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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0036) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at 

Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Ms. Deitzer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the Information 

collection described below. This notice 

is soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting 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: Request for Credit 

Approval of Substitute Mortgagor. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0036. 

Form Numbers: HUD–92210 Request 

for Credit Approval of Substitute 

Mortgagor, HUD–92210.1 Approval of 

Purchaser and Release of Seller, HUD– 

92900–A HUD/VA Addendum to 

Uniform Residential Loan Application. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: A 

buyer may assume an FHA-insured 

mortgage by becoming the substitute 

mortgagor through the credit approval 

process. Prior to releasing a seller from 

liability on the mortgage note or for 

Mortgages after December 15, 1989, 

HUD or a Direct Endorsement (DE) 

lender must review the credit of the 

assumer and record the approval. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Number of 

respondents × Annual responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden ...................................................................... 100 4 2 800 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 800. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5191–N–30] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; FHAInsured Mortgage Loan Servicing for 

Performing Loans; MIP Processing, 

Escrow Administration, Customer 

Service, Servicing Fees and 235 Loans 

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: December 

1, 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 T. Morris, Director, Office of 

Single Family Program Development, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–1672 x2419 (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: FHA-Insured 

Mortgage Loan Servicing for Performing 

Loans; MIP Processing, Escrow 

Administration, Customer Service, 

Servicing Fees and 235 Loans. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–NEW. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: FHA 

insurance is an important source of 

mortgage credit for low and moderateincome borrowers and neighborhoods. 

Providing assistance, as needed, to 

enable families to cure their 

delinquencies and retain their homes 

stabilizes neighborhoods that might 

otherwise suffer from deterioration and 

problems associated with vacant and 

abandoned properties. Avoidance of 

foreclosure and the resultant costs also 

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serve to further stabilize the mortgage 

insurance premiums charged by FHA 

and the Federal budget receipts 

generated from those premiums. The 

information collection request for OMB 

review seeks to combine the 

requirements of one existing OMB 

collection under this collection; and is 

as follows OMB collection 2502–0235. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

None. 

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 1,500,234, the number 

of respondents is 4,441, the number of 

responses is 34,497,153, the frequency 

of response is on occasion, and the 

burden hour per response is from less 

than a minute to 40 hours depending 

upon the activity. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is a new collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 24, 2008. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5191–N–31] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; Home 

Equity Conversion Mortgage 

Counseling Client Survey 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, 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: December 

1, 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, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 

8001, Washington, DC 20410 or 

Lillian_Deitzer@hud.gov . 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Betsy Cromwell, Office of Single Family 

Program Support Division, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410, telephone (202) 708–4465 (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: Home Equity 

Conversion Mortgage Counseling Client 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2502–NEW. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: As a 

condition of eligibility to receive a 

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage 

(HECM), consumers must participate in 

reverse mortgage counseling. As part of 

HUD’s evaluation of its HECM 

counseling program, performance 

reviews are conducted at the HUDapproved counseling agencies by HUD 

staff. HUD staff mails or e-mails, when 

an e-mail address is available, the 

HECM client survey to consumers who 

have recently received counseling 

through the agency. This survey is 

completed by the consumer and mailed 

or e-mailed back to HUD. It provides 

valuable feedback to HUD regarding 

customer service and counseling quality 

provided by the HECM counseling 

agency being reviewed. HUD uses this 

information to evaluate the counseling 

agency and, further, to make any policy 

or procedural changes as necessary. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–92911. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated total 

number of hours needed to prepare the 

information collection is 84, the number 

of respondents is 500 generating 

approximately 500 annual responses; 

the frequency of response is on 

occasion; and the estimated time needed 

to prepare the response varies from 10 

minutes to 20 minutes. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is new information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 24, 2008. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing, Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5191–N–26] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; Master 

Appraisal Reports (MARS) 

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: December 

1, 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, 

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