43180 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 155 / Tuesday, August 12, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–02]

Notice of Proposed Information;

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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 14,

1997.

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:

Oliver Walker, Housing, Department of

Housing & Urban Development, 451—

7th Street, SW, Room 9116, Washington,

DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Coonts, Director, Office of Single

Family Housing, Telephone number

(202) 708–3046 (this is not a toll-free

number) for copies of the proposed form

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 Proposal: Application for

Homeownership Assistance under

Section 235 of the National Housing

Act.

OMB Control Number: 2502–0190.

Description of the need for the

information and the proposed use:

Information is needed to determine a

homeowner’s eligibility for assistance

under the Section 235 program

(assumptions and 235(r) refinancing).

Agency form numbers: N/A.

Members of affected public:

Individuals or households, Business or

other for-profit.

An estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection is 5,250, the number of

respondents is 21,000, frequency of

response is on occasion and the hours

of response is .25.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–21165 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4181–N–04]

NOFA for the Public and Indian

Housing Drug Elimination Program

(PHDEP); Amendment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA) for Fiscal Year 1997;

Amendment.

SUMMARY: On May 23, 1997, at 62 FR

28538, HUD published a NOFA that

announced Fiscal Year (FY) 1997

funding of $250,649,052 under the

Public and Indian Housing Drug

Elimination Program (PHDEP) for use in

eliminating drug-related crime. This

notice amends that NOFA to identify

housing authorities that have

established their own public housing

authority police department and/or

Housing authority dedicated police

division/bureau, but were not included

in this NOFA.

DATES: The amendments made by this

notice are effective as of the NOFA

publication date, May 23, 1997. The

original application deadline date and

time is not changed. Applications must

be received at the local HUD Field

Office on or before Friday, August 8,

1997, at 3:00 PM, local time. This

application deadline is firm as to date

and hour. In the interest of fairness to

all competing applicants, the

department will treat as ineligible for

consideration any application that is

received after the deadline. Applicants

should take this practice into account

and make early submission of their

materials to avoid any risk of loss of

eligibility brought about by any

unanticipated or delivery-related

problems. A Facsimile (FAX) is not

acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC

AND INDIAN HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION

PROGRAM CONTACT: The local HUD Field

Office, Director, office of Public Housing

(Appendix ‘‘A’’ of this NOFA), or

Malcolm E. Main, Office of Crime

Prevention and Security, Office of

Community Relations and Involvement,

Public and Indian Housing, Department

of Housing and Urban-Development,

Room 4116, 451 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20410, telephone

(202) 708–1197. A telecommunications

device for hearing or speech impaired

persons (TDD) is available at (202) 708–

0850. (These are not toll-free telephone

numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Funding Availability (NOFA)

announcing NUD’s Fiscal Year (FY)

1997 funding of $250,649,052 under the

Public and Indian Housing Drug

Elimination Program) was published on

May 23, 1997, 62 FR 28538. This notice

amends the FY 1997 PHDEP NOFA to

permit certain public housing

authorities to be formally recognized as

having established their own public

housing authority police department

and/or housing authority dedicated

police division/bureau in order to

receive funding for the employment of

personnel and purchase of police

clothing, equipment, vehicles, and any

other supportive equipment.

This notice amends paragraphs

I.(c)(1)(iii), and I.(c)(2)(viii) of the NOFA

and formally recognizes the District of

Columbia Housing Authority,

Washington, D.C., as having a public

housing authority police department

and the Detroit Housing Authority,

Detroit, MI, as having a Housing

Support Section/Bureau of the Detroit

Police Department.

Accordingly, FR Doc. 97–13518, the

FY 1997 NOFA for the Public and

Indian Housing Drug Elimination

Program (PHDEP), published in the

Federal Register on May 23, 1997, 62

FR 28538, is amended as follows: