[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9831-9832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2730]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5041-N-04]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Application for Fee or Roster Personnel Designation, and Appraisal 
Report Forms

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: April 28, 2006.

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: Lillian Deitzer, 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, 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

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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: Application for Fee or Roster Personnel 
Designation, and Appraisal Report Forms.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0538.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Information is collected from real estate appraisers and inspectors 
seeking placement on the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Appraiser 
and Inspector Rosters. The FHA Appraiser Roster is a national listing 
of eligible appraisers who prepare appraisals on single family 
properties that will be security for FHA insured mortgages. The FHA 
Inspector Roster is a national listing of eligible inspectors who 
determine the quality of construction of single family properties that 
will be security for FHA insured mortgages. FHA Roster Appraisers and 
Inspectors assist in protecting the interest of HUD, the taxpayers, and 
the FHA insurance fund.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92563 and HUD-92564-CN.
    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 1,494; the number of 
respondents is 470,668 generating 470,868 annual responses; the 
frequency per response is on occasion; and the estimated time needed to 
prepare the responses varies from 0 to 30 minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision 
of a currently approved collection, seeking to include the requirements 
approved under OMB control number 2502-0548, FHA Fee Inspector Panel 
Application Package.

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

    Dated: February 17, 2006.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E6-2730 Filed 2-24-06; 8:45 am]
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