Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices 68297

Housing and Community Development

Act, as amended, that requires states

and localities to submit a Community

Development Plan (Section 104(b)(4)

and Section 104(b)(m) and statutory

provisions of these Acts that require

states and localities to submit

applications for these formula grant

programs.

Members of the Affected Public: State

and local governments participating in

the Community development Block

Grant Program (CDBG), the HOME

Investment Partnerships (HOME)

program, the Emergency Shelter Grants

(ESG) program, or the Housing

Opportunities for Persons with AIDS/

HIV (HOPWA) program.

Since the original approval of the

Consolidated Planning paperwork

reduction estimate in 1995 (OMB

Control Number 2506–0117), additional

localities have qualified for assistance

under the Community Development

Block Grant (CDBG) program, thus

increasing the overall burden

calculation. Additionally, this

submission includes paperwork

estimates associated with narrative

information required by the

Consolidated Annual Performance and

Evaluation Report. Reporting on annual

performance was not included in the

original Consolidated Plan paperwork

estimate that was submitted to OMB.

There have been several minor

regulatory changes made to existing

CDGBG regulations and those for the

HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME)

program which have resulted in a slight

increase in overall burden hour

calculations. Each of these regulatory

changes have been submitted for

comment in the National Register and to

OMB independently.

The revised paperwork estimates are

as follows:

Task

Number of

respondents

Frequency

of response

Total U.S.

burden

hours

Consolidated Plan:

Localities ................................................................................................................................................. 1,000 1 316,025

States ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 1 47,950

Performance Report:

Localities ................................................................................................................................................. 1,000 1 100,000

States ...................................................................................................................................................... 50 1 12,000

Total ..................................................................................................................................................... .................. .................. 475,975

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement, with minor

changes or a previously approved

collection for which approval is near

expiration and the request for OMB

approval’s for three years. The current

OMB approval expires March 31, 1998.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–34082 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–65]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed 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: March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and should be

sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office

of Policy Development and Research,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judson James at 202–708–1336, x130

(this is not a toll-free number) for copies

of the proposed data collection

instruments and other available

documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

The Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the

proposed collection of information to:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed 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 respond; 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 lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Evaluation of the

Fair Housing Election Process.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

information collected is part of an

evaluation that will help the

Department assess the decision made by

complainants to elect to pursue their

Title VIII complainant either through

the administrative process provided by

HUD or by going to federal courts.

Interviews with complainants and

respondents will be used to determine

the reasons for the choice made and its

consequences for the resolution of the

complaint. Evaluation results will be

used by the Office of the Administrative

Judge and other HUD officials interested

in improving the effectiveness of the

administrative processing the Title VIII

complaints.

Telephone interviews will be

conducted with a sample of 500

complainants and 500 respondents in

the 1,250 most recent Title VIII cases

subject to the election process.

Members of affected public:

Individuals who are principal

participants in recent Title VIII cases

will be interviewed as part of this data

collection effort.
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Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

Interview respondents Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Minutes per

respondent

Total burden hours

Complainants .................................................................................................................... 500 1 30 250

Respondents ..................................................................................................................... 500 1 24 200

Total ....................................................................................................................... 1,000 .................... .................... 450

Status of the proposed information

collection: Awaiting OMB approval.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Paul A. Leonard,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4170–N–16]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian

Housing—HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

had been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department has already

solicited public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is

January 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons were

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 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reports Management Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–0050. This is not a toll-free number.

Copies of available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

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 proposed Indian Housing

Plan (IHP) form for the Native American

Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA).

On October 26, 1996, the President

signed into law the NAHASDA, which

streamlines the process of providing

housing assistance to Native Americans.

Specifically, it eliminates several

separate programs of assistance and

replaces them with a single block grant

program, effective October 1, 1997.

The collection of information being

requested is necessary so that the

Secretary shall allocate any amounts

made available for assistance under this

Act for the future fiscal years, in

accordance with the formula established

pursuant to section 302, among Indian

tribes that comply with the

requirements under this Act for a grant

under this Act.

These forms meet the minimum

requirements for an IHP required by the

United States Department of Housing

and Urban Development. To be eligible

for grants, respondents must submit the

IHP which meets the minimum

requirements of the NAHASDA. IHPs

originally had a submission deadline of

November 3, 1997. On October 1, 1997,

the NAHASDA legislation became

effective. The Department concluded

that new IHP submission dates were

needed to enable tribes/tribally

designated housing entities (TDHEs)

additional time to formulate their plan

to comply with NAHASDA

requirements. Language in the transition

notice advises all tribes/TDHEs that an

IHP can be submitted no earlier than the

publication of the final regulations

implementing NAHASDA and no later

than July 1, 1998.

Additionally, seven comments were

received on the paperwork requirements

for the NAHASDA IHP and were

submitted to the NAHASDA Negotiated

Rulemaking Committee. The Committee

reviewed these comments and the

Department streamlined the IHP forms

per these suggestions and eliminated

requirements that were determined to be

unnecessary for submission of a tribe’s

plan.

The Department has submitted the

proposal for the collection of

information to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The

Department has requested emergency

clearance of the collection of

information, as described below, with

approval being sought by January 12,

1998.

(1) Title of the information collection

proposal: Indian Housing Plan (IHP)

form.

(2) Summary of the collection of

information.

5-Year Plan

For an Indian tribe to receive funding

they must submit to the Secretary, for

each fiscal year, a housing plan which

shall be in a form prescribed by the

Secretary and shall contain, with

respect to the 5-year period beginning

without the fiscal year for which the

plan is submitted, the following

information:

(A) Mission Statement—A general

statement for the mission of the Indian

tribe to serve the needs of the lowincome families in the jurisdiction of

the Indian tribe during the period.

(A) Goals and Objectives—A

statement of the goals and objectives of

the Indian tribe to enable the tribe to

serve the needs identified in paragraph

(1) during the period.

(B) Activities Plan—An overview of

the activities planned during the period

including an analysis of the manner in

which the activities will enable tribe to

meet its mission, goals, and objectives.

1-Year Plan

For an Indian tribe to receive funding

they must submit to the Secretary, for

each fiscal year, a housing plan which

shall be in a form prescribed by the

Secretary and shall contain, the

following information relating to the

upcoming fiscal year for which