10714 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 47 / Thursday, March 12, 2009 / Notices 

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; comment 

request. 

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 

Housing Application Packaging Grants. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 11, 2009 to be assured 

of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myron L. Wooden, Loan Specialist, 

Single Family Housing Direct Loan 

Division, RHS, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, STOP 0783, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250, 

Telephone 202–720–4780. (This is not a 

toll free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Housing Application Packaging 

Grants. 

OMB Number: 0575–0157. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) under section 509 of the Housing 

Act of 1949, 42 U.S.C. 1479, provides 

grants to public and private nonprofit 

organizations and state and local 

governments to package housing 

applications for loans under section 

502, 504, 514, 515, and 524 grants under 

section 533 of the Housing Act of 1949 

in colonias and designated underserved 

counties. RHS reimburses eligible 

organizations for part or all of the costs 

of conducting, administering and 

coordinating an effective housing 

application packaging program in 

colonias and designated underserved 

counties. Eligible organizations assist 

very low and low-income families that 

are without adequate housing to buy, 

build, or repair housing for their own 

use. Also, the organizations package 

applications for loans to buy, build or 

repair rental units for lower income 

families. 

RHS will be collecting information 

from grantees to assure the 

organizations participating in this 

program are eligible entities and have 

participated in RHS training in 

application packaging. The respondents 

are nonprofit organizations, States, State 

agencies, and units of general local 

government. The information required 

for approval of housing application 

packaging grants is used by RHS 

personnel to verify program eligibility 

requirements. The information is 

collected at the RHS field office 

responsible for the processing of the 

application being submitted. The 

information is also used to ensure the 

program is administered in a manner 

consistent with legislative and 

administrative requirements. If not 

collected, RHS would be unable to 

determine if a grantee would qualify for 

grant assistance. 

The grantees facilitate the application 

process by helping applicants submit 

complete applications to RHS. This 

saves RHS time by prescreening 

applicants, making preliminary 

determinations of eligibility, ensuring 

that the application is complete, and 

helping the applicant understand the 

program. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 3 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Private and public 

nonprofit organizations and State and 

local governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 400 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Linda WattsThomas, Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0226. 

Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of [Agency], including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

[Agency’s] estimates 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 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Linda WattsThomas, 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: February 2, 2009. 

James C. Alsop, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–5322 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

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 

program for Rural Housing Site Loans 

Policies, Procedures and 

Authorizations. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 11, 2009 to be assured 

of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nica 

Mathes, Senior Loan Specialist, Single 

Family Housing Direct Loan Division, 

RHS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Stop 0783, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0783, 

Telephone (202) 205–3656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR Part 1822-G, Rural 

Housing Site Loans, Policies, 

Procedures and Authorizations. 

OMB Number: 0575–0071. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Section 523 of the Housing 

Act of 1949 as amended (Pub. L. 90– 

448) authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish the Self-Help 

Land Development Fund to be used by 

the Secretary as a revolving fund for 

making loans on such terms and 

conditions and in such amounts as 

deemed necessary to public or private 

nonprofit organizations for the 

acquisition and development of the land 

as building sites to be subdivided and 

sold to families, nonprofit organizations 

and cooperatives eligible for assistance. 


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