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more qualified persons for membership
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that the nominee is willing to serve as
a member of the Council.
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documents/ad-755.pdf).
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Dated: August 7, 2024.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 September 12,
2024 will be considered. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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 part 1924–A, Planning
and Performing Construction and Other
Development.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0042.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Housing Service (RHS) is the credit
Agency for rural housing and
community development within Rural
Development of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The Agency
offers a supervised credit program to
build modest housing and essential
community facilities in rural areas. This
regulation prescribes the policies and
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responsibilities, including the
information and collection necessary to
demonstrate compliance with
applicable acts for planning and
performing development work for these
facilities. Section 501 of Title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to extend financial assistance to
construct, improve, alter, repair,
replace, or rehabilitate dwellings, farm
buildings and/or related facilities to
provide decent, safe, sanitary living
conditions and adequate farm buildings
and other structures in rural areas.
Section 506 of the Act requires that all
new buildings and repairs shall be
constructed in accordance with plans
and specifications as required by the
Secretary and that such construction be
supervised and inspected. Section 509
of the Act grants the Secretary the
power to determine and prescribe the
standards of adequate farm housing and
other buildings. The Housing and Urban
Rural Recovery Act of 1983 amended
section 509(a) and section 515 to require
residential buildings and related
facilities comply with the standards
prescribed by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the standards prescribed by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, or the standards
prescribed in any of the nationally
recognized model building codes.
Similar authorizations are contained in
sections 303, 304, 306, and 339 of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended, which
authorized loans and grants for essential
community services. In several sections
of both acts, loan limitations are
established as percentages of
development costs, requiring careful
monitoring of those costs. Also, the
Secretary is authorized to prescribe
regulations to ensure that Federal funds
are not wasted or dissipated, and that
construction will be undertaken
economically and will not be of
elaborate or extravagant design or
materials.
Need and Use of the Information:
RHS provides several forms to assist in
the collection and submission of
information. The information is used by
Rural Development to determine
whether a loan/grant can be approved,
to ensure that Rural Development has
adequate security for the loans financed,
to provide for sound construction and
development work, and to determine
that the requirements of the applicable
acts have been met. The information is
also used to monitor compliance with
the terms and conditions of the loan/
grant and to monitor the prudent use of
Federal funds.
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Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 12,425.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Report: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 51,572.
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Rural Housing Service
Title: Multi-Family Housing
Preservation and Revitalization
Restructuring Demonstration Program
(MPR).
OMB Control Number: 0575–0190.
Summary of Collection: The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
Public Law No: 114–113, signed
December 18, 2015, authorized USDA to
conduct a demonstration program for
the preservation and revitalization of
the sections 514, 515, and 516 multifamily rental housing properties to
restructure existing USDA/Multi-Family
Housing (MFH) loans expressly to
ensure the project has sufficient
resources to provide safe and affordable
housing for low-income residents and
farm laborers under the programs
authorized by the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485 and
1486). The authorities to be
demonstrated through this program will
allow the Agency to test the efficacy of
many of the preservation and
revitalization tools identified in a fiscal
year 2004 study report titled, ‘‘Rural
Rental Housing—Comprehensive
Property Assessment and Portfolio
Analysis.’’ This report has subsequently
been followed up in a report which
again reviewed the section 515 Rural
Rental Housing (RRH) loan portfolio and
examined the degree of impact the
repairs had made on the overall
portfolio. It concluded that although the
portfolio has been well managed, it has
continued to mature and needs attention
now to assure that it can continue to
deliver decent, safe and sanitary
affordable rental housing into the future.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agency will be collecting information
from the proposer to evaluate the
strengths and weaknesses to which the
proposal concept possesses or lacks the
attributes set forth in the proposed
content and evaluation criteria. RHS
will use the collected information to
select the most feasible proposals that
will enhance the Agency’s chances in
accomplishing the demonstration
objective. The information will be
utilized to sustain and modify RHS’
current policies pertaining to
revitalization and preservation of
affordable rental housing in rural areas.
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Description of Respondents: Private
sector; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 11,180.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 September 12,
2024 will be considered. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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.
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: 7 CFR 4280–A, Rural Economic
Development Loan and Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0035.
Summary of Collection: The
information collected is necessary to
implement section 313(b) (2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 940(c)) that established a loan
and grant program. Rural Business
Service (RBS) mission is to improve the
quality of life in rural America by
financing community facilities and
businesses, providing technical
assistance and creating effective
strategies for rural development. Under
this program, zero interest loans and
grants are provided to electric and
telecommunications utilities that have
borrowed funds from RUS. The purpose
of the program is to encourage these
electric and telecommunications
utilities to promote rural economic
development and job creation projects
such as business start-up costs, business
expansion, community development,
and business incubator projects.
