[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53958-53959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21070]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4727-N-02]


Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); Simplifying and 
Improving the Process of Obtaining Mortgages to Reduce Settlement Costs 
To Consumers; Notice of Availability of Economic Analysis and 
Correction of OMB E-mail Address

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD is advising the public that the 
Initial Economic Analysis that was prepared in connection with HUD's 
RESPA proposed rule, published on July 29, 2002, is available for 
review on HUD's Web site at www.hud.gov. In addition, this notice 
advises the public of a correction made to the e-mail address of the 
HUD Desk Officer at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ivy Jackson, Acting Director, 
Interstate Land Sales and RESPA Division, Room 9146, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410; telephone (202) 708-0502 (this is not a toll-free number) or for 
legal questions Kenneth A. Markison, Assistant General Counsel for GSE/
RESPA, or Steven J. Sacks or Teresa L. Baker (Senior RESPA Attorneys); 
Room 9262, telephone (202) 708-3137. Persons with hearing or speech 
impairments may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. The address for 
the above listed persons is: Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 29, 2002, HUD published its RESPA 
proposed rule on ``Simplifying and Improving the Process of Obtaining 
Mortgages to Reduce Settlement Costs to Consumers.'' (See 68 FR 49134.) 
In the rule, HUD advised that an Initial

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Economic Analysis had been prepared for the rule and that the Initial 
Economic Analysis is available for public inspection during business 
hours in the Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, Regulations Division, 
Office of General Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500. The 
Economic Analysis remains available for public inspection at this 
location, but for the convenience of the public, HUD has also placed 
the Initial Economic Analysis on its Web site at www.hud.gov.
    In this notice, HUD also advises that the e-mail address for Lauren 
Wittenberg, HUD Desk Officer at OMB, contained an error (see 67 FR 
49159, first column). The correct email address for Ms. Wittenberg is 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Aaron Santa Anna,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 02-21070 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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