[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 20662]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-07754]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

[Docket No. RHS-20-NONE-00010]


Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; comment requested.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the above-named Agency to request 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a revision of a 
currently approved information collection in support of the servicing 
of Loan Programs.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 15, 2020 to be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Rural Development 
Innovation Center--Regulations Management Division, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, Room 4227, South Building, Washington, DC 
20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-2825. Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
regulation (5 CFR 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 the Agency 
is submitting to OMB for extension.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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 
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 by the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
http://www.regulations.gov and, in the Search box, type the docket no. 
RHS-20-NONE-0010 to submit or view public comments and to view 
supporting and related materials available electronically. Information 
on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing 
documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close 
of the comment period, is available through the site's ``User Tips'' 
link.
    Title: Form RD 3550-28, Authorization Agreement for Preauthorized 
Payments, Form RD 1951-65, Customer Initiated Payments (CIP), and Form 
RD 1951-66, FedWire Worksheet.
    OMB Number: 0575-0184.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2021
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Rural Development uses electronic methods (Customer 
Initiated Payments [CIP], FedWire, and Preauthorized Debits [PAD]) for 
receiving and processing loan payments and collections. These 
electronic collection methods provide a means for Rural Development 
borrowers to transmit loan payments from their financial institution 
(FI) accounts to Rural Development's Treasury Account and receive 
credit for their payments.
    To administer these electronic loan collection methods, Rural 
Development collects the borrower's FI routing information (routing 
information includes the FI routing number and the borrower's account 
number). Rural Development uses Agency approved forms for collecting 
bank routing information for CIP, FedWire, and PAD.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .25 hours per response. Each Rural 
Development borrower who elects to participate in electronic loan 
payments will only prepare one response for the life of their loan 
unless they change financial institutions or accounts.
    This revision reflects a 969 increase in responses and a 1,643 
decrease in burden hours. This is due to an increase in respondents for 
the housing program and a decrease in completion of Forms 3550-28/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,598.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 9,598.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,399.50 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Arlette 
Mussington, Innovation Center--Regulations Management Division, at 
(202) 720-2825. Email: [email protected].
    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.

Bruce W. Lammers,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-07754 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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