[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16813-16814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8280]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-17]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Report on Occupancy for Public and Indian Housing

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been 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: May 7, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2577-0028) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins.

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 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9)

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whether the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision 
of an information collection requirement; and (10) the name and 
telephone number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and 
of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of proposal: Report on Occupancy for Public and Indian 
Housing.
    OMB Approval number: 2577-0028
    Form numbers: HUD-51234
    Description of the need for the information and its proposed use: 
The information to be collected provides occupancy information to 
monitor units vacant, demolished, boarded-up, under repair/
modernization rehabilitation, or converted to a non-dwelling status. 
These unoccupied units represent a serious waste of program resources 
that could be averted by HUD attention and intervention. The 
information is used to prepare input to reports on Presidential and 
Congressional needs.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency of submission: Annually

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                                     Number of              Annual             Hours per
                                    respondents     x     responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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Reporting burden................           3,400   ..           3,400   ..               1   ..           3,400
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    Total estimated burden hours: 3,400.
    Status: Reinstatement, without change, of previously approved 
collection for which approval has expired.

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

    Dated: March 28, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-8280 Filed 4-4-03; 8:45 am]
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