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terms and conditions that structure or define

the relationship.

Letters of Support

Provide statements from community,

public and commercial leaders that support

the project proposed for funding. All

submissions should be included in the

application OR by application deadline.

Budget and Budget Justification

Provide line item detail and detailed

calculations for each budget object class

identified on the Budget Information form.

Detailed calculations must include

estimation methods, quantities, unit costs,

and other similar quantitative detail

sufficient for the calculation to be duplicated.

The detailed budget must also include a

breakout by the funding sources identified in

Block 15 of the SF–424.

Provide a narrative budget justification that

describes how the categorical costs are

derived. Discuss the necessity,

reasonableness, and allocability of the

proposed costs.

General

The following guidelines are for preparing

the budget and budget justification. Both

Federal and non-Federal resources shall be

detailed and justified in the budget and

narrative justification. For purposes of

preparing the budget and budget justification,

‘‘Federal resources’’ refers only to the ACF

grant for which you are applying. NonFederal resources are all other Federal and

non-Federal resources. It is suggested that

budget amounts and computations be

presented in a columnar format: first column,

object class categories; second column,

Federal budget; next column(s), non-Federal

budget(s), and last column, total budget. The

budget justification should be a narrative.

Personnel

Description: Costs of employee salaries and

wages.

Justification: Identify the project director or

principal investigator, if known. For each

staff person, provide the title, time

commitment to the project (in months), time

commitment to the project (as a percentage

or full-time equivalent), annual salary, grant

salary, wage rates, etc. Do not include the

costs of consultants or personnel costs of

delegate agencies or of specific project(s) or

businesses to be financed by the applicant.

Fringe Benefits

Description: Costs of employee fringe

benefits unless treated as part of an approved

indirect cost rate.

Justification: Provide a breakdown of the

amounts and percentages that comprise

fringe benefit costs such as health insurance,

FICA, retirement insurance, taxes, etc.

Travel

Description: Costs of project-related travel

by employees of the applicant organization

(does not include costs of consultant travel).

Justification: For each trip, show the total

number of traveler(s), travel destination,

duration of trip, per diem, mileage

allowances, if privately owned vehicles will

be used, and other transportation costs and

subsistence allowances. Travel costs for key

staff to attend ACF-sponsored workshops

should be detailed in the budget.

Equipment

Description: ‘‘Equipment’’ means an article

of nonexpendable, tangible personal property

having a useful life of more than one year

and an acquisition cost which equals or

exceeds the lesser of (a) the capitalization

level established by the organization for the

financial statement purposes, or (b) $5,000.

(Note: Acquisition cost means the net invoice

unit price of an item of equipment, including

the cost of any modifications, attachments,

accessories, or auxiliary apparatus necessary

to make it usable for the purpose for which

it is acquired. Ancillary charges, such as

taxes, duty, protective in-transit insurance,

freight, and installation shall be included in

or excluded from acquisition cost in

accordance with the organization’s regular

written accounting practices.)

Justification: For each type of equipment

requested, provide a description of the

equipment, the cost per unit, the number of

units, the total cost, and a plan for use on the

project, as well as use or disposal of the

equipment after the project ends. An

applicant organization that uses its own

definition for equipment should provide a

copy of its policy or section of its policy

which includes the equipment definition.

Supplies

Description: Costs of all tangible personal

property other than that included under the

Equipment category.

Justification: Specify general categories of

supplies and their costs. Show computations

and provide other information which

supports the amount requested.

Contractual

Description: Costs of all contracts for

services and goods except for those which

belong under other categories such as

equipment, supplies, construction, etc.

Third-party evaluation contracts (if

applicable) and contracts with secondary

recipient organizations, including delegate

agencies and specific project(s) or businesses

to be financed by the applicant, should be

included under this category.

Justification: All procurement transactions

shall be conducted in a manner to provide,

to the maximum extent practical, open and

free competition. Recipients and

subrecipients, other than States that are

required to use Part 92 procedures, must

justify any anticipated procurement action

that is expected to be awarded without

competition and exceed the simplified

acquisition threshold fixed at 41 U.S.C.

403(11) currently set at $100,000. Recipients

might be required to make available to ACF

pre-award review and procurement

documents, such as request for proposals or

invitations for bids, independent cost

estimates, etc.

Note: Whenever the applicant intends to

delegate part of the project to another agency,

the applicant must provide a detailed budget

and budget narrative for each delegate

agency, by agency title, along with the

required supporting information referred to

in these instructions.

