89 FR 238 pgs. 99896-99897 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Program, OMB Control No.: 2502-0561
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 238Pages: 99896 - 99897
Pages: 99896, 99897Docket number: [Docket No. FR-7080-N-58]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-29060 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Housing and Urban Development Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7080-N-58]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Program, OMB Control No.: 2502-0561
AGENCY:
Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 comments from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: January 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function. Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-3577 (this is not a toll-free number) or email: PaperworkReductionActOffice@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email; Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, telephone (202) 402-3400. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for 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 May 24, 2024 at 89 FR 45913.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2502-0561.
Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Lenders provide the required information to determine the eligibility of a mortgage to be insured under Section 513 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Section 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992). Section 2123 of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) (Pub. L. 110-289, approved July 30, 2008) amended Section 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 by revising the maximum dollar amount that can be added to an FHA-insured mortgage for energy efficient improvements.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit (lenders).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses: 17.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Hours per Response: 4.25.
Total Estimated Burdens: 29.75.
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. (5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
HUD encourages interested parties to submit comments in response to these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-29060 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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