# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-22605 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** September 5, 1996 - **Citation:** 61 FR 46815 ## Text 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 [[Page 46816]] 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Type of collection Number of responses per Average burden Total burden respondents respondents response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Application............................... 1769 1 61.25 108,351 Statutory Requirements*......................... 1121 1 105 117,705 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average burden Type of requirement Number of responses per response Total burden respondents respondents (hours) hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reporting Requirements......................... 28 1.4 1 39 Disclosure Requirements........................ 148 1.4 3.3 669 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hours per Number of recordkeeper Total burden Type of requirements recordkeepers per year hours (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recordkeeping................................................... 17 10 170 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4160-15-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A96-22605. Public record. Not legal advice.