[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 57380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23207]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5191-N-29]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Multifamily Housing Procedures for Projects Affected by Presidentially-
Declared Disasters

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: December 1, 2008.

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 Dietzer, 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: Brandt Witte, Housing Program Manager, 
Office of Asset Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
402-2614 (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: Multifamily Housing Procedures for Projects 
Affected by Presidentially-Declared Disasters.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: New Collection-No Number 
Assigned.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of this information collection is to ensure that owners follow 
HUD procedures regarding recovery efforts after a Presidentially-
declared disaster.
    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 
estimated to be 393. The number of respondents is 29,281, the frequency 
of response is 1, the number of responses is based on the average 
number of declared disasters within the last three years (averaged at 
54 per year), and the total burden hours per response is 7.25.
    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: September 24, 2008.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing Deputy Federal 
Housing Commissioner.
 [FR Doc. E8-23207 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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