Under the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF)
the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund will
provide competitively awarded grants to CDFIs and qualified
nonprofit housing organizations to finance affordable housing and
related community development projects.
The CDFI Fund requests
an Emergency PRA Review for OMB Control Number 1559-0036, Capital
Magnet Fund Application, in our effort to update the application to
be responsive to public comments in light of the recent application
round and publication of an updated Interim Rule. The CDFI Fund
published the Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting
applications for the FY 2016 Capital Magnet Fund funding round on
February 8, 2016 as well as the revised Interim Rule. Although the
NOFA required Applications to be submitted by March 30, 2016, there
was public demand to extend the comment period for the Interim
Rule. In response to public demand, the CDFI Fund published a
Federal Register Notice on March 17, 2016 announcing the extension
of the comment period on the Interim Rule until May 8, 2016. As a
result, the CDFI Fund did not receive a comprehensive understanding
of public needs for Capital Magnet Fund Information Collections
until early May. This delayed the CDFI Fund’s ability to publish
the 60 day notice for public comment in timely fashion and to meet
the deadline for publishing the 30 day notice for the OMB comment
period. Additionally, in December 2015, the CDFI Fund intentionally
discontinued OMB #1559-0043, the Annual Report, with the intention
for the Annual Report to be updated to be in alignment with the
Application associated with NOFA and Interim Rule that implements
the Capital Magnet Fund. Due to the extension for public comments
on the Interim Rule, it was not possible for the CDFI Fund to
submit the 60-day notice for public comment in enough time to meet
the deadline to submit the 30-day notice for OMB. For these
reasons, the CDFI Fund seeks an Emergency PRA Review to renew OMB
#1559-0036, the Application, and reinstate the #1559-0043, Annual
Report, under OMB #1559-0036, to prevent further lapses in data
collections that are necessary to reduce potential fraud, waste,
and abuse of Federal award funds.
The burden for completing
CMF-related forms increased for two reasons: 1) more realistic
estimates related to completing the Application; and 2) the
addition of the Annual Report to the ICR. Although the number of
applicants decreased to 200 from 250, the number of hours to
complete the ICR increased from 50 to 100 for a total of 20000
hours. Of the 150 applicants, approximately 55 receive awards and
must complete the Annual Report. The Annual Report takes each
Recipient Approximately 40 hours to complete for a total of 2200
hours. Therefore, the total for both ICRs is 22000.
$0
No
No
No
No
Yes
Uncollected
Dan Aiello 202 653-0401
aiellod@cdfi.treas.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.