[Federal Register: November 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 215)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4441-N-52]

 
Submission for OMB Review: Accountability in the Provision on HUD 
Assistance ``Applicant and Recipient Disclosure and Update''

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Section 102 of The HUD Reform Act of 1989 requires the 
Department to ensure greater accountability and integrity in the 
provision of assistance administered by the Department. One feature of 
the statute requires certain disclosures by applicants seeking 
assistance from HUD, assistance from States and units of local 
government, and other assistance to be used with respect to the 
activities to be

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carried out with the assistance. The disclosure includes the financial 
interests of persons in the activities, the sources of funds to be made 
available for the activities, and the proposed uses of the funds.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number 2510-0011 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, Q, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410, e-mail Wayne__Eddins@HUD.gov; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Accountability in the Provision of HUD 
Assistance Applicant and Recipient Disclosure and Update.
    OBM Approval Number: 2510-0011.
    Form Number: HUD-2880.

Descripton of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use

    Section 102 of HUD Reform Act of 1989 requires applicants for 
assistance for certain projects to disclose information which will 
include other government assistance being requested, names, and 
financial interests of all interested parties, and a report of expected 
sources and uses of funds. A $200,000 threshold applies to this 
disclosure requirement.
    Respondents: Individuals or Households Business or Other For-Profit 
Not-for-Profit Institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Submission: On Occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                       Number of          Frequency of           Hours per
                                      respondents    x      response      x      response      =   Burden hours
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Initial Applications..............          13,500                  1.2                  2.0              32,400
Updates...........................           3,400                  1.2                  2.0               8,160
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 40,560.
    Status: Reinstatement, with change.

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

    Dated: November 2, 1999.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports, Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-29218 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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