[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36585-36586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17423]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4650-N-47]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Analysis of Proposed Main Construction Contract

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HID.

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: August 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
the proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
approval number (2577-0037) 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];

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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 fron 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) to 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 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: Analysis of Proposed Main Construction Contract.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0037.
    Form Numbers: HUD-52396.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Housing Agencies must prepare and submit main construction contracts 
for projects proposed or being developed under the Low-income Housing 
Program. HUD form 52396 indicates the approved pre-bid budget amounts 
for various elements in a construction project, the actual bid for 
these same elements, any proposed changes in these amounts and the 
actual final adjusted for each category. It is a comparison of actual 
bid costs on a conventionally developed public housing project to the 
approved pre-bid estimate. Information is submitted to HUD to gain 
approval for award of a construction contract.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Submission: Recordkeeping and reporting.

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                                                     Number of         Frequency         Hours per       Burden
                                                    respondents   x   of response   x    response    =    hours
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Reporting burden.................................            96              1.14             2.25           248
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 248.
    Status: Extension of currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: June 29, 2001
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-17423 Filed 7-11-01; 8:45 am]
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