Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4356-N-03]

Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, 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 date: July 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, Reports Liaison

Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Ross, Office of Multifamily

Housing, telephone number (202) 708-3555 (this is not a toll-free

number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).

This 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 Proposal: Requisition for Disbursement of Section 202 Loan

Funds.

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0187.

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

HUD-92403-EH is used by the nonprofit Owner entity to obtain

disbursements on its HUD-funded loan under the Section 202 Direct Loan

Program for Housing the Elderly or Handicapped. Its use during the

construction period and at final loan closing enables the Owner to

obtain funds so that he may settle his obligations or be reimbursed in

a timely manner.

Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92403-EH.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the

information collection including number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response: The estimated number of respondents

are 930, the frequency of responses is 3, and \1/2\ hour per response.

Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement

without change.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Art Agnos,

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98-14235 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]

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