[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40830-40832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19992]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4200-N-95]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be 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: September 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Mildred M. Humman, Reports 
Liaison Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4238, Washington, DC 
20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708-3642, extension 4128, for copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents. (This is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department sill submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (3) enchance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) minimize the 
burden of the collection of information

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on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology; e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Report on Occupancy for Public and Indian 
Housing.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0028.
    Discription of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
needs occupancy information to monitor the rate and extent at which the 
Low-Income Public Housing Program is being used by Housing Agencies 
(HAs) to assist low-income families. The information collected on Form 
HUD-51234 provides HUD officials, Field Offices and Headquarters 
occupancy information to Monitor units vacant, demolished, boarded-up, 
under repair/modernization/rehabilitation, or converted to a non-
dwelling status. The information is used to prepare input to reports on 
Presidential and Congressional needs.
    Agency Form Number: Form HUD-51234.
    Members of affected public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: 3,300 respondents annual, one hour 
average per response, 3,300 total reporting burden hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension.

    Authority: Sec. 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: July 23, 1997.
Kevin Emanuel Marchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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