# Builder's Certification of Plans, Specifications, and Site
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
HUD requires the builder to provide information that notes an adverse site/location factor(s) on the property, including floodplains. Lenders review the form and send it to HUD. This is done so that HUD does not insure a mortgage on property that poses a risk to health or safety of the occupant.
**DATES:**
*Comments Due Date: July 6, 2009.*
**ADDRESSES:**
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Approval Number (2502-0496) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-6974.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Lillian Deitzer at *[email protected]* or telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer.
**SUPPLEMENTARY 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:* Builder's Certification of Plans, Specifications, and Site.
*OMB Approval Number:* 2502-0496.
*Form Numbers:* HUD-92541.
*Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use:*
HUD requires the builder to provide information that notes any adverse site/location factor(s) on the property, including floodplains. Lenders review the form and send it to HUD. This is done so that HUD does not insure a mortgage on property that poses a risk to health or safety of the occupant.
*Frequency of Submission:* On occasion.
| | Number of | Annual | × | Hours per | = | Burden hours |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reporting Burden | 10,614 | 6.18 | | 0.15 | | 9,848 |
*Total Estimated Burden Hours:* 9,848.
*Status:* Extension of currently approved collection.
**Authority:**
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: May 28, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.