80 FR 71823 - 60 Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Notice of Application for Designation as a Single Family Foreclosure Commissioner

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 221 (November 17, 2015)

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71823-71824]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29331]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5830-N-08]


60 Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment 
Request; Notice of Application for Designation as a Single Family 
Foreclosure Commissioner

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice

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is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 19, 2016.

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: Nacheshia Foxx, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Acevedo, Associate General 
Counsel, Legislation and Regulations Division, Office of General 
Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW., Room 10282, Washington, DC 20410-0500, telephone (202 708-1793) 
(this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Notice of Application for 
Designation As a Single Family Foreclosure Commissioner (SF Mortgage 
Foreclosure Act of 1994).
    OMB Control Number: 2510-0012.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Under 
the Single Family Mortgage Foreclsoure Act of 1994, HUD may exercise a 
nonjudicial Power of Sale of single family HUD-held mortgages and may 
appoint Foreclsoure Commissioners to do this. HUD needs the Notice and 
resulting appliations for compliance with the Act's requirements that 
commissioners be qualified. Most respondents will be attorneys, but 
anyone may apply.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    Members of affected public: Business or Other For-Profit and 
Individuals or Households.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

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                                                                 Frequency of      Hours per       Total burden
                    Number of respondents                          response         response          hours
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30...........................................................               1               .5               15
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement of 
collection.

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.

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

    Dated: November 6, 2015.
Camille E. Acevedo,
Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2015-29331 Filed 11-16-15; 8:45 am]
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