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Federal Register: February 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 35)NoticesPage 9005-9006From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr23fe98-124

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-4263-N-84Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, 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.

DATES: Comments due date: March 25, 1998.

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: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708-1305. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. Eddins.

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 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: February 12, 1998. David S. Cristy, Director, Information Resources Management Policy and Management Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

Title of Proposal: Subterranean Termite Soil Treatment Builder's Guarantee and New Construction Subterranean Termite Soil Treatment Record.

Office: Housing.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: This information collection provide new home purchasers with the builder's guarantee concerning termite control treatment and the work performed by a licensed pest control company. The builder's guarantee and the termite certification are required before a mortgage insurance endorsement can take place.

Form Number: Forms NPCH-99a and NPCH-99b.

Respondents: Business or Other For-Profit.

Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

Frequency of

Hours per

respondents x response x response = Burden hours

Information Collection........

54,000

1

.166

8,964

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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,964.

Status: New.

Contact: John W. Struchern, HUD, (202) 708-6396 x5626; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316.

Dated: February 12, 1998.

FR Doc. 98-4457Filed2-20-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4210-01-M

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