97-29349. Program Support Center; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60094-60095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Program Support Center; Agency Information Collection Activities: 
Proposed Collections; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Program Support Center 
(PSC), will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the PSC Reports 
Clearance Officer on [phone].
    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 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.

1. Application Packets for Real Property for Public Health Purposes--
0937-0191--Revision

    The Department of Health and Human Services Administers a program 
to convey or lease surplus real property to States and their political 
subdivisions and instrumentalities, to tax-supported institutions, and 
to nonprofit institutions to be used for health purposes. State and 
local governments and nonprofit organizations use these applications to 
apply for excess/surplus, underutilized/unutilized and off-site 
Government real property. Information in the application is used to 
determine eligibility to purchase, lease, or use property under the 
provisions of the surplus property program. The instructions have been 
reduced from six (6) packets to three (3) to streamline and consolidate 
the health and homeless application processes. The Environmental 
information form, used to evaluate potential environmental effects of a 
proposal as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 
is being revised to provide factual data to support the response to 
each question and to leave no doubt about what conditions or adverse 
effects are

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being considered as well as to make it more user friendly. Respondents: 
State, Local or Tribal Governments; not-for-profit institutions; Total 
Number of Respondents: 114 per calendar year; Number of Responses per 
Respondent: One response per request; Average Burden per Response: 200 
hours; Estimated Annual Burden: 22,800 hours.
    Send comments to Douglas F. Mortl, PSC Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 17A08, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 30, 1997.
Lynnda M. Regan,
Director, Program Support Center.
[FR Doc. 97-29349 Filed 11-5-97; 8:45 am]
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