[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 77 (Friday, April 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20925-20926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8074]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4975-N-10]


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 pubic comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 21, 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: Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian 
Homelands.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0358.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: FHA 
insures mortgages on single family dwellings under various provisions 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701, et seq.) The Housing and 
Urban Rural Recovery Act (HURRA), Pub. L. 98-181, amended the National 
Housing Act to add Section 247 to permit FHA to insure mortgages for 
properties located on Hawaiian Homelands. Under this program, the 
mortgagor must be a Native Hawaiian. The Statute preconditions that the 
Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) of the State of Hawaii (a) 
agrees to be a co-mortgagor, and (b) guarantees to reimburse the 
Secretary for any mortgage insurance claims paid in connection with a 
property on Hawaiian Homelands or offers other security acceptable to 
the Secretary. The collection of information and the regulatory origins 
for them are in accordance with Section 203.43i which states that the 
lender will: (a) Verify that the loan applicant is a Native Hawaiian 
and that the applicant holds a lease on land in a Hawaiian Homelands 
area; (b) report on delinquent borrowers in accordance with Section 
203.439(c); and (c) provide documentation to HUD to support that the 
requirements of Section 203.665 have been met.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    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 1,744; the number of 
respondents is 504 generating approximately 1,456 annual responses; the 
frequency of response is on occasion; and the number of hours per 
response varies from 2 minutes to 30 minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: April 13, 2005.
John C. Weicher,
Assistant Secretary of Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 05-8074 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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