2023-22305. 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: CDBG-PRICE Competition Grant Program (Manufactured Housing Community Improvement Grant Program) Application Collection; OMB Control No.: 2506-New

AGENCY:

Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

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 an additional 30 days of public comment. This notice replaces the notice HUD published on September 15, 2023.

DATES:

The comment period for the notice published at 88 FR 44815 on July 13, 2023, which was extended at 88 FR 63598 on September 15, 2023, is further extended. Comments are due by November 6, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Clearance Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410–5000; email [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email [e-mail] or telephone [phone]. This is not a toll-free number. 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.

The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on July 13, 2023 at 88 FR 44815.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: CDBG–PRICE Competition Grant Program (Manufactured Housing Community Improvement Grant Program) Application Collection.

OMB Approval Number: 2506–PENDING.

Type of Request: New Collection.

Form Number: N/A.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD is issuing this NOFO under the authority of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117–328, enacted December 29, 2022) to collect applications for the preservation and revitalization of manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes).

Respondents: Local governments, state governments, tribal governments, community development financial institutions, cooperatives, manufactured housing communities, metropolitan planning organizations, multi-jurisdictional entities, non-entitlement units of general local government, and non-profits.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 100+.

Estimated Number of Responses: 100.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Hours per Response: 21.

Total Estimated Burden: 2,100.

The estimated burden for this NOFO application collection includes HUD's Standardized Grant Application forms which have been reviewed and approved by OMB under control number: 2501–0017. HUD is collecting certifications from all applicants, and there is a specific certification form depending on each applicant type: local governments, state governments, tribal governments, community development financial institutions, cooperatives, manufactured housing communities, metropolitan planning organizations, multi-jurisdictional entities, non-entitlement units of general local government, and non-profits. Each applicant is only required to complete one certification form. The certification form collects information related to a variety of laws, including CDBG requirements and cross-cutting requirements. The applicant will be expected to review and sign the form.

If an applicant wishes to engage in a partnership, all partners must submit a letter of intent to participate as part of the Grantee's application for PRICE funds. A letter of intent to participate and a binding cooperation, subrecipient, or developer agreement, or a contract, as applicable and contingent upon award, must be submitted with the Grantee's application for PRICE funds. The burden hours include submission of documentation of partnership, if required. Optional letter templates are included in the application package, which applicants may choose to use to satisfy these requirements.

The burden hours associated with the above-mentioned forms have been included in the burden hours list below.

Information collection	Number of respondents	Frequency of response	Responses per annum	Burden hour per response	Annual burden hours	Hourly cost per response	Annual cost
NOFO Application	100	1	100	20	2,000	$46.58	$93,700
NOFO Certifications	100	1	100	1	100	46.58	4,658
Total	100	1	100	21	2,100	46.58	98,358

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.

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

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.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer.