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OMB Control Number: 0575–0115.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Housing Service (RHS) is authorized to
make grants to eligible applicants to
provide repair and rehabilitation
assistance so that very low- and lowincome rural residents can obtain
adequate housing. Such assistance is
made by grantees to very low- and lowincome persons, and to co-ops. Grant
funds are used by grantees to make
loans, grants, or other comparable
assistance to eligible homeowners,
rental unit owners, and co-ops for repair
and rehabilitation of dwellings to bring
them up to code or minimum property
standards. These grants were
established by Public Law 98–181, the
Housing Urban Rural Recovery Act of
1983, which amended the Housing Act
of 1949 (Pub. L. 93–383) by adding
section 533, 42 U.S.C. S 2490(m),
Housing Preservation Grants.
Need and Use of the Information: An
applicant will submit a ‘‘Statement of
Activity’’ that describes its proposed
program. RHS will collect information
to determine eligibility for a grant to
justify its selection of the applicant for
funding; to report program
accomplishments and to justify and
support expenditure of grant funds. RHS
uses the information to determine if the
grantee is complying with its grant
agreement and to make decisions
regarding continuing with modifying, or
terminating grant assistance. If the
information were not collected and
presented to RHS, the Agency could not
monitor the program or justify
disbursement of grant funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,258.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 12,439.
applicants, as a checklist to obtain a
loan, and to check credit information
about the applicants.
Need and Use of the Information:
RHS field personnel will use this
information to verify program eligibility
requirements, to secure grant assistance,
and for approval of housing applicationpackaging grants. The information will
ensure that the program is administered
in a manner consistent with legislative
and administrative requirements.
Without this information, RHS would be
unable to determine if a grantee
qualifies for grant assistance.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; and State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 500.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Correction
June 23, 2009.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the 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 burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
Rural Housing Service
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
Title: 7 CFR 1944–B, Housing
burden of the collection of information
Applications Packaging Grants.
on those who are to respond, including
OMB Control Number: 0575–0157.
Summary of Collection: Section 509 of through the use of appropriate
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
authorizes the Rural Housing Service
other technological collection
(RHS) to make grants to private and
techniques or other forms of information
public nonprofit organizations and State technology should be addressed to: Desk
and local governments to package
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
housing applications for Section 502,
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
504, 514/515 and 533 to colonias and
Office of Management and Budget
designated counties. Eligible
(OMB),
organizations aid very low and lowOIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
income individuals and families in
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
obtaining benefits from RHS housing
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
programs. Various forms are used to
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
confirm income verification for loan
7602. Comments regarding these
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information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: National Poultry Improvement
Plan (NPIP).
OMB Control Number: 0579–0007.
Summary of Collection: The National
Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a
voluntary Federal-State-industry
mechanism for controlling certain
poultry diseases and for improving
poultry flocks and products through
disease control techniques. The
National Turkey Improvement Plan was
combined with the NPIP in 1970 to
create the NPIP, as it now exists. Emu,
rhea, ostrich, and cassowary breeding
flocks are also allowed participation in
the Plan. The effective implementation
of the NPIP necessitates the use of
several information collection activities,
including sentinel bird identification, as
well as the creation and submission of
flock testing reports, sales reports,
breeding flock participation summaries,
hatchery participation summaries,
salmonella investigation reports,
salmonella serotyping requests, and
small chick order printouts. Authority
for this program is contained in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Organic Act
of 1944, as amended (7 U.S.C. 429). The
cooperative work is carried out through
a Memorandum of Understanding with
the participating States.
Need and Use of the Information:
Information is collected from various
types of poultry breeders and flock
owners to determine the number of eggs
hatched and sold as well as to report
outbreaks of diseases. This information
allows APHIS officials to track, control,
and prevent many types of poultry
diseases. APHIS will use several forms
to collect the needed information.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government; Federal
Government; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 12,232.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 103,581.
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Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0036.
Summary of Collection: The
Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
(Pub. L. 89–544) enacted August 24,
1966, and as amended, required the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), to
regulate the humane care and handling
of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters,
rabbits, and nonhuman primates. This
legislation was the result of extensive
demand by organized animal welfare
groups and private citizens requesting a
Federal law covering the transportation,
care, and handling of laboratory
animals. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), Regulatory
Enforcement and Animal Care (AC) has
the responsibility to enforce the Animal
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131–2156) and
the provisions of 9 CFR, Subchapter A,
which implements the Animal Welfare
Act. The purpose of the AWA is to
ensure that animal use in research
facilities or exhibition purposes are
provided humane care and treatment, to
ensure humane treatment of the animal
during transportation in commerce, and
to protect the owners of animals from
the theft of their animals by preventing
the sale or use of animals which have
been stolen. APHIS will collect
information using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect health certificates,
program of veterinary care, application
for license and record of acquisition,
disposition and transportation of
animals. The information is used to
ensure those dealers, exhibitors,
research facilities, carriers, etc., are in
compliance with the Animal Welfare
Act and regulations and standards
promulgated under this authority of the
Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 7,450.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 87,252.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Lacey Act Declaration
Requirements; Plants and Plant
Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0349.
Summary of Collection: The Lacey
Act, enacted in 1900 and significantly
amended in 1988, is the United States’
oldest Wildlife Protection Statute. The
Act combats trafficking in ‘‘illegal’’
wildlife, fish, or plants. The Food,
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,
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which took effect May 22, 2008,
amended the Lacey Act by expanding its
protection to a broader range of plants
and plant products (Section 8204,
Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices).
Need and Use of the Information:
Under the amended Lacey Act,
importers are required to submit a
declaration form (PPQ–505) for certain
plants and plant products. The
declaration must contain, among other
things, the scientific name of the plant,
value of the importation, quantity of the
plant, and name of the country from
which the plant was harvested. If
species varies or is unknown, importers
will have to declare the name of each
species that may have been used to
produce the product. Failure to collect
this information would cause significant
losses for importers of plants and plant
products resulting in serious economic
consequences to the U.S. industries.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 279,398.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5,029,164.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–15138 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
for Loan Guarantees Under Section
538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing
Program (GRRHP) for Fiscal Year 2009
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
NOFA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This NOFA supersedes the
notice published January 21, 2009 (74
FR 3551–3558). Responses to the notice
published January 21, 2009 (74 FR
3551–3558) will no longer be accepted.
This is a request for proposals for loan
guarantees under the section 538
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing
Program pursuant to 7 CFR 3565.4 for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. The Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law
111–8 (the Act) signed on March 11,
2009, states funds to be available from
the rural housing fund for the section
538 guaranteed multi-family loans up to
$129,090,000. The Act goes on to state:
‘‘Provided further, That, for applications
received under the 2009 notice of
funding availability, section 538 multifamily housing guaranteed loans funded
pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
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subject to a guarantee fee and the
interest on such loans may not be
subsidized.’’
For FY 2009, there are also
approximately $12,372,000 in
additional funds for GRRHP properties
that are located in a presidentially
declared disaster area. Disaster funds
may be used for new construction or
repair and rehabilitation. Interest credit
assistance will be available for
responses that request and are eligible
for disaster funds. To be eligible for
these disaster funds, a property must be
located in a county affected by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters occurring during 2008 for
which the President declared a major
disaster under Title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford and Disaster and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. Applicants must
notify the Rural Development contact
person for the respective State, as
indicated in the ‘‘Submission Address’’
section of this NOFA, that their project
is located in an eligible disaster zone
and that they want the project
considered for these funds.
Applicants for both, general program
funding or disaster funds will submit
proposals in the form of ‘‘responses.’’
The commitment of program dollars
will be made to applicants of selected
responses that have fulfilled the
necessary requirements for obligation.
Expenses incurred in developing
applications will be at the applicant’s
risk. The following paragraphs outline
the timeframes, eligibility requirements,
lender responsibilities, and the overall
response and application processes.
The GRRHP operates under 7 CFR
part 3565. The GRRHP Origination and
Servicing Handbook (HB–1–3565) is
available to provide lenders and the
general public with guidance on
program administration. HB–1–3565,
which contains a copy of 7 CFR part
3565 in Appendix 1, can be found at the
Agency’s Instructions Web site address
https://www.rurdev.usda.gov/regs/
hblist.html#hbw6.
