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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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Evaluating Community 

Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and 

Preference Concerning Fire and Fuels 

Management in Southwestern Forest, 

Woodland and Grassland Ecosystems. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Although fire 

is increasingly recommended as a fuels 

reduction tool on both public and 

private lands, controversy often inhibits 

its use. Insufficient communication and 

understanding between land managers 

and the public frequently contribute to 

these difficulties. If managers do not 

have adequate information concerning 

public attitudes and action concerning 

wildfire risk reduction behavior, then 

mangers may not make well-informed 

decisions concerning appropriate 

communication techniques and needed 

public education information. In order 

to design and implement successful, 

socially acceptable fire and fuels 

management policies and programs, 

managers need to better understand the 

public’s knowledge, attitudes and 

practices concerning wildfire. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Forest Service will collect information 

from the general public residing in 

Arizona and New Mexico. The 

information will be collected using a 

mail survey to randomly selected 

households. The collected information 

will include: (1) Attitudes and 

preferences toward wildfire and fire 

management alternatives for public 

lands, (2) risk reduction behaviors that 

homeowners and individual have 

undertaken to minimize wildfire risk, 

(3) sources of information regarding 

wildfires and wildfires risk reduction, 

and (4) socioeconomic information. 

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 667.

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 3, 2005. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the 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 including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCID, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 3550—Direct Single 

Family Housing Loan and Grant 

Program, HB–1–3550, HB–2–3550. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0172. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is a credit 

agency for rural housing and 

community development within the 

Rural Development mission area of the 

Department of Agriculture. Section 501 

of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 

as amended, authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to administer such programs 

and to prescribe regulations to ensure 

that these loans and grants provided 

with Federal Funds are made to eligible 

applicants for authorized purposes, and 

that subsequent servicing and benefits 

provided to borrowers are consistent 

with the authorizing statute. RHS offers 

a supervised credit program to extend 

financial assistance to construct, 

improve, alter, repair, replace or 

rehabilitate dwellings, which will 

provide modest, decent, safe, and 

sanitary housing to eligible individuals 

living in rural areas. To assist 

individuals in obtaining affordable 

housing, a borrower’s house payment 

may be subsidized to an interest rate as 

low as 1%. The information requested 

by RHS is vital to be able to process 

applications for RHS assistance and 

make prudent credit and program 

decisions. RHS will collect information 

using several forms. 

Need and Use of the Information:

RHS will collect information to verify 

program eligibility requirements; 

continued eligibility requirements for 

borrower assistance; servicing of loans; 

eligibility for special servicing 

assistance such as: payment subsidies, 

moratorium (stop) on payments, 

delinquency workout agreements; 

liquidation of loans; and, debt 

settlement. The information is used to 

ensure that the direct Single Family 

Housing Programs are administered in a 

manner consistent with legislative and 

administrative requirements. Without 

the information RHS would be unable to 

determine if a borrower would qualify 

for services or if assistance has been 

granted to which the customer would 

not be eligible under current regulations 

and statutes. 

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

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institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 300,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 454,539.

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3410–XT–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 3, 2005. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) Whether the 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 including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Pork-Filled Pasta. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0214. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) is responsible for protecting the 

health of our Nation’s livestock and 

poultry populations by preventing the 

introduction and interstate spread of 

serious diseases and pests of livestock 

and for eradicating such diseases from 

the United States when feasible. 9 CFR 

94 Section 94–12 contains, among other 

things, specific processing, 

recordkeeping, and certification 

requirements for pork-filled pasta 

products exported to the United States 

from regions affected with swine 

vesicular disease. The regulations 

require that a certificate stating that the 

product has been handled and 

processed according to the requirements 

set forth in the regulations accompany 

the pork-filled pasta products. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

certificate must be completed and 

signed by the issuing official, and 

contains such information as the origin 

of the meat used in the product, the 

name and location of the facility that 

processed the product, and the 

product’s intended destination. Without 

the information, it would significantly 

cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure that 

pork-filled pasta from certain regions 

pose a minimal risk of introducing 

swine vesicular disease into the United 

States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 5. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 125.

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection: Assignments 

of Payment and Joint Payment 

Authorization

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

extension of an approved information 

collection. The information collection is 

supporting the regulation of 7 CFR Part 

1404, which provides for the voluntary 

assignment of cash payments made by 

Farm Service Agency or CCC to a third 

party. In addition, a payment recipient 

may voluntarily elect to have a cash 

payment made jointly to the payment 

recipient and a third party.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before January 9, 2006 to 

be assured consideration. 

Addresses: Comments must be sent to 

Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn: 

Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist, 

FMD, Stop 0561, 1400 Independence 

Ave, SW., Washington, DC and to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Comments may 

be also submitted by e-mail to: 

Debbie.Simmons@wdc.usda.gov or by 

fax to: (703) 305–1144. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

from Ms. Simmons at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist, 

(703) 305–1309.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Assignment of Payments and 

Joint Payment Authorization. 

Forms: CCC–36, ‘‘Assignment of 

Payment’’, CCC–37, ‘‘Joint Payment 

Authorization’’, CCC–251, ‘‘Notice of 

Assignment’’, and CCC–252, 

‘‘Instrument of Assignment’’. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0183. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: Section 4 (j) of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

Act (15 U.S.C. 714b (j)) authorizes CCC 

to determine the character of and the 

necessity for its obligations and 

expenditures and the manner in which 

they shall be incurred, allowed, and 

paid. Pursuant to this authority, CCC 

allows producers to assign certain 

payments. Any such assignment must 

be made in accordance with the 

regulations of 7 CFR Part 1404. There 

are no regulations governing joint 

payments, but this service is offered as 

a result of public requests for this type 

of payment option. 

Estimate of Respondent Burden:

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 10 minutes per response for 

CCC–36, CCC–37, or CCC–251, or 5 

minutes per response for CCC–252. 

Respondents: Participants in FSA or 

CCC farm programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50,000 for CCC–36; 20,000 for CCC–37, 

and 450 for CCC–251 or CCC–252. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 30 minutes (this estimate