[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71121-71122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31401]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-103]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Rural Housing and Economic Development Grant Application

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been 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.
    The proposed information collection is to be used for selection of 
applicants for Rural Housing and Economic Development program grant 
funds to develop the capacity for housing and economic development 
activities in rural areas and for innovative grants for housing and 
economic development.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 21, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and OMB 
approval number (2506-0169) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins or on HUD's Web site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/collectionsearch.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 
35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the

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information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form number, if 
applicable; (6) what members of the public will be affected by the 
proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions will be required; 
(8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an 
extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection 
requirement; and (10) the name and telephone number of an agency 
official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the 
Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Rural Housing and Economic Development Grant 
Application.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0169.
    Form Numbers: SF 424, HUD.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
The proposed information collection is to be used for selection of 
applicants for Rural Housing and Economic Development program grant 
funds to develop the capacity for housing and economic development 
activities in rural areas and for innovative grants for housing and 
economic development.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal 
Government.

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                                         Number of          Annual             Hours per
                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =   Burden  hours
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Reporting Burden....................             627            1,047   ..              42   ..          43,590
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    Status: Reinstatement, without change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.

    Authority: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: December 15, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-31401 Filed 12-19-03; 8:45 am]
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