[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9005-9006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4457]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4263-N-84]


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: March 25, 1998.

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 and 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:
Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins.

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 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: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: February 12, 1998.
David S. Cristy,
Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management 
Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

    Title of Proposal: Subterranean Termite Soil Treatment Builder's 
Guarantee and New Construction Subterranean Termite Soil Treatment 
Record.
    Office: Housing.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This information collection provide new home purchasers with the 
builder's guarantee concerning termite control treatment and the work 
performed by a licensed pest control company. The builder's guarantee 
and the termite certification are required before a mortgage insurance 
endorsement can take place.
    Form Number: Forms NPCH-99a and NPCH-99b.
    Respondents: Business or Other For-Profit.
    Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                   Number of            Frequency of           Hours per                        
                                  respondents     x       response      x       response      =    Burden hours 
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Information Collection........          54,000                     1                  .166                8,964 
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,964.
    Status: New.
    Contact: John W. Struchern, HUD, (202) 708-6396 x5626; Joseph F. 
Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

    Dated: February 12, 1998.
[FR Doc. 98-4457 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]
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