[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46188-46189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19908]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Tribal Child Support Direct Funding Regulation--Final.
    OMB No.: 0970-0218.
    Description: This final rule contains reporting requirements as 
proposed at 45 CFR part 309. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)), the Administration for Children and 
Families submitted the requirements to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for its review.
    Part 309 contains a regulatory requirement that, in order to 
receive funding for an independent Tribal IV-D program, a Tribe or 
Tribal organization must submit an application containing Standard 
Forms 424 and 424A and a plan describing how the Tribe or Tribal 
organization meets or plans to meet the objectives of section 455(f) of 
the Act, including establishing paternity, establishing, modifying, and 
enforcing support orders, and locating noncustodial parents. Tribes and 
Tribal organizations must respond if they wish to operate a Federally 
funded program. In addition, any Tribe or Tribal organization 
participating in the program would be required to submit Standard Form 
269A and form OCSE 34A and to submit statistical and narrative reports 
regarding its Tribal IV-D program.
    Respondents: The potential respondents to these information 
collection requirements are approximately 10 Federally recognized 
Tribes and Tribal organizations, during year 1; 65 additional Federally 
recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations during Year 2; and 75 
additional Federally recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations during 
Year 3; for a three-year total of 150 grantees. This information 
collection requirement will impose the estimated total annual burden on 
the Tribes and Tribal organizations described in the table below:

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
               Year 1--Instrument                    Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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45 CFR 309--Plan................................              10               1             480           4,800
Form OCSE 34A...................................              10               4               8             320
Statistical Reporting...........................              10               1              24             240
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      Total.....................................              10               6             512           5,360


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                                                     Number of     Responses per  Average burden   Total annual
         Year 2--Information collection             respondents     respondent     per response       burden
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45 CFR 309--Plan................................              65               1             480          31,200
Form OCSE 34A...................................              75               4               8           2,400
Statistical Reporting...........................              75               1              24           1,800
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      Total.....................................              75               6             512          35,400


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                                                     Number of     Responses per  Average burden   Total annual
         Year 3--Information collection             respondents     respondent     per response       burden
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45 CFR 309--Plan................................              75               1             480          36,000
Form OCSE 34A...................................             150               4               8           4,800
Statistical Reporting...........................             150               1              24           3,600
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      Total.....................................             150               6             512          44,400
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) whether the 
proposed

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collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to 
comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: July 29, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-19908 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]
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