[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 8, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 52803-52804] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-25757] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. N-FR-4086-N-56] Office of Administration; Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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: November 7, 1996. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval number should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) the title of the information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; (4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information submission including [[Page 52804]] number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended. Dated: September 24, 1996. David S. Cristy, Acting Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management Division. Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Title of Proposal: Local Appeals to Single Family Mortgage Limits. Office: Housing. OMB Approval Number: 2502-0302. Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: The FHA single-family maximum mortgage limit is established as 38 percent of the Freddie Mac conforming limits (currently $77,197), but may increase up to 75 percent of these limits (currently $152,362) in high cost areas. HUD will raise the limits above the 38 percent ceiling if housing sales price data is received from interested parties (primarily homebuilders, mortgage lenders, and realtors) which justifies an increase. Form Number: None. Respondents: Individuals or Households, Business or Other For- Profit, and Not-For-Profit Institutions. Frequency of Submission: On Occasion. Reporting Burden: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden respondents x response x response = hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information Collection.................. 80 1 40 3,200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,200. Status: Reinstatement, without changes. Contact: Maynard Curry, HUD, (202) 708-2121 x2216; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316. Dated: September 24, 1996. [FR Doc. 96-25757 Filed 10-7-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-01-M