Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 51802-51803 [2017-24244]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Notices
Dated: October 23, 2017.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–24348 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Availability of Draft Scientific
Assessment for Public Comment
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of draft
scientific assessment for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of
Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is
publishing this notice on behalf of the
Carbon Cycle Interagency Working
Group (CCIWG)/U.S. Carbon Cycle
Science Program and the United States
Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP) to announce the availability
of a draft assessment, the 2nd State of
the Carbon Cycle Science Report
(SOCCR–2), for a 60-day public review.
Collected comments will be carefully
reviewed by the relevant chapter author
teams. Following revision and further
review, a revised draft will undergo
final Federal interagency clearance.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by 11:59 p.m. on
January 8, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Once released, the draft
USGCRP 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle
Report can be accessed via the USGCRP
Open Notices page (https://
www.globalchange.gov/notices) or
directly at the USGCRP Review and
Comment System (https://
review.globalchange.gov/). Registration
details can be found on the review site
home page, and review instructions can
be found on a dedicated special report
page where comments from the public
will be accepted electronically.
Comments may be submitted only via
this online mechanism.
All comments received through this
process will be considered by the
relevant chapter authors without
knowledge of the commenters’
identities. When the final assessment is
issued, the comments and the
commenters’ names, along with the
authors’ responses, will become part of
the public record and made available on
https://www.globalchange.gov.
Information submitted by a commenter
as part of the registration process (such
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basis. USDA therefore requests that no
business proprietary information or
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any information contained in the
response.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.
Carbon Cycle Science Program/CCIWG/
USGCRP Contact: Dr. Gyami Shrestha;
email: gshrestha@usgcrp.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Context:
The U.S. Global Change Research
Program (USGCRP) is mandated under
the Global Change Research Act (GCRA)
of 1990 to conduct a quadrennial
National Climate Assessment (NCA).
Under its current decadal strategic plan
(https://go.usa.gov/3qGU4), USGCRP is
building sustained assessment capacity.
The sustained assessment supports the
Nation’s ability to understand,
anticipate, and respond to risks and
potential impacts brought about by
global environmental change. As part of
the ongoing NCA process, the 2nd State
of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR–2)
is being developed to inform the
assessment. The last (3rd) NCA (2014)
(NCA3: https://
nca2014.globalchange.gov) and the
process to develop it provided a
foundation for subsequent activities and
reports. The SOCCR–2 assessment
provides an update to the carbon cycle
science information presented in the
2014 NCA and the 2007 State of the
Carbon Cycle Report, a Scientific
Assessment Product (SAP 2.2) that
directly informed the 2nd NCA. The
SOCCR–2 assessment provides updated
carbon cycle science findings and
projections, and is an important input to
the authors of the next quadrennial
NCA, expected in 2018.
The 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle
Report (SOCCR–2) is a product of the
U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP), and is organized and led by
an interagency team, the Carbon Cycle
Interagency Working Group. The draft
assessment was written by Federal and
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Open Call for nominations
(www.federalregister.gov/documents/
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matter expertise, relevant publications,
and knowledge of specific topics
designated in an outline included in the
SOCCR–2 prospectus that can be found
through a link on the SOCCR–2 (https://
www.carboncyclescience.us/statecarbon-cycle-report-soccr. This
assessment responds to the 1990
Congressional mandate to periodically
produce National Climate Assessments
and to assist the nation in
understanding, assessing, predicting,
and responding to global change. The
report adheres to the Information
Quality Act requirements (https://
www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/
info_quality.html) for quality,
transparency, and accessibility as
appropriate for a Highly Influential
Scientific Assessment (HISA).
Done at Washington, DC, on November 3,
2017.
Sonny Ramaswamy,
Director, National Institute of Food and
Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service (RHS)
and Rural Business-Cooperative Service
(RBS), USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
above-named Agencies to request an
extension for the currently approved
information collection in support of the
servicing of Community and Direct
Business Programs Loans and Grants.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 8, 2018 to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
inquiries on the Information Collection
Package, contact Anita Outen,
Community Programs, RHS, USDA,
1400 Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop
0787, Washington, DC 20250–0787,
Telephone (202) 690–5273.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR 1951–E, Servicing of
Community and Direct Business
Programs Loans and Grants.
OMB Number: 0575–0066.
SUMMARY:
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Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Community Facilities
program is authorized to make loans
and grants to public entities, nonprofit
corporations, and Indian tribes for the
development of essential community
facilities primarily serving rural
residents. The Direct Business and
Industry program, under Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, is
authorized to make loans to improve,
develop, or finance business, industry,
and employment, and improve the
economic and environmental climate in
rural communities.
The purpose of this collection is to
establish security servicing policies,
assist recipients in meeting the
objectives of the loans and grants, repay
loans on schedule, comply with
agreements, and protect the
Government’s financial interest. Routine
servicing responsibilities include
collection of payments, compliance
reviews, security inspections, review of
financial reports, determining
applicant/borrower eligibility and
project feasibility for various servicing
actions, monitoring delinquent
accounts, and supervision activities.
Supervision by the Agencies include,
but is not limited to: Review of budgets,
management reports, audits and
financial statements; performing
security inspections; providing,
arranging, or recommending technical
assistance; evaluating environmental
impacts of proposed actions by the
borrower; performing civil rights
compliance reviews; and assisting in the
development of workout agreements.
Information will be collected by the
field offices from applicants, borrowers,
consultants, lenders, and attorneys.
Failure to collect information could
result in improper servicing of these
loans.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1 hour per
response.
Respondents: State, local or tribal
Governments, Not-for-profit institutions,
businesses, and individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
112.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,446.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,327.
Copies of the information collection
can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
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Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, 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 the Agencies,
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
Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and
Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20024. 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.
Bryan Hooper,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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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:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Housing
Service’s (RHS or Agency) intention to
request an extension for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the programs under Direct
Single Family Housing Loans and
Grants.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by January 8, 2018 to be
assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brooke Baumann, Branch Chief, Single
Family Housing Direct Loan Division,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Stop
0783, Washington, DC 20250–0783,
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Telephone: (202) 690–4250, Email:
brooke.baumann@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Direct Single Family Housing
Loans and Grants.
OMB Number: 0575–0172.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Through its direct single
family housing loan and grant programs
(specifically the Sections 502 and 504
programs), RHS provides eligible
applicants with financial assistance to
own adequate but modest homes in
rural areas. The financing and servicing
is provided directly by RHS. The
Section 502 direct loan program
provides 100 percent loan financing to
assist low- and very low-income
applicants purchase modest homes in
eligible rural areas by providing
payment assistance to increase an
applicant’s repayment ability. The
Section 504 loan program provides one
percent interest rate loans to very lowincome homeowners in eligible rural
areas to repair, improve, or modernize
their home or to remove health and
safety hazards. The Section 504 grant
program provides grants to elderly very
low-income homeowners in eligible
rural areas to remove health and safety
hazards, or accessibility barriers from
their home, often in conjunction with a
Section 504 loan.
Applicants must provide the Agency
with a uniform residential loan
application and supporting
documentation (e.g. verification of
income, assets, liabilities, etc.) when
applying for assistance. The information
requested regarding the applicant and
the property is vital in order for the
Agency to make sound eligibility and
underwriting decisions that comply
with the laws and regulations that
govern the programs. The information
requested is comparable to that required
by any public or private mortgage
lender.
When servicing loans, RHS offers
servicing options that are standard to
the industry. In addition, RHS offers
unique servicing options (e.g. payment
subsidies and payment moratoriums)
and is required to take unique servicing
actions (e.g., review borrowers for their
ability to refinance with private credit).
Borrowers must provide the Agency
with pertinent information when a
servicing option/action is requested/
required in order for the Agency to
make sound servicing decisions that
comply with the laws and regulations
that govern the programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS) and Rural Business-Cooperative
Service (RBS), USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the above-named Agencies to request
an extension for the currently approved information collection in
support of the servicing of Community and Direct Business Programs
Loans and Grants.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 8, 2018 to
be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For inquiries on the Information
Collection Package, contact Anita Outen, Community Programs, RHS, USDA,
1400 Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop 0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787,
Telephone (202) 690-5273.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR 1951-E, Servicing of Community and Direct Business
Programs Loans and Grants.
OMB Number: 0575-0066.
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Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Community Facilities program is authorized to make
loans and grants to public entities, nonprofit corporations, and Indian
tribes for the development of essential community facilities primarily
serving rural residents. The Direct Business and Industry program,
under Rural Business-Cooperative Service, is authorized to make loans
to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment, and
improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities.
The purpose of this collection is to establish security servicing
policies, assist recipients in meeting the objectives of the loans and
grants, repay loans on schedule, comply with agreements, and protect
the Government's financial interest. Routine servicing responsibilities
include collection of payments, compliance reviews, security
inspections, review of financial reports, determining applicant/
borrower eligibility and project feasibility for various servicing
actions, monitoring delinquent accounts, and supervision activities.
Supervision by the Agencies include, but is not limited to: Review
of budgets, management reports, audits and financial statements;
performing security inspections; providing, arranging, or recommending
technical assistance; evaluating environmental impacts of proposed
actions by the borrower; performing civil rights compliance reviews;
and assisting in the development of workout agreements.
Information will be collected by the field offices from applicants,
borrowers, consultants, lenders, and attorneys.
Failure to collect information could result in improper servicing
of these loans.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
Respondents: State, local or tribal Governments, Not-for-profit
institutions, businesses, and individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 112.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,446.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,327.
Copies of the information collection can be obtained from Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, 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
the Agencies, 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 Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20024. 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.
Bryan Hooper,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-24244 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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