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Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.1
hours per response.
Respondents: Anyone (public/
industry) who anonymously reports
suspicious smuggling activities.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 30 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–24459 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
public comment period on the
information collection requests (ICRs)
associated with the Multiple Peril Crop
Insurance.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
will be accepted until close of business
February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Timothy Hoffmann, Director, Product
Administration and Standards Division,
Risk Management Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, Beacon
Facility—Mail Stop 0812, P.O. Box
419205, Kansas City, MO 64141–6205.
Comments titled ‘‘Information
Collection OMB 0563–0053’’ may be
sent via the Internet to:
DirectorPDD@rma.usda.gov.
Erin
Albright, Risk Management Specialist,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, at
the address listed above, telephone
(816) 926–7730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
collections of information for this rule
revise the Multiple Peril Crop Insurance
Collections of Information 0563–0053,
which expire June 30, 2008.
Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
OMB Number: 0563–0053.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The information collection
requirements for this renewal package
are necessary for administering the crop
insurance program. Producers are
required to report specific data when
they apply for crop insurance and report
acreage, yields and notices of loss.
Insurance companies accept
applications; issue policies; establish
and provide insurance coverage;
compute liability, premium, subsidies,
and losses; indemnify producers; and
report specific data to FCIC as required
in Manual 13. Insurance agents market
crop and livestock insurance and
service the producer. The following
commodities (and Adjusted Gross
Revenue (AGR), Adjusted Gross
Revenue Lite (AGR–Lite), and Nutrient
BMP) are included in this information
collection package: almonds, apples,
avocados, avocado and mango trees,
barley, dry beans, beans, blackberries,
blueberries, buckwheat, cabbage,
canola/rapeseed, cattle, cherries, citrus
fruit, citrus trees, clams, corn, sweet
corn, cotton, cranberries, figs, flax,
forage production, forage seed, forage
seeding, grain sorghum, grapes,
Hawaiian tropical fruit and tree, hybrid
seed corn, hybrid sorghum seed, lentils,
macadamia nuts, macadamia trees,
millet, mint, mustard, nursery, oats,
onions, pasture, peaches, peanuts,
pears, dry peas, green peas, pecans, chili
peppers, peppers, plums, popcorn,
potatoes, prunes, raisins, rangeland,
raspberries, rice, wild rice, rye,
safflowers, soybeans, stonefruit,
strawberries, sugar beets, sugar cane,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes, swine,
tobacco, tomatoes, walnuts, and wheat.
FCIC is requesting the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
extend the approval of this information
collection for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public concerning
this information collection. These
comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of the agency, including
whether the information has 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 (such as through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses).
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information are estimated to average 0.4
of an hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Producers and insurance companies
reinsured by FCIC.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 1,248,281.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses Per Respondent: 3.6.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 4,551,705.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,866,457.
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.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
12, 2007.
Eldon Gould,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7–24444 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service; Rural
Business-Cooperative Service; Rural
Utilities Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service, Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural
Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces USDA Rural
Development’s intention to request an
extension for a currently approved
information collection in support of
compliance with Civil Rights laws.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 19, 2008 to be
assured of consideration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Willie Williams, Equal Opportunity
Specialist, Rural Development, Civil
Rights Staff, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0703, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250–0703, Telephone (202) 692–
0099 (voice) or 692–0107 (TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR 1901–E, Civil Rights
Compliance Requirements.
OMB Number: 0575–0018.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The information collection
under OMB Number 0575–0018 enables
USDA Rural Development to effectively
monitor a recipient’s compliance with
the civil rights laws, and to determine
whether or not service and benefits are
being provided to beneficiaries on an
equal opportunity basis.
USDA Rural Development is required
to provide Federal financial assistance
through its housing and community and
business programs on an equal
opportunity basis. The laws
implemented in 7 CFR part 1901,
subpart E, require the recipients of
USDA Rural Development Federal
financial assistance to collect various
types of information, including
information on participants in certain of
these agencies’ programs, by race, color,
and national origin.
The information collected and
maintained by the recipients of certain
programs from USDA Rural
Development is used internally by these
agencies for monitoring compliance
with the civil rights laws and
regulations. This information is made
available to USDA officials, officials of
other Federal agencies, and to Congress
for reporting purposes. Without the
required information, USDA Rural
Development and its recipients will lack
the necessary documentation to
demonstrate that their programs are
being administered in a
nondiscriminatory manner, and in full
compliance with the civil rights laws. In
addition, USDA Rural Development and
their recipients would be vulnerable in
lawsuits alleging discrimination in the
affected programs of these agencies, and
would be without appropriate data and
documentation to defend themselves by
demonstrating that services and benefits
are being provided to beneficiaries on
an equal opportunity basis.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 8 hours per
response.
