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regarding eligibility of applicants and

selection priority, to ensure compliance

with applicable laws and regulations,

and to evaluate the program.

Description of Respondents: Not forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Monthly; Quarterly.

Total Burden Hours: 8704.

Donald Hulcher,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–31015 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Economic Research Service

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval to

Collect Information

AGENCY: Economic Research Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub.L. No. 104–13) and Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR

44978, August 29, 1995), this notice

announces the Economic Research

Service’s (ERS) intention to request

approval for a new information

collection on the demographic and

economic characteristics of participants

in USDA’s Single Family Direct Loan

Rural Housing Program in order to

better understand how this program

helps provide adequate and affordable

housing for rural residents.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by January 30, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Linda Ghelfi or Leslie Whitener,

Food Assistance, Poverty, and WellBeing Branch, Food and Rural

Economics Division, Economic Research

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1800 M. St., NW, Washington, D.C.

20036–5801, 202–694–5420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for ERS collection

of information on participants in

USDA’s Single Family Direct Loan Rural

Housing Program.

Type of Request: Approval to collect

information on participants in USDA’s

Single Family Direct Loan Rural

Housing Program.

Abstract: The Economic Research

Service has the responsibility to provide

social and economic intelligence on

changing rural housing needs in the

United States to help assess the

relationship between Federal housing

assistance policies and rural

development. Research activities focus

on three major objectives: (1)

Identification of trends in rural housing

availability, affordability, and adequacy

which underlie an understanding of

rural housing needs; (2) assessment of

the use and effectiveness of Federal

housing assistance programs in rural

areas; and (3) investigation of the

potential effects of Federal policy

changes on rural housing programs and

the residents they serve. Housing has an

enormous influence on the quality of

life of rural residents, and rural housing

is an important focus of the

Department’s rural development efforts.

Research findings are provided to public

and private decision-makers for use in

developing and evaluating policies and

programs to insure that adequate and

affordable housing is available to rural

residents.

The USDA, through its Rural

Development Single Family Direct Loan

Housing Program, has provided billions

of dollars to over 600,000 low-income

rural borrowers nationwide. The

Department has only sporadic and

incomplete information on the residents

that benefit from these program outlays

and what this program means for the

stock of available, affordable, and

adequate single family housing in rural

areas. The data collection effort

proposed here will provide a unique

and detailed information base on the

characteristics of USDA’s Section 502

Direct Loan Program participants to

help (1) assess the impact of this

housing-assistance program on rural

residents and their communities and (2)

provide a better understanding of the

effects of changing Federal policies,

such as welfare reform, on rural

borrowers’s participation in the direct

loan program. The survey will collect

information from USDA-assisted

borrowers to determine their

demographic, employment, income, and

housing characteristics; reliance on

other public assistance programs; and

dependence on rural housing program

funds. This information will help to fill

a serious gap in our understanding of

the nature of housing needs in rural

areas and will provide USDA and other

policy makers with sound information

to help evaluate current programs and

develop more effective rural housing

policies. ERS, working with Washington

State University’s Social and Economic

Sciences Research Center, will conduct

a telephone survey of borrowers

participating in USDA’s Section 502

Single Family Direct Loan Housing

Program. Borrowers to be interviewed

will be selected from a simple random

national sample of recent borrowers

who obtained loans during 1995, 1996,

or 1997, taken from USDA’s Rural

Development administrative records.

Survey data will be collected using

Computer-Assisted Telephone

Interviewing (CATI) techniques, which

are more efficient and less time

consuming than traditional written

interview techniques. Responses are

voluntary and confidential. Survey data

will be used with other data for

statistical purposes and reported only in

aggregate or statistical form.

Information to be obtained from

borrowers includes: characteristics of

current and past housing; housing

problems; satisfaction with current

residence, neighborhood, and the USDA

financing experience; demographic

characteristics of household members;

education and employment

characteristics of borrowers; public

assistance program participation; and

sources and amounts of household

income. No existing data sources,

including USDA administrative data or

the biennial American Housing Survey,

are sufficiently detailed to allow an indepth analysis of the relationships

among these variables for participants in

the Section 502 program. These data

and the research they will support are

vital to the Department’s ability to

assess the impact of its rural housing

programs on rural residents and rural

community development.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this data collection is

estimated to average 20 minutes per

completed interview, including time for

listening to instructions, gathering data

needed, and responding to

questionnaire items.

Respondents: Homeowners who

obtained a loan during 1995, 1996, and

1997 through USDA’s Section 502

Single Family Direct Loan Program.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 1,000 hours. Copies of

information concerning the data

collection can be obtained from Linda

Ghelfi or Leslie Whitener, Food

Assistance, Poverty and Well-Being

Branch, Food and Rural Economics

Division, Economic Research Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1800 M.

St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036–5801,

202–694–5420.

Comments: Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functions of the agency, including
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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 on those who are to respond,

such as through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques. Comments may be sent to

Linda Ghelfi, Food Assistance, Poverty

and Well-Being Branch, Food and Rural

Economics Division, Economic Research

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1800 M. St., NW, Washington, D.C.

20036–5801. 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.

Signed at Washington, D.C.

Thomas A. Carlin,

Deputy Director, Food and Rural Economics

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–31079 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews and Request for Revocation

in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of

antidumping and countervailing duty

administrative reviews and request for

revocation in part.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

has received requests to conduct

administrative reviews of various

antidumping and countervailing duty

orders and findings with October

anniversary dates. In accordance with

the Department’s regulations, we are

initiating those administrative reviews.

The Department also received a request

to revoke one countervailing duty order

in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department has received timely

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR

351.213(b) (1997), for administrative

reviews of various antidumping and

countervailing duty orders and findings

with October anniversary dates. The

Department also received a request to

revoke in part the countervailing duty

order on certain agricultural tillage tools

from Brazil.

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with section 19 CFR

351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating

administrative reviews of the following

antidumping and countervailing duty

orders and findings. We intend to issue

the final results of these reviews not

later than October 31, 1998.

Antidumping duty proceedings Period to be

reviewed

Italy: Pressure Sensitive Tape

A–475–059 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/1/96–9/30/97

N.A.R.S.p.A.

Japan: Tapered Roller Bearings, Under 4 Inches

A–588–054 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/1/96–9/30/97

Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.

NSK, Ltd.

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Japan: Tapered Roller Bearings, Over 4 Inches

A–588–604 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/1/96–9/30/97

NSK Ltd.

NTN

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Malaysia: Extruded Rubber Thread

A–557–805 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/1/96–9/30/97

Filati Lastex Sdn. Bhd.

Filmax Sdn. Bhd.

Heveafil Sdn. Bhd.

Rubberflex Sdn. Bhd.

Rubfil Sdn. Bhd.

The People’s Republic of China: Helical Spring Lock Washers*

A–570–822 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10/1/96–9/30/97

Hangzhou Spring Washer Plant

Zejiang Wanxin Group Co., Ltd.

*If one of the above named companies does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of helical spring lock

washers from the People’s Republic of China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single PRC entity of which the named exporters are a part.

The People’s Republic of China: Chrome-Plate Lug Nuts*/**

A–570–808 ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9/1/96–8/31/97

China National Automotive Industry I/E Corp.

China National Machinery & Equipment I/E Corp.

Shanghai Automobile Import & Export Co.

Tianjin Automobile Import & Export Co.

Ningbo Knives & Scissors Factory

China National Automotive Import & Export Corp./Yangzhou Branch

Jiangsu Rudong Grease Gun Factory

China National Automotive Industry I/E Corp./Nantong Branch

*Inadvertently omitted from previous initiation notice.