[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24042-24043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10454]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5484-N-14]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Disposition of Multifamily Housing Projects by HUD; Purchaser's 
Compliance With State and Local Housing Laws and Requirements

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: June 28, 2011.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal 
Information Relay Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Bates, Housing Program Manager, 
Office of Asset Management, Multifamily Housing, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-2121 (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: OMB information Collection on Form HUD-9840, 
Disposition of Multifamily Housing Projects by HUD; Purchaser's 
Compliance With State and Local Housing Laws and Requirements.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0559.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Information collection 2502-0559 is necessary for HUD to monitor 
potential purchasers' current compliance with state or local government 
housing statutes, regulations, ordinances, and codes. This information 
collection requires potential purchasers of HUD-owned multifamily 
housing projects to certify that all of their projects owned and 
located in the same city or town as the project to be purchased are in 
compliance with state and local housing codes. (This information is 
being collected in accordance with Section 219 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2004[1] and the revised regulations at 
24 CFR part 200, subpart H.[2] In addition, HUD issued a 
proposed rule (24 CFR parts 200 and 290, disposition of Multifamily 
Housing Projects by HUD; Purchaser's Compliance With State and Local 
Housing Laws and Requirements), which was announced in the Federal 
Register on August 5, 2005, Volume 70, No. 150, page 45492.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD-9840.
    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 12.5. 
The number of respondents has previously been 25, the number of 
responses is 25, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the 
burden hour per response is 0.5.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is not a new 
collection.

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


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    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2011-10454 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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