[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44071-44072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4070-N-02 and FR-4105-N-027]


Office of Administration; Notice of Submission of Proposed 
Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research--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 emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is: September 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jane Karadbil, Office of University Partnerships--telephone (202) 708-
1537. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Karadbil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability for the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions Work Study Program (HSI-WSP). HUD seeks to 
implement this initiative as soon as possible.
    The Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program provides 
grants to certain institutions of higher education (i.e., Hispanic-
serving community colleges) to assist economically disadvantaged and 
minority students who participate as full-time students participating 
in associate degree programs in a community building academic 
discipline. Approximately 30 grants will be awarded with Fiscal Year 
1996 funds.
    Submission of the information required under this information 
collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the 
benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the 
Freedom of Information Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 
a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid 
control number. The OMB control number, when assigned, will be 
announced by a separate notice in the Federal Register.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information to OMB for review as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The department has requested emergency 
clearance of the collection of information, as described below, with 
approval being sought by August 28, 1996:
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal: Application Kit--
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Work Study Program.
    (2) Summary of the collection of information: Each application for 
HSI-WSP would be required to submit current information, as listed 
below as:
    1. Transmittal letter signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the 
institution.
    2. OMB Standard Forms 424 (Application for Federal Assistance),

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Form 424B (Non-Construction Assurances) and Budget.
    3. Eligibility of degree program(s).
    4. One- to two-page executive summary of the proposed project.
    5. Proposal narrative statement addressing the selection factors 
for award.
    6. Management/workplan.
    7. Resumes of key faculty and staff.
    8. Budget for students.
    9. Tuition and fee schedule.
    10. Assurance regarding application's financial management system.
    11. Drug-Free Workplace Certification.
    12. Certification and Disclosure Regarding Payments to Influence 
Certain Federal Transactions.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    To appropriately determine which Institutions of Higher Education 
should be awarded HSI-WSP grants, certain information is necessary 
about the applicant's plan for educating and providing work placement 
experiences for the students, the budget, the management of the 
project.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information:
    Respondents will be public and private institutions of higher 
education. Grantees will also be expected to prepare and submit annual 
monitoring reports.
    The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 89. 
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information 
is one-time. The application need only be submitted once. The estimated 
number of respondents to the monitoring requirements is 30.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden

    Number of respondents: 89 for applicants; 30 for monitoring 
requirements.
    Total burden hours: 40 hours per respondent for applications); 11 
hours a year per respondent for monitoring requirements.
    Total estimated burden hours: 4,130.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 20, 1996.
David S. Christy,
Director of IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-21763 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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