[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42395-42396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15416]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on this continuing 
information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before August 29, 2016 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to the Department of the Treasury, Departmental 
Offices, Office of Financial Stability, ATTN: Sonya Johnson, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, (202) 927-8868.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to to the Department of the Treasury, Departmental 
Offices, Office of Financial Stability, ATTN: Sonya Johnson, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, (202) 927-8868.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0216.
    Title: Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home Affordable 
Participants.
    Abstract: Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
(EESA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-343), the Department of the Treasury has 
implemented several aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Among

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these components is a voluntary foreclosure prevention program--the 
Making Home Affordable (MHA) program--under which the Department uses 
TARP funds to lower the mortgage payments of qualifying borrowers. The 
Treasury does this through agreements with mortgage servicers (Servicer 
Participation Agreements, or SPAs) to modify the loans they service. 
Servicers that have executed a SPA are eligible to participate in the 
program.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,680.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 8.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,440.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. Comments may become a matter of public record. The 
public is invited to submit comments concerning: (a) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or 
start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of 
services to provide information.

    Dated: June 24, 2016.
Brenda Simms,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-15416 Filed 6-28-16; 8:45 am]
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