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Respondents: Recipients of USDA
Rural Development Federal financial
assistance, loan, and loan guarantee
programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
27,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses:
72,222.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 560,601.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, Support Services
Division, at (202) 692–0043.
Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Rural
Development, 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 the 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 Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, Support Services
Division, Rural Development, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0742,
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: December 6, 2007.
Thomas C. Dorr,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. E7–24424 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Proposed collection; Comments
requested.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Housing
Service’s intention to request an
extension for a currently approved
information collection in support of the
program for the Guaranteed Rural Rental
Housing Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 19, 2008 to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlene Nunes, Senior Loan Specialist,
Multi-Family Housing Processing
Guaranteed Loan Division, Rural
Housing Service, USDA, Stop 0781,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250, telephone, (202)
401–2307.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Guaranteed Rural Rental
Housing Program.
OMB Number: 0575–0174.
Expiration Date of Approval: October
31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: On March 28, 1996,
President Clinton signed the ‘‘Housing
Opportunity Program Extension Act of
1996.’’ One of the provisions of the Act
was the authorization of the section 538
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Loan
Program, adding the program to the
Housing Act of 1949. The program has
been designed to increase the supply of
affordable multifamily housing through
partnerships between RHS and major
lending sources, as well as state and
local housing finance agencies and bond
issuers. Qualified lenders will be
authorized to originate, underwrite, and
close loans for multifamily housing
projects. To be considered, these
projects must be either new
construction or acquisition with
rehabilitation with at least $6,500 per
unit.
The housing must be available for
occupancy only to low or moderate
income families or persons, whose
incomes at the time of initial occupancy
do not exceed 115 percent of the median
income of the area. After initial
occupancy, the tenant’s income may
exceed these limits; however, rents,
including utilities, are restricted to no
more than 30 percent of the 115 percent
of area median income for the term of
the loan.
The Secretary is authorized under
section 510 (k) to prescribe regulations
to ensure that these federally funded
loans are made to eligible applicants for
authorized purposes. The lender must
evaluate the eligibility, cost, benefits,
feasibility, and financial performance of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service; Rural Business-Cooperative Service; Rural
Utilities Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
and Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces USDA Rural Development's intention to request an
extension for a currently approved information collection in support of
compliance with Civil Rights laws.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 19, 2008 to
be assured of consideration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willie Williams, Equal Opportunity
Specialist, Rural Development, Civil Rights Staff, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0703, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20250-0703, Telephone (202) 692-0099 (voice) or 692-0107 (TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR 1901-E, Civil Rights Compliance Requirements.
OMB Number: 0575-0018.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The information collection under OMB Number 0575-0018
enables USDA Rural Development to effectively monitor a recipient's
compliance with the civil rights laws, and to determine whether or not
service and benefits are being provided to beneficiaries on an equal
opportunity basis.
USDA Rural Development is required to provide Federal financial
assistance through its housing and community and business programs on
an equal opportunity basis. The laws implemented in 7 CFR part 1901,
subpart E, require the recipients of USDA Rural Development Federal
financial assistance to collect various types of information, including
information on participants in certain of these agencies' programs, by
race, color, and national origin.
The information collected and maintained by the recipients of
certain programs from USDA Rural Development is used internally by
these agencies for monitoring compliance with the civil rights laws and
regulations. This information is made available to USDA officials,
officials of other Federal agencies, and to Congress for reporting
purposes. Without the required information, USDA Rural Development and
its recipients will lack the necessary documentation to demonstrate
that their programs are being administered in a nondiscriminatory
manner, and in full compliance with the civil rights laws. In addition,
USDA Rural Development and their recipients would be vulnerable in
lawsuits alleging discrimination in the affected programs of these
agencies, and would be without appropriate data and documentation to
defend themselves by demonstrating that services and benefits are being
provided to beneficiaries on an equal opportunity basis.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 8 hours per response.
Respondents: Recipients of USDA Rural Development Federal financial
assistance, loan, and loan guarantee programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 27,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Number of Responses: 72,222.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 560,601.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services
Division, at (202) 692-0043.
Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Rural Development, 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 the 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 Cheryl Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch,
Support Services Division, Rural Development, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0742, 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: December 6, 2007.
Thomas C. Dorr,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. E7-24424 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]
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