[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36709-36710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17224]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4446-N-03]


Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Urban 
Homesteading Program, Semi-Annual Progress Report

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, 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 Date: September 7, 1999.

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: Shelia E. Jones, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW, Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Franklin Price, (202) 708-2094 EXT. 
4572 (this is not a toll-free number) for copies of the proposed forms 
and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the 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) enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the 
burden of the collection of information 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:

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    Title of Proposal: Urban Homesteading Program, Semi-Annual Progress 
Report.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0042.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
information is needed to assist HUD in determining if Local Urban 
Homesteading Agencies (LUHAs) are meeting the requirements of HUD's 
Urban Homesteading Program--Section 810 of the Housing and Community 
Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-383 as amended), and HUD's requirements published 
at 25 CFR 590. Under these requirements, LUHAs are required to supply 
data and make available records necessary for HUD's monitoring of the 
LUHSs' local homesteading programs to determine whether the LUHAs are 
making reasonable progress in moving properties through the stages of 
the homesteading process, including acquisition, homesteader selection, 
conditional conveyance, rehabilitation, and final conveyance. The 
monitoring process will allow HUD to determine if all property provided 
to the LUHAs with Section 810 funding are ultimately accounted for and 
used by the LUHAs as required by the statute and regulation.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-40063-A.
    Members of affected public: State and local governments, public 
housing authorities and non profit organizations which have agreements 
with HUD to operate as Local Urban Homesteading Agencies under the 
Section 810 Homesteading Program.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: Total hours needed to collect 
information, 350 (200 for record-keeping and 150 for response to report 
[only 75 percent of the respondents need to submit report, i.e., 100 
respondents  x  two reports per year  x  75 percent  x  1 hour per 
response = 150]. Number of respondents--100; frequency of responses--
semi-annually; hours per response--1.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement of a 
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.

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

    Dated: June 29, 1999.
Cardell Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-17224 Filed 7-6-99; 8:45 am]
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