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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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August 11, 2010.
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; (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) 720–8681.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Real Estate Title Clearance and
Loan Closing—7 CFR 1927–B.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0147.
Summary of Collection: Rural
Housing Service is a credit agency for
the Department of Agriculture. The
Agency offers a supervised credit
program to build family farms, modest
housing, sanitary water and sewer
systems, essential community facilities,
businesses and industries in rural areas.
Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act
(CONTACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926.a (as
amended), authorizes RUS to make
loans to public agencies, American
Indian Tribes, and non-profit
corporations. The loans fund the
development of drinking water,
wastewater, and solid waste disposal
facilities in rural areas with populations
of up to 10,000 residents. Section 501 of
Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, provides authorization to
extend financial assistance to construct,
improve, alter, repair, replace or
rehabilitate dwellings and to provide
decent, safe and sanitary living
conditions in rural areas. The Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to prescribe
regulations to ensure that these loans,
made with Federal funds, are legally
secured.
Need and Use of the Information: The
approved attorney/title company
(closing agent) and the field office staff
collect the required information. Forms
and or guidelines are provided to assist
in the collection, certification and
submission of this information. Most of
these forms collect information that is
standard in the industry. If the
information is collected less frequently,
the agency would not obtain the proper
security position on the properties being
taken as security and would have no
evidence that the closing agents and
agency meet the requirements of these
regulations.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 18,410.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5,395.
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Rural Housing Service
Title: Direct Single Family Housing
Loan and Grant Program, 7 CFR 3550,
HB–1–3550, HB–2–3550.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0172.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Housing Service (RHS) is a credit
agency for rural housing and
community development within the
Rural Development mission area of the
Department of Agriculture. Section 501
of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended, authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to administer such programs
and to prescribe regulations to ensure
that these loans and grants provided
with Federal Funds are made to eligible
applicants for authorized purposes, and
that subsequent servicing and benefits
provided to borrowers are consistent
with the authorizing statute. RHS offers
a supervised credit program to extend
financial assistance to construct,
improve, alter, repair, replace or
rehabilitate dwellings, which will
provide modest, decent, safe, and
sanitary housing to eligible individuals
living in rural areas. To assist
individuals in obtaining affordable
housing, a borrower’s house payment
may be subsidized to an interest rate as
low as 1%. The information requested
by RHS is vital to be able to process
applications for RHS assistance and
make prudent credit and program
decisions. RHS will collect information
using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information:
RHS will collect information to verify
program eligibility requirements;
continued eligibility requirements for
borrower assistance; servicing of loans;
eligibility for special servicing
assistance such as: payment subsidies,
moratorium (stop) on payments,
delinquency workout agreements;
liquidation of loans; and, debt
settlement. The information is used to
ensure that the direct Single Family
Housing Programs are administered in a
manner consistent with legislative and
administrative requirements. Without
the information RHS would be unable to
determine if a borrower would qualify
for services or if assistance has been
granted to which the customer would
not be eligible under current regulations
and statutes.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
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Number of Respondents: 200,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 612,076.
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
Rural Housing Service
Title: Non-Profit Customer Voluntary
Survey on the Equal Treatment Rule.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0192.
Summary of Collection: In accordance
with the Government Performance and
Results Act and Executive Order 13280,
Responsibilities of the Department of
Agriculture and the Agency for
International Development With
Respect to Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives, the survey will measure
Rural Development’s implementation of
and compliance with the Equal
Treatment Rule (7 CFR part 16) as well
as implement action plans and measure
improvements. The 14 Rural
Development programs under the FaithBased and Community Initiatives
provide insured or guaranteed loans
and/or grants to eligible applicants
(including non-profit entities) located in
rural geographic areas to assist them in
providing services to beneficiaries, lowincome individuals and communities.
Need and Use of the Information: To
facilitate improved participant outcome,
and in an effort to continuously improve
program services, the survey can
measure impediments that applicants
may have encountered when they
submitted an application. The outcome
of the Voluntary Survey on the Equal
Treatment Rule will provide the general
satisfaction level among non-profit
borrowers throughout the nation,
highlight areas that need improvement,
provide a benchmark for future surveys,
and improvement in implementation of
and compliance with the Equal
Treatment Rule.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
Total Burden Hours: 320.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection, the Agricultural
Surveys Program. Revision to burden
hours may be needed due to changes in
the size of the target population,
sampling design, and/or questionnaire
length.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by October 18, 2010 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0213,
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: (202) 720–6396.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0213.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2010.
Type of Request: To revise and extend
a currently approved information
collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue
State and national estimates of crop and
livestock production, prices and
disposition as well as economic
statistics, farm numbers, land values,
on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop
management practices, as well as the
Census of Agriculture. The Agricultural
Surveys Program contains a series of
surveys that obtains basic agricultural
data from farmers and ranchers
throughout the Nation for preparing
agricultural estimates and forecasts of
crop acreage, yield, and production;
stocks of grains and soybeans; hog and
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pig numbers; sheep inventory and lamb
crop; cattle inventory; cattle on feed;
grazing fees; and land values. Uses of
the statistical information collected by
these surveys are extensive and varied.
