[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33460-33461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16015]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service


Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.

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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'' (RD 
Instruction 1944-I).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 23, 1999 to 
be assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucia A. McKinney, Senior Loan 
Specialist, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division, Rural Housing 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ag Box 0783, Washington, DC 
20250, Telephone (202) 720-1457.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants.
    OMB Number: 0575-0043.
    Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 1999.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This subpart set forth the policies and procedures and 
delegates 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 42 U.S.C. 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 out 
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 includes 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 .91 hours per response.
    Respondents: Individual or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 34.35.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,121 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jean 
Mosley, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch at (202) 692-0041.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of Rural Housing Service, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural 
Housing Service'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 Jean Mosley, Regulations and 
Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Ag Box 0742, 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.


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    Dated: June 7, 1999.
Eileen M. Fitzgerald,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 99-16015 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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