Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4200-N-87]

Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, 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.

DATES: Comments due date: August 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

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received within thirty (30) days from the date of this Notice. Comments

should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval number should

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

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 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,

Southwest, 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 Ms. 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).

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 OMB approval number, if applicable;

(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed

use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the

public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information

submissions will be required (8) an estimate of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether

the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an

information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB

Desk Officer for the Department.

Authority: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. 35, as amended.

Dated: July 16, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources, Management Policy and

Management Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Title of Proposal: Community Development Block Grant Entitlement

Program.

Office: Community Planning and Development.

OMB Approval Number: 2506-0077.

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

The information is needed for the submission of the Final Statement and

Grantee Performance Report. The report is required by Section 104(b) of

the Housing and Community Development Act and is necessary for HUD to

perform periodic reviews of the grantees' performance. The information

is also used to prepare the Annual Report to Congress on the Community

Development Block Grant program.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.

Frequency of Submission: Quarterly, annually, and recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Quarterly Reports..................... 925 4 71 262,700

Annual Report......................... 925 1 21 19,425

Recordkeeping......................... 925 1 125 115,625

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 397,750.

Status: Revision.

Contact: Deirdre Maquire-Zinni, HUD, (202) 708-1577; Joseph F.

Lackey, Jr., 0MB, (202) 395-7316.

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