Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Administration

[Docket No. N-94-3828]

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.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comment 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, Southwest, 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: October 17, 1994.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management

Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Housing Assistance Response to the Northridge Earthquake:

Low-Income Household Surveys.

Office: Policy Development and Research.

Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:

These surveys will assess the effectiveness of the Federal government's

emergency housing assistance to low-income households. The surveys will

also determine how to provide guidance to future disaster policy,

program adaption, and needed cooperative governmental operations.

Form number: None.

Respondents: Individuals or Households.

Frequency of submission: Annually.

Reporting burden:

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Number of Frequency of Hours per Burden

respondents x response x response = hours

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Surveys................................ 2,792 1.4 .52 2,005

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Total estimated burden hours: 2,005.

Status: New.

Contact: Garland E. Allen, HUD, (202) 708-3700; Joseph F. Lackey,

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

Date: October 17, 1994.

Proposal: Technical Suitability of Product Program, Section 521 of

the National Housing Act.

Office: Housing.

Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:

This information is needed under HUD's Technical Suitability of

Products Program to determine the acceptance of materials and products

to be used in structures approved for mortgages insured under the

National Housing Act. The respondents are the product manufacturers

seeking acceptance.

Form number: None.

Respondents: Businesses or Other For-Profit.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting burden:

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Number of Frequency Hours per Burden

respondents x of response x response = hours

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Information Collection.................... 50 1 41 2,050

Recordkeeping............................. 50 1 3 150

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Total estimated burden hours: 2,200.

Status: Extension, no changes.

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

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

Dated: October 18, 1994.

Proposal: Periodical Estimate for Partial Payment and Related

Schedules.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

Description of the need for the information and its proposed use:

The Periodical Estimate for Partial Payment and related schedules are

submitted monthly to the public housing agency (PHA) by a general

contractor. The forms are used to establish the amount due on the

project from a PHA for work completed during the current month.

Form Number: HUD-51001, 51002, 51003, and 51004.

Respondents: State or Local Governments and Non-Profit

Institutions.

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-51001.............................. 12 145 3.5 6,090

HUD-51002.............................. 10 145 1 1,450

HUD-51003.............................. 36 145 1.5 7,830

HUD-51004.............................. 12 145 2.5 4,350

Recordkeeping.......................... 1,740 1 .25 435

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Total estimated burden hours: 20,155.

Status: Reinstatement, no changes.

Contact: William C. Thorson, HUD, (202) 708-4703; Joseph F. Lackey,

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

Date: October 18, 1994.

[FR Doc. 94-26455 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]

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