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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Housing and Urban Development Department

Docket ID: [Docket No. FR-5187-N-32]

NOTICE: NOTICES

DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 23, 2008.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

State and local government agencies apply for certification of substantial equivalency with the Fair Housing Act. Once determined to be substantially equivalent, HUD enters into a cooperative agreement with such an agency though which funding is provided in support of fair housing enforcement.

SUMMARY: Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies,

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

This notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described below. This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.

This notice also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Certification and Funding of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies.

OMB Approval Number: 25290005.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: State and local government agencies apply for certification of substantial equivalency with the Fair Housing Act. Once determined to be substantially equivalent, HUD enters into a cooperative agreement with such an agency though which funding is provided in support of fair housing enforcement.

Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Biannually. [[Page 29776]]
Number of Annual Hours per respondents responses x response = Burden hours Reporting Burden.................... 146 25.05 .. 19.56 .. 71,560

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 71,560.

Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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

Dated: May 19, 2008.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at Lillian L_Deitzer@HUD.gov or telephone (202) 4028048. This is not a tollfree number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer.