[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12494]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4655-N-14]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Compliance Inspection Report and Mortgagee's Assurance of Completion

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 17, 2001.

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: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vance T. Morris, Director, Office of 
Single Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-2121 (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 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.
    Title of Proposal: Compliance Inspection Report & Mortgagee's 
Assurance of Completion.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0189.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a request for reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired. Form HUD-92051, 
Compliance Inspection Report, is the document on which the property 
inspector or appraiser prepares his/her findings. The form provides 
categories for the inspector or appraiser to report the status of 
repair requirements on proposed construction cases. This report becomes 
a part of the case file and a copy is provided to the lender. Form HUD-
92300, Mortgagee's Assurance of Completion, is completed by the 
mortgagee and assures HUD that the items set forth in the inspection 
report will be completed by the required date stated.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-92051 and HUD-92300.
    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 
for the HUD-92051 is 14,500 which will generate 3,625,000 responses; 
frequency of response is approximately 250 times each, the estimated 
time per response is 0.25 hours and the total annual burden requested 
is 906,250 hours. The estimated number of respondents for the HUD-92300 
is 14,500 which will generate 14,500 responses, frequency of response 
is one time; the estimated time per response is 0.25 hours and the 
total annual burden is 3,625.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement, 
without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval 
has expired.

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

    Dated: May 10, 2001.
Sean G. Cassidy,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing--Deputy Federal Housing 
Commission.
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