[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66254-66255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23220]
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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: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Housing Service (RHS) invites
comments on this information collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be requested. The intention
is to request a revision for a currently approved information
collection in support of the program for 7 CFR part 1927-B, Real Estate
Title Clearance and Loan Closing.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 28, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Birmingham, Loan Specialist,
USDA Rural Housing Service, Single Family Housing, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 0783, Washington, DC 20250-0783, Telephone: (202) 720-
1489. Fax: 1 (844) 496-7795. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) required 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 RHS
is submitting to OMB for approval. 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:
Title: Real Estate Title Clearance and Loan Closing.
OMB Number: 0575-0147.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: 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, and sanitary living conditions and adequate farm
buildings and other structures in rural areas. Title clearance is
required to assure the Agency(s) that the loan is legally secured and
has the required lien priority.
RHS will be collecting information to assure that those
participating in this program remain eligible to proceed with loan
closing and to ensure that loans are made with Federal funds are
legally secured. The respondents are individuals or households,
businesses and non-profit institutions. The information required is
used by the USDA personnel to verify that the required lien position
has been obtained. The information is collected at the field office
responsible for processing a loan application through loan closing. The
information is also used to ensure the program is administered in
manner consistent with legislative and administrative requirements. If
not collected, the Agency would be unable to determine if the loan is
adequately and legally secure. RHS continually strives to ensure that
information collection burden is kept to a minimum.
Estimate of Burden: Public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.25 hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals or Households, Businesses, Closing agents/
Attorneys and the field office staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimate Number of Responses: 40,450.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,925 hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
RHS, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b)
the accuracy of the RHS' 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
forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulation and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP 0742,
Washington, DC 20250-0742. All responses to this
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notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval.
All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 19, 2016.
Tony Hernandez,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-23220 Filed 9-26-16; 8:45 am]
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