[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4565-N-03]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Reporting Requirements Associated with 24 CFR 203.508b and 235.1001 
Providing Information

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, 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: March 10, 2000.

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: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW, L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8202, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph McCloskey, Director, Asset 
Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1672 (this is 
not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available information.

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 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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 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:
    Title of Proposal: Reporting Requirements Associated with 24 CFR 
203.508b and 235.1001--Providing Information.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0235.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of this notice is to reinstate the use of 24 CFR 203.508b and 
24 CFR 235.1001. The requirements of 24 CFR 203.508b state, in part, 
that ``all mortgagors must be informed by the mortgagees of the system 
available to them on loan inquiries on their mortgages and they must be 
reminded of the system at least annually.'' The requirements of 24 CFR 
235.101 state, in part, that ``mortgagees must provide to the mortgagor 
an annual statement of interest paid and taxes disbursed and shall 
include an accounting of the total amount of assistance payments paid 
by HUD and applied to the mortgagor's account during the preceding 
year.''
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: N/A.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 0.25 hours per 
response, the number of respondents is 12,000, frequency of response is 
annually, and the total burden hours are 3,000.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement of a 
previously approved information collection.

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

    Dated: December 30, 1999.
William C. Apgar,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 00-442 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]
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