[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22888-22889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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, Pub. L. 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, email [email protected] or 
call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.
    HRSA especially requests comments on: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.

Information Collection Request Title: Health Care and Other Facilities 
(OMB No. 0915-0309)--Extension

    Abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration's Health 
Care and Other Facilities (HCOF) program provides congressionally-
directed 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 three years, although some projects take up to five 
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 Award, and drawing down funds 
appropriately. The data collected from the updates is also shared with 
the Division of Grants Management Operations for their assistance in 
the overall evaluation of each project's progress.
    An electronic form is currently being used for progress reporting 
for the HCOF program. This form provides awardees access to directly 
input the required status update information in a timely, consistent, 
and uniform manner. The electronic form minimizes burden to respondents 
and informs respondents when there are missing data elements prior to 
submission. We acknowledge a change in the burden estimate due to close 
out of old projects.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions, to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information, to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information, and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    The annual estimate of burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Construction Related............             200               4             800              .5             400
Equipment Only..................             317               1             317              .5           158.5
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    Total.......................             517  ..............           1,117  ..............           558.5
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    Deadline: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be 
received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 10, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-09026 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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