[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22411-22412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9646]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5484-N-10]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Housing Counseling Program--Application for Approval as a Housing 
Counseling Agency

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: June 20, 2011.

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: Reports Liaison Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20410, Room 9120 or the number for the Federal 
Information Relay Service, (1-800-877-8339).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle F. Knowlson, Director, Program 
Support Division, Atlanta Homeownership Center, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, 40 Marietta Street, Five Points Plaza Bldg., 
Atlanta, GA 30303-2806, telephone (404) 331-5001, Ext. 2345 (this is 
not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other 
available information.

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 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have

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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 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: Housing Counseling Program--Application for 
Approval as a Housing Counseling Agency.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-NEW.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
National and Regional Intermediaries, Multi-State Organizations and 
local public and private nonprofit agencies that provide housing 
counseling services directly or through their affiliates, sub-grantees 
or branches regarding home buying, homeownership, rental housing and 
homeless services programs submit an application for designation as a 
HUD-approved housing counseling agency. HUD uses the information to 
evaluate the agency and to populate Agency profile data in the Housing 
Counseling System (HCS) database. This data populates HUD's Web site 
and automated 1-800 Hotline.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-9900.
    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 number of burden hours is 1,144. 
The number of respondents is 143, the number of responses is 1, the 
frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response 
is 8.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

Ronald Y. Spraker,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
[FR Doc. 2011-9646 Filed 4-20-11; 8:45 am]
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