Producers, farm organizations,
agribusinesses, commodity exchanges,
State and national farm policy makers,
and government agencies are important
users of these statistics. Agricultural
statistics are used to plan and
administer other related Federal and
State programs in such areas as
consumer protection, conservation,
foreign trade, education, and recreation.
Authority: These data will be
collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Individually identifiable data
collected under this authority are
governed by Section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7
U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by
respondents. This Notice is submitted in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office
of Management and Budget regulations
at 5 CFR part 1320. NASS also complies
with OMB Implementation Guidance,
‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V of
the E–Government Act, Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’
Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June
15, 2007, p. 33362.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average less than 15
minutes per response.
Respondents: Farmers and ranchers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 170,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
2388.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(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 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, through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or
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[FR Doc No: 2010-20280]
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Notices
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 17, 2010 /
Notices
[[Page 50743]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 11, 2010.
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; (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) 720-8681.
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.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Real Estate Title Clearance and Loan Closing--7 CFR 1927-B.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0147.
Summary of Collection: Rural Housing Service is a credit agency for
the Department of Agriculture. The Agency offers a supervised credit
program to build family farms, modest housing, sanitary water and sewer
systems, essential community facilities, businesses and industries in
rural areas. Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (CONTACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926.a (as amended), authorizes RUS to make
loans to public agencies, American Indian Tribes, and non-profit
corporations. The loans fund the development of drinking water,
wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities in rural areas with
populations of up to 10,000 residents. Section 501 of Title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, provides authorization to extend
financial assistance to construct, improve, alter, repair, replace or
rehabilitate dwellings and to provide decent, safe and sanitary living
conditions in rural areas. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to prescribe regulations to ensure that these loans, made with Federal
funds, are legally secured.
Need and Use of the Information: The approved attorney/title
company (closing agent) and the field office staff collect the required
information. Forms and or guidelines are provided to assist in the
collection, certification and submission of this information. Most of
these forms collect information that is standard in the industry. If
the information is collected less frequently, the agency would not
obtain the proper security position on the properties being taken as
security and would have no evidence that the closing agents and agency
meet the requirements of these regulations.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 18,410.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 5,395.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Direct Single Family Housing Loan and Grant Program, 7 CFR
3550,
HB-1-3550, HB-2-3550.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0172.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is a credit
agency for rural housing and community development within the Rural
Development mission area of the Department of Agriculture. Section 501
of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to administer such programs and to prescribe
regulations to ensure that these loans and grants provided with Federal
Funds are made to eligible applicants for authorized purposes, and that
subsequent servicing and benefits provided to borrowers are consistent
with the authorizing statute. RHS offers a supervised credit program to
extend financial assistance to construct, improve, alter, repair,
replace or rehabilitate dwellings, which will provide modest, decent,
safe, and sanitary housing to eligible individuals living in rural
areas. To assist individuals in obtaining affordable housing, a
borrower's house payment may be subsidized to an interest rate as low
as 1%. The information requested by RHS is vital to be able to process
applications for RHS assistance and make prudent credit and program
decisions. RHS will collect information using several forms.
Need and Use of the Information: RHS will collect information to
verify program eligibility requirements; continued eligibility
requirements for borrower assistance; servicing of loans; eligibility
for special servicing assistance such as: payment subsidies, moratorium
(stop) on payments, delinquency workout agreements; liquidation of
loans; and, debt settlement. The information is used to ensure that the
direct Single Family Housing Programs are administered in a manner
consistent with legislative and administrative requirements. Without
the information RHS would be unable to determine if a borrower would
qualify for services or if assistance has been granted to which the
customer would not be eligible under current regulations and statutes.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
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Number of Respondents: 200,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 612,076.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Non-Profit Customer Voluntary Survey on the Equal Treatment
Rule.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0192.
Summary of Collection: In accordance with the Government
Performance and Results Act and Executive Order 13280, Responsibilities
of the Department of Agriculture and the Agency for International
Development With Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the
survey will measure Rural Development's implementation of and
compliance with the Equal Treatment Rule (7 CFR part 16) as well as
implement action plans and measure improvements. The 14 Rural
Development programs under the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
provide insured or guaranteed loans and/or grants to eligible
applicants (including non-profit entities) located in rural geographic
areas to assist them in providing services to beneficiaries, low-income
individuals and communities.
Need and Use of the Information: To facilitate improved participant
outcome, and in an effort to continuously improve program services, the
survey can measure impediments that applicants may have encountered
when they submitted an application. The outcome of the Voluntary Survey
on the Equal Treatment Rule will provide the general satisfaction level
among non-profit borrowers throughout the nation, highlight areas that
need improvement, provide a benchmark for future surveys, and
improvement in implementation of and compliance with the Equal
Treatment Rule.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 4,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 320.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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