[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 10783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05433]


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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 request.

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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 the currently approved information collection in 
support of our program for Complaints and Compensation for Construction 
Defects.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 21, 2019 to be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development 
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 
SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. 
Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members 
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on 
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS 
is submitting to OMB for extension.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions 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 
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 respondents, 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: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development 
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 
SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. 
Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].
    Title: RD Instruction 1924-F, ``Complaints and Compensation for 
Construction Defects.''
    OMB Number: 0575-0082.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Complaints and Compensation for Construction Defects 
program under Section 509C of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
amended, provides funding to eligible persons who have structural 
defects with their Agency financed homes to correct these problems. 
Structural defects are defects in the dwelling, installation of a 
manufactured home, or a related facility or a deficiency in the site or 
site development which directly and significantly reduces the useful 
life, habitability, or integrity of the dwelling or unit. The defect 
may be due to faulty material, poor workmanship, or latent causes that 
existed when the dwelling or unit was constructed. The period in which 
to place a claim for a defect is within 18 months after the date that 
financial assistance was granted. If the defect is determined to be 
structural and is covered by the builder's/dealer's-contractor's 
warranty, the contractor is expected to correct the defect. If the 
contractor cannot or will not correct the defect, the borrower may be 
compensated for having the defect corrected, under the Complaints and 
Compensation for Construction Defects program. Provisions of this 
subpart do not apply to dwellings financed with Section 502 Guaranteed 
loans.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .32 hours per response.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.25.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 125.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 40 hours.
    Copies of this information collections can be obtained from Diane 
M. Berger, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team; phone 
(715) 619-3124; or email [email protected].
    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.

Richard A. Davis,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-05433 Filed 3-21-19; 8:45 am]
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