Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4086-N-28]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public

Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described

below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

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

is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: October 21, 1996.

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: Josie D. Harrison, Reports

Liaison Office, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451 - 7th Street, SW, Room 5124,

Washington, DC 20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John H. Waller, (202) 708-2251, (this is not a toll-free number) for

copies of the

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proposed forms and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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).

The Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and

affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information

to: (1) Evaluate 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)

Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.

This notice also lists the following information:

Title of Form: Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income

Persons.

OMB Control Number: 25290043.

Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: The

information will be used by the Department to monitor program

recipients' compliance with Section 3. HUD Headquarters will use the

information to assess the results of the Department's efforts to meet

the statutory objectives of Section 3. Also, the data collected will be

used by recipients as a self-monitoring tool. If the information is not

collected, HUD will be unable to prepare the mandatory reports to

Congress or to assess the effectiveness of Section 3.

Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: Form HUD-60002.

Members of Affected Public: State and local governments or their

agencies, public and private non-profit organizations, or other public

entities.

Estimation of the Total Numbers of Hours Needed to Prepare the

Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of

Response, and Hours of Response: On an annual basis 58,403 respondents

(HUD recipients) will submit one report to HUD. It is estimated that

two hours per annual reporting period will be required of the

recipients to prepare the Section 3 report for a total of 116,806

hours.

Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Revision of a

currently approved collection to reflect the collection of information

from HUD recipients only and to remove the request for racial/ethnic

data.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

44 U.S.C., as amended. Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and

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

Dated: August 8, 1996.

Laurence D. Pearl,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Initiatives.

[FR Doc. 96-21316 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]

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