30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for Multifamily Project Mortgage Insurance

AGENCY:

Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date: August 2, 2013.

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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on April 4, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: Application for Multifamily Project Mortgage Insurance.

OMB Approval Number: 2502-0029.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Form Number: HUD-2, HUD-92013, HUD-92013A, HUD-92013-B,HUD-92013-C,HUD-92013-SUPP,HUD-92013E,HUD-92264, HUD-92264-A,HUD-92273, HUD-92274, HUD-92326, HUD-92329, HUD-92331, HUD-92452, HUD-92485, HUD-92415, HUD-92447, HUD-92010, HUD-91708, HUD-92408M,FM-1006, HUD2880,HUD-92446 (Rider Forms-HUD-92466-R1,92466-R2,92466-R3,92466R4) HUD 2408 covered under OMB 2502-0029.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD reviews the information collection to determine the acceptability of the mortgagor, sponsor, and other key principles for an application for mortgage insurance. The Owner and Architect represent that they are familiar with HUD's architectural requirements and will comply with all rules and regulations as prescribed by HUD. These forms are available on Department's Web site. The forms are pdf fillable and will be sent by electronic mail with other required Multifamily Development application forms.

Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: An estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection is 2. The estimated number of respondents is 3442. The estimated total number of annual burden hours is 385,496. The forms are submitted only once during the application for FHA mortgage insurance.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:

(1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

C. Authority

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.