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Notices Federal Register

61485

Vol. 62, No. 222

Tuesday, November 18, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS)

and Farm Service Agency (FSA), USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Agencies’

intention to request an extension for a

currently approved information

collection in support of the Form RD

1940–59, ‘‘Settlement Statement.’’

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by January 20, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betsy Fletcher, Loan Specialist, Single

Family Housing Processing Division,

RHS, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

STOP 0783, 1400 Independence Ave.

SW., Washington, DC 20250, telephone

(202) 720–1486.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Form RD 1940–59, ‘‘Settlement

Statement.’’

OMB Number: 0575–0088.

Expiration Date of Approval: March

31, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The Agencies are requesting

an extension of the OMB clearance for

Form RD 1940–59, ‘‘Settlement

Statement.’’ The Real Estate Settlement

Procedures Act (RESPA), as amended,

requires the disclosure of real estate

settlement costs to home buyers and

sellers. The Secretary of the Department

of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD) was instructed by the RESPA to

develop a standard form for the

statement of settlement costs to be used

for all federally related transactions.

Form RD 1940–59 is similar to the

HUD–1 Settlement Statement used by

HUD, the Veterans Administration, and

the private mortgage industry, with

some minor adaptations acceptable

under RESPA.

Form RD 1940–59 is completed by

Settlement Agents, closing attorneys,

and title insurance companies

performing the closing of RHS loans and

credit sales used to purchase or

refinance Section 502 Housing, Rural

Rental Housing and Farm Labor

Housing. It is also completed by the

same parties performing the closing FSA

Farm Ownership loans and credit sales.

The information is collected to provide

the buyer and seller with a statement

detailing the actual costs of the

settlement services involved in certain

Agency financed real estate

transactions.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 30 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Settlement Agents,

Closing Attorneys, and Title Insurance

Companies performing the closing of

Agency loans and credit sales.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

17,000.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 2.41.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 20,500 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Tracy Gillin,

egulations and Paperwork Management

Branch, at (202) 690–1065.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Agencies,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

Agencies’ 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, Ag Box 0743,

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: November 12, 1997.

Jan Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–30232 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Newspapers Used for Publication of

Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions

for the Northern Region; Idaho,

Montana, North Dakota, and Portions

of South Dakota and Eastern

Washington

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists the

newspapers that will be used by all

Ranger Districts, Forests, and the

Regional Office of the Northern Region

to publish legal notice of all decisions

subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and

217 and to publish notices for public

comment and notice of decision subject

to the provisions of 36 CFR 215. The

intended effect of this action is to

inform interested members of the public

which newspapers will be used to

publish legal notices for public

comment or decisions; thereby allowing

them to receive constructive notice of a

decision, to provide clear evidence of

timely notice, and to achieve

consistency in administering the

appeals process.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in

the listed newspapers will begin with

decisions subject to appeal that are

made on or after November 15, 1997.

The list of newspapers will remain in

effect until another notice is published

in the Federal Register.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kristine M. Lee; Regional Appeals and

Litigation Coordinator, Northern Region;

P.O. Box 7669; Missoula, Montana

59807. Phone: (406) 329–3647.

The newspapers to be used are as

follows:

Northern Regional Office

Regional Forester decisions in Montana:

The Missoulian, Great Falls Tribune,

and The Billings Gazette.

Regional Forester decisions in Northern

Idaho and Eastern Washington:

The Spokesman Review.

Regional Forester decisions in North

Dakota: Bismarck Tribune.

Regional Forester decisions in South

Dakota: Rapid City Journal.

Beaverhead/Deerlodge—Montana

Standard.

Bitterroot—Ravalli Republic.

Clearwater—Lewiston Morning Tribune.

Custer—Billings Gazette (Montana),

Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota),

Rapid City Journal (South Dakota).

Flathead—Daily Interlake.

Gallatin—Bozeman Chronicle.

Helena—Independent Record.

Idaho Panhandle—Spokesman Review.

Kootenai—Daily Interlake.

Lewis & Clark—Great Falls Tribune.

Lolo—Missoulian.

Nez Perce—Lewiston Morning Tribune.

