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The information collected is used by
CCC to manage, plan, evaluate the use
of, and account for government
resources. The reports and records are
required to ensure the proper and
judicious use of public funds.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for these collections is
estimated to average 8 hours per
Recordkeeping, 30 minutes per Vessel
Approval and 15 minutes per
Declaration of Sale response.
Respondents: Suppliers of
commodities and ocean transportation;
prospective commodity suppliers;
shipping agents; and businesses or other
for-profit entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25
per annum.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 88.75 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Tamoria
Thompson-Hall, the Agency Information
Collection Coordinator, at (202) 690–
1690.
Requests for Comments: Send
comments regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to William
Hawkins, Director, Program
Administration Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 1031, Washington, DC
20250–1031, or to the Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503. Persons with disabilities who
require an alternative means for
communication of information (Braille,
large print, audiotape, etc.) should
contact USDA’s Target Center at (202)
720–2600 (voice and TDD). All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
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2006.
Michael W. Yost,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Farm Service Agency
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, Rural
Utilities Service, and Farm Service
Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection: comments
request.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of USDA
Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) and Rural
Development, henceforth collectively
known as Rural Development, or
individually as Housing and
Community Programs, Business and
Cooperative Programs, Utility Programs,
to request an extension for a currently
approved information collection in
support of compliance with applicable
acts for planning and performing
construction and other development
work.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 5, 2006 to be
assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry B. Fleming, Architect, Program
Support Staff, RHS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 0761, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0761,
Telephone (202) 720–8547 or (202) 720–
9619 or via e-mail at
larry.fleming@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: RD 1924–A, ‘‘Planning and
Performing Construction and Other
Development’’.
OMB Number: 0575–0042.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2006.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The information collection
under OMB Number 0575–0042 enables
the Agencies to effectively administer
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the policies, methods, and
responsibilities in the planning and
performing of construction and other
development work for the related
construction programs.
Section 501 of Title V of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to extend
financial assistance to construct,
improve, alter, repair, replace, or
rehabilitate dwellings; farm buildings;
and/or related facilities to provide
decent, safe, and sanitary living
conditions and adequate farm buildings
and other structures in rural areas.
Section 506 of the Act requires that all
new buildings and repairs shall be
constructed in accordance with plans
and specifications as required by the
Secretary and that such construction be
supervised and inspected.
Section 509 of the Act grants the
Secretary the power to determine and
prescribe the standards of adequate farm
housing and other buildings. The
Housing and Urban Rural Recovery Act
of 1983 amended section 509(a) and
section 515 to require residential
buildings and related facilities comply
with the standards prescribed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, the standard
prescribed by the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, or the
standards prescribed in any of the
nationally recognized model building
codes.
Similar authorizations are contained
in sections 303, 304, 306, and 339 of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended, which
authorized loans and grants for essential
community services.
In several sections of both acts, loan
limitations are established as
percentages of development costs,
requiring careful monitoring of those
costs. Also, the Secretary is authorized
to prescribe regulations to ensure that
Federal funds are not wasted or
dissipated and that construction will be
undertaken in an economic manner and
will not be of elaborate or extravagant
design or materials.
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
the credit Agency for rural water and
wastewater development within Rural
Development of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA). The
Rural-Business-Cooperative Service
(RBS) is the credit Agency for rural
business development within Rural
Development of USDA. These Agencies
adopted use of forms in RD Instruction
1924–A. Information for their usage is
included in this report.
Other information collection is
required to conform to numerous Public
Laws applying to all Federal agencies,
such as: Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and
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1968, Davis-Bacon Act, Historic
Preservation Act, Environmental Policy
Act, and to conform to Executive Orders
governing use of Federal funds. This
information is cleared through the
appropriate enforcing Agency or other
executive Department.
The Agencies provide forms and/or
guidelines to assist in the collection and
submission of information; however,
most of the information may be
collected and submitted in the form and
content which is accepted and typically
used in normal conduct of planning and
performing development work in
private industry when a private lender
is financing the activity. The
information is usually submitted via
hand delivery or U.S. Postal Service to
the appropriate Agency office.
Electronic submittal of information is
also possible through e-mail or USDA’s
Service Center eForms Web site.
The information is used by the
Agencies to determine whether a loan/
grant can be approved, to ensure that
the Agency has adequate security for the
loans financed, to provide for sound
construction and development work,
and to determine that the requirements
of the applicable acts have been met.
The information is also used to monitor
compliance with the terms and
conditions of the Agencies’ loan/grant
programs and to monitor the prudent
use of Federal funds.
If the information were not collected
and submitted, the Agencies would not
have control over the type and quality
of construction and development work
planned and performed with Federal
funds. The Agencies would not be
assured that the security provided for
loans is adequate, nor would the
Agencies be certain that decent, safe,
and sanitary dwelling or other adequate
structures were being provided to rural
residents as required by the different
acts.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .33 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, farms, business or other forprofit, non-profit institutions, and small
businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25,340.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 15.
Estimated Number of Responses:
368,980.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 118,438 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Brigitte Sumter,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0042.
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Comments
ACTION:
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the function of the Agencies,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agencies’ estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Brigitte
Sumter, Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop
0742, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0742. All
responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), and the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (NFMA, 16
U.S.C. 1600–1614 et seq.), the USDA
Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management (collectively the Agencies)
have prepared a Draft Supplement to
the 2004 Final Environmental Impact
Statement To Remove or Modify the
Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure
Standards and Guidelines (Draft
Supplement). The Final Environmental
Impact Statement To Remove or Modify
the Survey and Manage Mitigation
Measure Standards and Guidelines
(2004 FSEIS), dated January 2004,
examined the environmental effects of a
proposal by the Agencies to amend 28
land and resource management plans on
National Forests and Bureau of Land
Management Districts within the range
of the northern spotted owl in western
Oregon, western Washington, and
northern California.
