Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4263-N-89]

Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described

below has been 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: April 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from

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

and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the

proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be

obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as descried below, to OMB for

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

35).

The Notice lists the following information: (1) the title of the

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

collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable;

(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed

use: (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the

public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information

submissions will be required; (8) 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; (9) whether

the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an

information collection requirement; and (10) 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 of 1995,

44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

Dated: February 26, 1998.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.

Title of Proposal: Periodical Estimate for Partial Payment and

Related Schedules.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2577-0025.

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-5001, 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

respondents x response x response = Burden 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.

Dated: February 26, 1998.

[FR Doc. 98-5738 Filed 3-4-98; 8:45 am]

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