[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4356-N-12]


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: August 25, 1998.

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, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Room 9116, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lester J. West, Director, Albany Financial Operations Center, telephone 
number (518) 464-4200 (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 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: Title I Financial Statement.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0098.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
form is used by HUD to obtain information about a debtor's ability to 
pay the debt in full, pay in installments and/or compromise the debt. 
Failure to collect this information would result in uneducated 
decisions in respect to the handling of debtor's accounts.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-56142.
    Members of affected public: Individuals.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:
    Number of Respondents: 1,258.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Total hours of response requested: 1.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: June 19, 1998.
Ira G. Peppercorn,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 98-17027 Filed 6-25-98; 8:45 am]
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