Eligible lenders are invited to submit
responses for the new construction and
the acquisition with rehabilitation of
affordable rural rental housing.
Also eligible is the revitalization,
repair, and transfer (as stipulated in 7
CFR 3560.406) of existing direct section
515 housing (transfer costs are subject to
Agency approval and must be an
eligible use of loan proceeds as listed in
7 CFR 3565.205), and properties
involved in the Agency’s multi-family
preservation and revitalization (MPR)
program. Equity payments, as stipulated
in 7 CFR 3560.406, in connection with
the transfer of existing direct section
515 housing, are an eligible use of
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[Notices]
[Pages 30502-30503]
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[FR Doc No: E9-15138]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Correction
June 23, 2009.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the 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 burden 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
OMB Control Number: 0579-0007.
Summary of Collection: The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
is a voluntary Federal-State-industry mechanism for controlling certain
poultry diseases and for improving poultry flocks and products through
disease control techniques. The National Turkey Improvement Plan was
combined with the NPIP in 1970 to create the NPIP, as it now exists.
Emu, rhea, ostrich, and cassowary breeding flocks are also allowed
participation in the Plan. The effective implementation of the NPIP
necessitates the use of several information collection activities,
including sentinel bird identification, as well as the creation and
submission of flock testing reports, sales reports, breeding flock
participation summaries, hatchery participation summaries, salmonella
investigation reports, salmonella serotyping requests, and small chick
order printouts. Authority for this program is contained in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944, as amended (7 U.S.C.
429). The cooperative work is carried out through a Memorandum of
Understanding with the participating States.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is collected from
various types of poultry breeders and flock owners to determine the
number of eggs hatched and sold as well as to report outbreaks of
diseases. This information allows APHIS officials to track, control,
and prevent many types of poultry diseases. APHIS will use several
forms to collect the needed information.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government;
Federal Government; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 12,232.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 103,581.
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Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0036.
Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
(Pub. L. 89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and as amended, required the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to regulate the humane care and
handling of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and nonhuman
primates. This legislation was the result of extensive demand by
organized animal welfare groups and private citizens requesting a
Federal law covering the transportation, care, and handling of
laboratory animals. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Regulatory Enforcement and Animal Care (AC) has the
responsibility to enforce the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131-2156)
and the provisions of 9 CFR, Subchapter A, which implements the Animal
Welfare Act. The purpose of the AWA is to ensure that animal use in
research facilities or exhibition purposes are provided humane care and
treatment, to ensure humane treatment of the animal during
transportation in commerce, and to protect the owners of animals from
the theft of their animals by preventing the sale or use of animals
which have been stolen. APHIS will collect information using several
forms.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect health
certificates, program of veterinary care, application for license and
record of acquisition, disposition and transportation of animals. The
information is used to ensure those dealers, exhibitors, research
facilities, carriers, etc., are in compliance with the Animal Welfare
Act and regulations and standards promulgated under this authority of
the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 7,450.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 87,252.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Lacey Act Declaration Requirements; Plants and Plant
Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0349.
Summary of Collection: The Lacey Act, enacted in 1900 and
significantly amended in 1988, is the United States' oldest Wildlife
Protection Statute. The Act combats trafficking in ``illegal''
wildlife, fish, or plants. The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of
2008, which took effect May 22, 2008, amended the Lacey Act by
expanding its protection to a broader range of plants and plant
products (Section 8204, Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices).
Need and Use of the Information: Under the amended Lacey Act,
importers are required to submit a declaration form (PPQ-505) for
certain plants and plant products. The declaration must contain, among
other things, the scientific name of the plant, value of the
importation, quantity of the plant, and name of the country from which
the plant was harvested. If species varies or is unknown, importers
will have to declare the name of each species that may have been used
to produce the product. Failure to collect this information would cause
significant losses for importers of plants and plant products resulting
in serious economic consequences to the U.S. industries.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 279,398.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5,029,164.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-15138 Filed 6-25-09; 8:45 am]
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