[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27096-27097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12375]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4829-N-26]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination Grant 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 18, 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 Plaza Building, Room 8003, Washington, DC 20410, or 
Wayne--Eddins@hud. gov.

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).

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    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 form of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug 
Elimination Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0476.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Federally Assisted Low-Income Housing Drug Elimination Grants were 
authorized through yearly appropriations. Owners were 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. However, the Department will use 
program-end Performance Reports to determine how well grant funds were 
used in meeting stated program goals and in fighting drug-related crime 
and drug abuse. Grantees will also be able to evaluate their efforts 
through the completion of this report and will have data and evidence 
of program effectiveness available for both their future use and that 
of the public. HUD will use the Payment Voucher to monitor use of grant 
funds for eligible activities over the term of the grant. The grantee 
may similarly use this voucher to track and record their requests for 
payment reimbursement for grant-funded activities.
    Agency Form Numbers, if applicable: HUD-50080-DF2B and SF-269.
    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 estimated number of respondents is 
450 generating approximately 1,050 annual responses; the frequency of 
response is on occasion, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually; the 
estimated time needed to prepare the response varies from 15 minutes to 
8 hours; and the total annual burden hours is estimated to be 1,950.
    States of the proposed information collection: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: May 9, 2003.
Sean G. Cassidy,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 03-12375 Filed 5-16-03; 8:45 am]
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