[Federal Register: August 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 164)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA).
    Title: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) 
Application Form.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0660-0003.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 37,188.
    Number of Respondents: 450.
    Average Hours Per Response: 77 hours to prepare online 
applications; and 86 hours to prepare printed applications. In every 
grant cycle, NTIA/PTFP requires revised information to be submitted by 
applicants under serious consideration for funding, this re-submission 
takes an average of 6 hours for online applications and 9 hours for 
printed applications.
    Needs and Uses: The PTFP is a grant-making program that operates an 
annual application review process. The applicants submit proposals 
which describe unique projects intended to provide broadcasting or 
telecommunications services to the general public. The application 
forms make possible the required competitive review process for making 
decisions on which applicants are funded.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local, or 
Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Kim Johnson, (202) 395-7232.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dHynek@doc.gov).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Kim Johnson, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 19, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-21637 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]

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