Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request: International HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship Award Program (NIDA), 61440-61441 [2015-25935]

Download as PDF 61440 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 197 / Tuesday, October 13, 2015 / Notices recruitment of participants in all NIMHsponsored clinical trials, regardless of size, and other clinical research studies that plan to enroll 150 or more human subjects in a single study. Clinical studies can have difficulty recruiting, and accurate and timely reporting is the best way to ensure recruitment goals are met within the expected timeframe. Investigators develop a recruitment plan that includes tri-yearly milestones for recruitment of the total study population, and for recruitment of racial and ethnic minority participants. Once recruitment is scheduled to begin, investigators report actual progress on recruitment milestones three times per year, by April 1, August 1, and December 1. Investigators who fail to meet their milestones may be requested to submit interim monthly reports. The primary use of this information is to ensure that realistic recruitment milestones are established from the onset of a project, and that these milestones are met throughout the course of the research. By ensuring timely recruitment into clinical research studies, NIMH can reduce the need to extend timelines or supplement funds in order to complete the research project, potentially increasing efficiency in the funding process and expediting the availability of treatments for mental illness. OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 2,295. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Form name Tri-yearly NIMH Recruitment Milestone Reporting (RMR). Monthly NIMH Recruitment Milestone Reporting (RMR). Total ............................................................... Dated: October 6, 2015. Melba Rojas, NIMH Project Clearance Officer, NIMH, NIH. [FR Doc. 2015–25941 Filed 10–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request: International HIV/ AIDS Research Fellowship Award Program (NIDA) Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2014, page 60895, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:23 Oct 09, 2015 Number of respondents Type of respondent Jkt 238001 Average burden per response (in hours) Total annual burden hours NIMH Principal Investigators. NIMH Principal Investigators. 900 3 45/60 2,025 40 9 45/60 270 ....................................... 940 3,060 45/60 2,295 on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this publication. To obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments or request more information on the proposed project contact: Steve W. Gust, Ph.D., Director, NIDA International Program, NIDA, NIH, 6001 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, Maryland 20892–0234; or call non-tollfree number (301) 443–6480; or Email: your request, including your address to: sgust@nida.nih.gov. Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing. Proposed Collection: International HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship Award Program, 0925–New, National Institute FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Number of responses per respondent Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Need and Use of Information Collection: Initially this collection was part of a clearance request for the application forms for two programs, and due to protracted delays in the readiness of one of the programs it became necessary to create a stand-alone request for this program. This request is for the Application Form for this international training program. The program will recruit post-doctoral researchers into a new fellowship research training program for HIV and drug use. The program will train new researchers in research to advance the science of HIV and drug use and foster multinational research in this disease area. The program is open to all foreign nationals. The Application Form will collect necessary information for determining the most meritorious applicants. NIDA is requesting approval from OMB for this application form to be used by the Institute’s fellowship program to train new researchers and fund experienced scientists, of other nations, in research to advance the science of HIV and drug use while fostering multinational research in this disease area. The application form will be web-based. OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total annual estimated burden hours are 83. E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1 61441 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 197 / Tuesday, October 13, 2015 / Notices ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of respondents Form name Type of respondent A. Application ........................................................ B. Consent Information ......................................... C. Mentor Information and Agreement ................. Applicant Scientists ...... Applicant Scientists ...... Scientists ...................... Dated: September 29, 2015. Genevieve R. deAlmeida, Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute on Drug Abuse. [FR Doc. 2015–25935 Filed 10–9–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5883–N–01] Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2016 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice establishes operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) for project based assistance contracts for eligible multifamily housing projects having an anniversary date on or after February 11, 2016. OCAFs are annual factors used to adjust Section 8 rents in Housing Assistance Payments contracts renewed under section 515 and section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRA). DATES: Effective Date: February 11, 2016. SUMMARY: Stan Houle, Program Analyst, Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202–402–2572 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800– 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. OCAFs Section 514(e)(2) of MAHRA (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) requires HUD to establish guidelines for rent adjustments based on an OCAF. The statute requiring HUD to establish OCAFs for Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:23 Oct 09, 2015 Jkt 238001 45 45 45 (LIHPRHA) (12 U.S.C. 4101, et seq.) projects and projects with contract renewals or adjustments under section 524(b)(1)(A) of MAHRA is similar in wording and intent. HUD has therefore developed a single factor to be applied uniformly to all projects utilizing OCAFs as the method by which renewal rents are established or adjusted. LIHPRHA projects are low-income housing projects insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). LIHPRHA projects are primarily lowincome housing projects insured under section 221(d)(3) below-market interest rate (BMIR) and section 236 of the National Housing Act, respectively. Both categories of projects have lowincome use restrictions that have been extended beyond the 20-year period specified in the original documents, and both categories of projects also receive assistance under section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to support the continued low-income use. MAHRA gives HUD broad discretion in setting OCAFs, referring, for example, in sections 524(a)(4)(C)(i), 524(b)(1)(A), 524(b)(3)(A) and 524(c)(1) simply to ‘‘an operating cost adjustment factor established by the Secretary.’’ The sole limitation to this grant of authority is a specific requirement in each of the foregoing provisions that application of an OCAF ‘‘shall not result in a negative adjustment.’’ Contract rents are adjusted by applying the OCAF to that portion of the rent attributable to operating expenses exclusive of debt service. The OCAFs provided in this notice and applicable to eligible projects having a project based assistance contracts anniversary date of on or after February 11, 2016, are calculated using the same method as those published in HUD’s 2015 OCAF notice published on October 2, 2014 (79 FR 59502). Specifically, OCAFs are calculated as the sum of weighted average cost changes for wages, employee benefits, property taxes, insurance, supplies and equipment, fuel oil, electricity, natural gas, and water/sewer/trash using publicly available indices. The weights used in the OCAF calculations for each of the nine cost component groupings are set using current percentages PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Number of responses per respondent 1 1 1 Average burden per response (in hours) 60/60 30/60 20/60 Total annual burden hours 45 23 15 attributable to each of the nine expense categories. These weights are calculated in the same manner as in the October 2, 2014, notice. Average expense proportions were calculated using three years of audited Annual Financial Statements from projects covered by OCAFs. The expenditure percentages for these nine categories have been found to be very stable over time, but using three years of data increases their stability. The nine cost component weights were calculated at the state level, which is the lowest level of geographical aggregation with enough projects to permit statistical analysis. These data were not available for the Western Pacific Islands, so data for Hawaii were used as the best available indicator of OCAFs for these areas. The best current price data sources for the nine cost categories were used in calculating annual change factors. Statelevel data for fuel oil, electricity, and natural gas from Department of Energy surveys are relatively current and continue to be used. Data on changes in employee benefits, insurance, property taxes, and water/sewer/trash costs are only available at the national level. The data sources for the nine cost indicators selected used were as follows: • Labor Costs: First quarter, 2015 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ECI, Private Industry Wages and Salaries, All Workers (Series ID CIU2020000000000I) at the national level and Private Industry Benefits, All Workers (Series ID CIU2030000000000I) at the national level. • Property Taxes: Census Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue—Table 1 https://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/ 2015/q1t1.xls. 12-month property taxes are computed as the total of four quarters of tax receipts for the period from April through March. Total 12month taxes are then divided by the number of occupied housing units to arrive at average 12-month tax per housing unit. The number of occupied housing units is taken from the estimates program at the Bureau of the Census. https://www.census.gov/housing /hvs/data/histtab8.xls. E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61440-61441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25935]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request: International 
HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship Award Program (NIDA)

SUMMARY:  Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request to review and approve the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on October 8, 2014, page 60895, and allowed 60 days 
for public comment. No comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, 
may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to 
respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, 
or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the 
proposed project contact: Steve W. Gust, Ph.D., Director, NIDA 
International Program, NIDA, NIH, 6001 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-0234; or call non-toll-free number (301) 443-6480; or 
Email: your request, including your address to: sgust@nida.nih.gov. 
Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested 
in writing.
    Proposed Collection: International HIV/AIDS Research Fellowship 
Award Program, 0925-New, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: Initially this collection 
was part of a clearance request for the application forms for two 
programs, and due to protracted delays in the readiness of one of the 
programs it became necessary to create a stand-alone request for this 
program. This request is for the Application Form for this 
international training program. The program will recruit post-doctoral 
researchers into a new fellowship research training program for HIV and 
drug use. The program will train new researchers in research to advance 
the science of HIV and drug use and foster multinational research in 
this disease area. The program is open to all foreign nationals. The 
Application Form will collect necessary information for determining the 
most meritorious applicants. NIDA is requesting approval from OMB for 
this application form to be used by the Institute's fellowship program 
to train new researchers and fund experienced scientists, of other 
nations, in research to advance the science of HIV and drug use while 
fostering multinational research in this disease area. The application 
form will be web-based.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total annual estimated burden 
hours are 83.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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A. Application................  Applicant                     45               1           60/60              45
                                 Scientists.
B. Consent Information........  Applicant                     45               1           30/60              23
                                 Scientists.
C. Mentor Information and       Scientists......              45               1           20/60              15
 Agreement.
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    Dated: September 29, 2015.
Genevieve R. deAlmeida,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute on Drug Abuse.
 [FR Doc. 2015-25935 Filed 10-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4140-01-P
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