[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 67288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31881]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4655-N-25]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Application and Re-certification Procedures for FHA Inspectors

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, 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: February 26, 2002.

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 Building, Room 8202, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of 
Single Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451--7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-5221, (this is not a toll-free number), for copies of the proposed 
forms and other 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: Application and Re-certification Procedures for 
FHA Inspectors.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a new information collection, which includes the use of a previously 
approved form, Form HUD-92563. The information collection is essential 
to the Department's efforts to ensure that compliance inspectors who 
determine if the quality of construction of property accepted as 
security for FHA insured loans possess the prerequisite knowledge and 
skills to make these determinations. The Department also wishes to 
standardize this procedure throughout the country. Inspectors seeking 
to be placed on FHA's Inspection roster must submit an application to 
be considered acceptable as an inspector in HUD's single family housing 
programs. The uses of qualified compliance inspectors are viewed as 
critical to minimizing the placement of FHA mortgage insurance on 
poorly constructed dwellings.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD-92563.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The estimated number of respondents 
are estimated to be 3,000, an average of 5,250 annual burden hours are 
estimated, and the frequency of responses is estimated to be once.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a new 
information collection for which OMB approval is requested.

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

    Dated: December 12, 2001.
John C. Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 01-31881 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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