[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7994]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5041-N-17]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Single Family Housing Lead Disclosure Requirements and Addendum Format

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: July 24, 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: Ivery Himes, Division Director, Office 
of Single Family Asset Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-0614 x5628 (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: Lead Disclosure Rule Compliance Procedures for 
HUD-Owned Single Family Properties.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-New.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD, 
its M&M contractors, and the selling brokers working with the 
Department in the sale of HUD-owned properties must fully comply with 
the requirements of the Lead Disclosure rule (24 CFR part 35, subpart 
A) with respect to the sale of all properties constructed before 1978. 
This rule requires that the disclosure form provide a lead warning 
statement, as well as Seller, Purchaser, and Broker acknowledgements 
and signatures. Due to the Lead Safe Housing Rule requiring 
stabilization of FHA insured properties, another item on the form 
indicates the financing and subsequent requirements.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-9545-Y and HUD-9545-Z.
    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 23,284. 
The number of respondents is 137,077 submitting 137,077 responses 
annually, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden per 
response varies from six to twelve minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a new 
collection.

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

    Dated: May 18, 2006.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E6-7994 Filed 5-24-06; 8:45 am]
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