[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26154-26155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13137]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: The Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request 
an extension for a currently approved information collection in support 
of the program for ``Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants'' (FmHA 
Instruction 1944-I).

DATE: Comments on this notice must be received by July 23, 1996 to be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Adams, Senior Loan 
Specialist, Single Family Housing Processing Division, RHS, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Ag Box 0783, Washington, D.C. 20250, 
Telephone (202) 720-1532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants.
    OMB Number: 0575-0043.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 1996.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This subpart set forth the policies and procedures and 
delegate authority for providing Technical Assistance funds to eligible 
applicants to finance programs of technical and supervisory assistance 
for self-help housing, as authorized under Section 523 of the Housing 
Act of 1949 loan program under U.S.C. 42, Section 1472. This financial 
assistance may pay part of all of the cost of developing, 
administering, or coordinating program of technical and supervisory 
assistance to aid very low- and low-income families in carrying our 
self-help housing efforts in rural areas. The primary purpose is to 
fund organizations that are willing to locate and work with families 
that otherwise do not qualify as homeowners, are below the 50 percent 
of median incomes, and living in substandard housing.
    RHS will be collecting information from non-profit organizations to 
enter into grant agreements. These non-profit organizations will give 
technical and supervisory assistance, and in doing so, they must 
develop a final application for Section 523 grant funds. This 
application contain Agency forms that contain essential information for 
making a determination of eligibility.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1.13 per response.
    Respondents: Individual or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondents: 22.9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden of respondents: 2,640.
    Copies of this information can be obtained from the Director, 
Regulations and Paperwork Management Division at (202) 720-9725.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of 
RHS, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) 
the accuracy of RHS'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 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 the Director, Regulations and 
Paperwork Management Division, U.S. Department

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of Agriculture, Rural Development, Ag Box 0743, Washington, D.C. 20250. 
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: May 11, 1996.
Maureen Kennedy,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 96-13137 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]
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