[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46648-46649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22408]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4651-N-04]


Submission for Emergency OMB Review: Public Comments on Fair 
Housing Act (FHA) Training and Technical Guidance

AGENCY: Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection requirement.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budge (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
will be offering Training and Technical Guidance on the Fair Housing 
Act. Under the Fair Housing Act, it is unlawful to design and construct 
certain attached single-family and multifamily (buildings having four 
or more units) dwellings built for first occupancy after March 13, 
1991, in a manner that makes them inaccessible to persons with 
disabilities.

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It also established design and construction requirements to make these 
dwellings readily accessible to and usable by persons with 
disabilities. KPMG Consulting, Inc., under contract to HUD, will be 
collecting information from the appropriate parties including, but not 
limited to, builders, architects, engineers, disabled persons, 
realtors, and code bodies in order to tailor the training and technical 
guidance to the intended audience.

DATES: Submit comments on or before: September 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested person 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: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-2374 (this is not 
a toll-free number) or e-mail to [email protected]. Copies of the 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins. 
Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may obtain further information 
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 
1-800-877-8399.

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 of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended). HUD has requested OMB approval by September 
15, 2001.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless collection displays a 
valid control number.
    This notice contains the following information:
    (1) The title for the collection of information;
    (2) A summary of the collection of information;
    (3) A brief description of the need for the information and 
proposed use of the information;
    (4) A description of the likely respondents, including the 
estimated number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of 
response to the collection of information;
    (5) An estimate of the total annual reporting and recordkeeping 
burden that will result from the collection of information;
    Title: Fair Hosing Act Training and Technical Guidance.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Type of submission: Emergency expedited.
    Form Number(s): No form required.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                          Frequency of           Hours per         Total burden
               Number of respondents                 x      response      x      response      =       hours
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1000..............................................                    1                  0.3                 300
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    Contract: Cheryl Kent, HUD (202-708-2333, ext. 7058.) Joseph 
Lackey, OMB, (202) 395-7316

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

    Dated: August 29, 2001.
Wayne Eddins,
Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22408 Filed 9-5-01; 8:45 am]
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