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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.
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Dated: May 13, 2016.
Tony Hernandez,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
May 16, 2016.
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 are
requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
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 regarding this information
collection received by June 20, 2016
will be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. 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.
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 1944–N—Housing
Preservation Grants.
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
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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 this 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; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,246.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 7,562.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), hereinafter referred to as
Agency, invites comments on this
information collection for which the
SUMMARY:
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Agency intends to request approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 18, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5164 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492, FAX: (202)
720–4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
the Agency is submitting to OMB for
extension.
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, 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:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522,
Room 5164, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX:
(202) 720–4120.
Title: Public Television Station Digital
Transition Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0134.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: As part of the nation’s
evolution to digital television, the
Federal Communications Commission
had ordered all television broadcasters
to initiate the broadcast of a digital
television signal. Public television
stations rely largely on community
financial support to operate. In many
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rural areas the cost of the transition to
digital broadcasting may exceed
community resources. Since rural
communities depend on public
television stations for services ranging
from educational course content in their
schools to local news, weather, and
agricultural reports, any disruption of
public television broadcasting would be
detrimental.
Initiating a digital broadcast requires
the installation of a new antenna,
transmitter or translator, and new digital
program management facilities
consisting of processing and storage
systems. Public television stations use a
combination of transmitters and
translators to serve the rural public. If
the public television station is to
perform program origination functions,
as most do, digital cameras, editing and
mastering systems are required. A new
studio-to-tower site communications
link may be required to transport the
digital broadcast signal to each
transmitter and translator. The
capability to broadcast some
programming in a high definition
television format is inherent in the
digital television standard, and this can
require additional facilities at the
studio. These are the new components
of the digital transition.
In designing the national competition
for the distribution of these grant funds,
priority is given to public television
stations serving the areas that would be
most unable to fund the digital
transition without a grant. The largest
sources of funding for public television
stations are public membership and
business contributions. In rural areas,
lower population density reduces the
field of membership, and rural areas
have fewer businesses per capita than
urban and suburban areas. Therefore,
rurality is a primary predictor of the
need for grant funding for a public
television station’s digital transition. In
addition, some rural areas have per
capita income levels that are lower than
the national average, and public
television stations covering these areas
in particular are likely to have difficulty
funding the digital transition. As a
result, the consideration of the per
capita income of a public television
station’s coverage area is a secondary
predictor of the need for grant funding.
Finally, some public television stations
may face special difficulty
accomplishing the transition, and a
third scoring factor for station hardship
will account for conditions that make
these public television stations less
likely to accomplish the digital
transition without a grant.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
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Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimate of annual responses: Public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to be 30 hours
annual responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 744 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 720–7853. FAX: (202)
720–4120.
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: May 10, 2016.
Brandon McBride,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which it intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 18, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
720–8435.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as Agency, invites comments
on this information collection for which the
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Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 18, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
1400 Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522, Room 5164 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492, FAX: (202) 720-
4120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that the
Agency is submitting to OMB for extension.
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, 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: Thomas
P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP
1522, Room 5164, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522.
FAX: (202) 720-4120.
Title: Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0134.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: As part of the nation's evolution to digital television,
the Federal Communications Commission had ordered all television
broadcasters to initiate the broadcast of a digital television signal.
Public television stations rely largely on community financial support
to operate. In many rural areas the cost of the transition to digital
broadcasting may exceed community resources. Since rural communities
depend on public television stations for services ranging from
educational course content in their schools to local news, weather, and
agricultural reports, any disruption of public television broadcasting
would be detrimental.
Initiating a digital broadcast requires the installation of a new
antenna, transmitter or translator, and new digital program management
facilities consisting of processing and storage systems. Public
television stations use a combination of transmitters and translators
to serve the rural public. If the public television station is to
perform program origination functions, as most do, digital cameras,
editing and mastering systems are required. A new studio-to-tower site
communications link may be required to transport the digital broadcast
signal to each transmitter and translator. The capability to broadcast
some programming in a high definition television format is inherent in
the digital television standard, and this can require additional
facilities at the studio. These are the new components of the digital
transition.
In designing the national competition for the distribution of these
grant funds, priority is given to public television stations serving
the areas that would be most unable to fund the digital transition
without a grant. The largest sources of funding for public television
stations are public membership and business contributions. In rural
areas, lower population density reduces the field of membership, and
rural areas have fewer businesses per capita than urban and suburban
areas. Therefore, rurality is a primary predictor of the need for grant
funding for a public television station's digital transition. In
addition, some rural areas have per capita income levels that are lower
than the national average, and public television stations covering
these areas in particular are likely to have difficulty funding the
digital transition. As a result, the consideration of the per capita
income of a public television station's coverage area is a secondary
predictor of the need for grant funding. Finally, some public
television stations may face special difficulty accomplishing the
transition, and a third scoring factor for station hardship will
account for conditions that make these public television stations less
likely to accomplish the digital transition without a grant.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimate of annual responses: Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to be 30 hours annual responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 744 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 720-7853.
FAX: (202) 720-4120.
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: May 10, 2016.
Brandon McBride,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-11832 Filed 5-18-16; 8:45 am]
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