[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1340]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project(s)
    Title: Welfare Reform Demonstration: Special Application Form.
    OMB No.: 0970-0134.
    Description: The form will be used by State welfare agencies to 
apply for federal waivers for certain welfare reform demonstrations 
under section 115(a) of the Social Security Act. Requests for waivers 
of federal law for demonstration projects falling within any of 5 broad 
policy areas outlined by the President in his 7/31/95 speech to the 
National Governors' association and submitted with the information 
requested on this form will be approved by the federal government 
within 30 days of receipt of the request.
    Respondents: State governments

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden                
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden 
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours    
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Special Form....................................              54               1            0.75           40.5.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 40.5
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described below. copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by 
title. Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file without 
special characters or encryption.
    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. Consideration will be given to 
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: January 22, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information, Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-1340 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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