2578 Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices

Protection Agency and to various

federal, state, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental evaluation are on file

and may be reviewed by contacting

David Heilig.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under No.

10.904—Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention—and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

entrgovernmental consultation with state and

local officials.)

Dated: January 3, 2000.

Shirley Gammon,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 00–1020 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

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.

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

regulation for Account Servicing

Policies.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by March 20, 2000, to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Stouder, Senior Loan Officer,

Multi-Family Housing Portfolio

Management Division, Rural Housing

Service, USDA, STOP 0782, 1400

Independence Ave. SW, Washington,

DC 20250–0782; Telephone (202) 720–

9728.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Account Servicing Policies.

OMB Number: 0575–0075.

Expiration Date of Approval: February

29, 2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The Rural Housing Service

provides supervised credit in the form

of Single Family Housing, Multi-Family

Housing, and Community Facility loans

and grants. 7 CFR part 1951, subpart A

sets forth the policies and procedures,

including the collection and use of

information, regarding the application

of payments on loans made under the

programs administered by the agencies

and the return of paid-in-full and

satisfied promissory notes.

The programs are administered under

the provisions of the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act (CONACT),

as amended. Section 339(a) of the

CONACT authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture to make the rules and

regulations necessary to carry out the

programs authorized within the Act.

Information collection is submitted by

Agency borrowers to the local Agency

office servicing the county in which

their operation is located and is used by

agency servicing officials.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .25 hours per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households and businesses and other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

110.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 28 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, 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

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 to Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, 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

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: January 10, 2000.

Eileen M. Fitzgerald,

Acting Administrator Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 00–1048 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau

Census 2000 Evaluation of NonEnglish Speaking Respondents

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(C)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before March 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written

comments to Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5027,

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the

Internet at LEngelme@doc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Erin Whitworth, U.S.

Census Bureau, SFC–2, Rm. 2228,

Washington, DC, 20233–0001, 301–457–

8024,

Erin.M.Whitworth@ccmail.census.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract

The Census Bureau must provide

everyone living or staying in the United

States on Census Day the opportunity to

be counted in Census 2000. Many

programs for non-English speaking

respondents have been developed to

assist in questionnaire response. These

programs include questionnaires and Be

Counted forms in Spanish, Korean,

Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese;

Questionnaire Assistance Centers

(QACs), which provide Language

Assistance Guides (LAGs) in 49

additional languages; bilingual

enumerators during follow-up

operations, and Telephone

Questionnaire Assistance (TQA) in