Supplemental notices may be placed

in any newspaper, but time frames/

deadlines will be calculated based upon

notices in newspapers of record listed

above.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Kathleen A. McAllister,

Deputy Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 97–30199 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Newspapers To Be Used for

Publication of Legal Notice of

Appealable Decisions Under 36 CFR

Part 217 and Corrections Under 36

CFR Part 215 for the Southern Region;

Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia,

Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Virginia, West Virginia,

Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Carolina,

South Carolina, Texas, and Puerto

Rico

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and correction.

SUMMARY: Deciding Officers in the

Southern Region will publish notice of

decisions subject to administrative

appeal under 36 CFR part 217 in the

legal notice section of the newspapers

listed in the Supplementary Information

section of this notice. As provided in 36

CFR part 217.5(d), the public shall be

advised through Federal Register

notice, of the principal newspaper to be

utilized for publishing legal notices of

decisions. Newspaper publication of

notices of decisions is in addition to

direct notice of decisions to those

known to be interested in or affected by

a specific decision. The Responsible

Official under 36 CFR part 215 gave

annual notice in the Federal Register

published on April 29, 1997, of

principal newspapers to be utilized for

publishing notices of proposed actions

and of decisions subject to appeal under

36 CFR part 215. The list of newspapers

to be used for part 215 notice and

decision is corrected.

DATES: Use of these newspapers for

purposes of publishing legal notices of

decisions subject to appeal under 36

CFR part 217 and the use of the

corrected newspaper listed under 36

CFR part 215 shall begin on or after the

date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean

Paul Kruglewicz, Regional Appeals

Coordinator, Southern Region, Planning,

1720 Peachtree Road, NW, Atlanta,

Georgia 30367–9102, Phone: 404–347–

4867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Deciding

Officers in the Southern Region will

give legal notice of decisions subject to

appeal under 36 CFR part 217 in the

following newspapers which are listed

by Forest Service Administrative unit.

Where more than one newspaper is

listed for any unit, the first newspaper

listed is the principal newspaper that

will be utilized for publishing the legal

notices of decisions. Additional

newspapers listed for a particular unit

are those newspapers the Deciding

Officer expects to use for purposes of

providing additional notice. The

timeframe for appeal shall be based on

the date of publication of the legal

notice of the decision in the principal

newspaper. The following newspapers

will be used to provide notice.

Southern Region

Regional Forester Decisions

Affecting National Forest System lands

in more than one state of the 13 states

of the Southern Region and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Atlanta Journal, published daily in

Atlanta, GA.

Southern Region

Regional Forester Decisions

Affecting National Forest System lands

in only one state of the 13 states of the

Southern Region and the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or only

one Ranger District will appear in the

principal newspaper elected by the

National Forest of that state or Ranger

District.

National Forests in Alabama, Alabama

Forest Supervisor Decisions

Montgomery Advertiser, published daily

in Montgomery, AL

District Ranger Decisions

Bankhead Ranger District: Northwest

Alabamian, published weekly

(Monday & Thursday) in Haleyville,

AL

Conecuh Ranger District: The Andalusia

Star, published daily (Tuesday

through Saturday) in Andalusia, AL

Oakmulgee Ranger District, The

Tuscaloosa News, published daily in

Tuscaloosa, AL

Shoal Creek Ranger District: The

Anniston Star, published daily in

Anniston, AL

Talladega Ranger District: The Daily

Home, published daily in Talladega,

AL

Tuskegee Ranger District: Tuskegee

News, published weekly (Thursday)

in Tuskegee, AL

Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico

Forest Supervisor Decisions

El Nuevo Dia, published daily in

Spanish in San Juan, PR

San Juan Star, published daily in

English in San Juan, PR

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest,

Georgia

Forest Supervisor Decisions

The Times, published daily in

Gainesville, GA

District Ranger Decisions

Armuchee Ranger District: Walker

Country Messenger, published biweekly (Wednesday & Friday) in

Lafayette, GA

Toccoa Ranger District: The News

Observer published weekly

(Wednesday) in Bule Ridge, GA

Brasstown Ranger District: North

Georgia News, published weekly

(Wednesday) in Blairsville, GA

Tallulah Ranger District: Clayton

Tribune, published weekly

(Thursday) in Clayton, GA

Chattooga Ranger District: Northeast

Georgian, published weekly

(Tuesday) in Cornelia, GA