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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9396]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Procedures for Requests To Use Child Care and Development 
Fund for Construction or Major Renovation of Child Care Facilities.
    OMB No: New Collection.
    Description; The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193) allows tribal grantees 
to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grant awards for 
construction and renovation of child care facilities. A tribal grantee 
must first request and receive approval from the Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) before using CCDF funds for construction or 
major renovation. This information collection contains the statutorily-
mandated uniform procedures for the solicitation and consideration of 
requests. Respondents will be CCDF tribal grantees requesting to use 
the CCDF funds for construction or major renovation.
    Respondents: Tribal Governments.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden                 
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden 
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours     
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Construction and renovation collection......             100                1               20            2,000 
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,000.                                                                     

    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: April 7, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-9396 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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