Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 54847 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5191–N–25] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Treatment Builder’s Certification and 

Guarantee, and the new Construction 

Subterranean Termite Soil Treatment 

Record 

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 

24, 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: 

Margaret E. Burns, 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. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Subterranean 

Termite Treatment Builder’s 

Certification and Guarantee, and the 

New Construction Subterranean Termite 

Soil Treatment Record. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–0525. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUD’s 

collection of this information permits 

the NPCA–99A to establish the builder’s 

warranty against termites for a period of 

one year bringing it into conformance 

with other builder warranties HUD 

requires for newly constructed housing. 

The NPCA–99B is submitted to the 

builder of new homes when the soil 

treatment method is used for termite 

prevention. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–NPCA–99A, and HUD–NPCA– 

99B. 

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 is 63,123 

generating 126,246 annual response, 

frequency of response is on occasion, 

the estimated time per response varies 

from approximately 5 minutes to 15 

minutes, and the estimated annual 

burden hours is 21,540. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Currently approved. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E8–22143 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5130–N–30] 

Privacy Act; Notification of New 

Privacy Act System of Records, 

Housing Counseling Research Data 

Files 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Establishment of a new Privacy 

Act system of records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing 

and Urban Development HUD proposes 

to establish a new record system to add 

to its inventory of systems of records 

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 

U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed 

new system of record is the Housing 

Counseling Research Data Files. The 

records system will be used by HUD’s 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research (PD&R) to conduct research 

and evaluation study of certain 

participants of HUD-funded Housing 

Counseling Agencies. Refer to the 

‘‘Objective’’ caption to obtain detailed 

information about the purpose of this 

study. 

DATES: Effective Date: This action shall 

be effective without further notice on 

October 23, 2008 unless comments are 

received that would result in a contrary 

determination. 

Comments Due Date: October 23, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, 

Office of General Counsel, Room 10276, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410. 

Communications should refer to the 

above docket number and title. A copy 

of each communication submitted will 

be available for public inspection and 

copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

weekdays at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental 

Privacy Act Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4178, 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

number (202) 402–8073. (This is not a 

toll-free number.) A telecommunication 

device for hearing- and speech-impaired 

individuals (TTY) is available at 1–800– 

877–8339 (Federal Information Relay 

Service). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended notice is given that 

HUD proposes to establish a new system 

of records as identified as Housing 

Counseling Data Files. 

Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11) 

provides that the public be afforded a 

30-day period in which to comment on 

the new system of records, and requires 

published notice of the existence and 

character of the system of records. 

The new system report was submitted 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), the Senate Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, and the House 

Committee on Government Reform 

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix 1 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal 

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining 


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