[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59237-59238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20697]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5913-N-22]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 28, 2016.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Office, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, Room 94176; telephone 202/
402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed form(s) or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this

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number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virginia Holman, Housing Program 
Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, Office of Outreach and 
Capacity, U.S. Department of HUD, 600 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 
23219, telephone (804) 822-4911. This is not a toll free number. 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the tool-free Federal Relay Service at (800-877-
8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Holman.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that 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).

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Proposal: Membership Application for the Housing 
Counseling Federal Advisory Committee.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0606.
    Form Number: HUD-90005 HCFAC.
    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 
Appication will be use to select the members of the HCFAC.
    Respondents: (i.e., affected public): Not for profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 150.
    Frequency of Responses: Occasion or as needed.
    Average Hours per Response: 90%.
    Total Estimated Burden: 168 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an existing 
collection.
    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 clarify 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.

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

    Dated: August 19, 2016.
 Janet M. Golrick,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing, Associate 
Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2016-20697 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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