[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44743-44744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21239]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-3950-N-07]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request 
Application for Designation as a Single Family Foreclosure

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, 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: October 18, 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: Patricia A. Wash, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW, Room 10245, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce S. Albright, Assistant General 
Counsel, Single Family Mortgage Division, (202) 708-0080. This is not a 
toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Albright.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork

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Reduction Act (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.
    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: July 13, 1999.
Gail W. Laster,
General Counsel.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

    Title of Proposal: Notice of Application for Designation as a 
Single Family Foreclosure Commissioner (FR-3950).
    Office: General Counsel.
    OMB Approval Number:
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
Under the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, HUD may 
exercise a nonjudicial Power of Sale of single family HUD-held 
mortgages and may appoint Foreclosure Commissioners to do this. HUD 
needs the Notice and resulting applications for compliance with the 
Act's requirements that commissioners be qualified. Most respondents 
will be attorneys, but anyone may apply.
    Form Number: None.
    Respondents: Business or Other For-Profit and Individuals or 
Households.
    Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                   Number of            Frequency of             Hours per              Burden
                                  respondents     x       response       x       response       =       hours
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Applicants (1999).............              30                      1                     .5                  15
Applicants (Later Years)......              30                      1                     .5                  15
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 30.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers (these are not toll-free 
numbers) for copies of available documents: Bruce S. Albright, 
Assistant General Counsel, Single Family Mortgage Division, (202) 708-
0080; Matthew C. Forman, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Single 
Family Mortgage Division, (202) 708-0080; Wayne Eddins, Reports 
Management Officer, (202) 708-1305.

[FR Doc. 99-21239 Filed 8-16-99; 8:45 am]
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