[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 105 (Wednesday, May 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34724-34725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13493]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4561-N-34]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Assessment of the American Housing Survey--Metropolitan Sample (AHS-MS)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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: June 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. 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, Q, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 
Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; telephone 
(202) 708-2374. 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, to 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) That 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 name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department. This Notice also lists the following 
information:
    Title of Proposal: Assessment of the American Housing Survey--
Metropolitan Sample (AHS-MS).
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-XXXX.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seeking to better 
understand how the AHS-MS data is used, and by whom. The information 
collected will enable HUD to balance geographic coverage, timeliness 
and cost considerations in designing the surveys, in order to develop 
an optinal data set for use by HUD, other public agencies, educational 
institutions, nonprofits, planners, and other interested parties. The 
respondents will consist of known users of AHS-MS data and potential 
users.
    Respondents: business or other for-profits, Not-for-profits and 
Institution State, Federal Government and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Frequency of Submission: One Time Only.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                   Number of            Frequency of           Hours per
                                  respondents     x      responses      x       response      =    Burden hours
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Information Collection........             200                     1                   .16                   33
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    Total estimated burden hours: 33.
    Status: New Collection.

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

    Dated: May 22, 2000.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-13493 Filed 5-30-00; 8:45 am]
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