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research activities focusing on 

sustainability issues. 

Grantees are selected through a 

competitive process, announced 

through a Notice of Funding 

Availability. Applicants are required to 

submit certain information as part of 

their application for assistance. Grantees 

are required to prepare a quarterly status 

report so that HUD monitors the 

progress of grantees in completing their 

research. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within fourteen (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name/or 

OMB approval number and should be 

sent to: Ross A. Rutledge, HUD Desk 

Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: 

Ross.A.Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

202–395–3086. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this notice is to inform 

potential applicants that the Office of 

Policy Development and Research 

(PD&R) of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD) is 

interested in receiving preliminary 

applications for grants to support 

research activities focusing on 

sustainability issues. 

Grantees are selected through a 

competitive process, announced 

through a Notice of Funding 

Availability. Applicants are required to 

submit certain information as part of 

their application for assistance. Grantees 

are required to prepare a quarterly status 

report so that HUD monitors the 

progress of grantees in completing their 

research.

This Notice Also Lists the Following 

Information 

Title of Proposal: Sustainable 

Communities Research Grant Program. 

Description of Information Collection: 

To select grantees during the 

application process and to monitor all 

grantee’s performance. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: 424-cb, SF– 

424supp, 2880, SF424, SF–LLL. 

Members of Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Estimation of the Total Numbers of 

Hours Needed to Prepare the 

Information Collection Including 

Number of Respondents, Frequency of 

Responses, and Hours of Response: 

(1) Pre-Award: 

HUD estimates that each applicant 

spends approximately 42 person-hours 

to complete an application. Almost all 

of this time is invested by a professor or 

other senior administrator who would 

oversee the program. HUD estimates the 

mean hourly rate at $30. For 20 

applications, the computation is as 

follows: 20 applications × 42 hours × 

$30 per hours = $25,200. 

(2) Post-Award: 

HUD estimates that each grantee will 

spend approximately 6 hours a year 

maintaining records. HUD also 

estimates that each grantee will spend 

approximately 4 hours a year preparing 

monitoring reports. Clerical staff and 

faculty/supervisory staff will share this 

burden. HUD estimates the applicable 

hourly rate at $15. The computation is 

as follow: 5 grantees × 10 hours × $15 

an hour = $750. 

Description of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per year 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response Total hours 

SF424 ................................................................................... 20 1 20 0 .75 15 

SF424 Supplement .............................................................. 20 1 20 0 .08 1 .6 

HUD 424CB ......................................................................... 20 1 20 3 60 

SFLLL ................................................................................... 20 1 20 0 .17 3 .4 

HUD 2880 (2510–0011) ....................................................... 20 1 20 0 0 

HUD 96010 (2535–0114) ..................................................... 20 1 20 3 60 

Rating factor 1 ..................................................................... 20 1 20 7 140 

Rating factor 2 ..................................................................... 20 1 20 7 140 

Rating factor 3 ..................................................................... 20 1 20 7 140 

Rating factor 4 ..................................................................... 20 1 20 7 140 

Rating factor 5 ..................................................................... 20 1 20 7 140 

Subtotal (Application) ........................................................... 20 1 20 42 840 

Quarterly Reports ................................................................. 5 4 20 6 120 

Recordkeeping ..................................................................... 5 ........................ 5 4 20 

Total .............................................................................. 20 ........................ 40 Varies 980 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30977 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–120] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; 

Transformation Initiative: Homeless 

Families Grant Program; Notice of 

Proposed Information Collection for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

The purpose of this program is to 

enhance the demonstration project 

conducted by the Office of Policy 

Development focusing on Homeless 


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Families by providing a vehicle for 

conducting a number of small research 

projects aimed at collecting additional/ 

supplemental information and analyses. 

Grantees are selected through a 

competition process, announced 

through a Notice of Funding 

Availability. Applicants are required to 

submit certain information as part of 

their application for assistance. Grantees 

are required to prepare a quarterly status 

report so that HUD monitors the 

progress of grantees in completing their 

research. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within fourteen (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name/or 

OMB approval number and should be 

sent to: Ross A. Rutledge, HUD Desk 

Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503; e-mail: 

Ross.A.Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

202–395–3086. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this program is to enhance 

the demonstration project conducted by 

the Office of Policy Development 

focusing on Homeless Families by 

providing a vehicle for conducting a 

number of small research projects aimed 

at collecting additional/supplemental 

information and analyses. 

Grantees are selected through a 

competition process, announced 

through a Notice of Funding 

Availability. Applicants are required to 

submit certain information as part of 

their application for assistance. Grantees 

are required to prepare a quarterly status 

report so that HUD monitors the 

progress of grantees in completing their 

research.

This Notice Also Lists the Following 

Information 

Title of Proposal: Transformation 

Initiative: Homeless Families Small 

Grant Research Demonstration Program. 

Description of Information Collection: 

To select grantees during the 

application process and to monitor all 

grantee’s performance. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: SF–424supp, 

424-cb, SF–424, 2880, SF–LLL. 

