[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 72140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28143]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Multiple Treasury Information Collection 
Requests

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 29, 2020 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, or email at [email protected] and (2) Treasury PRA 
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, 
DC 20220, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Treasury Departmental Officers (DO)

    1. Title: Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home Affordable 
Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0216.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act (EESA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), the Department of the Treasury 
has implemented several aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 
Among these components is a voluntary foreclosure prevention program, 
Making Home Affordable (MHA) program, under which the Department will 
use TARP capital to lower the mortgage payments of qualifying 
borrowers. The Treasury will do this through agreements with mortgage 
servicers to modify loans on their systems. All servicers were eligible 
to participate in the program.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,680.
    Estimated Time per Response: 187.5 hours for large servicers and 2 
hours for small servicers.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47,880.
    2. Title: Annual Performance Report and Certification for Section 
1603: Payments for Specified Renewable Energy Property in Lieu of Tax 
Credits.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0221.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Authorized under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act (ARRA), of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), the Department of the 
Treasury is implementing several provisions of the Act, more 
specifically Division B-Tax, Unemployment, Health, State Fiscal Relief, 
and Other Provisions. Among these components is a program which 
requires Treasury, in lieu of a tax credit, to reimburse persons who 
place in service certain specified energy properties. The collection of 
information is necessary to properly monitor compliance with program 
requirements. Applicants for Section 1603 payments commit in the Terms 
and Conditions that are part of the application to submitting an annual 
report for five years from the date the energy property is placed in 
service.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 150,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,000.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: December 23, 2019.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-28143 Filed 12-27-19; 8:45 am]
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