Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 24721 [2013-09894]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Rural Housing Service

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 24721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09894]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: The Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comments requested.

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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 ``Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and 
Revitalization Restructuring Demonstration Program (MPR) for Fiscal 
Year 2006.''

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 25, 2013 to be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melinda Price, Finance and Housing 
Analyst, Multi-Family Housing and Preservation and Direct Loan 
Division, Federal Building, 200 North High Street, Room 597, Columbia, 
Ohio 43215, (614) 255-2403

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and 
Revitalization Restructuring (MPR) Demonstration Program.
    OMB Number: 0575-0190.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2013.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 
109-97) provides funding for, and authorizes Rural Development to 
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 
of the Section 515 Multi-Family Housing portfolio. Section 515 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) provides Rural Development the 
authority to make loans for low-income Multi-Family Housing and related 
facilities.
    Rural Development refers to this program as Multi-Family Housing 
Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring Program (MPR). A NOFA 
sets forth the eligibility and application requirements. Information 
will be collected from applicants and grant recipients by Rural 
Development staff in its Local, Area, State, and National offices. This 
information will be used to determine applicant eligibility for this 
demonstration program. If an applicant proposal is selected, that 
applicant will be notified of the selection and given the opportunity 
to submit a formal application.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
    Respondents: Individuals, partnerships, public and private 
nonprofit corporations, agencies, institutions, organizations, and 
Indian tribes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 2,420.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,720.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne 
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services 
Division at (202) 692-0040.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of Rural Development, including whether the information 
will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural Development'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, 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 Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork 
Management Branch, Support Services Division, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Support Services Division, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. All responses to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 17, 2013.
Tammye Trevi[ntilde]o,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-09894 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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