Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Community Planning and Development

[Docket No. N-93-3697]

Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should

be sent to: Joseph L. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone

(202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mrs. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter

35). It is also requested that OMB complete its review within five

days.

The Notice lists the following information:

(1) The title of the information collection proposal;

(2) The office of the agency to collect the information;

(3) The description of the need for the information and its

purpose;

(4) The agency form number, if applicable;

(5) What members of the public will be affected by the proposal;

(6) How frequently information submissions will be required;

(7) An estimate of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response;

(8) Whether the proposal is new or an extension, reinstatement, or

revision of an information collection requirement; and

(9) The names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB desk Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction ACT, 44

U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: December 27, 1993.

Mark C. Gordon,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

Proposal: Application approval.

Office: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:

The Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program is authorized by

Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. The

statute requires the Secretaries of HUD and Agriculture to make

designations of empowerment zones and enterprise communities from among

eligible areas based on a Strategic Plan which addresses the human,

physical, economic and community development problems in the area. HUD

has prepared an application form HUD-40003 to allow applicants to apply

for designation. We are asking the OMB for expedited clearance of the

application form to allow the maximum time possible for eligible

applications to prepare their applications.

Respondents: Units of general local government together with their

appropriate State and State Certified Economic Development Corporations

may apply.

Frequency of response: This is a one time application process. The

Secretaries of HUD and Agriculture are authorized to make a maximum

number of designations each, as specified by the statute in urban and

rural areas.

Reporting burden:

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Number of x x Estimated Total hours

respondents Frequency hours =

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FY 94/ one time nomination............. 300 1 50 15,000

Annually for designees reports......... 104 1 16 1,664

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Status: This is a new collection for a one-time appropriation.

Contact: Michael Savage, HUD, (202) 708-2290; or Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB (202) 395-6880.

Dated: December 27, 1993.

Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program Attachment to SF 83--

Supporting Statement

A. Justification

1. The statute requires that data demonstrating eligibility must be

submitted as part of the nomination for Empowerment Zone/Enterprise

Community designation, as well as the Strategic Plan addressing

problems in the nominated area which will serve as the basis for

designation by the appropriate Secretary. In addition the statute

requires that the nomination for designation include benchmarks

established by the nominee for measuring the success of the nominees

plan implementation. Modification of the boundaries of the zone or lack

of progress in achieving the benchmarks set forth in the strategic plan

is indicated in the statute as grounds for a revokation by the

appropriate Secretary of the designation. Therefore, we will ask for

periodic (annual) reports from the designated Empowerment Zones and

Enterprise Communities in which they indicate how they are progressing

against the benchmarks they established. We do not have a specific form

which must be used to make this report.

a. Nomination.

(A) Eligibility factors include documentation of specific levels of

poverty by census tract, pervasive poverty and general distress. In

addition, parameters of geographic size and population are included.

(B) The statute provides that in making designations, the Secretary

will consider the effectiveness of the strategic plan, the

effectiveness of the assurances provided and the other criteria which

may be specified by the appropriate Secretary.

b. Periodic (annual) performance reports. As indicated above this

report will be submitted by the designated Empowerment Zones and

Enterprise Communities to show their progress in achieving the

benchmarks set forth in their strategic plans. The appropriate

Secretary will use the information submitted to evaluate the success of

the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities as indicated in the

statute.

2. Purpose and use of the information.

The nominations will be used by HUD and USDA to evaluate the

eligibility of the nominated areas and make designations of Empowerment

Zones and Enterprise Communities in accordance with the designation

criteria set forth in the statute.

The period reports will be used as required by the statute to

determine the success of each designee in meeting its established

benchmarks and in evaluating the program as a whole.

3. Use of information technology to reduce burden--not applicable.

4. Effort to identify duplication.

These requirements are the minimum necessary to meet the

requirements of the statute and put the Program into effect.

5. Availability of similar information.

While available information can be used to prepare the nomination

and develop the strategic plan, the statute requires that the nominee

develop this information for an area it selects.

6. Small business involvement--not applicable.

7. Consequence of less frequent information collection.

We judge periodic reports to be the minimum needed to administer

the program in conformance with the statute.

8. Inconsistency with 5 CFR 1320.6--not applicable.

9. Persons consulted.

HUD and USDA have worked together to prepare joint applications for

the Program. The following agencies were consulted during the

preparation and development of the program:

Commerce Department--Larry Parks

Education Department--Mike Smith

Housing and Human Services--David Ellwood

Justice--Eleanor Acheson

Labor--Larry Katz

OMB--Chris Edley

ONDCP--Ed Jurith

SBA--Erskine Bolles

Transportation--Ann Bormolini

Treasury--Maurice Foley

CEA--Joe Stiglitz

DPC--Bruce Reed

NEC--Paul Dimond

V.P.--Kumiki Gibson

10. Assurance of confidentiality--not applicable.

11. Questions of a sensitive nature--not applicable.

12. Cost estimates.

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Average

Number of x Estimated x hourly = Cost

respondents hours rates

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Grantees (state & local governments):

Nomination......................... 300 50 $10.00 $150,000

Reports............................ 104 16 10.00 16,640

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Total cost to nominees & .............. .............. ........... 166,640

designees.

Federal Government:

Nomination......................... 300 80 $18.00 $432,000

Reports............................ 104 40 18.00 74,880

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Total cost to federal government. .............. .............. ........... 506,880

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These figures are based on an estimate of the number of

applications expected and the assumption that HUD and USDA will

designate the full EZs and ECs authorized in the statute. These figures

were then multiplied by the number of hours estimated for preparation

or review for each requirement.

13. Estimate of Burden of Information Collection.

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Number of Estimated

respondents x Frequency x hours = Total hours

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FY 94/one time nomination.............. 300 1 50 15,000

Annually for Designees reports......... 104 1 16 1,664

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14. Changes in burden--not applicable.

15. Publication for statistical use--not applicable.

16. The publication of this information does not employ statistical

methods.

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