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###### Department of Housing and Urban Development

          - [Docket No. FR-5191-N-24] 

# AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, HUD. 

# ACTION:

Notice. 

# 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 14, 2008.                     

# 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: Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail                         *Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov*                         or telephone (202) 402-8048.                     

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vance Morris, Director, Office of Single Family Asset Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1672 (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.                 

This Notice also lists the following information: 

*Title of Proposal:*                     Mortgagee's Request for Extension of Time.                 

*OMB Control Number, if applicable:*                     2502-0436.                 

*Description of the need for the information and proposed use:*                     This information collection is used as a                           ( print page 53263)                        “turnaround” document by mortgage lenders to request extension of time and for HUD to provide a response. For audit purposes, regulations require mortgagees to maintain claim files for three years after a claim is paid (OMB control numbers 2502-0429 and 2502-0523). Information in the claim file includes copies of the HUD approval with related claim documents to verify that HUD has authorized extensions of time on specific cases.                 

*Agency form numbers, if applicable:*                     HUD-50012.                 

*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 number of burden hours is 8,316. The number of respondents is 146, the number of responses is 51,976, the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per response is .16.                 

*Status of the proposed information collection:*                     This is an extension of a currently approved collection.                 

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

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

George Tomchick, 

Director of Budget and Field Resource.

[FR Doc. E8-21371 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am] 

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