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Estimate of Respondent Cost: 522,103 

hours × $31/hour = $16,185,193. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Mercedes Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Community 

Planning & Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–17856 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–58] 

Multifamily Project Applications and 

Construction Prior to Initial 

Endorsement 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

Information provided is the 

application for HUD/FHA multifamily 

mortgage insurance. The information 

form sponsors and general contractors, 

and submitted by a HUD-approved 

mortgagee, is needed to determine 

project feasibility, mortgagor/contractor 

acceptability, and construction cost. 

Documentation from operators/ 

managers of health care facilities is also 

required as part of the application for 

firm commitment for mortgage 

insurance. Project owners/sponsors may 

apply for permission to commence 

construction prior to initial 

endorsement. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 27, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0029) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

e-mail 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: Multifamily Project 

Applications and Construction Prior to 

Initial Endorsement. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0029. 

Form Numbers: HUD–92013, HUD– 

92013–SUPP, HUD–92013–E, HUD– 

92264–A, HUD–92264–T, HUD–92273, 

HUD–92274, HUD–92326, HUD–92329, 

HUD–92331, HUD–92415, HUD–92447, 

HUD–92452, HUD–92485, HUD–91708, 

HUD–92010, FM–1006, HUD–2880, 

HUD–92466 (Rider Forms–92466–R1, 

92466–R2, 92466–R3, 92466–R4). 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

Information provided is the application 

for HUD/FHA multifamily mortgage 

insurance. The information form 

sponsors and general contractors, and 

submitted by a HUD-approved 

mortgagee, is needed to determine 

project feasibility, mortgagor/contractor 

acceptability, and construction cost. 

Documentation from operators/ 

managers of health care facilities is also 

required as part of the application for 

firm commitment for mortgage 

insurance. Project owners/sponsors may 

apply for permission to commence 

construction prior to initial 

endorsement. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. Other required with each 

project application. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 18,901 1.50 1.82 51,860 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

51,860. 

Status: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: July 22, 2009. 

Lillian Deitzer, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5329–N–01] 

Notice of Certification and Funding of 

State and Local Fair Housing 

Enforcement Agencies Under the Fair 

Housing Assistance Program; Request 

for Comments 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through the Fair Housing 

Assistance Program (FHAP), HUD 

provides funding to State and local fair 

housing agencies that enforce laws that 

HUD has deemed substantially 

equivalent to the Fair Housing Act. The 

Department’s FHAP regulations provide 

that the Assistant Secretary for Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity may 

publish, on an annual basis, a notice 

that identifies all agencies that received 

interim certification during the prior 

calendar year, and to solicit public 

comment on the State or local fair 

housing laws of the interim agencies, 

including the performance of agencies 

in enforcing such laws. Today’s Federal 

Register publication is being issued in 

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accordance with this regulatory 

provision. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: August 27, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments to the 

FHAP Division, Office of Enforcement, 

Office of Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 5206, Washington, DC 

20410–0500. Communications must 

refer to the above docket number and 

title. Facsimile (FAX) comments will 

not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth J. Carroll, Director, FHAP 

Division, Office of Enforcement, Office 

of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 5206, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500; telephone number 202–402–7044 

(this is not a toll-free number). Persons 

with speech or hearing impairments 

may contact the FHAP Division by 

calling 1–800–290–1671 (this is a tollfree number), or 1–800–877–8339 (the 

Federal Information Relay Service TTY) 

(this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Through the Fair Housing Assistance 

Program (FHAP), HUD provides funding 

to State and local fair housing agencies 

that enforce laws HUD has deemed 

substantially equivalent to the Fair 

Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). 

HUD’s regulations for the FHAP are 

codified at 24 CFR part 115 (entitled 

‘‘Certification and Funding of State and 

Local Fair Housing Enforcement 

Agencies’’). 

In order to participate in FHAP, 

HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) 

must first determine whether a State or 

local law, on its face, provides rights, 

procedures, remedies, and judicial 

review provisions that are substantially 

equivalent to the Federal Fair Housing 

Act. An affirmative conclusion that the 

State or local law is substantially 

equivalent on its face will result in HUD 

offering interim certification to the 

agency. During the period of interim 

certification, HUD’s Assistant Secretary 

for FHEO will determine whether the 

State or local law, in operation, affords 

rights, procedures, remedies, and the 

availability of judicial review in a 

manner substantially equivalent to the 

Fair Housing Act. An affirmative 

conclusion during interim certification 

that the State or local law is 

substantially equivalent both on its face 

and in operation will result in HUD 

offering certification to the agency. 

Certification is for a term of 5 years, 

during which the agency’s ability to 

maintain certification is evaluated. After 

the five years of certification, if the 

Assistant Secretary for FHEO 

determines that the agency continues to 

qualify, HUD will renew the agency’s 

certification for another 5 years. 

II. This Notice 

The FHAP regulations at 24 CFR 

115.102(b) provide that the Assistant 

Secretary for FHEO may, on an annual 

basis, publish a notice in the Federal 

Register that identifies all agencies that 

received interim certification during the 

preceding year. The notice must invite 

the public to comment on the State or 

local laws of the new interim agencies, 

including on the performance of the 

agencies in enforcing their laws. 

In accordance with § 115.102(b) of the 

FHAP regulations, HUD seeks public 

comment on the following agencies that 

were granted interim certification 

during the prior calendar year: 

• Westchester County Human Rights 

Commission (New York). 

• Oregon Bureau of Labor and 

Industries (Oregon). 

• City of Evansville-Vanderburgh 

County Human Relations Commission 

(Indiana). 

Dated: July 1, 2009. 

John Trasvin ̃ a, 

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5305–N–01] 

RIN 2502–AZ00 

Housing and Economic Recovery Act 

of 2008: Pilot Program for Automated 

Process for Borrowers Without 

Sufficient Credit History; Solicitation of 

Comments on Program Design 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Housing and Economic 

Recovery Act of 2008 requires that HUD 

carry out a pilot program to establish, 

and make available to mortgagees, an 

automated process for providing 

alternative credit rating information, 

which might include rent, utilities, and 

insurance payment histories, etc., for 

mortgagors and prospective mortgagors 

who have insufficient credit histories 

for determining their credit worthiness. 

With this notice, HUD commences the 

process for development of the 

mandated pilot program and solicits 

public comment and suggestions for a 

practicable design of the pilot program 

that is consistent with statutory goals, 

program requirements, and fair lending 

standards, and includes comment on 

how the pilot program might align with 

existing Federal Housing 

Administration policy regarding 

nontraditional credit verification. 

Comments addressing the information, 

data, and experience necessary to 

support an evaluation of the operation, 

performance, and fair lending 

compliance of a pilot are welcome as 

well. All comments will be considered 

in the development of the pilot program. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: September 

28, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

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