[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5687-N-08]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: The 
Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Membership Application

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: May 6, 2013.

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 Relay 
Service (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie George, Senior Housing 
Program Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, Office of Outreach 
and Capacity Building, U.S. Department of HUD, 200 Jefferson Avenue, 
Suite 300, Memphis TN 38103., telephone 901-544-4228 (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: Membership Application for the Housing 
Counseling Federal Advisory Committee.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-New.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) was created under 
the Dodd-Frank ``Expand and Preserve Homeownership through Counseling 
Act'' Public Law 111-203, title XIV, Sec.  1441, July 21, 2010, 124 
Stat. 2163 (Act), 42 U.S.C. 3533(g) to provide strategic planning and 
policy guidance to HUD on housing counseling issues. The Membership 
Application will be use to select the members of the HCFAC
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-90005-HCFAC.
    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 250. The 
number of respondents is 250 the number of responses is 250 the 
frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response 
is $34.34.
    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: February 26, 2013.
Laura M. Marin,
Acting General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing-Acting General 
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2013-05090 Filed 3-4-13; 8:45 am]
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