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Notices Federal Register

9733

Vol. 62, No. 42

Tuesday, March 4, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Rural Business—Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: The Rural Housing Service,

Rural Business—Cooperative Service,

Rural Utilities Service, Farm Service

Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of l995, this

notice announces the Rural Housing

Service’s (RHS) intention to request an

extension for the currently approved

information collection in support of the

program for Community Facilities loans.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by May 5, 1997 to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon R. Douglas, Loan Specialist,

Community Programs Division, RHS,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop

3222, l400 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3222.

Telephone (202) 720–1506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 7 CFR l956, Subpart C, Debt

Settlement—Community and Business

Programs.

OMB Number: 0575–0124.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

1997.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract

The Community Facilities loan

program is authorized by Section 306 of

the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to

make loans to public entities, nonprofit

corporations and Indian tribes for the

development of community facilities for

public use in rural areas.

The Economic Opportunity Act of

l964, Title 3 (Pub.L. 88–452), authorizes

Economic Cooperative loans to assist

incorporated and unincorporated

associations provide to low-income

rural families essential processing,

purchasing, or marketing services,

supplies, or facilities.

The Water and Waste Disposal

program is authorized by Section 306(a)

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) to

provide basic human amenities,

alleviate health hazards, and promote

the orderly growth of the rural areas of

the Nation by meeting the need for new

and improved water and waste disposal

systems.

The Business and Industry program is

authorized by Section 310 B (7 U.S.C.

1932) (Pub.L. 92–419, August 30, 1972)

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act to improve, develop,

or finance business, industry, and

employment and improve the economic

and environmental climate in rural

communities, including pollution

abatement and control.

The Food Security Act of 1985,

Section 1323 (Pub.L. 99–198),

authorizes loan guarantees and grants to

Nonprofit National Corporations to

provide technical and financial

assistance to for-profit or nonprofit local

businesses in rural areas.

The Powerplant and Industrial Fuel

Use Act of 1978, Section 601 (42 U.S.C.

8401), authorizes Energy Impact

Assistance Grants to states, councils of

local government, and local

governments to assist areas impacted by

coal or uranium development activities.

Assistance is for the purposes of growth

management, housing planning, and

acquiring and developing sites for

housing and public facilities.

The Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, Section 310B(c)

(7 U.S.C. 1932 (c)), authorizes Rural

Business Enterprise Grants to public

bodies and nonprofit corporations to

facilitate the development of private

businesses in rural areas.

The Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, Section 310B(f)(i)

(7 U.S.C. 1932 (c)), authorizes Rural

Technology and Cooperative

Development Grants to nonprofit

institutions for the purpose of enabling

such institutions to establish and

operate centers for rural technology or

cooperative development.

The Farm Ownership loan program is

authorized by the Consolidated Farm

and Rural Development Act, Pub.L. 91–

229, to make insured loans to Indian

Tribes or tribal corporations within

tribal reservations and Alaskan

communities. The Act also gives Farmer

Programs the authority to make loans for

grazing, other irrigation and drainage

projects, and association irrigation and

drainage loans.

The debt settlement program

authorizes debt restructuring for the

above programs. The debt restructuring

actions would be available to the

borrowers who are delinquent due to no

fault of their own and who have acted

in good faith in connection with their

loans. These servicing actions are:

writing down of principal and interest,

deferral, loan consolidation and

adjustment of interest rates and terms.

However, any debt restructuring must

result in a net recovery to the Federal

Government during the term of the loan

as restructured that would be more than

or equal to the net recovery to the

Federal Government from an

involuntary liquidation or foreclosure

on the property securing the loan.

The information collected under this

program is considered the minimum

necessary to conform to the

requirements of the regulation

established by law. Also, the

information collected is considered to

be the minimum necessary to ensure

that the intent of the law is achieved.

Information will be collected by the

field offices from applicants and

borrowers. Under the provisions of this

regulation, the information collected

will primarily be financial data.

Failure to collect this information

could result in improper servicing of

these loans.

Estimate of Burden: 8.14 hours per

response.

Respondents: Public Bodies and

nonprofit organizations.

Estimate Number of Respondents: 17.

Estimate Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.23.

Estimate Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 448.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Barbara Williams,
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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 function of the

Agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s

estimate, 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

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Barbara

Williams, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Division, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Rural Development, Stop

9743, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–9743. 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: February 5, 1997.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Dayton J. Watkins,

Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative

Service.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Wally B. Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

Grant Buntrock,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–5244 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

Food and Consumer Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request Collection of

Information for the Quality Control

Sampling Plans Required by Part 275

of the Food Stamp Program’s

Regulations on Quality Control

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice invites the general public and

other public agencies to comment on the

proposed information collection for the

Quality Control Sampling Plans

required by Part 275 of the Food Stamp

Program’s regulations on Quality

Control.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before May 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to: John Knaus, Chief, Quality

Control Branch, Program Accountability

Division, Food and Consumer Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101

Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA

22302.

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 has 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.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Knaus, (703) 305–2474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Food Stamp Program

Regulations, Part 275—Quality Control.

OMB Number: 0584–0303.

Form Number: Not Applicable.

Expiration Date: 07/31/97.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: As part of the Performance

Reporting System, each State agency is

required to provide a systematic means

of determining the accuracy of

household eligibility and measuring the

extent to which households receive the

food stamp allotment to which they are

entitled. The quality control system is

designed to provide a basis for

determining each State agency’s error

rates. Quality control data serves as an

objective measure of program operations

at the State level and is essential to the

determination of a State agency’s

entitlement to an increased Federal

share of its administrative costs or

liability for sanctions.

To help ensure that quality control

data is reliable and unbiased, Section

275.11(a) requires each State agency to

submit a quality control sampling plan

to the Food and Consumer Service for

approval. The sampling plan is a part of

the inclusive State Plan of Operation.

Affected Public: State or local

governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

53.

Estimated Time per Response: 5

Hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 266.

Dated: February 26, 1997.

William E. Ludwig

Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.

[FR Doc. 97–5278 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

Forest Service

Southwest Washington Provincial

Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Southwest Washington

Provincial Advisory Committee will

meet on March 20, 1997, at the Red Lion

Inn in Kelso, Washington, near

Interstate 5 at Exit No. 39. The meeting

will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until

4:30 p.m.

The purpose of the Advisory

Committee meeting is to utilize the

Province Health Matrix and Watershed

Analyses to advise on proposed timber

sales for the Cowlitz, Lewis, Wind

River, and White Salmon Basins.

Agenda items to be covered include: (1)

1997–1998 Timber Sale Program, with

in-depth presentations on the Cowlitz

Basin, (2) Updates from Subcommittees

on the Social and Economic Indicators

of Basin Health, Field Trips and

Committee Work Priorities, and (3)

Public Open Forum. All Southwest

Washington Provincial Advisory

Committee meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend. The ‘‘open forum’’

provides opportunity for the public to

bring issues, concerns, and discussion

topics to the Advisory Committee. The

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled as part of

agenda item (4) for this meeting.

Interested speakers will need to register

prior to the open forum period. The

committee welcomes the public’s

written comments on committee

business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Sue Lampe, Public Affairs, at (360)

750–5091, or write Forest Headquarters

Office, Gifford Pinchot National Forest,

6926 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., PO Box

8944, Vancouver, WA 98668–8944.