Members of Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Estimation of the Total Numbers of 

Hours Needed to Prepare the 

Information Collection Including 

Number of Respondents, Frequency of 

Responses, and Hours of Response: 

(1) Pre-Award: 

HUD estimates that each applicant 

spends approximately 7 person-hours to 

complete the preliminary application 

phase. Almost all of this time is 

invested by a researcher, expert, analyst. 

HUD estimates the mean hourly rate at 

$30. For 15 applications, the 

computation is as follows: 15 

applications × 7 hours × $30 per hours 

= $3,150. 

HUD estimates that each applicant 

spends approximately 41.25 personhours to complete an application. 

Almost all of this time is invested by a 

researcher, expert, analyst. HUD 

estimates the mean hourly rate at $30. 

For 10 applications, the computation is 

as follows: 10 applications × 41.25 

hours × $30 per hours = $12,375. 

(2) Post-Award: 

HUD estimates that each grantee will 

spend approximately 6 hours a year 

maintaining records. HUD also 

estimates that each grantee will spend 

approximately 4 hours a year preparing 

monitoring reports. Clerical staff and 

faculty/supervisory staff will share this 

burden. HUD estimates the applicable 

hourly rate at $15. The computation is 

as follow: 2 grantees × 10 hours × $15 

an hour = $300. 

Description of information collection Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per year 

Total annual 

responses 

Hrs per 

response Total hours 

SF424 ............................................................................... 15 1 15 0 .75 11 .25 

Pre-application stage ....................................................... 15 1 15 7 105 

SF424 Supplement .......................................................... 10 1 10 0 .08 .8 

HUD 424CB ..................................................................... 10 1 15 3 30 

SFLLL ............................................................................... 10 1 15 0 .17 1 .7 

HUD 2880 (2510–0011) ................................................... 10 1 10 0 0 

HUD 96010 (2535–0114) ................................................. 10 1 10 3 30 

Rating factor 1 ................................................................. 10 1 10 7 70 

Rating factor 2 ................................................................. 10 1 10 7 70 

Rating factor 3 ................................................................. 10 1 10 7 70 

Rating factor 4 ................................................................. 10 1 10 7 70 

Rating factor 5 ................................................................. 10 1 10 7 70 

Subtotal (Application) ....................................................... 10 1 10 49 528 .75 

Quarterly Reports ............................................................. 2 4 8 6 48 

Recordkeeping ................................................................. 2 ........................ 2 4 8 

Total .......................................................................... 10 ........................ 10 Varies 584 .75 


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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31007 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5380–N–45] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; 

Application for HUD/FHA Insured 

Mortgage ‘‘HOPE for Homeowners’’; 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within seven (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name/or 

OMB approval number (2502–0579) and 

should be sent to: Ross A. Rutledge, 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail: 

Ross_A._Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karin Hill, Director, Office of Single 

Family Program Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2121 (this is not a toll free number) 

for copies of the proposed forms and 

other available information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This Notice informs the public that 

the U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) has 

submitted to OMB, for emergency 

processing, an information collection 

package with respect to this information 

is collected on new mortgages offered by 

FHA approved mortgagees to mortgagors 

who are at risk of losing their homes to 

foreclosure through the HOPE for 

Homeowners Program, and to those who 

owe more than the value of their homes 

through the FHA Refinance of 

Borrowers in Negative Equity Positions. 

The new FHA insured mortgages 

refinance the borrowers existing 

mortgage at a significant writedown. 

Under the HOPE for Homeowners 

program the mortgagors share the new 

equity with FHA. 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and 

affecting agencies concerning the 

proposed collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate 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) 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 technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Application for 

HUD/FHA Insured Mortgage ‘‘HOPE for 

Homeowners’’. 

Description of Information Collection: 

This information is collected on new 

mortgages offered by FHA approved 

mortgagees to mortgagors who are at risk 

of losing their homes to foreclosure 

through the HOPE for Homeowners 

Program, and to those who owe more 

than the value of their homes through 

the FHA Refinance of Borrowers in 

Negative Equity Positions. The new 

FHA insured mortgages refinance the 

borrowers existing mortgage at a 

significant writedown. Under the HOPE 

for Homeowners program the 

mortgagors share the new equity with 

FHA. 

OMB Control Number: 2502–0579. 

Agency Form Numbers: HUD92900– 

H4H, HUD92915–H4H, HUD92916–H4H 

and HUD92917–H4H, and HUD–92918. 

Members of Affected Public: Private 

sector, Small businesses and other for 

profits. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of responses, 

and hours of response: The number of 

burden hours is 146,096. The number of 

respondents is 11,000, the number of 

responses is 882,242, the frequency of 

response is once per loan, and the 

burden hour per response is 4.05. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: December 3, 2010. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30982 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–118] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; 

Transformation Initiative: Natural 

Experiments Grant Program; Notice of 

Proposed Information Collection for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 10, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within thirty (30) days from the 

date of this Notice. Comments should 

refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 

approval number and should be sent to: 

Ross A. Rutledge, HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail: 

Ross.A.Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

202–395–3086. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; telephone 

(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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