[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57378-57379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23208]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5191-N-30]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; FHA-
Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing for Performing Loans; MIP Processing, 
Escrow Administration, Customer Service, Servicing Fees and 235 Loans

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, 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 Deitzer, Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
[email protected] or telephone (202) 402-8048.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of 
Single Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-1672 x2419 (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: FHA-Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing for 
Performing Loans; MIP Processing, Escrow Administration, Customer 
Service, Servicing Fees and 235 Loans.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-NEW.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: FHA 
insurance is an important source of mortgage credit for low and 
moderate-income borrowers and neighborhoods. Providing assistance, as 
needed, to enable families to cure their delinquencies and retain their 
homes stabilizes neighborhoods that might otherwise suffer from 
deterioration and problems associated with vacant and abandoned 
properties. Avoidance of foreclosure and the resultant costs also

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serve to further stabilize the mortgage insurance premiums charged by 
FHA and the Federal budget receipts generated from those premiums. The 
information collection request for OMB review seeks to combine the 
requirements of one existing OMB collection under this collection; and 
is as follows OMB collection 2502-0235.
    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 
1,500,234, the number of respondents is 4,441, the number of responses 
is 34,497,153, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden 
hour per response is from less than a minute to 40 hours depending upon 
the activity.
    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. E8-23208 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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