[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1764-1765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-133]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5042-N-01]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluating Outcomes of 
HUD's Healthy Homes Grants

AGENCY: Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement concerning an 
evaluation of grants made under the Healthy Homes Initiative (HHI) 
funded by HUD 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: March 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to Shelby Glover, Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Healthy 
Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter J. Ashley, Office of Healthy 
Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
number (202) 708-0614, extension 7595 (this is not a toll-free number) 
for copies of the proposed questionnaire and related 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).
    This 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 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: Evaluating Outcomes of HUD's Healthy Homes 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: To be assigned.
    Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The Healthy Homes 
Initiative, initiated in 1999, encourages a holistic approach to 
efficiently reducing multiple health and safety hazards in homes, 
including asthma triggers such as mold and other allergens, pests, 
lead, carbon monoxide and other indoor contaminants, and injury 
hazards. To date, the Department has awarded 63 grants in the 
categories of demonstration, education and outreach, and technical 
studies. HUD is interested in evaluating the outcomes of these grants 
to identify and highlight effective practices and significant research 
findings and to assess progress in achieving HHI program objectives.
    HUD will ask grant recipients to respond to a questionnaire, 
administered by telephone, on: (a) The range of interventions and 
activities that have been conducted under demonstration and education 
and outreach grants, the effectiveness of these actions, and factors 
that determine effectiveness; (b) the major research findings from 
technical studies and demonstration grants, and information on how 
these findings are being disseminated and applied; (c) the extent to 
which grants have resulted in local infrastructure being developed to 
continue healthy-housing related activities after completion of the 
grant; and (d) results of healthy-housing activities supported through 
interagency agreements with other federal agencies. To minimize the 
burden on grantees, HUD will, where applicable, enter available 
information from each grantee's quarterly progress reports and final 
project report into the questionnaire responses prior to administering 
the questionnaire by telephone, at which time the information will be 
confirmed.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Members of Affected Public: Managers of programs funded by grants 
provided under the Healthy Homes Initiative.
    Total Burden Estimate: Number of respondents: 2.5 for each of the 
63 grantees = 157.5; Frequency of responses = 1; Hours per response = 4 
(including preparation); Burden hours: total estimate = 630.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: New request.

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


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    Dated: January 4, 2006.
Warren Friedman,
Deputy Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
 [FR Doc. E6-133 Filed 1-10-06; 8:45 am]
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