[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18492-18493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8668]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4649-N-15]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Technical Assistance for Community Planning and Development Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Shelia E. Jones, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Department of Housing and urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., Room 7230, Washington DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Penny McCormack, (202) 708-3176, ext. 
4391 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; 
including through the use of appropriate automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Technical Assistance For Community Planning and 
Development Programs.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0166.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Application information is needed to determine competition winners, 
i.e., those technical assistance (TA) providers best able to offer 
local jurisdictions an ability to shape their CPD resources and other 
available resources into effective, coordinated, neighborhood and 
community development strategies to revitalize and physically, socially 
and economically strengthen their communities. The application for the 
competition requires the completion of Standard Forms 424, 424B, LLL 
(if engaged in lobbying), HUD Forms 424M, 50070, 50071, 2880 and 2992, 
as well as supplementary information such as a transmittal letter, 
identification of field offices to be served and amounts of funds 
requested for each field office, a statement as to the use of pass-
through funds and qualification as a primarily single-State provider, a 
narrative statement addressing the factors for award, and a budget 
summary for each program. After awards are made, providers are required 
to submit a work plan which includes a planned schedule for 
accomplishing each of the planned activities/tasks to be accomplished 
with TA funds, the amount of funds budgeted for each activity/task and 
the staff and other resources allocated to each activity/task. 
Narrative quarterly reports are required so that the provider's 
performance can be evaluated and measured against the workplan. 
Quarterly reports also require the submission of the SF 269A, a 
financial status report. A narrative final report and final SF 269A are 
also required.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: SF-424, SF-424B, SF-LLL, HUD-
424M, HUD-50070, HUD-50071, HUD-2880 and HUD 2992.
    Members of affected public: Organizations or State and local 
governments equipped to provide technical assistance to recipients of 
CPD programs.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The FY 2000 Notice of Funding 
Availability (NOFA) for technical assistance providers for CPD programs 
elicited approximately 152 responses. It is anticipated that 
approximately the same number will respond to the current NOFA. Awards 
were made to 55 providers and it is

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expected that approximately the same number will be awarded during this 
round of funding. The Department estimates that each applicant will 
require an average of 60 hours to prepare an application. Winners of 
the competition will be required to develop a work plan, requiring 
approximately eight hours, submit quarterly reports needing 
approximately four hours each (including a final report) and perform 
recordkeeping to include submission of vouchers for reimbursement, 
estimated at 12 hours annually. Because these actions are undertaken 
for each field office in which the applicant won funds, the numbers 
reflect more than the base number of winners. Approximately 208 
workplans will be developed as a result of the FY 2000 competition and 
each will require quarterly reports and recordkeepiing. The specific 
numbers are as follows:

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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per   Total annual      Hours per
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response       Total hours
                                                     frequency
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Applctns........................             152               1             152              60            9120
Workplan Devlpmnt...............             208               1             208              20            4160
Qrtly Reports (incl final                    208               4             832               6            4992
 report)........................
Rcrdkpng........................             208              12            2496               2            4992
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    Total.......................                                            3688                           23264
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement.

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

    Dated: April 3, 2001.
Donna M. Abbenante,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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