[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34764-34765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16844]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4200-N-79]


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

DATES: Comments due date: July 28, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (30) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name 
and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, 
Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not 
a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35).
    The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be

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affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information submissions 
will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of hours needed 
to prepare the information submission including number of respondents, 
frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether the proposal 
is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an information 
collection requirement; and (10) the names and telephone numbers of an 
agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer 
for the Department.

    Authority: Sec. 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: June 19, 1997.
David S. Cristy,
Acting Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management 
Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

    Title of Proposal: Financial Standards for Housing Authority-owned 
Insurance Entities.
    Office: Public and Indian Housing.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0186.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
The purpose of this information collection is to permit Public Housing 
Agencies/Indian Housing Authorities (PHAs/IHAs) to select an insurance 
provider without complying with the competitive selection process if 
the provider is a PHA-owned nonprofit insurance entity. It also 
establishes standards for HUD approval of these nonprofit insurance 
entities from which PHAs/IHAs may obtain insurance coverage without 
competitive selection.
    Form Number: None.
    Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government and Business or 
Other For-Profit.
    Frequency of Submission: Annually.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                           Number of            Frequency of          Hours per         Burden  
                                          respondents     x       response      x     response     =     hours  
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Information Collection................              16                Varies                4.2             200 
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 200.
    Status: Reinstatement, with changes.
    Contact: Arthur Methvin, HUD, (202) 708-1872 x4037, Joseph F. 
Lackey, Jr., OMB (202) 395-7316.

[FR Doc. 97-16844 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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