Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and

instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have

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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on

respondents, including through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project

HRSA Competing Training Grant Application, Instructions and Related

Regulations--(0915-0060)--Extension and Revision

The Health Resources and Services Administration uses the

information in the application to determine the eligibility of

applicants for awards, to calculate the amount of each award, and to

judge the relative merit of applications. This is a request for renewed

clearance with several changes in the application form. The form will

be distributed electronically via the Internet, the budget will be

negotiated for all years of the project period based on this

application, and program-specific instructions will include greater

standardization of content for the project summary and the detailed

description of the project. Regulations which authorize the application

form and other reporting requirements for various programs are cleared

in this package. No changes were made to the regulations.

The estimated annual application burden is as follows:

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Number of

Type of collection Number of responses per Average burden Total burden

respondents respondents response hours

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Basic Application............................... 1769 1 61.25 108,351

Statutory Requirements*......................... 1121 1 105 117,705

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* In 1992, a law was passed which required applicants for selected grant programs to provide specified data in

the grant application.

The burden for the regulatory requirements included in this package

are as follows:

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Number of Average burden

Type of requirement Number of responses per response Total burden

respondents respondents (hours) hours

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Reporting Requirements......................... 28 1.4 1 39

Disclosure Requirements........................ 148 1.4 3.3 669

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Hours per

Number of recordkeeper Total burden

Type of requirements recordkeepers per year hours

(hours)

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Recordkeeping................................................... 17 10 170

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The total burden for these activities is 226,934 hours.

Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: August 29, 1996.

J. Henry Montes,

Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.

[FR Doc. 96-22605 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]

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