[Federal Register: March 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 55)]
[Notices]
[Page 14537]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5041-N-08]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/Application Register
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, 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: May 22, 2006.
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, Reports
Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC
20410 or Lillian_Deitzer@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith V. May, Director, Office of
Evaluation, Office of Finance and Budget, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202) 755-7500 (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: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan/
Application Register.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2502-0539.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
HMDA Loan/Application Register collects information from mortgage
lenders on application for, and originations and purchases of, mortgage
and home improvement loans. Nondepository mortgage lending institutions
are required to use the information generated as a running log
throughout the calendar year, and send the information to HUD by March
1 of the following calendar year.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
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 estimated total number of hours
needed to prepare the information collection is 168,000; the number of
respondents is 1,400 generating approximately 1,400 annual responses;
the frequency of response is on occasion and annually; and the
estimated time needed to prepare the response varies from 10 hours to
15,000 hours with an average of 120 hours.
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: March 15, 2006.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E6-4094 Filed 3-21-06; 8:45 am]
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