[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31908]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4739-N-49]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Applications for Housing Assistance Payments

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 18, 2003.

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: Willie Spearmon, Director, Office of 
Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone 
(202) 708-3000 (this is not a tollfree number) for copies of the 
proposed forms 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 of other forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0182.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Vouchers are submitted by owners/agents to HUD or their Contract 
Administrators (CA)/Performance Based Contract Administrators (PBCA) 
each month to receive assistance payments for the difference between 
the gross rent and the total tenant payment for all assisted tenants. 
In the instance of special claims, vouchers are submitted by owners/
agents to HUD or their CA/PBCA to receive an amount of offset unpaid 
rents, tenant damages, vacancies, and/or debt service losses.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-52670; HUD-52670A, Part 1; 
HUD-52670A, Part 2; HUD-52671A/B/C/D.
    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 178,585; the number of 
respondents is 43,064 generating approximately 394,821 annual 
responses; the frequency of response is on occasion and monthly; and 
the estimated time needed to prepare the response varies from 20 to 30 
minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Revision of a 
currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: November 22, 2002
John C. Weicher,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 02-31908 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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