[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46815-46816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22605]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
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
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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.
Proposed Project
HRSA Competing Training Grant Application, Instructions and Related
Regulations--(0915-0060)--Extension and Revision
The Health Resources and Services Administration uses the
information in the application to determine the eligibility of
applicants for awards, to calculate the amount of each award, and to
judge the relative merit of applications. This is a request for renewed
clearance with several changes in the application form. The form will
be distributed electronically via the Internet, the budget will be
negotiated for all years of the project period based on this
application, and program-specific instructions will include greater
standardization of content for the project summary and the detailed
description of the project. Regulations which authorize the application
form and other reporting requirements for various programs are cleared
in this package. No changes were made to the regulations.
The estimated annual application burden is as follows:
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Number of
Type of collection Number of responses per Average burden Total burden
respondents respondents response hours
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Basic Application............................... 1769 1 61.25 108,351
Statutory Requirements*......................... 1121 1 105 117,705
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* In 1992, a law was passed which required applicants for selected grant programs to provide specified data in
the grant application.
The burden for the regulatory requirements included in this package
are as follows:
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Number of Average burden
Type of requirement Number of responses per response Total burden
respondents respondents (hours) hours
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Reporting Requirements......................... 28 1.4 1 39
Disclosure Requirements........................ 148 1.4 3.3 669
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Hours per
Number of recordkeeper Total burden
Type of requirements recordkeepers per year hours
(hours)
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Recordkeeping................................................... 17 10 170
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The total burden for these activities is 226,934 hours.
Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: August 29, 1996.
J. Henry Montes,
Associate Administrator for Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 96-22605 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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