The Draft Supplement is available for
public review.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft
Supplement will be accepted for 90
days following the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes the Notice of Availability of
the Draft Supplement in the Federal
Register. The Agencies ask that those
submitting comments on the Draft
Supplement make these comments as
specific as possible with reference to
page numbers and chapters of the
document.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
David Rouzer,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Curtis Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
John Williams,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Draft
Supplement to the 2004 Final
Environmental Impact Statement To
Remove or Modify the Survey and
Manage Mitigation Measure Standards
and Guidelines, Oregon, Washington,
and California
AGENCIES: USDA, Forest Service; DOI,
Bureau of Land Management.
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Notice of availability.
If you wish to comment,
you may submit your written comments
to Survey and Manage SEIS Team, P.O.
Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208, or
via e-mail to ORSMSEIS@blm.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Haske, Chief, Branch of Forest
Resources and Special Status Species,
Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box
2965, Portland, Oregon 97208,
telephone (503) 808–6038 or Alan
Christensen, Group Leader, Wildlife,
Fisheries, Watershed, Soils and Range,
USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 3623,
Portland, Oregon 97208, telephone (503)
808–2922.
Requests to receive copies of the Draft
Supplement should be sent to the
address listed above. Alternately, the
Draft Supplement is available on the
Internet at https://www.reo.gov/s-m2006.
Copies are also available for inspection
at USDA Forest Service and Bureau of
Land Management offices in western
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Farm Service Agency
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
Rural Utilities Service, and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection: comments request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of USDA Farm Service Agency's (FSA) and
Rural Development, henceforth collectively known as Rural Development,
or individually as Housing and Community Programs, Business and
Cooperative Programs, Utility Programs, to request an extension for a
currently approved information collection in support of compliance with
applicable acts for planning and performing construction and other
development work.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 5, 2006 to
be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry B. Fleming, Architect, Program
Support Staff, RHS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 0761, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0761, Telephone (202)
720-8547 or (202) 720-9619 or via e-mail at larry.fleming@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: RD 1924-A, ``Planning and Performing Construction and Other
Development''.
OMB Number: 0575-0042.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2006.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The information collection under OMB Number 0575-0042
enables the Agencies to effectively administer the policies, methods,
and responsibilities in the planning and performing of construction and
other development work for the related construction programs.
Section 501 of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to extend financial assistance
to construct, improve, alter, repair, replace, or rehabilitate
dwellings; farm buildings; and/or related facilities to provide decent,
safe, and sanitary living conditions and adequate farm buildings and
other structures in rural areas.
Section 506 of the Act requires that all new buildings and repairs
shall be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications as
required by the Secretary and that such construction be supervised and
inspected.
Section 509 of the Act grants the Secretary the power to determine
and prescribe the standards of adequate farm housing and other
buildings. The Housing and Urban Rural Recovery Act of 1983 amended
section 509(a) and section 515 to require residential buildings and
related facilities comply with the standards prescribed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, the standard prescribed by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, or the standards prescribed in any of
the nationally recognized model building codes.
Similar authorizations are contained in sections 303, 304, 306, and
339 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended,
which authorized loans and grants for essential community services.
In several sections of both acts, loan limitations are established
as percentages of development costs, requiring careful monitoring of
those costs. Also, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe regulations
to ensure that Federal funds are not wasted or dissipated and that
construction will be undertaken in an economic manner and will not be
of elaborate or extravagant design or materials.
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is the credit Agency for rural
water and wastewater development within Rural Development of the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Rural-Business-Cooperative
Service (RBS) is the credit Agency for rural business development
within Rural Development of USDA. These Agencies adopted use of forms
in RD Instruction 1924-A. Information for their usage is included in
this report.
Other information collection is required to conform to numerous
Public Laws applying to all Federal agencies, such as: Civil Rights
Acts of 1964 and
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1968, Davis-Bacon Act, Historic Preservation Act, Environmental Policy
Act, and to conform to Executive Orders governing use of Federal funds.
This information is cleared through the appropriate enforcing Agency or
other executive Department.
The Agencies provide forms and/or guidelines to assist in the
collection and submission of information; however, most of the
information may be collected and submitted in the form and content
which is accepted and typically used in normal conduct of planning and
performing development work in private industry when a private lender
is financing the activity. The information is usually submitted via
hand delivery or U.S. Postal Service to the appropriate Agency office.
Electronic submittal of information is also possible through e-mail or
USDA's Service Center eForms Web site.
The information is used by the Agencies to determine whether a
loan/grant can be approved, to ensure that the Agency has adequate
security for the loans financed, to provide for sound construction and
development work, and to determine that the requirements of the
applicable acts have been met. The information is also used to monitor
compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agencies' loan/grant
programs and to monitor the prudent use of Federal funds.
If the information were not collected and submitted, the Agencies
would not have control over the type and quality of construction and
development work planned and performed with Federal funds. The Agencies
would not be assured that the security provided for loans is adequate,
nor would the Agencies be certain that decent, safe, and sanitary
dwelling or other adequate structures were being provided to rural
residents as required by the different acts.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .33 hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals or households, farms, business or other
for-profit, non-profit institutions, and small businesses or
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25,340.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 15.
Estimated Number of Responses: 368,980.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 118,438 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Brigitte
Sumter, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, at (202) 692-0042.
Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of
the Agencies, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agencies' estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Brigitte
Sumter, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-0742. All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments
will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
David Rouzer,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Curtis Anderson,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
Dated: June 30, 2006.
John Williams,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 06-6031 Filed 7-6-06; 8:45 am]
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