30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Grant Drawdown Payment Request/LOCCS/VRS Voice Activated

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-05]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Grant Drawdown Payment Request/LOCCS/VRS Voice Activated

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date:

February 24, 2014.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email:

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov

or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described in Section A. The

Federal Register

notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on October 24, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection:

Grant Drawdown Payment Request/LOCCS/VRS Voice Activated.

OMB Approval Number:

2577-0166.

Type of Request:

Revision of a currently approved collection.

Form Number:

50080-CFP; 50080-NN, RSDE, RSDF, SC; 50080-PHTA; 50080-URP; 50080-FSS; 50080-IHBG; 50080-HOMI; 50080-TIHD.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

Grant

recipients use the applicable payment information to request funds from HUD through the LOCCS/VRS voice activated system. The information collected on the payment voucher will also be used as an internal control measure to ensure the lawful and appropriate disbursement of Federal funds as well as provide a service to program recipients.

Respondents (i.e. affected public):

PHAs, state or local government. Tribes and tribally designated housing entities.

Grant program

Form 50080-XXXX

Number of

respondents*

Frequency of

responses

(drawdowns)

annually per

program

Hours per

response

Burden hours

Capital Fund

50080-CFP

56,876

.15

8,531.4

Resident Opportunities and Supportive Services (ROSS)

50080-NN, RSDE, RSDF, SC

8,400

.15

1,260

Public Housing Technical Assistance

50080-PHTA

134

.15

20.1

Hope VI

50080-URP

460

.15

115

Family Self-Sufficiency

50080-FSS

0

.15

0

Indian Housing Block Grant

50080-IHBG

7,290

.15

1,093.5

Indian HOME

50080-HOMI

10

.15

1.5

Traditional Indian Housing Development

50080-TIHD

510

.15

76.5

4,746

73,266

10,990

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 comment in response to these questions.

Authority:

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

Dated: January 16, 2014.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 2014-01351 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]

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