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technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Asylum and for 

Withholding of Removal. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–589. 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

Households. This information collection 

will be used to determine whether an 

alien applying for asylum and/or 

withholding of deportation in the 

United States is classifiable as a refugee, 

and is eligible to remain in the United 

States. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 63,138 responses at 12 hours 

per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 757,656 annual burden 

hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please visit the USCIS Web site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov/. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Management Division, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 

3008, Washington, DC 20529, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management 

Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5187–N–52] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment; 

Mortgage Credit Analysis for Loan 

Guarantee Program and Transmittal for 

Payment of Loan Guarantee Fee 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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: November 

3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name/or OMB Control 

number and should be sent to: Lillian L. 

Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone 202.402.8048 (this is 

not a toll-free number), or e-mail Ms. 

Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for 

a copy of the proposed forms, or other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Schulhof, Office of Policy, 

Programs and Legislative Initiatives, 

PIH, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–708–0713 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

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). 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 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: Mortgage Credit 

Analysis Worksheet for Native 

American Loan Guarantee Program and 

Transmittal for Loan Guarantee Fee. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0200. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

information is required by section 184 

of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1994, as amended 

by section 701 of the Native American 

Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act of 1996 and 

implementing regulations at 24 CFR 

section 1005. HUD has the authority to 

guarantee loans for the construction, 

acquisition, rehabilitation or refinance 

of 1- to 4-family homes to be owned by 

Native Americans in restricted Indian 

lands or service areas. Mortgage lenders 

approved by HUD provide borrower and 

lender information to HUD for guarantee 

of the loan. If the information were not 

provided on Forms HUD–53036 and 

HUD–53038, HUD would be unable to 

guarantee loans and as a result lenders 

would be unable to provide financing to 

Native Americans. 

Agency form number: HUD–53036 

and HUD–53038. 

Members of affected public: 

Businesses or Other For-Profit. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 2,000 responses 

(1,000 × 2 forms), on occasion, fifteen 

minutes to prepare HUD–53036, five 

minutes to prepare HUD–53038, 334 

hours total reporting burden. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Director for Trouble Agency Recovery 

Operations. 

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