[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5445-5446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1825]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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) ways to enhance 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.

Proposed Project: ``Health Care and Other Facilities'' Construction 
Program: Web-Based Status Reporting Form: NEW

    The Health Resources and Services Administration's Health Care and 
Other Facilities (HCOF) construction program provides earmarked funds 
to health-related facilities for construction-related activities and/or 
capital equipment purchases. Awarded facilities are required to provide 
a periodic (quarterly for construction-related projects, annually for 
equipment only projects) update of the status of the funded project 
until it is completed. The monitoring period averages about 3 years, 
although some projects take up to 5 years to complete. The information 
collected from these updates is vital to program management staff to 
determine whether projects are progressing according to the established 
timeframes, meeting deadlines established in the Notice of Grant Award 
(NGA), and funds are drawn down appropriately. The data collected from 
the updates is also shared with both the Division of Grants Management 
Operations (DGMO) and the Division of Engineering Services (DES), so 
that they can assist in the overall evaluation of each project's 
progress.
    A Web-based form has been developed for progress reporting for the 
HCOF program. This form will provide awardees access to directly input 
the required status update information in a timely, consistent, and 
uniform manner. The Web-based form will minimize burden to respondents 
and will inform respondents when there are missing data elements prior 
to submission.
    The estimate of burden for the forms is as follows:

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                                    Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total burden
    Project type  (current)        respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Construction-Related...........             325               4           1,300              .5            650
Equipment Only.................             357               1             357              .5            178.5
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    Total......................             682  ..............           1,657  ..............            828.5
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    Project type  (FY 07-09         Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total burden
          projection)              respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Construction-Related*..........             498               4           1,992              .5            996
Equipment Only**...............             925               1             925              .5            462.5
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    Total......................           1,423  ..............           2,917  ..............          1,458
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 29, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Acting Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial 
Management.
[FR Doc. E7-1825 Filed 2-5-07; 8:45 am]
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