[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23751-23752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4820-N-20]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; New 
Approach to the Anti-Drug Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, 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: July 7, 2003.

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: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., L'Enfant Building, Room 8003, Washington, DC 20410, or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willie Spearmon, Director, Office of 
Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, U.S. Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6152, Washington, 
DC 20410; (202) 708-3000 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of 
the proposed forms and other available information.

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).
    The Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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 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: New Approach to the Anti-Drug Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0520.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
New Approach to the Anti-Drug Program (formerly known as the Safe 
Neighborhood Action Grant Program) was authorized through yearly 
appropriations. Owners are eligible to apply for grants to fund 
security, and crime elimination activity in federally assisted low-
income housing projects. Funding for this program has not been 
appropriated since Fiscal Year 2001, but quarterly progress reports are 
still required for all active grants.
    Agency Form Numbers, if applicable: HUD-50080-SNGP & SF-269.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of

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respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: The 
estimated number of respondents is 250 generating approximately 1,750 
annual responses; the potential frequency of responses is on occasion 
and quarterly; the estimated time needed to prepare the response varies 
from 15 minutes to 2 hours; and the estimated total number of burden 
hours needed to prepare the information collection is 1,313.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement, with 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired.

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

    Dated: April 28, 2003.
Sean G. Cassidy,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 03-11051 Filed 5-2-03; 8:45 am]
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