[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40182-40183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19552]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 26, 1996.
    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 
regarding these information collections are best assured of having 
their full effect if received within 30 days of this notification. 
Comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Department Clearance Officer, 
USDA, PACC-IRM, Ag Box 7630, Washington, D.C. 20250-7630. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-6204 or (202) 720-
6746.

 Rural Business--Cooperative Service

    Title: 7 CFR 4279 Subpart B, Business and Industry Loan Program.
    Summary: This information collection contains applications and 
related information for business and industry loans, guaranteed or 
insured by the Rural Business--Cooperative Service and applies to 
lenders, holders, borrowers, and other parties involved in making, 
guaranteeing, insuring, holding, servicing or liquidating such loans.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed to make 
prudent credit decisions and to effectively monitor the lender's 
servicing activities and thus minimize losses under the program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 47,195.

 Rural Business--Cooperative Service

    Title: 7 CFR 4287-B, Business and Industry Loan Program 
(Servicing).
    Summary: This information collection contains applications and 
related information for business and industry loans, guaranteed or 
insured by the Rural Business--Cooperative Service and applies to 
lenders, holders, borrowers, and other parties involved in making, 
guaranteeing, insuring, holding, servicing or liquidating such loans.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed to make 
prudent credit decisions and to effectively monitor the lender's 
servicing activities and thus minimize losses under the program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,240.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Quarterly; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 22,569.

 Rural Business--Cooperative Service

    Title: 7 CFR 4279 Subpart A, Business and Industry Guaranteed 
Loanmaking (General).
    Summary: This information collection contains applications and 
related information for business and industry loans, guaranteed or 
insured by the Rural Business--Cooperative Service and applies to 
lenders, holders, borrowers, and other parties involved in making, 
guaranteeing, insuring, holding, servicing or liquidating such loans.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed to make 
prudent credit decisions and to effectively monitor the lender's 
servicing activities and thus minimize losses under the program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 170.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 258.

 Rural Housing

    Title: 7 CFR 1944-N, Housing Preservation Grant Program.
    Summary: Information is complied initially by the applicant for 
consideration by the Rural Housing Service to determine eligibility for 
a grant to justify its selection of the applicant for funding. 
Additional information justifies and supports expenditures of grant 
funds.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Rural Housing Service uses the 
information to determine eligibility for a grant and to determine if 
the grantee is complying with the grant agreement.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; 
Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,050.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours: 10,904.

 Food and Consumer Service

    Title: Energy Assistance.
    Summary: State agencies must submit certain documentation to FCS in 
order to obtain approval for an income and resource exclusion of state 
and local energy assistance.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information is needed to 
determine if payments by State and local governments are excludable 
from household income as energy assistance under the Food Stamp Program 
enacted in 1980.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1.

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    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4.

 Food and Consumer Service

    Title: Negative Quality Control Review Schedule--Status of Sample 
Selection and Completion--Statistical Summary of Sample Disposition.
    Summary: As part of a Performance Reporting System, each state 
agency is required to provide a systematic means of determining the 
accuracy of household eligibility and measuring the extent to which 
households receive the food stamp allotment to which they are entitled.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information serves as an 
objective measure of program operations at the state level and is 
essential to the determination of a state agency's entitlement to an 
increased federal share of its administrative costs or liability for 
sanctions.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 35,132.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 107,135.
Donald E. Hulcher,
Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-19552 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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