[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46534-46535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4975-N-23]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Local 
Appeals to Single-Family Mortgage Limits

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: October 11, 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: Margaret Burns, (Acting) 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 
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: Local Appeals to Single-Family Mortgage Limits.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0302.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
National Housing Act permits HUD to raise the maximum mortgage amount 
up to eighty-seven percent of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation (Freddie Mac) loan limits in areas with high prevailing 
sales prices to reflect regional differences in the cost of housing. 
Any party who believes that the present limit does not accurately 
reflect the higher sales price in that area may request an increase. 
The request must be accompanied by sufficient housing sales price data 
to support the request. The data should be a listing of all the one- or 
nearly all the one-family sales in the area for a prescribed period of 
time, depending on the volume of sales. HUD will use the information

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collected to determine whether an increase is warranted.
    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 number of burden hours is 5,600. 
The number of respondents is 140, the frequency of response is on 
occasion, and the burden hour per response is 40 hours.
    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: August 1, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E5-4332 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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