[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7453]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service


Notice of 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'' (7 CFR 
part 1944, subpart I).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 14, 2006 to 
be assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nica Mathes, Senior Loan Specialist, 
Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division, RHS, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Stop 0783, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0783, Telephone (202) 205-3656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR part 1944, subpart I, Self-Help Technical Assistance 
Grants.
    OMB Number: 0575-0043.
    Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2006.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This subpart sets 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. This financial assistance may pay part of all 
of the costs of developing, administering, or coordinating 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 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 burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1.3 hours per response.
    Respondents: Public or private nonprofit organizations, State, 
local, or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 160.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20.5.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,287.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,372 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Tracy 
Givelekian, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support 
Services Division at (202) 692-0039.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the 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 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 Tracy Givelekian, Regulations and 
Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Ave., 
SW., Washington, DC 20250. 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: December 2, 2005.
Russell T. Davis,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
 [FR Doc. E5-7453 Filed 12-15-05; 8:45 am]
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