[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66637-66638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33150]
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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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