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Total Estimated Burden Hours:
153,088.
Status: Reinstatement with change of
a currently approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: February 27, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5683–N–15]

Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB: Survey
and Collection of Information From
HUD Healthy Housing Demonstration
Grantees
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

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.
The mission of HUD’s Healthy Homes
Program is ‘‘To reduce health and safety
hazards in housing in a comprehensive
and cost effective manner, with a
particular focus on protecting the health
of children and other sensitive
populations in low income
households.’’ (Leading Our Nation to
Healthier Homes: The Healthy Homes
Strategic Plan, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development Office
of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard
Control, 2010, p. 7.) An evaluation and
summarization of grants awarded under
the program was last completed in 2005
(‘‘An Evaluation of HUD’s Healthy
Homes Initiative: Current Findings and
Outcomes,’’ Healthy Housing Solutions,
March 5, 2007). The objectives of the
Healthy Homes Demonstration (HHD)
grants that will be evaluated through the
effort described in this notice include:
• Carrying out direct remediation
where housing-related hazards may
contribute to injury or illness, with a
focus on children’s health;
• Delivering education and outreach
activities to protect children from
housing-related hazards; and
• Building capacity to increase the
probability that aspects of grant-

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supported Healthy Homes programs are
sustained.
OHHLHC intends to administer an
online questionnaire for up to 30 HHD
grantees. This questionnaire will
capture key project information to
supplement information already
available in reports and manuscripts
from the approximately 54 HHD grants
that were awarded from fiscal years
2005 to 2009, including any 2004 grant
not included in the earlier evaluation,
and any more recent grantee whose
grant ends this fiscal year. OHHLHC is
especially interested in determining
whether any of the grantee’s data sets
(i.e., resulting from project evaluation)
would be of value to OHHLHC for
additional analyses. After a review of
available reports and manuscripts,
OHHLHC anticipates roughly half of
these grantees (up to 30) will be asked
to complete the online questionnaire.
OHHLHC will target those grantees that
have carried out the greatest number of
interventions, collected the most
detailed evaluation data on cost, health
and housing impacts and outcomes, and
can demonstrate significant capacitybuilding and sustainable approaches to
guide policy development and guidance
for future healthy homes efforts. A
questionnaire was developed for the
2005 evaluation that captured key
information about recruitment/
enrollment, assessment, interventions,
skills training, and community
education/outreach in HHI grantee
projects. This questionnaire will be
modified for this new data collection
effort. The online questionnaire will be
administered through a secure Web site.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 4,
2013.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2539–New) 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 [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
[email protected]. or telephone
(202) 402–3400. 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 the
ADDRESSES:

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Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) 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.
This notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposed: Survey and
Collection From HUD Healthy Housing
Demonstration Grantees.
OMB Approval Number: 2539–New.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
mission of HUD’s Healthy Homes
Program is ‘‘To reduce health and safety
hazards in housing in a comprehensive
and cost effective manner, with a
particular focus on protecting the health
of children and other sensitive
populations in low income
households.’’ (Leading Our Nation to
Healthier Homes: The Healthy Homes
Strategic Plan, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development Office
of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard
Control, 2010, p. 7.) An evaluation and
summarization of grants awarded under
the program was last completed in 2005
(‘‘An Evaluation of HUD’s Healthy
Homes Initiative: Current Findings and
Outcomes,’’ Healthy Housing Solutions,
March 5, 2007). The objectives of the
Healthy Homes Demonstration (HHD)
grants that will be evaluated through the
effort described in this notice include:
• Carrying out direct remediation
where housing-related hazards may
contribute to injury or illness, with a
focus on children’s health;
• Delivering education and outreach
activities to protect children from
housing-related hazards; and
• Building capacity to increase the
probability that aspects of grantsupported Healthy Homes programs are
sustained.
OHHLHC intends to administer an
online questionnaire for up to 30 HHD

