Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

[Docket No. FR-3917-N-38]

Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: April 1, 1996.

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: Gloria S. Diggs, Reports Liaison

Officer, Office of Administration, Department of Housing & Urban

Development, 451--7th Street, SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria S. Diggs, 202-708-0050 (this is

not a total-free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other

available documents:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).

The 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 Proposal: Grant and Cooperative Agreement Request for

Application and General Reporting Requirements of Grant and Cooperative

Agreement Recipients.

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2535-0084.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use:

Potential Recipients respond to a Request for Application (RFA) in

order to receive an award. After the award is granted, periodic reports

are necessary to ensure that technical progress is satisfactory.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: SF-269, SF-270, SF-424, SF-

1199A.

Members of affected public: Business or Other For-Profit,

Individuals or Households, Not-For-Profit Institutions, and State,

Local, or Tribal Government.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the

information collection including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response: 500 respondents x 4 times per year

x 40 hours per respondent =80,000 burden hours.

Status of the proposed information collection: Extension, no

change.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: January 23, 1996.

David S. Cristy,

Director, Information Resource Management Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 96-2031 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]

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