[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 311-325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-43]


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[Federal Register: January 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Community Planning and Development
[Docket No. N-93-3697]

 

Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, 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.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: Joseph L. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, 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 SW., 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 Mrs. 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). It is also requested that OMB complete its review within five 
days.
    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 description of the need for the information and its 
purpose;
    (4) The agency form number, if applicable;
    (5) What members of the public will be affected by the proposal;
    (6) How frequently information submissions will be required;
    (7) An estimate of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response;
    (8) Whether the proposal is new or an extension, reinstatement, or 
revision of an information collection requirement; and
    (9) The names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar 
with the proposal and of the OMB desk Officer for the Department.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction ACT, 44 
U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    Dated: December 27, 1993.
Mark C. Gordon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

    Proposal: Application approval.
    Office: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
and Development.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
The Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program is authorized by 
Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. The 
statute requires the Secretaries of HUD and Agriculture to make 
designations of empowerment zones and enterprise communities from among 
eligible areas based on a Strategic Plan which addresses the human, 
physical, economic and community development problems in the area. HUD 
has prepared an application form HUD-40003 to allow applicants to apply 
for designation. We are asking the OMB for expedited clearance of the 
application form to allow the maximum time possible for eligible 
applications to prepare their applications.
    Respondents: Units of general local government together with their 
appropriate State and State Certified Economic Development Corporations 
may apply.
    Frequency of response: This is a one time application process. The 
Secretaries of HUD and Agriculture are authorized to make a maximum 
number of designations each, as specified by the statute in urban and 
rural areas.
    Reporting burden: 

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                                            Number of      x                    x   Estimated        Total hours
                                          respondents           Frequency             hours      =              
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FY 94/ one time nomination.............             300                    1                50            15,000
Annually for designees reports.........             104                    1                16             1,664
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    Status: This is a new collection for a one-time appropriation.
    Contact: Michael Savage, HUD, (202) 708-2290; or Joseph F. Lackey, 
Jr., OMB (202) 395-6880.

    Dated: December 27, 1993.

Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Program Attachment to SF 83--
Supporting Statement

A. Justification

    1. The statute requires that data demonstrating eligibility must be 
submitted as part of the nomination for Empowerment Zone/Enterprise 
Community designation, as well as the Strategic Plan addressing 
problems in the nominated area which will serve as the basis for 
designation by the appropriate Secretary. In addition the statute 
requires that the nomination for designation include benchmarks 
established by the nominee for measuring the success of the nominees 
plan implementation. Modification of the boundaries of the zone or lack 
of progress in achieving the benchmarks set forth in the strategic plan 
is indicated in the statute as grounds for a revokation by the 
appropriate Secretary of the designation. Therefore, we will ask for 
periodic (annual) reports from the designated Empowerment Zones and 
Enterprise Communities in which they indicate how they are progressing 
against the benchmarks they established. We do not have a specific form 
which must be used to make this report.
    a. Nomination.
    (A) Eligibility factors include documentation of specific levels of 
poverty by census tract, pervasive poverty and general distress. In 
addition, parameters of geographic size and population are included.
    (B) The statute provides that in making designations, the Secretary 
will consider the effectiveness of the strategic plan, the 
effectiveness of the assurances provided and the other criteria which 
may be specified by the appropriate Secretary.
    b. Periodic (annual) performance reports. As indicated above this 
report will be submitted by the designated Empowerment Zones and 
Enterprise Communities to show their progress in achieving the 
benchmarks set forth in their strategic plans. The appropriate 
Secretary will use the information submitted to evaluate the success of 
the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities as indicated in the 
statute.
    2. Purpose and use of the information.
    The nominations will be used by HUD and USDA to evaluate the 
eligibility of the nominated areas and make designations of Empowerment 
Zones and Enterprise Communities in accordance with the designation 
criteria set forth in the statute.
    The period reports will be used as required by the statute to 
determine the success of each designee in meeting its established 
benchmarks and in evaluating the program as a whole.
    3. Use of information technology to reduce burden--not applicable.
    4. Effort to identify duplication.
    These requirements are the minimum necessary to meet the 
requirements of the statute and put the Program into effect.
    5. Availability of similar information.
    While available information can be used to prepare the nomination 
and develop the strategic plan, the statute requires that the nominee 
develop this information for an area it selects.
    6. Small business involvement--not applicable.
    7. Consequence of less frequent information collection.
    We judge periodic reports to be the minimum needed to administer 
the program in conformance with the statute.
    8. Inconsistency with 5 CFR 1320.6--not applicable.
    9. Persons consulted.
    HUD and USDA have worked together to prepare joint applications for 
the Program. The following agencies were consulted during the 
preparation and development of the program:

Commerce Department--Larry Parks
Education Department--Mike Smith
Housing and Human Services--David Ellwood
Justice--Eleanor Acheson
Labor--Larry Katz
OMB--Chris Edley
ONDCP--Ed Jurith
SBA--Erskine Bolles
Transportation--Ann Bormolini
Treasury--Maurice Foley
CEA--Joe Stiglitz
DPC--Bruce Reed
NEC--Paul Dimond
V.P.--Kumiki Gibson

    10. Assurance of confidentiality--not applicable.
    11. Questions of a sensitive nature--not applicable.
    12. Cost estimates.

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                                                                                     Average                    
                                            Number of     x      Estimated     x      hourly     =       Cost   
                                           respondents             hours              rates                     
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Grantees (state & local governments):                                                                           
    Nomination.........................             300                   50            $10.00          $150,000
    Reports............................             104                   16             10.00            16,640
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      Total cost to nominees &           ..............       ..............       ...........           166,640
       designees.                                                                                               
Federal Government:                                                                                             
    Nomination.........................             300                   80            $18.00          $432,000
    Reports............................             104                   40             18.00            74,880
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      Total cost to federal government.  ..............       ..............       ...........           506,880
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    These figures are based on an estimate of the number of 
applications expected and the assumption that HUD and USDA will 
designate the full EZs and ECs authorized in the statute. These figures 
were then multiplied by the number of hours estimated for preparation 
or review for each requirement.
    13. Estimate of Burden of Information Collection.

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                                            Number of                               Estimated                   
                                           respondents    x     Frequency      x      hours      =   Total hours
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FY 94/one time nomination..............             300                    1                50            15,000
Annually for Designees reports.........             104                    1                16             1,664
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    14. Changes in burden--not applicable.
    15. Publication for statistical use--not applicable.
    16. The publication of this information does not employ statistical 
methods.

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