01-5045. Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CIAP) Budget/Progress Report and Actual Modernization Cost Certificate

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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: April 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval number (2577-0044) and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Q, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [e-mail]; telephone [phone]. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; (4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection requirement; and (10) the name and telephone number of an agency official familiar with the proosal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CIAP) Budget/Progress Report and Actual Modernization Cost Certificate.

OMB Approval Number; 2577-0044.

Form Numbers: HUD-52825, HUD-53001.

Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: The Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program (CIAP) provides modernization funds to housing authorities (HAs) that own or operate fewer than 250 units. Grantees (Public Housing Agencies) must submit a budget and progress report for the life of the CIAP funding grant. This Certificate must be submitted to HUD to enable the fiscal closeout of the CIAP grant.

Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government

Frequency of Submission: Annually.

	Number of respondents	×	Frequency of response	×	Hours per response	=	Burden hours
Reporting burden	1,000		1		10		10,000

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 10,000.

Status: Reinstatement, without change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

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