................           1,000               1         162,000
    States......................................................              50               1          12,600
*Abbreviated Strategy...........................................             100  ..............           8,200
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            Total...............................................  ..............  ..............         563,700
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of 
previously approved collection for which approval is near expiration 
and request for OMB's approval for three years. The current OMB 
approval expires April 30, 2011.

    Authority:  Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: January 26, 2011.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-3519 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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