[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58859-58860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29519]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program Grant 
Monitoring.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0001.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 8,870 hours.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 150 grantees per year with 
1,300 responses.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Varies between one and forty hours 
depending on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: NTIA, in administering the Public 
Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP), awards grants to 
approximately 150 grantees per year. In order to make sure that 
grantees are using the funds in

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accordance with authorizing statute, regulations, grant terms and 
conditions, etc., certain information has to be provided by grantees. 
The information is used to track the progress of the grant.
    Affected Public: State or local governments; non-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, quarterly, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Tim Fain, (202) 395-3785.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Acting DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Tim Fain, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10236, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: November 12, 1996
Linda Engelmeier,
Acting Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-29519 Filed 11-18-96; 8:45 am]
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