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grantees. This questionnaire will
capture key project information to
supplement information already
available in reports and manuscripts
from the approximately 54 HHD grants
that were awarded from fiscal years
2005 to 2009, including any 2004 grant
not included in the earlier evaluation,
and any more recent grantee whose
grant ends this fiscal year. OHHLHC is
especially interested in determining
whether any of the grantee’s data sets
(i.e., resulting from project evaluation)

would be of value to OHHLHC for
additional analyses. After a review of
available reports and manuscripts,
OHHLHC anticipates roughly half of
these grantees (up to 30) will be asked
to complete the online questionnaire.
OHHLHC will target those grantees that
have carried out the greatest number of
interventions, collected the most
detailed evaluation data on cost, health
and housing impacts and outcomes, and
can demonstrate significant capacitybuilding and sustainable approaches to

guide policy development and guidance
for future healthy homes efforts. A
questionnaire was developed for the
2005 evaluation that captured key
information about recruitment/
enrollment, assessment, interventions,
skills training, and community
education/outreach in HHI grantee
projects. This questionnaire will be
modified for this new data collection
effort. The online questionnaire will be
administered through a secure Web site.

TOTAL BURDEN ESTIMATE
Number of
respondents

Requirement

Hours per
respondent

Cost per hour

Labor cost

Startup cost

O&M cost

Total cost

Complete questionnaire ........

30

16

480

$32.75

$15,720

$0

$0

$15,720

Total ..........

30

16

480

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

$15,720

$0

$0

$15,720

Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended
Dated: February 27, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–05080 Filed 3–4–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5696–N–01]

Allocations, Common Application,
Waivers, and Alternative Requirements
for Grantees Receiving Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Disaster Recovery Funds in Response
to Hurricane Sandy
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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SUMMARY: This Notice advises the public
of the initial allocation of
$5,400,000,000 of Community
Development Block Grant disaster
recovery (CDBG–DR) funds
appropriated by the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–
2) for the purpose of assisting recovery
in the most impacted and distressed
areas declared a major disaster due to
Hurricane Sandy. This Notice describes
applicable waivers and alternative
requirements, relevant statutory
provisions for grants provided under
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criteria for plan approval, and eligible
disaster recovery activities.
DATES: Effective Date: March 11, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan
Gimont, Director, Office of Block Grant
Assistance, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 7286, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number 202–708–3587.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
via TTY by calling the Federal Relay
Service at 800–877–8339. Facsimile
inquiries may be sent to Mr. Gimont at
202–401–2044. (Except for the ‘‘800’’
number, these telephone numbers are
not toll-free.) Email inquiries may be
sent to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Allocation
II. Use of Funds
III. Timely Expenditure of Funds, and
Prevention of Fraud, Abuse, and
Duplication of Benefits
IV. Authority to Grant Waivers
V. Overview of Grant Process
VI. Applicable Rules, Statutes, Waivers, and
Alternative Requirements
A. Grant Administration
B. Housing and Related-Floodplain Issues
C. Infrastructure
D. Economic Revitalization
E. Certifications and Collection of
Information
VII. Duration of Funding
VIII. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
IX. Finding of No Significant Impact
Appendix A: Allocation Methodology

I. Allocation
The Disaster Relief Appropriations
Act, 2013 (Pub. L. 113–2, approved

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January 29, 2013)(Appropriations Act)
makes available $16,000,000,000 in
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds for necessary expenses
related to disaster relief, long-term
recovery, restoration of infrastructure
and housing, and economic
revitalization in the most impacted and
distressed areas resulting from a major
disaster declared pursuant to the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) (Stafford Act), due
to Hurricane Sandy and other eligible
events in calendar years 2011, 2012, and
2013. The law provides that funds shall
be awarded directly to a State or unit of
general local government (UGLG)
(hereafter local government) at the
discretion of the Secretary. Unless noted
otherwise, the term ‘‘grantee’’ refers to
any jurisdiction receiving a direct award
under from HUD under this Notice.
To comply with statutory direction
that funds be used for disaster-related
expenses in the most impacted and
distressed areas, HUD computes
allocations based on the best available
data that cover all the eligible affected
areas. This Notice allocates funds based
on unmet housing and economic
revitalization needs, but not
infrastructure restoration needs as
FEMA damage estimates are very
preliminary as of the date of this Notice.
Based on a review of the impacts from
Hurricane Sandy, and estimates of
unmet need calculated by the
Department, this Notice provides the
following Round 1 awards:

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