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Telephone: (401) 277–2656, FAX: (401)

277–2083

Please direct correspondence and questions

to: Review Coordinator, Office of Strategic

Planning

South Carolina

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of

Contact, Grant Services, Office of the

Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street—Room

477, Columbia, South Carolina 29201,

Telephone: (803) 734–0494, FAX: (803)

734–0385

Texas

Tom Adams, Governor’s Office, Director,

Intergovernmental Coordination, P.O. Box

12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone:

(512) 463–1771, FAX: (512) 463–1880

Utah

Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse,

Office of Planning and Budget, Room 116,

State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114,

Telephone: (801) 538–1535, FAX: (801)

538–1547

Vermont

Nancy McAvoy, State Single Point of

Contact, Pavilion Office Building, 109 State

Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05609,

Telephone: (802) 828–3326, FAX: (802)

828–3339

West Virginia

Fred Cutlip, Director, Community

Development Division, W. Virginia

Development Office, Building #6, Room

553, Charleston, West Virginia 25305,

Telephone: (304) 558–4010, FAX: (304)

558–3248

Wisconsin

Martha Kerner, Section Chief, State/Federal

Relations, Wisconsin Department of

Administration, 101 East Wilson Street—

6th Floor, P.O. Box 7868, Madison,

Wisconsin 53707, Telephone: (608) 266–

2125, FAX: (608) 267–6931

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact,

Herschler Building 4th Floor, East Wing,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone:

(307) 777–7574, FAX: (307) 638–8967

Territories

Guam

Mr. Giovanni T. Sgambelluri, Director,

Bureau of Budget and Management

Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box

2950, Agana, Guam 96910, Telephone:

011–671–472–2285, FAX: 011–671–472–

2825

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose E. Caro, Chairwoman/

Director, Puerto Rico Planning Board,

Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas

Government Center, P.O. Box 4119, San

Juan, Puerto Rico 00940–1119, Telephone:

(809) 727–4444, (809) 723–6190, FAX:

(809) 724–3270, (809) 724–3103

North Mariana Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and

Budget Office, Office of the Governor,

Saipan, CM, Northern Mariana Islands

96950

Virgin Islands

Jose George, Director, Office of Management

and Budget, #41 Norregade Emancipation

Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint

Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802

Please direct all questions and

correspondence about, intergovernmental

review to: Linda Clarke, Telephone: (809)

774–0750, FAX: (809) 776–0069

[FR Doc. 96–13804 Filed 5–31–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–3917–N–74]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Notice of Proposed

Information Collection for Public

Comment, OMB Approval No. 2506–

0020

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

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 information collection.

DATES: Comments due: August 2, 1996.

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:

Reports Liaison Officer, Sheila E. Jones,

Department of Housing & Urban

Development, 451— 7th Street, SW,

Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clifton Barnhill, telephone number

(202) 708–1322 (this is not a toll-free

number) for copies of the proposed

forms 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).

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 HUD,

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, such as

using appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses. Small

businesses or other small entities are not

impacted by this information collection

request.

This Notice lists the following

information.

Title of Proposal: Application for

CDBG Funds (HUD Form 4124) and

Performance Assessment Report (HUD

Form 4052).

OMB Control Number: 2506–0020.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Title I of

the Housing and Community

Development Act of 1974 established

the Community Development Block

Grant (CDBG) Program. The Program has

two components—an entitlement

component for metropolitan cities and

urban counties and a nonentitlement

component for small communities and

rural areas. The Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1981 gave states

the opportunity to assume

administration of the nonentitlement

component. Currently, 49 states

(including Puerto Rico) administer the

nonentitlement, or State CDBG Program.

Only two states, New York and Hawaii,

have not elected to assume

administrative responsibility for the

program. HUD is statutorily required to

administer a nonentitlement program

(commonly known as the ‘‘Small Cities

Program’’) in any state which does not

assume administration of the program.

Two forms are used for administration

of the HUD-administrated Small Cities

Program. These forms for which this

information collection extension is

requested are: (1) the application form

for funds; and (2) the annual

Performance Assessment Report (PAR)

submitted annually by the grantees

which enables HUD to track program

progress.

