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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Notices
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.
[FR Doc. 2017–24244 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
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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Estimate of Burden: Public burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average .5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Approximately 28,000
applicants seeking direct single family
housing loans and grants from the
Agency and approximately 276,800
existing borrowers who have active
loans and grants under the Section 502
and 504 programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
673,560.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Number of
Responses: 673,560.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents (hours): 327,622.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch at (202) 692–0226.
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, 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, Rural Development, STOP
0742, 1400 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0742. 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: October 25, 2017.
Bryan Hooper,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–24245 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am]
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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the Texas
Advisory Committee
AGENCY:
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
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ACTION:
Announcement of meeting.
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) that a meeting of the Texas
Advisory Committee (Committee) to the
Commission will be held at 2:00 p.m.
(Central Time) Friday, November 17,
2017. The purpose of the meeting is for
the Committee to vote on final proposal
on voting rights in Texas.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, November 17, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.
CT.
ADDRESSES: Public call information:
Dial: 866–290–0883.
Conference ID: 4658844.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana
Victoria Fortes (DFO) at afortes@
usccr.gov or (213) 894–3437.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the following toll-free call-in
number: 866–290–0883, conference ID
number: 4658844. Any interested
member of the public may call this
number and listen to the meeting.
Callers can expect to incur charges for
calls they initiate over wireless lines,
and the Commission will not refund any
incurred charges. Callers will incur no
charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free
telephone number. Persons with hearing
impairments may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and
providing the Service with the
conference call number and conference
ID number.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments during the open period
at the end of the meeting. Members of
the public may also submit written
comments; the comments must be
received in the Regional Programs Unit
within 30 days following the meeting.
Written comments may be mailed to the
Western Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North
Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los
Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed
to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or
emailed Ana Victoria Fortes at afortes@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894–
3437.
Records and documents discussed
during the meeting will be available for
public viewing prior to and after the
meeting at https://facadatabase.gov/
committee/meetings.aspx?cid=276.
Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’
and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Records
SUMMARY:
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generated from this meeting may also be
inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Unit, as they become
available, both before and after the
meeting. Persons interested in the work
of this Committee are directed to the
Commission’s Web site, https://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at the above
email or street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Discuss Voting Rights Proposal
III. Public Comment
IV. Next Steps
V. Adjournment
Dated: November 2, 2017.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2017–24236 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6335–01–P
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Wisconsin Advisory Committee for a
Meeting To Discuss Civil Rights
Concerns in the State
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act that
the Wisconsin Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a meeting on
Thursday, November 30, 2017, at 3:00
p.m. CST for the purpose of discussing
civil rights concerns in the state.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday November 30, 2017, at 3:00
p.m. CST.
ADDRESSES: Public call information:
Dial: 888–427–9419, Conference ID:
6390062.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Wojnaroski, DFO, at
mwojnaroski@usccr.gov or 312–353–
8311.
Members
of the public can listen to the
discussion. This meeting is available to
the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–427–9419,
conference ID: 6390062. Any interested
member of the public may call this
number and listen to the meeting. An
open comment period will be provided
to allow members of the public to make
a statement as time allows. The
conference call operator will ask callers
to identify themselves, the organization
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-24245]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: 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 (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.
DATES: 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, 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 low-
income 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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Estimate of Burden: Public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: Approximately 28,000 applicants seeking direct single
family housing loans and grants from the Agency and approximately
276,800 existing borrowers who have active loans and grants under the
Section 502 and 504 programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 673,560.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Number of Responses: 673,560.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents (hours): 327,622.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch at (202) 692-0226.
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, 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, Rural
Development, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC
20250-0742. 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: October 25, 2017.
Bryan Hooper,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-24245 Filed 11-7-17; 8:45 am]
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