[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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