[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51012-51013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4561-N-55]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Application and Re-certification Packages for Approval of Non-profit 
Organizations in FHA Activities

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: September 21, 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 (2502-0540) 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 
Officer, 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) 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;

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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: Application and Re-certification Packages for 
Approval of Non-profit Organizations in FHA Activities.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0540.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This information collection is an application and/or re-certification 
criteria for nonprofit organizations seeking approval to participate as 
FHA insured mortgagors or provide down payment assistance to home 
buyers, which can be achieved by secondary financing. This information 
collection also provides standardized information and procedures to 
ensure equal treatment of applicants throughout the nation and gives 
HUD sufficient information to ascertain an organization's management 
and fiscal abilities.
    Respondents: Individual or Households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, Local 
or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.

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                                   Number of            Frequency of           Hours per
                                  respondents     x       response      x       response      =   Burden  hours
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Reporting Burden..............           2,500                   6.3                  5.14               81,000
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 81,000.
    Status: Reinstatement, without change.

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

    Dated: August 16, 2000.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-21276 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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