[Federal Register: September 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 179)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5191-N-24]

 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; FHA-
Insured Mortgage Loan Servicing Involving the Claims and Conveyance 
Process, Property Inspection/Preservation

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: November 14, 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 Morris, Director, Office of 
Single Family Asset Management, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-1672 (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: Mortgagee's Request for Extension of Time.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0436.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
information collection is used as a

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``turnaround'' document by mortgage lenders to request extension of 
time and for HUD to provide a response. For audit purposes, regulations 
require mortgagees to maintain claim files for three years after a 
claim is paid (OMB control numbers 2502-0429 and 2502-0523). 
Information in the claim file includes copies of the HUD approval with 
related claim documents to verify that HUD has authorized extensions of 
time on specific cases.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-50012.
    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 8,316. 
The number of respondents is 146, the number of responses is 51,976, 
the frequency of response is on occasion, and the burden hour per 
response is .16.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is an extension 
of a currently approved collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: September 4, 2008.
George Tomchick,
Director of Budget and Field Resource.
[FR Doc. E8-21371 Filed 9-12-08; 8:45 am]

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