Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Administration

[Docket No. N-94-3809]

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notices.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirements described

below have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department

is soliciting public comment on the subject proposals.

DATES: Comments due: September 12, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

these proposals. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from

the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name

and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone

(202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposals

for the collections of information, as described below, to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter

35).

The Notices list the following information: (1) The title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (4) the agency form number, if

applicable; (5) what members of the public will be affected by the

proposal; (6) how frequently information submissions will be required;

(7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (8) whether the proposal is new or an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information collection

requirement; and (9) the names and telephone numbers of an agency

official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the

Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44

U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: August 4, 1994.

John T. Murphy,

Director, Information Resources, Management Policy and Management

Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Section 8 Random Digit Fair Market Rent Telephone

Surveys.

Office: Policy Development and Research.

Description Of The Need For The Information And Its Proposed Use:

The telephone surveys will provide the Department with a fast and

inexpensive way of estimating Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs). The

surveys will be used to derive FMR updating factors and to test the

accuracy of FMRs in selected areas.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Individuals or Households.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion, Annually, and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Surveys................................ 562,600 Varies Varies 7,976

Recordkeeping.......................... 1 1 40 40

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,016.

Status: Extension with changes.

Contact: Alan Fox, HUD, (202) 708-0590; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB,

(202) 395-7316.

Date: August 4, 1994.

Proposal: Certification Regarding Adjustment for Damage or Neglect

Pursuant to 203.379(c).

Office: Housing.

Description Of The Need For The Information and Its Proposed Use:

This information is needed for documentation purposes by the mortgagees

to support their certification that they are entitled to convey a fire

damaged property without penalty to the claim for insurance benefits.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Businesses or Other For-Profit.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Documentation.......................... 280 1 .5 140

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 140.

Status: Extension, no changes.

Contact: Theodore Green, HUD, (202) 708-1719; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Date: July 21, 1994.

Proposal: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program.

Office: Community Planning and Development.

Description Of The Need For The Information and Its Proposed Use:

The purpose to this information collection is to provide grants to

Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help them expand their

role and effectiveness in addressing community development needs. This

can include neighborhood revitalization and housing and economic

development in their localities.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Non-Profit Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: Recordkeeping, On Occasion, and Quarterly.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Application............................ 100 1 40 4,000

Quarterly Report....................... 15 4 6.25 375

Recordkeeping.......................... 15 1 32 480

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 4,855.

Status: Extension, no changes.

Contact: James Turk, HUD, (202) 708-3176; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Date: July 21, 1994.

Proposal: Performance Funding System Data Collection Forms.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

Description Of The Need For The Information And Its Proposed Use:

These forms are used by Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Indian

Housing Authorities (IHAs) to calculate the annual operation subsidy

eligibility under the Performance Funding System. They are used by the

Department to evaluate the PHAs/IHAs' annual operating budget. PHAs and

IHAs will no longer apply a Heating Degree Day Factor when calculating

operating subsidy eligibility for utilities.

Form Number: HUD-52720A, 52720B, 52720C, 52721, 52722A, 52722B, and

52723.

Respondents: State or Local Governments.

Frequency of Submission: Annually and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Information Collection................. 3,119 Varies Varies 8,635

Recordkeeping.......................... 3,119 Varies Varies 11,583

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 20,218.

Status: Revision.

Contact: John T. Comerford, HUD, (202) 708-1872; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Date: July 21, 1994.

Proposal: Minimum Property Standards--Request for Local Review.

Office: Housing.

Description Of The Need For The Information And Its Proposed Use:

This information is needed to determine if local codes are comparable

to one of the recognized model codes that have been accepted by HUD. If

the local codes have been previously submitted by state or local

jurisdictions and approved, the information is needed to determine if

there have been any changes.

Form number: None.

Respondents: Businesses or Other For-Profit and Small Businesses or

Organization.

Frequency Of Submission: On Occasion and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Annual Review.......................... 1,350 1 8 10,800

Recordkeeping.......................... 1,350 1 1 1,350

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 12,150.

Status: Reinstatement, no changes.

Contact: Donald R. Fairman, HUD, (202) 708-7440; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Date: July 26, 1994.

Proposal: Mortgagee's Certification and Application for Assistance

or Interest Reduction Payments and Monthly Summary of Assistance

Payments.

Office: Housing.

Description Of The Need For The Information And Its Proposed Use:

Section 235 of the Housing and Urban Rural Recovery Act of 1983 limits

the period of assistance for mortgages insured under this program to

ten years. Therefore, all assistance payments disbursed under this

program must be monitored by HUD. Mortgagors are required to submit

certain information to HUD so that assistance payments can be

calculated and disbursed to the mortgagees each month.

Form Number: HUD-93102 and HUD-300.

Respondents: Businesses or Other For-Profit.

Frequency of Submission: Monthly and Recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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HUD-93102.............................. 962 18 .25 4,329

HUD-300................................ 962 Varies 1 13,224

Recordkeeping.......................... 962 1 .5 481

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 18,034.

Status: Extension, no changes.

Contact: Florence B. Brooks, HUD, (202) 708-1719; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Date: July 11, 1994.

[FR Doc. 94-19634 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]

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