[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15113]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 are 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 standardized form enables grantees to 
directly input the required information in a consistent and uniform 
manner. The electronic form minimizes burden to respondents by alerting 
the 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 ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                       Average
                                      Number of       Number of         Total        burden per    Total  burden
            Form name                respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                     respondent                        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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    Dated: June 19, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-15113 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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