6616 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 28 / Thursday, February 10, 2000 / Notices

The Center for Application of

Prevention Technologies

State Incentive Grants

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

Grants to Expand Substance Abuse

Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas

of Need

Community Action Grants for Service

Systems Change

Grants for the Evaluation of Treatment

Models for Persons with Co-occurring

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Disorders

Comprehensive Community Treatment

Program for the Development of New

and Useful Knowledge

Targeted Capacity Expansion —HIV/

AIDS

Center for Mental Health Services

Community Action Grants for Service

Systems Change

Violence Prevention/Resilience

Development School and Community

Action Grants

These GFAs can be found at the

SAMHSA Web Site at

www.SAMHSA.gov following

publication in the Federal Register.

Potential participants are strongly

encouraged to check these resources and

be familiar with the GFAs in which they

are interested prior to attending the

workshop.

The Technical Assistance Workshops

will be held at the following locations:

Workshop I—March 2 & 3, Ritz Carlton

Hotel Atlanta, GA, 404–659–0400 or

800–241–3333; Workshop II—March 7 &

8, Westin Hotel, Kansas City, MO, 816–

474–4400 or 800–228–3000; and

Workshop III—March 9 & 10, The

Wyndham Emerald, San Diego, CA,

619–239–4500.

Registration and check-in at each site

will be at 7:30 a.m.; workshop hours on

the first day are 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. On

the second day, the grant writing

session will take place from 8:30 a.m.–

3:30 p.m.

Preliminary Agenda Highlights for the

TA Workshops include: (1) Review of

SAMHSA programs and priorities; (2)

Provision of related resource materials;

(3) Technical/practical aspects of the

grants application process including

application requirements, improving

applications, instruction in completing

required forms, submission, review, and

award procedures; (4) Separate breakout

sessions for discussion of specific grant

announcements; and (5) Opportunity for

questions and answers. Plans are

underway to include a brief overview at

each of the workshops on the Health

Resources and Services Administration

and the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention programs. On the second

day, there will be a session designed to

provide further assistance with grant

writing and application preparation.

TA Workshop Arrangements and

Contacts

There is no registration fee for the

workshops. Preregistration is strongly

encouraged.

Registrants will be responsible for

costs associated with their own travel,

meals, and lodging. Workshop

confirmation will be faxed. For

logistical assistance please contact Lisa

Wilder by phone at (301) 984–1471, x–

361 or by fax at (301) 984–4416. For

information regarding the content of the

TA Workshops, please contact Ms. C.

Danielle Johnson at (301) 443–1249.

SAMHSA suggests that the attendees be

those persons having the responsibility

for conceptualizing and writing the

application.

Hotel Information

Participants are responsible for

making their own hotel reservations.

When calling the hotel, at the numbers

listed above, reference the SAMHSA

Grantee Workshop. Registrants are

urged to make their reservations as soon

as possible.

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 00–3012 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–U

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4562–N–01]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment: Notice

of Funding Availability and Application

Kit Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian

Institutions Assisting Communities

Program

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. Public comments on the

subject proposal are being solicited.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 10,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name or OMB Control

Number and be sent to: Reports Liaison

Officer, Office of Policy Development

and Research, U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

7th Street, SW, Room 8226, Washington,

DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Karadbil, Office of University

Partnerships, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

708–1537 (this is not a toll-free

number). Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents to be

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Karadbil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

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

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

entities concerning the proposed

information collection 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

information to be collected; and (4)

Minimize the burden of collection of

information on those who are to

respond; including through the use of

appropriated technology, e.g.,

permitting electronic submission of

responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of the Proposal: Alaska Native/

Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting

Communities program (AN/NHIAC).

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

information is being collected to select

grantees in this statutorily-created

competitive grant program. The

information is also being used to

monitor the performance of grantees to

ensure that they meet statutory and

program goals and requirements.

Members of the affected public:

Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian

institutions of higher education

undertaking community development

activities: 18 applicants and 6 grantees.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including the number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: Information pursuant

to submitting applications will be

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submitted once. Information pursuant to

grantee monitoring requirements will be

semi-annually and at the completion of

the grant.

The following chart details the

respondent burden on an annual basis:

Number of

respondents

Total annual

responses

Hours per

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

Status of proposed information

collection: OMB approved an emergency

paperwork clearance for this

information collection and assigned it

OMB Control No. 2528–0206, expiration

date March 31, 2000.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

Deputy Assistant for Policy Development.

[FR Doc. 00–3139 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4564–N–01]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) for Research To

Improve the Evaluation and Control of

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards

AGENCY: Office of Lead Hazard Control,

HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement concerning the

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

for Research to Improve the Evaluation

and Control of Residential Lead-Based

Paint Hazards 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: April 10,

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 N. Ward, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

P3206, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Eugene A. Pinzer, (202) 755–1785 ext.

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

available documents regarding this

proposal.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting 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).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

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: Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) for Research to

Improve the Evaluation and Control of

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards.

OMB Control Number: 2539–0010.

Need for the Information and

Proposed Use: This information

collection is required in conjunction

with the issuance of NOFAs announcing

the availability of approximately

$1,500,000 for grants for Lead-Based

Paint Hazard Research. Grants are

authorized under Title X of the Housing

and Community Development Act of

1992, Pub. L. 102–550, Section 1011(g)

and other legislation.

Results from this research will be

used to update the HUD Guidelines for

the Evaluation and Control of LeadBased Paint Hazards in Housing. It is

anticipated that this targeted research

will also increase both the accuracy of

residential lead hazard evaluation and

the effectiveness of residential lead

hazard reduction interventions, while

improving the cost-effectiveness of the

entire process. This research should

contribute to an eventual reduction in

the national prevalence of childhood

lead poisoning.

Agency Form Numbers: None.

Members of Affected Public: Potential

applicants include academic and not-for

profit institutions located in the U.S.,

State and local governments, and forprofit firms.

Total Burden Estimate (first year):

Task Number of

respondents

Frequency

of responses

Hours per

response

Burden

hours

Application Development ................................................................................................. 25 1 103 2,575

Award of Grant ................................................................................................................ 5 1 25 125

Total Estimated Burden Hours ................................................................................. .................... .................... .................... 2,700