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mortgage refinance transaction is an

equivalent respondent).

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 estimation of the

total numbers of hours needed to

prepare the information collection

including number of respondents,

frequency of response, and hours of

response is .34 hours (6,437 hours

annually) per 1 respondent out of

23,000 respondents.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection for which approval

will expire on September 30, 1996.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: June 12, 1996.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 96–15860 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

[Docket No. FR–4062–N–02]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Notice of Proposed

Information Collection for Public

Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department is soliciting public

comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within seven (7) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

HUD Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay

F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202)

708–0050. This is not a toll-free number.

Copies of available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Notice informs the public that the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) has submitted to

OMB, for emergency processing, a

proposed Notice of Fund Availability

(NOFA) for the Self-Help Housing

Opportunity Program. HUD seeks to

implement this by June 28, 1996.

Under the Self-Help Housing

Opportunity Program, HUD will provide

up to $15 million to encourage

innovative homeownership

opportunities through the provision of

self-help housing where the homeowner

contributes a significant amount of

sweat equity toward construction of the

dwellings. The eligible expenses for

program funds are land acquisition

(including financing and closing costs)

and infrastructure improvement

(installing extending, constructing,

rehabilitating, or otherwise improving

utilities and other infrastructure).

Eligible applicants are nonprofit

national or regional organizations or

consortia with experience in managing

self-help and volunteer labor

homeownership programs.

The information collection is essential

so that HUD staff may determine the

eligibility, qualifications and capability

of applicants to carry out self-help and

volunteer labor homeownership

programs. HUD will review the

information provided by the applicants

against the selection criteria contained

in the NOFA in order to rate and rank

the applications and select the best and

most qualified individual applications

for funding. The selection criteria are:

(1) Operational capability and

experience; (2) financial capability and

experience; (3) quality of program

design; (4) leveraging of public/private

resources; and (5) Empowerment Zone/

Enterprise Community support.

The Department has submitted the

proposal for the collection of

information, as described below, to

OMB for review, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35):

(1) Title of the information collection

proposal: NOFA—Self-help

Homeownership Opportunity Program

(SHOP)

(2) Summary of the collection of

information: Each applicant for SHOP

funds would be required to submit

current information, as listed below:

1. Form S.F. 424—Application for

Federal Assistance;

2. Form S.F. 424B—Non-Construction

Assurances;

3. Certifications—Concerning Use of

Federal Funds for Lobbying and

Concerning Drug-Free Workplace; and

4. Narratives for each of the five

selection criteria.

(3) Description of the need for the

information and its proposed use: The

information collection is essential so

that HUD staff may determine the

eligibility, qualifications and capability

of applicants to carry out self-help and

volunteer labor homeownership

programs. HUD will review the

information provided by the applicants

against the selection criteria contained

in the NOFA in order to rate and rank

the applications and select the best and

most qualified individual applications

for funding.

(4) Description of the likely

respondents, including the estimated

number of likely respondents, and

proposed frequency of response to the

collection of information: Eligible

applicants are nonprofit national or

regional organizations or consortia with

experience in managing self-help and

volunteer labor homeownership

programs.

The number of such national or

regional organizations or consortia is

relatively small. The estimated number

of respondents is 10. The proposed

frequency of the response to the

collection of information is one-time.

The application need only be submitted

once.

(5) Estimate of the total reporting and

recordkeeping burden that will result

from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden:

Number of Respondents: 10.

Total Burden Hours (@ 80 hours per

response): 800.

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 800.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: May 30, 1996.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 96–15858 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

[Docket No. FR–3917–N–98]

Office of Administration; Submission

for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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