# 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD-Administered Small Cities Program Performance Assessment Report, OMB Control No.: 2506-0020
**AGENCY:**
Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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:* August 25, 2022.
**ADDRESSES:**
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: *[email protected].* Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, 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. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of 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 May 6, 2022, at 87 FR 27180.
**A. Overview of Information Collection**
*Title of Information Collection:* HUD-Administered Small Cities Program Performance Assessment Report.
*OMB Approval Number:* 2506-0020.
*Type of Request:* Extension of a currently approved collection.
*Form Number:* HUD-4052.
*Description of the need for the information and proposed use:* Section 104(e) of the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDA) of 1974 require that each grantee must submit a performance and evaluation report to HUD. An extension without change of a currently approved collection is requested for the annual performance assessment report, submitted by the grantees in the Small Cities program enabling HUD to track program progress.
| Information collection | Number of | Frequency | Responses | Burden hour | Annual | Hourly cost | Annual cost |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HUD-4052 | 40 | 1.0 | 40 | 4.0 | 160 | $43.04 | $6,886.40 |
**B. Solicitation of Public Comment**
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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) 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.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Data Officer.