[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55647-55648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27571]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-3950-N-06]


Announcement of OMB Approval Number; Notice of Application--
Foreclosure Commissioners

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of application--foreclosure commissioners; announcement 
of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to announce the OMB approval 
number for the information collection requirements in the notice of 
application for foreclosure commissioners applying under the Single 
Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce S. Albright, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Room 9240, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 
708-0080. A telecommunications device for the hearing impaired (TTY) is 
available at (202) 708-3259. (These are not toll free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 27, 1995 (60 FR 58442), the 
Department published in the Federal Register, a notice that requested 
applications from parties who seek approval to act as foreclosure 
commissioners under the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 
(the ``Act''), 12 U.S.C. 3751-3768. The document--titled, ``Notice of 
Application--Foreclosure Commissioners''--indicated that information 
collection requirements contained in the notice had been submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget for emergency review and approval 
under section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), and that when approved, the OMB control number would be 
announced by separate notice in the Federal Register. Notice of the 
emergency OMB approval was published on December 7, 1995 (60 FR 62876).
    On December 20, 1995 (60 FR 65662) and May 28, 1996 (61 FR 26526), 
HUD published notices soliciting comments for the purpose of obtaining 
regular, non-emergency OMB approval for the Notice of Application--
Foreclosure Commissioners.
    This present document provides notice of the regular, non-emergency 
OMB approval number. Accordingly, the control number approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) for the Notice of 
Application--Foreclosure Commissioners is 2510-0012. This approval 
number expires on July 31, 1999. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, 
and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless the collection displays a valid control number.
    For the convenience of applicants and other interested parties, 
this notice provides the information collection requirements of the 
Notice of Application--Foreclosure Commissioners, which are as follows:
    The requested information will be used to determine if an applicant 
is responsible, financially sound, and competent to conduct a 
foreclosure. Each party submitting an application will be notified if 
its application has been accepted or rejected. All parties whose 
applications are accepted will be placed on a list of designated 
commissioners approved to act in a specific geographic area. When HUD 
determines that a particular mortgage should be foreclosed under the 
Act, the case will be referred to a designated foreclosure commissioner 
for foreclosure. Designation as a

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commissioner, however, does not necessarily provide any assurance that 
all commissioners so designated will subsequently have cases referred 
by HUD for foreclosure. Also, in some States HUD may decide to continue 
to foreclose under State law or other Federal law.
    Each party seeking designation as a foreclosure commissioner must 
submit the current information, as listed below, to HUD's Field 
Assistant General Counsel serving the geographic area in which the 
party proposes to serve as commissioner.

Current Information to be Submitted

    1. Name.
    2. Business address.
    3. Geographic area in which the applicant wishes to conduct 
foreclosures. (List only States or areas in States in which the 
applicant is a resident or is duly authorized to transact business.)
    4. If the applicant is not a natural person, the names and business 
addresses of the people who would actually perform the commissioner's 
duties.
    5. Description of the applicant's experience in conducting mortgage 
foreclosures or in related activities which would qualify the applicant 
to serve as a foreclosure commissioner.
    6. Evidence of the applicant's financial responsibility.
    Any party that has been designated as a foreclosure commissioner 
for HUD-held multifamily mortgages may submit a letter to the 
appropriate Field Assistant General Counsel requesting designation as a 
foreclosure commissioner for single family mortgages. This letter of 
interest would be acceptable in lieu of the preceding information, 
unless any of the information requires updating.
    In addition, 5 CFR Sec. 1320.8(b)(3) requires that each collection 
of information informs and provides to the potential persons to whom 
the information collection is addressed the following:
    (i) Reason for the information collection. The information is being 
collected for HUD's selection of foreclosure commissioners who will 
satisfy the statutory requirements [Section 3754(c) of the Single 
Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994 (``Act'')] to be ``responsible, 
financially sound and competent to conduct a foreclosure.''
    (ii) How HUD will use the information. The information will be used 
by HUD to determine that applicants that are to be designated as 
foreclosure commissioners meet the statutory requirements of the Act.
    (iii) Estimate of the average burden of the collection. The average 
burden of this data collection is expected to be thirty minutes per 
response for the compilation and mailing of the requested information 
to the HUD Field Assistant General Counsel. Send comments regarding 
this burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this burden to 
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 
20410.
    (iv) Whether submission of information is voluntary, mandatory, or 
required to obtain or retain a benefit, and legal authority. Submission 
of this information is required in order to obtain a designation as a 
foreclosure commissioner under the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure 
Act of 1994.
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality to be provided (if any). 
The information requested does not lend itself to confidentiality.

    Dated: October 21, 1996.
Nelson A. Diaz,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-27571 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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