[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3037]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 
(the ``Fund'') within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting 
comments concerning its Bank Enterprise Award (BEA) Program Annual 
Survey. The BEA Program provides incentives to insured depository 
institutions to increase their support of CDFIs and their activities in 
economically distressed communities. The survey of BEA Awardee's will 
help the Fund to measure the effects of the BEA Program on insured 
depository institutions' community development activities.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before April 9, 2001 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Matthew Josephs, Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, 
Facsimile Number (202) 622-7754.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (the Fund), U.S. Department of Treasury, 601 13th 
Street, NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 622-8662 
(this is not a toll free number) or visit the Fund's website at http://www.treas.gov/cdfi. Other information regarding the Fund and its 
programs also may be obtained through the Fund's website.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Bank Enterprise Award Program Annual Survey.
    OMB Number: 1559-0008.
    Abstract: The purpose of the BEA Program is to assist in the 
revitalization of distressed urban and rural communities. Under the BEA 
Program, the Fund issues grant awards annually to insured depository 
institutions that have increased their level of investment in Community 
Development Financial Institutions and distressed communities between a 
six month assessment period and a six month baseline period. To help 
measure the effects of the BEA Program on the community development 
activities of insured depository institutions, the Fund is conducting a 
written survey of BEA Program Awardees.
    Type of review: Extension.
    Affected Public: Financial Institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 180.
    Estimated Annual Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 90 hours.

Requests for Comments

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will 
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the Fund, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Fund's estimate of the 
burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of technology; and (e) estimates 
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and 
purchase of services to provide information.

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4703; 12 U.S.C. 4713; 12 U.S.C. 1834a; and 
E.O. 12866, Sec. 6(a).

    Dated: January 31, 2001.
Jeffrey C. Berg,
Acting Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 01-3037 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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