[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72138-72139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30744]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 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 (RBS's) intention to 
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in 
support of the program for the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural 
Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 3, 2003 to 
be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edgar L. Lewis, Program Manager, 
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA, Stop 3252, Room 4221, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3252. Telephone: (202) 
690-3407, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural Entrepreneurial Program 
Outreach Initiative.
    OMB Number: 0570-0041.
    Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2003.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of the 1890 Land Grant Institutions Rural 
Entrepreneurial Program Outreach Initiative is to develop programs that 
will develop future entrepreneurs and businesses in rural America in 
those communities that have the most economic need. These programs must 
provide sustainable development that is in keeping with the needs of 
the community and are designed to help overcome current identified 
economic problems. Proposals in both traditional and nontraditional 
business enterprises are encouraged. The initiative seeks to create a 
working partnership through cooperative agreements between 1890 
Institutions and RBS, to develop programs to assist future 
entrepreneurs and businesses.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 15 minutes to 15 hours per response.
    Respondents: Only 1890 Land Grant Institutions of Higher Education 
and Tuskegee University.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 17.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 297.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 762 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl 
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch (202) 692-0043.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
RBS, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) 
the accuracy of RBS's estimate of the burden to collect the required 
information, including the validity of the strategy 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 on the paperwork burden may be sent to Cheryl Thompson, 
Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Rural Development, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Stop 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-0742. All responses to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: November 27, 2002.
John Rosso,
Administrator, , Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 02-30744 Filed 12-3-02; 8:45 am]
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