[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41462-41463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6385]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5041-N-23]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Debt 
Resolution Program

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: September 19, 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: Lester J. West, Director, Albany 
Financial Operations Center, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, telephone (518) 464-4200 extension 4206 (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: Debt Resolution Program.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0483.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
is required to collect debt owed to the agency. As part of the 
collection process, demand for repayment is made on the debtor(s). In 
response, debtors opt to ignore the debt, pay the debt, or dispute the 
debt. Disputes and offers to repay result in information collections. 
Borrowers who wish to pay less than the full amount due must submit a 
Personal Financial Statement and Settlement Offier. HUD uses the 
information to analyze debtors' financial positions and then approve 
settlements, repayment agreements, and pre-authorized electronic 
payments to HUD. Borrowers who wish to dispute must provide information 
to support their position.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable. HUD-56141, HUD-56142, HUD-
56146, HUD-55509, and HUD-92090.
    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 862, the number of 
respondents is 850 generating approximately 2,790 annual responses, the 
frequency of response is on occasion, and the estimated time needed to 
prepare the response varies from 5 to 30 minutes.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision 
of a currently approved collection. The revision seeks to incorporate 
additional items, such as a debtor authorizatrion to speak to a third 
party, requests for copies of cancelled checks, information submitted 
to dispute a debt, and verbal agreement confirmation letters.

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


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    Dated: July 14, 2006.
Frank Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 06-6385 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]
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