[Federal Register: August 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 149)] [Notices] [Page 41583-41584] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr04au98-85] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4349-N-29] Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: September 3, 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: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended. [[Page 41584]] Dated: July 23, 1998. David S. Cristy, Director, IRM Policy and Management Division. Title of Proposal: Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund established pursuant to the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996. Office: Community Planning and Development. OMB Approval Number: 2506-0159. Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: Section 4 of the Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996 authorizes the Secretary of HUD to guarantee loans made to certain nonprofit organizations whose properties have been damaged by an act or acts or arson or terrorism. The information will be used to evaluate the organizations to determine whether: (1) the borrower is an eligible section 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization; (2) the financial institution is eligible under the regulations, and utilizes sufficient underwriting standards; (3) the use of guaranteed loan funds is limited to assisting property damaged or destroyed by acts of arson or terrorism; (4) the organizations which will be assisted by the loan are eligible under 24 CFR Section 573.3; (5) the required certifications are made; and (6) the assisted organizations will comply with all applicable environmental laws and requirements. Form Number: SF-424, 40076-LGA. Respondents: Not-For-Profit Institutions and Businesses or Other For-Profit. Frequency of Submission: Recordkeeping, On Occasion, and Monthly. Reporting Burden: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Frequency of Hours per respondents x response x response = Burden hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application: Nonprofits.................... 50 1 16 800 Other......................... 50 1 32 1600 Recordkeeping..................... 50 52 2 5200 Progress Reports.................. 50 52 1 2600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Estimated Burden Hours: 10,200. Status: Reinstatement, with changes. Contact: Tony Johnston, HUD, (202) 708-1871 x4560, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395-7316. Dated: July 23, 1998. [FR Doc. 98-20664 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-01-M