[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80912-80913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22896]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7082-N-08]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Protection and 
Enhancement of Environmental Quality; OMB Control No.: 2506-0177

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: December 3, 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.regulations.gov.
    Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: 
Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 
20410-5000; telephone (202) 402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c281adaea7b6b6a7ec92adaeaea3b0a682aab7a6eca5adb4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffbc90939a8b8b9ad1af9093939e8d9bbf978a9bd1989089">[email protected]</span></a> for a copy of the proposed forms or 
other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Schroeder, Program Analyst, OEE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20410; email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#27404b42494909460954444f554842434255674f524309404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9beb5bcb7b7f7b8f7aabab1abb6bcbdbcab99b1acbdf7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 
(202) 402-5849. 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.

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: 24 CFR part 50--Protection and 
Enhancement of Environmental Quality.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0177.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
requests its applicants to supply environmental information that is not 
otherwise available to HUD staff for the environmental review on an 
applicant's proposal for HUD financial assistance to develop or improve 
housing or community facilities. HUD itself must perform an 
environmental review for the purpose of compliance with its 
environmental regulations found at 24 CFR part 50, Protection and 
Enhancement of Environmental Quality. Part 50 implements the National 
Environmental Policy Act and implementing procedures of the Council on 
Environmental Quality, as well as the related federal environmental 
laws and executive orders. HUD's agency-wide provisions--24 CFR 
50.3(h)(1) and 50.32--regulate how individual HUD program staffs are to 
utilize such collected data when HUD itself prepares the environmental 
review and compliance. Separately, individual HUD programs each have 
their own regulations and guidance implementing environmental and 
related collection responsibilities. For the next three years, this 
approved collection will continue unchanged under this OMB control 
number to assure adequate coverage for all HUD programs subject to part 
50.
    Respondents: Businesses, not-for-profit institutions, and local 
governments receiving HUD funding.
    Information Collection/Form Number: N/A.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,159.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Responses per Annum: 1,159.

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    Average Burden Hours per Response: 3.
    Total Estimated Burdens: $176,944.53.

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                                                  Estimated                                       Average
       Information collection/ Form No.           number of     Frequency of   Responses per    burden hour     Annual      Hourly cost    Annual cost
                                                 respondents      response         annum       per response  burden hours  per response
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N/A..........................................           1,159             1            1,159             3         3,477         50.89      $176,944.53
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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.
[FR Doc. 2024-22896 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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