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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 through
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.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7011–N–57]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Continuum of Care
Homeless Assistance—Technical
Submission
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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 comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

Information collection
Exhibit 3 CoC Technical Submissions esnaps Forms, formerly HUD–40090–
3(a–b) .......................
Submission Subtotal ....
Total Grant Program
Application Collection.

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

Comments Due Date: February 3,

2020.
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:
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:
Anna P.Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at
[email protected] or telephone
202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free
number. Person 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.
The Federal Register notice that
solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60
days was published on October 11, 2019
at 84 FR 54916.
ADDRESSES:

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Continuum of Care Program Homeless
Assistance Application—Technical
Submission.
OMB Approval Number: 2506–0183.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–40090–3a.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This

submission is to request an extension of
a currently approved collection for
reporting burden associated with the
Technical Submission phase of the
Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
Application. This submission is limited
to the Technical Submission process
under the CoC Program interim rule, as
authorized by the HEARTH Act.
Applicants who are successful in the
CoC Program Competition are required
to submit more detailed technical
information before grant agreement. The
information to be collected will be used
to ensure that technical requirements
are met prior to the execution of a grant
agreement. The technical requirements
relate to a more extensive description of
the budgets for administration costs,
timelines for project implementation,
match documentation and other project
specific documentation, and
information to support the resolution of
grant conditions. HUD will use this
detailed information to determine if a
project is financially feasible and
whether all proposed activities are
eligible. All information collected is
used to carefully consider conditional
applicants for funding. If HUD collects
less information, or collected it less
frequently, the Department could not
make a final determination concerning
the eligibility of applicants for grant
funds and conditional applicants would
not be eligible to sign grant agreements
and receive funding. To see the
regulations for the CoC Program and
applicable supplementary documents,
visit HUD’s Homeless Resource
Exchange page at https://
www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/.
The statutory provisions and the
implementing interim rule (also found
at 24 CFR part 587) that govern the
program require the information
provided by the Technical Submission.

Number of
respondents

Frequency
of response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual
burden hours

Hourly
cost per
response

Annual Cost

750.00
750.00

1.00
1.00

750.00
750.00

8.00
8.00

6,000.00
6,000.00

47.52
47.52

285,120.00
285,120.00

750.00

1.00

750.00

8.00

6,000.00

47.52

285,120.00

B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of

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the following:
(1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
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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 through
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.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–28426 Filed 1–2–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX20EN05ESBJF00; OMB Control Number
1028–0096/Renewal]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Department of the Interior Regional
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
U.S. Geological Survey, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA
20192; or by email to gs-info_
[email protected]. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–0096 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Doug Beard, Chief of

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the USGS National Climate Adaptation
Science Center, by email at dbeard@
usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703–648–
5212.
You may also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on October
17, 2019, 84 FR 55581. No comments
were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
USGS; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the USGS enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the USGS minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) manages eight Department of
the Interior (DOI) Regional Climate
Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs).
Each CASC involves a cooperative
agreement with a host institution. The
host institution agreements are
periodically re-competed, requiring
collection of information from potential
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quarterly and annual reporting required
of host institutions.
Title of Collection: Department of the
Interior Regional Climate Adaptation
Science Centers.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0096.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Institutions that are expected to propose
to serve as CASC host or partner
institutions include state, local
government, and tribal entities,
including academic institutions.
Existing host institutions are state
academic institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: USGS expects to request
proposals for a maximum of three
CASCs in any year, and to receive an
average of 5 proposals per CASCrequest, for a total of 15 proposals in
any single year. The USGS expects to
enter into hosting agreements with a
minimum of eight CASC host
institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: The USGS would request
quarterly financial statements and
annual progress reports covering host
agreements from eight institutions. In
addition, the USGS expects to have in
place approximately 40 cooperative
agreements per year addressing specific
research projects funded under these
hosting agreements. Each of these 40
agreements requires quarterly financial
statements and one annual progress
report.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Each proposal for CASC
hosting is expected to take 200 hours to
complete. The time required to
complete quarterly and annual reports
for any specific host cooperative
agreement or research project agreement
is expected to total 2.5 hours per report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: A maximum of 3,120
hours in years when proposals are
requested, and 120 hours in those years
with only quarterly and annual
reporting.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Information
will be collected one time every five
years (approximately) for each CASC, to
enable re-competition of CASC hosting
agreements. In addition, host
institutions are required to fill four
quarterly financial statements and one
annual progress report.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this
collection of information.

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