[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4086-N-04]


Office of Administration; Submission for OMB Review: Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: August 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name 
and/or OMB approval number should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).
    The Notice lists the following information: (1) the title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether 
the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an 
information collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone 
numbers of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: June 21, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Acting Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management 
Division.
    Title of Proposal: Survey of Market Absorption of New Apartment 
Buildings (SOMA).
    Office: Policy Development and Research.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0013.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
The survey measures the rate at which different types of new rental and 
condominium apartments are absorbed, i.e., taken off the market. It 
provides a basis for analyzing the degree to which apartment building 
activity is meeting present and future needs.
    Form Number: H-31 and SOMA-1.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion and quarterly.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                             Number of           Frequency of         Hours per         Burden  
                                            respondents     x      response      x    response     =     hours  
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Information Collection..................          12,000                    1                .3           3,600 
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,600.
    Status: Extension without changes.
    Contact: Ronald J. Sepanik, HUD, (202) 708-1060  x 134 Joseph F. 
Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

    Dated: June 21, 1996.
[FR Doc. 96-17370 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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