[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-439]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4441-N-01]


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: February 10, 1999.

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

    Dated: December 31, 1998.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.

    Title of Proposal: Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent 
Telephone Surveys.
    Office: Policy Development and Research.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0142.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This survey provides HUD a fast, inexpensive way to estimate and update 
Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in areas not covered by AHS or CPI 
surveys and in areas where FMRs are believed to be incorrect. It also 
provides estimates of annual rent changes. This random digit dialing 
(RDD) survey methodology has been operational for 7 years. The affected 
public would be those surveyed and Section 8 recipients.
    Form Number: None.
    Respondents: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                        Frequency of           Hours per
             Number of respondents                x       response      x       response      =    Burden hours
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463,159........................................                    1                   .02               11,454
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 11,454.
    Status: Revision.
    Contact: Alan Fox, HUD, (202) 708-0590 Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB, 
(202) 395-7316.

[FR Doc. 99-439 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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