Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 27, 2001 / Notices 12529

Dated: February 20, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01–4686 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; National Institutes of Health

Undergraduate Scholarship Program

for Individuals From Disadvantaged

Backgrounds

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Office of Loan Repayment and

Scholarship (OLRS), the National

Institutes of Health (NIH), will publish

periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

Proposed Collection: Title:

NATIONAL Institutes of Health

Undergraduate Scholarship Program for

Individuals from disadvantaged

Backgrounds. Type of Information

Collection Request: REVISION. Form

Numbers: NIH 2762–1, NIH 2762–2,

NIH 2762–3, NIH 2762–4, and NIH

2762–5. Need and Use of Information

Collection: The NIH Undergraduate

Scholarship Program for Individuals

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

(UGSP) requires participants to

maintain enrollment in an

undergraduate degree program and to

begin service payback through

employment at the NIH within 60 days

of their graduation. This information

collection certifies that scholars are

continuing their undergraduate program

and provides those who have graduated

the opportunity to request a deferment

of their service payback obligation if

they are enrolled in an approved

graduate or medical degree program.

Frequency of response: Annual.

Affected public: Individuals and

Academic Institutions. Types of

Respondents: Participants in the UGSP

and Academic Institutions

(undergraduate, graduate, and medical

schools). The annual reporting burden is

as follows: Estimated Number of

Respondents: 80; Estimated Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1; Average

Burden Hours per Response: 0.75; and

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours

Requested: 60. The annualized cost to

respondents is estimated at $0. There

are no Capital Costs to report. There are

no Operating Costs or Maintenance

Costs to report.

Request for Comments: Written

comments and/or suggestions from the

public and affected agencies are invited

on one or more of the following points:

(1) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the function of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, contact Marc S. Horowitz,

J.D., Director, Office of Loan Repayment

and Scholarship, NIH, 2 Center Drive,

Room 2E28, MSC 0230, Bethesda, MD

20892–0230, or call toll-free 1–800–

528–7689, or E-mail your request,

including your address to:

MHorowitz@nih.gov.

Comments Due Date: Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before April 30, 2001.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Yvonne T. Maddox,

Acting Deputy Director, NIH.

[FR Doc. 01–4777 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 4649–N–01]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request, State

CDBG Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, 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 Date: April 30,

2001.

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:

Shelia Jones, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 7232, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lindy Heaster at (202) 708–1322,

Extension 4416 (this is not a toll free

number) for copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents.

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: State CDBG

Program.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2506–0085.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

information collected from states

participating in the state-administered

CDBG program is used by the

Department to determine each state’s

compliance with statutory and

regulatory requirements and to provide

supporting information for review and

audit.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

The Housing and Community

Development Act of 1974, as amended,

requires states that administer the CDBG

Program to submit: (1) a Final Statement

that contains the community

development objectives, a method of