[Federal Register: March 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 50)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    Title: Developmental Disabilities Council State Plan.
    OMB No.: 0980-0162.
    Description: Developmental Disabilities Councils (DD Councils) in 
each State are required under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.) to develop plans on a 
triennial basis and to review those plans at least annually. Each 
Council develops its plan as a basis for promoting systems change and 
capacity building in service systems for persons with developmental 
disabilities in the State. The State plan must be made available for 
public comment in the State and must be approved by the Governor of the 
State. After that it is submitted to the Department of Health and Human 
Services, which will use the information to ensure compliance of the 
State with requirements in the Act. The information in the State plan 
is also used as one basis for providing technical assistance, such as 
during site visits. The burden statement of 130 hours per State for 
preparing this plan is annualized over the three-year period of the 
plan. This requirement was recently redesigned with significant 
involvement of State Developmental Disabilities Councils.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.

                                             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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Three Year State Plan.......................              55                1              130            7,150
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,150.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 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

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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: March 9, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-6291 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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