[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 48291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16637]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5121-N-28]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Housing Counseling Program--Application for Approval as a Housing 
Counseling Agency

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 22, 2007.

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 L. 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: Virginia Simmons, Office of Single 
Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2298 (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: Housing Counseling Program--Application for 
Approval as a Housing Counseling Agency.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-NEW.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
National, regional, Multi-State intermediaries and Local public and 
private nonprofit agencies that provide housing counseling services 
directly or through their affiliates or branches regarding home buying, 
homeownership and rental housing programs submit an application for 
designation as a HUD-approved housing counseling agency. HUD uses the 
information to evaluate the agency and to populate Agency profile data 
in the Housing Counseling System (HCS) database. This data populates 
HUD's Web site and automated 1-800 hotline.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-9900.
    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 respondents is 200, the 
frequency of responses is on occasion, for a total of 200 total annual 
responses. The estimated time to prepare collection is approximately 8 
hours, for a total annual burden hours of 1,600 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a request 
for a new information collection. The information collection was 
previously approved under OMB Control No. 2502-0261.

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

    Dated: August 13, 2007.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
 [FR Doc. E7-16637 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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