Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: November 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 225)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4441-N-54]
Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities; Notice of Proposed Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November 29, 1999.
ADDRESS: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20410 (202) 395-7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708-1305 (This is not a toll- free number) or e-mail Wayne__Eddins@HUD.gov. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, for emergency processing, an information collection package with respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability for the Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC). HUD seeks to implement this initiative as soon as possible and plans to include it in HUD's SuperNOFA.
AN/NHIAC is a new program which provides funds to Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian institutions of higher education to undertake Community Development Block Grant Program-eligible activities in order to expand their role and effectiveness in helping their communities with neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development. In this fiscal year, approximately six (6) grants will be awarded.
Submission of the information required under this information collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the Freedom of Information Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number. The OMB Control number, when assigned, will be announced by a separate notice in the Federal Register.
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):
(1) Title of the information collection proposal:
Notice of Funding Availability and Application Kit--Alaska Native/ Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program (AN/NHIAC
(2) Summary of the information collection:
Each applicant for AN/NHIAC would be required to submit current information, as listed below:
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Transmittal letter signed by the Chief Executive of the institution.
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HUD Form 424 (Application for Assistance) and OMB Standard 424B (Non-Construction Assurances).
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One page abstract.
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Statement of Work.
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Narrative statement addressing the factors for award.
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HUD Form 50070, Drug-free Workplace certification.
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HUD Form 50071, Certification of Payments to Influence certain Federal Transactions.
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SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable)
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HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure Form.
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Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan.
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EZ/EC Certification (if applicable).
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Financial management and audit information.
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HUD-30005, Budget.
(3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:
To appropriately determine which Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Institutions of Higher Education should be awarded AN/NHIAC grants, certain information is necessary about the applicant's plan, budget, past and future capabilities, and the institutional commitment to the program.
(4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the collection of information:
Respondents will be Alaska native and Native Hawaiian Institutions of Higher Education, as defined in Title III, Part A, Section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-244). Grantees will also be expected to prepare and submit-annual monitoring reports and a final report.
The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 18. The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information for applications is one-time because the application need be submitted only once per grant cycle. The estimated number of respondents to the monitoring requirements is six (6).
(5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that will result from the collection of information:
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Number of Total annual Hours per respondents responses response Total hours
Application.....................................
18
18
80
1,440 Semi-annual Reports.............................
6
12
16
192 Final Reports...................................
6
6
16
96 Recordkeeping...................................
6
6
16
96
Total....................................... .............. .............. ..............
1,824
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: November 17, 1999. Wayne Eddins, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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