[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6377-6379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3702]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Proposed Project #1

    Title: PROGRAM NARRATIVE; Application for Federal Assistance; 
Objective Work Plan: Administration for Native Americans.
    OMB No.: 0980-0204.
    Description: The information collected by PROGRAM NARRATIVE; 
Application for Federal Assistance, the Objective Work Plan, is needed 
to properly administer and monitor the Administration for Native 
Americans' (ANA) Program's competitive areas--Social and Economic 
Development Strategies (SEDS), ANA Environmental Regulatory 
Enhancement, ANA Native American Languages Preservation and 
Enhancement, and ANA Mitigation of Environmental Impacts to Indian 
Lands Due to Department of Defense Activities by providing information 
in an application for a grant award. This data is used by 
legislatively-mandated Native American review panels, and ANA, as the 
basis for recommendations for the decisions to award competitive ANA 
grants.

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                         Annual Burden Estimates                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Average         
                                             No. of     burden    Total 
         Instrument              No. of     responses    hours    burden
                              respondents      per        per     hours 
                                           respondent  response         
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OMB 0980-0204...............        571            1       29.5   17,800
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated total annual burden hours: 17,800.                            

Proposed Project #2

    Title: OBJECTIVE PROGRESS REPORT; project progress about 
Administration for Native Americans financial assistance grants.
    OMB No.: 0980-0155.
    Description: The information collected by the OBJECTIVE PROGRESS 
REPORT on an ANA grantee's project progress is needed to properly 
administer and monitor the progress of Administration for Native 
Americans' competitive areas grants--Social and Economic Development 
Strategies (SEDS), ANA Environmental Regulatory Enhancement, ANA Native 
American Languages Preservation and Enhancement, and ANA Mitigation of 
Environmental Impacts to Indian Lands due to Department of Defense 
Activities. This information is used to perform legislatively required 
Federal financial and program management oversight functions.

                         Annual Burden Estimates                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Average         
                                             No. of     burden    Total 
         Instrument              No. of     responses    hours    burden
                              respondents      per        per     hours 
                                           respondent  response         
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OMB 0980-0155...............        250            2          2    1,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated total annual burden hours: 1,000.                             

Proposed Project #3

    Title: OBJECTIVE EVALUATION REPORT; project self evaluation of 
Administration for Native Americans financial assistance grants.
    OMB No.: 0980-0144.
    Description: The project self evaluation information collected by 
the OBJECTIVE EVALUATION REPORT about a grantee's project is needed to 
meet ANA's legislatively required evaluation of grantee locally-
determined financial assistance grant objectives. The report is used in 
the following Administration for Native Americans' Program's 
competitive areas grants--Social and Economic Development Strategies 
(SEDS), ANA Regulatory Environmental Enhancement, ANA Native American 
Languages Preservation and Enhancements, and ANA Mitigation of 
Environmental Impacts to Indian Lands Due to Department of Defense 
Activities. The information, when aggregated, is used by Congress, 
Federal agencies, and others.

                         Annual Burden Estimates                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Average         
                                             No. of     burden    Total 
         Instrument              No. of     responses    hours    burden
                              respondents      per        per     hours 
                                           respondent  response         
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OMB 0980-0144...............        250            1          2      500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated total annual burden hours: 500.                               

    Respondents: 
     Federally recognized Indian Tribes;
     Consortia of Indian Tribes;
     Incorporated non-Federally recognized Tribes;
     Incorporated nonprofit multipurpose community-based Indian 
organizations;
     Urban Indian Centers;
     National or regional incorporated nonprofit Native 
American organizations with community-specific objectives;
     Alaska Native Villages as defined in the Alaska Claims 
Settlement Act (ANSCA) and/or nonprofit village consortia;
     Incorporated nonprofit Alaska Native multi-purpose 
community-based organizations;
     Nonprofit Alaska Native Regional Corporations/Associations 
in Alaska with village-specific providers;
     Nonprofit Native organizations in Alaska with village-
specific projects;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native 
Hawaiians;
     Public and nonprofit private agencies serving Native 
peoples from Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. (The populations served may be located on 
these islands or in the United States); and
     Tribally Controlled Community Colleges, Tribally 
Controlled Post-Secondary Vocational Institutions, and colleges and 
universities located in 

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Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, or the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands which serve Native American Pacific Islanders.
    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 form 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, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified 
by title.
    In addition, requests of copies may be made and comments forwarded 
to the Reports Clearance Officer over the Internet by sending a message 
to [email protected]. 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: February 16, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-3702 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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