[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8480-8481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3911]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4903-N-7]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
HUD Initiative for the Removal Regulatory Barriers

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.
    This information collection is in support of HUD's America's 
Affordable Communities Initiative focusing on regulatory barriers that 
impede the production of affordable housing.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: HUD 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

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information submission including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal is new, an 
extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection 
requirement; and (10) the contact information of an agency official 
familiar with the proposal and the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: HUD Initiative for the Removal Regulatory 
Barriers.
    OMB Approval Number: 2510-pending.
    Form Numbers: To be assigned.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
This information collection is in support of HUD's America's Affordable 
Communities Initiative focusing on regulatory barriers that impede the 
production of affordable housing. It is intended to promote efforts by 
State and local governments, and to provide for incentives, to remove 
regulatory barriers to affordable housing.
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal 
Government, and Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Submission: Once.

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                                         Number of          Annual             Hours per
                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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Reporting Burden:...................           8,000                1   ..             1.5   ..          12,000
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 12,000.
    Status: Proposed new information collection.

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

    Dated: February 13, 2004.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-3911 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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