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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 93 / Tuesday, May 16, 2017 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6003–N–05]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Reporting for HUD
Research, Evaluation, and
Demonstration Cooperative
Agreements
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice: Paperwork Reduction
Act.
AGENCY:

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 comments from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

Comments Due Date: July 17,

2017.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone (202) 402–5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or

ADDRESSES:

Information collection

Number of
respondents

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Reporting for HUD Research,
Evaluation, and Demonstration
Cooperative Agreements.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0299.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: PD&R
intends to establish cooperative
agreements with qualified for-profit and
nonprofit research organizations and
universities to conduct research,
demonstrations, and data analysis.
PD&R will issue a Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) describing the
cooperative research program.
Management of PD&R cooperative

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly Cost
per response

Cost

Quarterly Reports .........
Other Reports ..............
Recordkeeping .............

10
10
10

4
1
1

40
10
10

4
4
16

160
40
160

$0
0
0

$0
0
0

Total ......................

........................

........................

........................

........................

360

........................

0

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

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agreements for research and
demonstrations will require periodic
reporting of progress. This information
collection will be limited to recipients
of cooperative agreements.
Type of Request: (i.e. new, revision or
extension of currently approved
collection): Renewal.
Agency Form Numbers: No agency
forms will be used. The quarterly
reporting will be accomplished through
a short narrative report.
Respondents: HUD anticipates that
approximately 8–10 organizations will
be selected for cooperative agreement
award. Recipients of the cooperative
agreements will be the sole members of
the affected public for the reporting
requirement.
Members of Affected Public: For-profit
and nonprofit organizations that apply
to participate under the cooperative
research agreements NOFA.
Estimated Number of Respondents
frequency of response, and hours of
response: HUD anticipates that a
maximum of 10 organizations will
receive cooperative agreements.
Quarterly progress reporting, other
mandatory federal reporting and
recordkeeping requirements are
estimated at 36 labor hours annually for
each awardee during the life of the
agreement. The total estimated burden
for progress reporting by all participants
is 360 hours annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 360.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: The
only cost to the respondents is that of
their time.

speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5535
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB
may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.

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;

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(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 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.

Dated: May 8, 2017.
Matthew E. Ammon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.

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