[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 52495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20333]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4739-N-40]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Mortgagee's Certification and Application for Assistance or Interest 
Reduction Payments Due Under Sections 235(b), 235(j), or 235(i)

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 proposals.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 11, 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 Plaza Building, Room 8003, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Joe McCloskey, Director, Office of 
Single Family Asset Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-1672 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed 
froms and other available 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 froms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Mortgagee's Certification and Application for 
Assistance or Interest Reduction Payments Due Under Sections 235(b) 
235(j), or 235(i).
    OMB Contol Number, if applicable: 2502-0081.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
must monitor all assistance payments disbursed under the Section 235 
Program. Mortgagees submit these information collections in order to 
receive assistance payments each month. The information collection is 
used to bill HUD for these payments.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-300 and HUD-93102.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The estimated total number of hours 
needed to prepare the information collection is 5,250, the number is 
respondents is 350 generating approximately 8,400 annual responses, the 
frequency of response is on occasion and monthly, and the estimated 
time needed to prepare the responses varies from 15 minutes to one 
hour.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement, with 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired.

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

    Dated: July 31, 2002.
Sean G. Cassidy,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-20333 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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