[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24946-24947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12424]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office for Policy Development and Research
[Docket No. FR-4056-N-02]


Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: The due date for comments is: May 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: 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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street, SW, Room 8126, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Karadbil, Office of University 
Partnerships--telephone (202) 708-1537. This is not a toll-free number. 
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. 
Karadbil.

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 Community 
Outreach Partnership Centers Program. HUD seeks to implement this 
initiative as soon as possible.
    The Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program (COPC) is a 
demonstration program which provides grants to public and private 
institutions of higher education to assist in establishing or carrying 
out research and outreach activities addressing the problems of urban 
areas. In fiscal year 1996, approximately 14 New Grants will be 
awarded. In addition, up to 11 Institutionalization Grants will also be 
awarded to existing COPC grantees whose current grants are expiring.
    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. OMB has been 
requested to approve this action on or before May 20, 1996.
    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:
    Application Kit--Community Outreach Partnership Centers.
    (2) Summary of the collection of information:
    Each applicant for the COPC program would be required to submit 
current information, as listed below as:
    1. Transmittal letter signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the 
institution.
    2. OMB Standard Forms 424 (Application for Federal Assistance), 
Form 424B (Non-Construction Assurances) and Budget.
    3. One- to two-page executive summary of the proposed COPC.
    4. Narrative Project Management Work Plan.
    5. Narrative statement addressing each of the rating factors.
    6. Drug-Free Workplace Certification.
    7. Form SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, if applicable.
    (7) Financial management and audit information.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    To appropriately determine which Institutions of Higher Education 
should be awarded COPC 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 public and private institutions of higher 
education. While community-based organizations and local governments 
are not direct respondents, because the program calls for the creation 
of partnerships, they will be involved in the preparation of the action 
plan that forms the basis of the application for a COPC grant. Grantees 
will also be expected to prepare and submit semi-annual monitoring 
reports.
    The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 120. 
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information 
is one-time. The application need only be submitted once. The estimated 
number of respondents to the monitoring requirements is 25.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting and recordkeeping burden that 
will result from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden

    Number of respondents: 120 for applicants; 25 for monitoring 
requirements.
    Total burden hours: 80 hours per respondent for applications); 80 
hours a year per respondent for monitoring requirements.
    Total estimated burden hours: 12,800.


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    Authority: Sec. 3507, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: May 10, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director of IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12424 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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