47624 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 1997 / Notices

September 26, 1997, any remaining

section 538 funds will be transferred for

use under the section 515 program.

Qualified lenders may call the office of

the Multi-Family Housing Processing

Division of the Rural Housing Service,

at 202–720–1604 for a copy of the

application package. This is not a tollfree number. Hearing- or speechimpaired persons may access that

number by calling toll-free the Federal

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23905 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites

comments on this information

collection for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F.

Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Support and Regulatory Analysis, Rural

Utilities Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave.,

SW., STOP 1522, Washington, DC

20250–1522. Telephone (202) 720–0736.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: RUS Form 793, Request for

Release of Lien and/or Approval of Sale.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0041.

Type of request: Reinstatement of an

information collection.

Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service

(RUS) makes mortgage loans and loan

guarantees to electric and

telecommunications systems to provide

and improve electric and

telecommunications service in rural

areas pursuant to the Rural

Electrification Act of 1936, as amended

(7 U.S.C., 901 et seq.,) (RE Act). All

current and future capital assets of RUS

borrowers are ordinarily mortgaged or

pledged to the Federal Government as

security for RUS loans. Assets include

tangible and intangible utility plant,

non-utility property, construction in

progress, and materials, supplies, and

equipment normally used in a

telecommunications system. The RE Act

and the various security instruments,

e.g., the RUS mortgage, limit the rights

of an RUS borrower to dispose of its

capital assets.

The RUS Form 793, Request for

Release of Lien and/or Approval of Sale,

allows the telecommunications program

borrower to seek agency permission to

sell some of their assets. The form

collects detailed information regarding

the proposed sale of a portion of the

borrower’s systems. RUS

telecommunications borrowers fill out

the form to request RUS approval in

order to sell capital assets.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 2.84 hours per

response.

Respondents: Small business or

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

75.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 213.

Copies of this information collection,

and related form and instructions, can

be obtained from Dawn Wolfgang,

Program Support and Regulatory

Analysis, at (202) 720–0812.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

this 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 burden of the

proposed collection of information; (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 automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

F. Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Support and Regulatory Analysis, Rural

Utilities Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400

Independence Avenue., SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX:

(202) 720–4120.

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: September 4, 1997.

Adam Golodner,

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23947 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal

Integrated Coverage Measurement

(ICM) Person Interview and Outmover

Tracing Activities

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 November 10,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Magdalena Ramos, Staff

Group Leader for ICM Operations,

Bureau of the Census, Room 3770,

Washington, DC 20233, (301)457–4295.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Bureau of the Census developed

the Integrated Coverage Measurement

(ICM) approach for measuring coverage

of housing units and populations during

the decennial census. In the Census

2000 Dress Rehearsal, we are interested

in conducting a rehearsal of our ICM

approach to measuring the coverage of

the census for housing units and people.

The Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal will

be conducted in an urban site

(Sacramento, California), a nonurban

site (Columbia, South Carolina, and

surrounding area), and one American

Indian Reservation (Menominee

Reservation, Wisconsin).

The first phase of the ICM consists of

the Independent Listing and the

Housing Unit Follow-up operations.

During the Independent Listing, the

Bureau of the Census will obtain a

complete housing inventory of all

addresses within the Census 2000 Dress

Rehearsal sites just before the dress

rehearsal commences. The ICM listing

will be matched to the census list of