Other

Enter the total of all other costs. Such

costs, where applicable and appropriate, may

include but are not limited to insurance,

food, medical and dental costs

(noncontractual), professional services costs,

space and equipment rentals, printing and

publication, computer use, training costs,

such as tuition and stipends, staff

development costs, and administrative costs.

Justification: Provide computations, a

narrative description and a justification for

each cost under this category.

Indirect Charges

Description: Total amount of indirect costs.

This category should be used only when the

applicant currently has an indirect cost rate

approved by the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) or another cognizant

Federal agency.

Justification: An applicant that will charge

indirect costs to the grant must enclose a

copy of the current rate agreement. If the

applicant organization is in the process of

initially developing or renegotiating a rate, it

should immediately upon notification that an

award will be made, develop a tentative

indirect cost rate proposal based on its most

recently completed fiscal year in accordance

with the principles set forth in the cognizant

agency’s guidelines for establishing indirect

cost rates, and submit it to the cognizant

agency. Applicants awaiting approval of their

indirect cost proposals may also request

indirect costs. It should be noted that when

an indirect cost rate is requested, those costs

included in the indirect cost pool should not

also be charged as direct costs to the grant.

Also, if the applicant is requesting a rate

which is less than what is allowed under the

program, the authorized representative of the

applicant organization must submit a signed

acknowledgement that the applicant is

accepting a lower rate than allowed.

Program Income

Description: The estimated amount of

income, if any, expected to be generated from

this project.

Justification: Describe the nature, source

and anticipated use of program income in the

budget or refer to the pages in the application

which contain this information.

Total Direct Charges, Total Indirect Charges,

Total Project Costs

Self-explanatory.

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BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4655–N–07]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request;

Multifamily Contractor’s, Mortgagor’s,

Borrower’s Cost Breakdown and

Certification

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement 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: May 7,

2001.

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:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

L’Enfant Building, Room 8202,

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael McCullough, Director, Office of

Multifamily Development, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–3000 (this is not a

toll-free number), for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1955 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, 12 amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection 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

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: Multifamily

Contractor’s, Mortgagor’s, Borrower’s

Cost Breakdowns and Certification.

OMB Control Number, if Applicable:

2502–0044.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Proposed Use: Form

HUD–2328 is used by contractors to

establish a schedule of values of

construction items on which the

monthly advances or mortgage proceeds

are based. HUD–92330–A is used by

contractors to convey actual

construction costs in a standardized

format of cost certification. In addition

to assuring that the mortgage proceeds

have not been used for purposes other

than construction cost, form HUD–

92330–A further protects the interest of

the Department by directly monitoring

the accuracy of the itemized trades in

form HUD–2328, and also serves as

project data to keep field office cost data

banks and cost estimates current and

accurate. HUD–2205 is used to certify

the actual construction and

improvement costs of Section 220 and

234 projects. HUD–2205–A is used to

certify the actual costs of acquisition or

refinancing of projects insured under

the Section 223(f) program.

Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable:

HUD–2328, HUD–92330–A, HUD–2205,

HUD–2205–A.

Estimation of the Total Numbers of

Hours Needed to Prepare the

Information Collection Including

Number of Respondents, Frequency of

Response, and Hours of Response: The

estimated number of respondents for

form HUD–2328 is 500, the frequency of

responses is 1, the number of hours per

response is 8, for a total of 4,000 annual

burden hours. The estimated number of

respondents for form HUD–92330–A is

350, the frequency of responses is 1, the

number of hours per response is 16, for

a total of 5,600 annual burden hours.

The estimated number of respondents

for form HUD–2205 is 10, the frequency

of responses is 1, the hours per response

is 8, for a total of 80 annual burden

hours. The estimated number of

respondents for form HUD–2205–A is

75, the frequency of responses is 1, the

number of hours per response is 8, for

a total of 600 annual burden hours.

Status of the Proposed Information

Collection: Revision of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

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

Dated: February 26, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

Reports Management Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer

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BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4655–N–08]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request;

Application for Multifamily Housing

Project

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement 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: May 7,

2001.

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:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

L’Enfant Building, Room 8202,

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael McCullough, Director, Office of

Multifamily Development, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–3000 (this is not a

toll-free number), for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1955 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection 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

the use of appropriate automated

collection techniques or other forms of