30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEMs); OMB Control No: 2502-0561, 69672 [2021-26555]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 69672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26555]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7034-N-70]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Energy 
Efficient Mortgages (EEMs); OMB Control No: 2502-0561

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: January 7, 2022.

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/Start Printed Page 
15501PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting 
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using 
the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email Colette Pollard 
at [email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400 (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 December 11,2020, at 85 FR 80132.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Energy Efficient Mortgages.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0561.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    FHA offers the Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) as an approved 
mortgage insurance product 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.
    The EEM program allows the mortgagors to finance cost-effective 
energy efficient improvements to an existing property at the time of 
purchase or refinancing, or for upgrades above the established 
residential building code for new construction.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit (FHA-approved lenders).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 90.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.35.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 122 hours.

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 2 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.

Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-26555 Filed 12-7-21; 8:45 am]
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