[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14420-14421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6064]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5480-N-23]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Home 
Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program; Notice of Proposed Information 
Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 30, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; e-mail: [email protected] ; fax: 202-395-3086.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reports Management Officer, QDAM, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 4517th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; telephone (202) 
708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from the Reports Management Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to implementing an FHA Energy Efficient Mortgage Innovation 
pilot program targeted to the single family housing market. The 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, approved 
December 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3034) (2010 Appropriations Act), which 
appropriated fiscal year 2010 funds for HUD, among other agencies, 
appropriated $50 million for an Energy Innovation Fund to enable HUD to 
catalyze innovations in the residential energy efficiency sector that 
have the promise of replicability and help create a standardized home 
energy efficient retrofit market. Of the $50 million appropriated for 
the Energy Innovation Fund, the 2010 Appropriations Act stated that 
``$25,000,000 shall be for the Energy Efficient Mortgage Innovation 
pilot program directed at the single family housing market.'' (See Pub. 
L. 111-117, at 123 Stat. 3089). The FHA Home Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot 
Program (Retrofit Pilot Program) is designed by HUD to meet this 
statutory directive and provides funding to support that effort. Under 
the Retrofit Pilot Program, HUD, through FHA-approved lenders, will 
insure loans for homeowners who are seeking to make energy improvements 
to their homes.
    Lender participation in the Retrofit Pilot Program is voluntary. To 
facilitate HUD's monitoring of lender use of incentive payments funds, 
lenders will be required to enter into a pilot program agreement with 
HUD, to report to HUD on their use of incentive payments funds.
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the

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proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information 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 
through 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: Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Home 
Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program.
    Description of Information Collection: Lender reporting 
requirements under the Retrofit Pilot Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0596.
    Agency Form Numbers: None.
    Members of Affected Public: FHA-approved lenders.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information collection is 320, number of 
respondents is 20 frequency response is annually, and the estimated 
number of hours per response is 16.

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

    Dated: March 09, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6064 Filed 3-15-11; 8:45 am]
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