[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66290-66291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31983]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-3967-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, 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 18, 1997.
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: Mildred M. Hamman, Reports
Liaison Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451--7th Street, SW, Room 4240, Washington, D.C.
20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708-0846,
(This is not a toll-free number.) for copies of the proposed forms and
other available documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY 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).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting 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:
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Title of Proposal: Public and Indian Housing--Economic Development
and Supportive Services Program (EDSS).
OMB Control Number: 2577-0211.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
information is necessary so that applicants can apply and compete for
funding opportunities. Under the program, grants will be provided to
Public and Indian Housing Authorities (collectively HAs) to provide
economic development and supportive services to assist public and
Indian housing residents, the elderly and handicapped persons to become
economically self-sufficient and to live independently.
Agency forms numbers, if applicable: N/A.
Members of affected public: State or Local Governments, Non-profit
institutions.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: 350 respondents, on occasion, 42
average hours per response, 14,212 hours for a total reporting burden.
In addition, this year the Department is combining the EDSS and
Tenant Opportunity Program (TOP) NOFAs in one announcement for a number
of reasons. With the recent passage of The Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the transformation of
the former Aid to Families with Dependent children (AFDC) program to a
state administered block grant program, it is imperative that the
limited funding that the EDSS and TOP programs provide has the maximum
effectiveness possible. The Department believes that it is in the best
interests of public housing to encourage increased coordination between
these two programs that share many similar goals. The Department also
has concluded that it is more useful to potential applicants that HUD
announce the NOFAs for the two programs simultaneously. Similarly, the
information collection period for public comment for these two programs
will also be combined.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 11, 1996.
MaryAnn Russ,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Assisted Housing Operations.
[FR Doc. 96-31983 Filed 12-16-96; 8:45 am]
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