Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4254-N-02]

Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, 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: February 17, 1998.

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: Reports Liaison Officer Shelia E.

Jones, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451-7th Street, SW,

Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan C. Opper, Senior Program Officer,

Office of Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Room 7286, 451 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20410;

telephone number (202) 708-3587. Persons with hearing or speech

impairments may access this number via TTY calling the Federal

Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. FAX inquiries may be sent

to Mr. Opper at (202) 401-2044. (Except for the ``800'' number, these

telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENT 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

affected 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: Disaster Recovery Initiative Data System

(DRIDS).

OMB Control Number, if applicable: Not applicable. This is new data

collection.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD

requires that grantees submit quarterly reports to the Department on

the use of HUD Disaster Recovery funds. This information must be

submitted to HUD no later than 30 days following each calendar quarter.

HUD will use the information to submit quarterly reports to Congress

that are required by Public Law 105-18. The reports to Congress must

cover the use of grant fund for or associated with buyouts.

In addition, cities and counties must submit a Performance Report

for the HUD Disaster Recovery Initiative in accordance with 24 CFR

91.520 that must be submitted to HUD no later than 90 days following

the end of each 12 month period. States are also required by 24 CFR

91.520 to submit a Performance Evaluation Report (PER) for the HUD

Disaster Recovery Initiative no later than 90 days following the end of

each 12 month period. HUD is considering modifying paragraphs II.A. 1.

through 3. of the HUD Disaster Recovery Initiative Federal Register

Notice dated September 8, 1997, at FR 47351, so that most of the

requirements of paragraph 1 and 2 are met by the quarterly report in

paragraph 3.

HUD will use the information from these submissions to report to

Congress on the overall use of the Disaster Recovery Initiative Grant

funds.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: Not applicable. This will be a

computerized data system operating on the world-wide web.

Member of affected public: State and local governments.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the

information collection including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response:

Number of respondents--about 100;

Frequency of response--quarterly per grantee;

Hours of reponse--128 hours annually per grantee (116 hours for record

keeping; 12 hours for reporting.)

Status of the proposed information collection: This is new

information collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995, 44

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

Date: December 12, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.

[FR Doc. 97-33150 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]

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