[Federal Register: July 1, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 126)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4734-N-28]

 
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Section 8 Fair Market Rent Random Digit Dialing Surveys

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for

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review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is 
soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 31, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2528-0142) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; E-mail Lauren--Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
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 name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Office for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent 
Surveys.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0142.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Information collected through the survey will augment the Consumer 
Price Index (CPI) data and the American Housing Survey (AHS) data in 
determining Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the Certificate and 
Voucher programs.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                            Annual             Hours per
                Number of  respondents                    responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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46,000...............................................               1                0.249               11,454
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 11,454.
    Status: Extension of currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: June 25, 2002.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-16520 Filed 6-28-02; 8:45 am]
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