2019-06862. 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Request for Acceptance of Changes in Approved Drawings and Specifications

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: May 8, 2019.

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: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

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 [e-mail] or telephone [phone]. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at [phone]. 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 October 12, 2018 at 83 FR 51694.

A. Overview of Information Collection

Title of Information Collection: Request for Acceptance of Changes in Approved Drawings and Specifications.

OMB Approval Number: 2502-0117.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Form Number: HUD 92577.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Contractors request approval for changes to accepted drawings and specifications of rehabilitation properties as required by homebuyers or determined by the contractor to address previously unknown health and safety issues. Contractors submit the forms to lenders, who review them and submit them to HUD for approval.

Respondents (i.e. affected public): Business.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,871.

Estimated Number of Responses: 15,871.

Frequency of Response: On Occasion.

Average Hours per Response: 0.50003.

Total Estimated Burdens: 7,936.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

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

Dated: March 28, 2019.

Colette Pollard,

Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.