[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30432]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service

Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service and Farm Service Agency.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13), this notice announces the Rural Housing Service (RHS) and 
Farm Service Agency's (FSA) intention to request an extension on an 
information collection currently approved for the agencies' application 
receiving and processing procedures. The regulations governing these 
activities are published under the authority of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (CONACT), as amended.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January 
28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven R. Bazzell, Senior Loan 
Officer, Farm Credit Programs Loan Making Division, Farm Service 
Agency, USDA/FSA/FPLMD/Stop 0522, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 20013-
2415. Telephone (202) 690-4022, e-mail [email protected] or 
facsimile (202) 690-1117.

    Title: 7 CFR 1910-A, Receiving and Processing Applications.
    OMB Number: 0575-0134.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 1997.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Number 0575-0134, as identified above, is needed to enable 
FSA to process direct farm loan requests from the public. The FSA 
provides low cost loans to family size farmers who are temporarily 
unable to secure credit from commercial sources that fall into three 
major loan program purposes: Real estate, annual production, and 
disaster recovery. This regulation outlines the application policies, 
procedures, along with information required to establish an applicant's 
eligibility to obtain FSA direct farm loans. The type of information 
collected from applicants primarily consists of business organization, 
production and financial data.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .87 hours per response.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, farms, businesses or other 
for profit small businesses or organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.85
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 80,568

    Copies of the information collection can be obtained from Barbara 
Williams, Regulations and Paperwork Management Division, at (202) 720-
9734.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions; (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. Comments may be sent to Barbara 
Williams, Regulations and Paperwork Management Division, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop 0743, Washington, DC 
20250-0743. 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 22, 1996.
Grant Buntrock,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
    Dated: November 22, 1996.
Eileen Fitzgerald,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30432 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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