Need and Use of the Information: The
various forms and narrative
requirements are no more than what a
prudent commercial lender would
require in the private sector if they
processed an application without
governmental assistance. The
information requested is necessary and
vital in order for RBS to be able to make
prudent and financial analysis
decisions. RBS has reviewed the
program needs versus the burden placed
on the public and is of the opinion that
the program is necessary and will be
beneficial to all parties involved. RBS,
through its respective Program
Management Division in Washington,
DC, and its staff located in 47 State
Offices throughout the United States,
will be the primary user of the
information collected. It is projected
that 120 applicants per year will apply
and be approved for a Rural Economic
Development loan or grant. The
information collected will be used to
evaluate applications for funding
consideration, conduct an
environmental review, prepare legal
documents, receive loan payments,
oversee the operation of a revolving loan
fund, monitor the use of RBS funds, and
enforce other Government requirements
such as compliance with civil rights
regulations.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit Institutions; Business or other forprofit;
Number of Respondents: 120.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On Occasion, Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 4,742.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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
September 12, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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 part 1924-A, Planning and Performing Construction and
Other Development.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0042.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the
credit Agency for rural housing and community development within Rural
Development of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Agency
offers a supervised credit program to build modest housing and
essential community facilities in rural areas. This regulation
prescribes the policies and responsibilities, including the information
and collection necessary to demonstrate compliance with applicable acts
for planning and performing development work for these facilities.
Section 501 of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to extend financial assistance
to construct, improve, alter, repair, replace, or rehabilitate
dwellings, farm buildings and/or related facilities to provide decent,
safe, sanitary living conditions and adequate farm buildings and other
structures in rural areas. Section 506 of the Act requires that all new
buildings and repairs shall be constructed in accordance with plans and
specifications as required by the Secretary and that such construction
be supervised and inspected. Section 509 of the Act grants the
Secretary the power to determine and prescribe the standards of
adequate farm housing and other buildings. The Housing and Urban Rural
Recovery Act of 1983 amended section 509(a) and section 515 to require
residential buildings and related facilities comply with the standards
prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, the standards prescribed by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or the standards
prescribed in any of the nationally recognized model building codes.
Similar authorizations are contained in sections 303, 304, 306, and 339
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended, which
authorized loans and grants for essential community services. In
several sections of both acts, loan limitations are established as
percentages of development costs, requiring careful monitoring of those
costs. Also, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe regulations to
ensure that Federal funds are not wasted or dissipated, and that
construction will be undertaken economically and will not be of
elaborate or extravagant design or materials.
Need and Use of the Information: RHS provides several forms to
assist in the collection and submission of information. The information
is used by Rural Development to determine whether a loan/grant can be
approved, to ensure that Rural Development has adequate security for
the loans financed, to provide for sound construction and development
work, and to determine that the requirements of the applicable acts
have been met. The information is also used to monitor compliance with
the terms and conditions of the loan/grant and to monitor the prudent
use of Federal funds.
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Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 12,425.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Report: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 51,572.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization
Restructuring Demonstration Program (MPR).
OMB Control Number: 0575-0190.
Summary of Collection: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
Public Law No: 114-113, signed December 18, 2015, authorized USDA to
conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization
of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing
properties to restructure existing USDA/Multi-Family Housing (MFH)
loans expressly to ensure the project has sufficient resources to
provide safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm
laborers under the programs authorized by the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485 and 1486). The authorities to be
demonstrated through this program will allow the Agency to test the
efficacy of many of the preservation and revitalization tools
identified in a fiscal year 2004 study report titled, ``Rural Rental
Housing--Comprehensive Property Assessment and Portfolio Analysis.''
This report has subsequently been followed up in a report which again
reviewed the section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) loan portfolio and
examined the degree of impact the repairs had made on the overall
portfolio. It concluded that although the portfolio has been well
managed, it has continued to mature and needs attention now to assure
that it can continue to deliver decent, safe and sanitary affordable
rental housing into the future.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agency will be collecting
information from the proposer to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses
to which the proposal concept possesses or lacks the attributes set
forth in the proposed content and evaluation criteria. RHS will use the
collected information to select the most feasible proposals that will
enhance the Agency's chances in accomplishing the demonstration
objective. The information will be utilized to sustain and modify RHS'
current policies pertaining to revitalization and preservation of
affordable rental housing in rural areas.
Description of Respondents: Private sector; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 11,180.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-18016 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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