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Samuel H. Wilson,

Deputy Director, National Institute of

Environmental Health Sciences.

[FR Doc. 00–14968 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4564–N–03]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Lead Hazard Control Grant

Program Data Collection—Progress

Reporting

AGENCY: Office of Lead Hazard Control.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The revised information

collection requirement described below

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: August 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Gail Ward, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

P–3206, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew Ammon at (202) 755–1785,

ext. 158 (this is not a toll-free number)

for copies of the proposed forms and

other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the revised

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 revised collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

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information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the revised

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

responded; 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 listed the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Lead Hazard Control

Grant Program Data Collection—

Progress Reporting.

OMB Control Number: 2539–0008.

Need for the Information and

Proposed Use: This data collection is

disigned to provide timely information

to HUD regarding the implementation

progress of the grantees on carrying out

the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control

Grant Program. The information

collection will also be used to provide

Congress with statuts reports as required

by Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard

Reduction Act (Title X of the Housing

and Community Development Act of

1992).

Agency Form Numbers: HUD–96006.

Members of Affected Public: State and

local governments.

Total Burden Estimate (first year):

Task Number of

respondends

Frequency of

response

Hours per response Burden hours

..................................................................................................................... 130 4 12 6,240

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,240.

Status of the Proposed Information

Collection: Revision.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The

obligation to respond to this information

collection is mandatory. Due to the

improvements and simplifcation made

to the reporting process, we expect the

actual total burden hours to be

substantially less than the estimated

total burden hours.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

David E. Jacobs,

Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.

[FR Doc. 00–14937 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–36]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB Request

for Occupied Conveyance

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

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0268) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Houseing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email WaynelEddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be requested; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department. This Notice

also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Request for

Occupied Conveyance.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0268.

Form Numbers: HUD–9539.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use: HUD

generally requires that no one be living

in properties for which it accepts

ownership unless certain limited

conditions are met. Occupants request

occupied conveyance on the HUD–9539

which gives HUD information it needs

in making a determination. Respondents

are occupants of the property, former

mortgagors and tenants.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-Profit Institutions State,

Local, or Tribal Governments.

Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

Respondents × Frequencyof response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

8,025 1 .46 17,388