[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 74103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29364]
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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 (RHS), 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 Agency to request an
extension for a currently approved information collection in support of
the Community Facilities Grant Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 10, 2014 to
be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Derek L. Jones, Loan Specialist,
Community Programs, RHS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop
0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787. Telephone: (202) 720-1504. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Community Facilities Grant Program.
OMB Number: 0575-0173.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2014.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Community Programs, a division of the Rural Housing
Service (RHS), is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's
Rural Development mission area. The Agency is authorized by Section
306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926), as amended, to make grants to public agencies, nonprofit
corporations, and Indian tribes to develop essential community
facilities and services for public use in rural areas. These facilities
include schools, libraries, child care, hospitals, clinics, assisted-
living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations, community
centers, public buildings, and transportation. Through its Community
Programs, the Department of Agriculture is striving to ensure that such
facilities are readily available to all rural communities.
Information will be collected by the field offices from applicants,
consultants, lenders, and public entities. The collection of
information is considered the minimum necessary to effectively evaluate
the overall scope of the project.
Failure to collect information could have an adverse impact on
effectively carrying out the mission, administration, processing, and
program requirements.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2.00 hours per response.
Respondents: Public bodies, nonprofit corporations and
associations, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 922.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.27.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,015
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,030 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, at (202) 692-0040.
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, 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: November 27, 2013.
Richard A. Davis,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-29364 Filed 12-9-13; 8:45 am]
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