[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43060-43061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17460]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-59]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Quality Control 
Requirements for Direct Endorsement Lenders

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 25, 2014.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on 
February 26, 2014.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Quality Control Requirements for 
Direct Endorsement Lenders.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0600.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Under 
24 CFR Sec.  202.8(3), Direct Endorsement (DE) lenders which sponsor 
third-party originators (TPOs) are responsible to the Secretary for the 
actions of TPOs or mortgagees in originating loans or mortgages, unless 
applicable law or regulation requires specific knowledge on the part of 
the party to be held responsible. As a result, DE lenders are 
responsible for conducting quality control on TPO originations of FHA-
insured mortgage loans, and ensuring that their quality control plans 
contain appropriate oversight provisions. This creates an information 
collection burden on DE lenders, since these institutions must conduct 
quality control on all loans they originate and underwrite. In 
addition, under 24 CFR Sec.  203.255(c) and (e), HUD conducts both pre- 
and post-endorsement reviews of loans submitted for FHA insurance by DE 
lenders. As part of those reviews, the Secretary is authorized to 
determine if there is any information indicating that any certification 
or required document is false, misleading, or constitutes fraud or 
misrepresentation on the part of any party, or that the mortgage fails 
to meet a statutory or regulatory requirement. In order to assist the 
Secretary with this directive, FHA requires that lenders self-report 
all findings of fraud and material misrepresentation, as well any 
material findings concerning the origination, underwriting, or 
servicing of the loan that the lender is unable to mitigate or 
otherwise resolve. The obligation to self-report these findings creates 
an additional information collection burden on DE lenders. In 
accordance with the requirements of 5 CFR Sec.  1320.8(d), a Notice 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was initially 
published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 244, page 80066). At that time, FHA still allowed for loan 
correspondents to participate in its programs and had not yet 
transitioned to the use of TPOs. Therefore, FHA estimated information 
collection burdens based on the expected used of TPOs by DE lenders. 
Three years later, FHA has revised these estimates with real data, 
which has substantially reduced the information

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collection burden associated with OMB Control Number 2502-0600.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,831.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 135,682.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Average Hours per Response: .52.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 71,017.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to 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.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35

    Date: July 17, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-17460 Filed 7-23-14; 8:45 am]
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