HUD Form 4124 (the application) is

used by units of general local

government (jurisdictions) in New York

to apply for funds and by HUD to rate

and rank proposed projects for funding.

In the New York Small Cities Program,

the program is operated on a

competitive basis and the application

form is essential for the rating and

ranking process to take place. The lack

of an approved application form would
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mean that nonentitled units of general

local government in New York could

not obtain fiscal year CDBG funds.

Funds are made available to

jurisdictions in the State of Hawaii by

formula which is set forth at 24 CFR

570.429. Only three jurisdictions in the

State of Hawaii are eligible for the HUDadministered CDBG Small Cities

Program; the three counties (islands) of

Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai. The City of

Honolulu is an entitlement city.

HUD Form 4052 is the Performance

Assessment Report (PAR) which

successful applicants (grantees) are

required to submit to HUD on an annual

basis in order to report program

progress. HUD is statutorily required to

monitor program participants for timely

program progress and to annually report

to Congress. Form 4052 is used in

administration of both the Hawaii and

New York Small Cities Programs.

Failure to have an approved reporting

format would hamper HUD’s ability to

carry out the required monitoring/

reporting responsibilities in New York

and Hawaii. The information to be

collected under this request is not

available through any other source.

There are currently no information

collection technologies uniformly online and available which would reduce

the application and reporting burdens

on all affected units of general local

government. The information collection

requirements have been reduced to the

minimum necessary to meet statutory

requirements.

HUD will not require participants to

duplicate information that has been

submitted in electronic formats

(including the Consolidated Plan),

except where current regulations

continue to require paper copies. Where

the required information has been

submitted in ‘‘other official HUD

reports’’, the requirements can be

satisfied by referencing the appropriate

section(s) and providing a copy (either

electronic and/or hard copy).

Technologies are being developed to

achieve a uniform on-line electronic

ability to collect performance data as

well as disburse payments under

current accounting guidelines. This will

further reduce duplication of effort by

providing localities the means to extract

and use data from their own local data

sources.

Agency form numbers: HUD Form

4124 & HUD Form 4052.

Members of affected public: The

information collected under this request

does not include information from

individuals. The respondents are ‘‘local

governments’’.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

BURDEN OF COLLECTION

Frequency Number of

respondents

Total hours

per response

Total

hours

Form 4124:

Local ........................................................................................................... 1 250 40 10,400

Federal ....................................................................................................... 1 250 8 2,000

Form 4052:

Local ........................................................................................................... 1 585 8 4,680

Federal ....................................................................................................... 1 585 8 4,680

Total ........................................................................................................ ........................ 1,670 ........................ 21,760

TOTAL ANNUALIZED COST

Frequency Number of

respondents × Total hoursper response Total dollars

Form 4124:

Local ....................................................................................................... 1 $23.8 10,400 $247,520.00

Federal ................................................................................................... 1 23.8 2,000 47,600.00

Form 4052:

Local ....................................................................................................... 1 23.8 4,680 109,480.00

Federal ................................................................................................... 1 23.8 4,680 109,480.00

Total (including overhead expenses) ................................................. ........................ ........................ .... ........................ 514,080.00

Over the next three years there will be

584 estimated total projects in active

status under the New York Small Cities

Program. An estimated 250 applications

(form 4124) for funds were submitted in

FY 95. The Small Cities Program for

Hawaii provides grants to only three

eligible grantees: the counties of Maui,

Hawaii, and Kauai. These figures are

based on recent experience and field

projections of local applicants and the

most current estimates of the number of

open/active (and not expected to closeout) grants over the next three (3) years.

Status of the proposed information

collection:

Type of Review: Continuation,

without change, of a previously

approved collection. The forms are

unchanged over the past fifteen years.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

Andrew Cuomo,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 96–13756 Filed 5–31–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

[Docket No. FR–3917–N–87]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commission; Notice of Proposed

Information Collection for Public

Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for