[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30432]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Farm Service Agency
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service and Farm Service Agency.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13), this notice announces the Rural Housing Service (RHS) and
Farm Service Agency's (FSA) intention to request an extension on an
information collection currently approved for the agencies' application
receiving and processing procedures. The regulations governing these
activities are published under the authority of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (CONACT), as amended.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January
28, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven R. Bazzell, Senior Loan
Officer, Farm Credit Programs Loan Making Division, Farm Service
Agency, USDA/FSA/FPLMD/Stop 0522, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 20013-
2415. Telephone (202) 690-4022, e-mail sbazzell@wdc.fsa.usda.gov or
facsimile (202) 690-1117.
Title: 7 CFR 1910-A, Receiving and Processing Applications.
OMB Number: 0575-0134.
Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 1997.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Number 0575-0134, as identified above, is needed to enable
FSA to process direct farm loan requests from the public. The FSA
provides low cost loans to family size farmers who are temporarily
unable to secure credit from commercial sources that fall into three
major loan program purposes: Real estate, annual production, and
disaster recovery. This regulation outlines the application policies,
procedures, along with information required to establish an applicant's
eligibility to obtain FSA direct farm loans. The type of information
collected from applicants primarily consists of business organization,
production and financial data.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .87 hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals or households, farms, businesses or other
for profit small businesses or organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.85
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 80,568
Copies of the information collection can be obtained from Barbara
Williams, Regulations and Paperwork Management Division, at (202) 720-
9734.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 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; (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. Comments may be sent to Barbara
Williams, Regulations and Paperwork Management Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop 0743, Washington, DC
20250-0743. 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.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Grant Buntrock,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
Dated: November 22, 1996.
Eileen Fitzgerald,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30432 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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