[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15116-15117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5827]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4975-N-06]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

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: May 23, 2005.

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 8001, Washington, DC 20410 or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of 
Single Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2121 (this is not a toll free 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

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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 forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Requirements for Single Family Mortgage 
Instruments.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0404.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: These 
documents must be recordable and enforceable instruments that comply 
with applicable state and local requirements for recordation in the 
public land records for the protection of the mortgagee's and HUD's 
interest in the property. The single-family mortgage instruments 
include the mortgage or deed of trust, and the mortgage note or deed of 
trust note.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The total number of annual hours 
needed to prepare the information collection is 250,000. The number of 
respondents is estimated to be 9,000; the frequency of the response is 
on occasion but generates an estimated 1,000,000 responses per year; 
and the estimated time per response is 0.25 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: March 17, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 05-5827 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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