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26706 

Vol. 75, No. 91 

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 7, 2010. 

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) 720–8681. 

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 1956–C, Debt 

Settlement—Community and Business 

Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0124. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Community and Direct Business 

Programs loans and grants are 

authorized by the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act. Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is a credit 

agency for agricultural and rural 

development for the United States 

Department of Agriculture and offers 

supervised credit to develop, improve 

and operate family farms, modest 

housing, essential community facilities, 

and business and industry across rural 

America. 7 CFR part 1956–C, Debt 

Settlement—Community and Business 

Programs provides policies and 

procedures as well as a mechanism for 

debt settlement in connection with 

Community Facilities loans and grants, 

direct Business and Industry loans, 

Indian Tribal Land Acquisition loans 

and Irrigation and Drainage. The debt 

settlement program provides the 

delinquent client with an equitable tool 

for the compromise, adjustment, 

cancellation, or charge-off of a debt 

owed to the Agency. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

field offices will collect information 

from applicants, borrowers, consultants, 

lenders, and attorneys to determine 

eligibility, financial capacity and derive 

an equitable resolution. This 

information collected is similar to that 

required by a commercial lender in 

similar circumstances. Failure to collect 

the information could result in 

improper servicing of these loans. 

Description of Respondents: Not for 

profit institutions; Business or other forprofit; State, local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 25. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 347. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: USDA Rural Development— 

Centralized Servicing Center—Loan 

Servicing Satisfaction Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0187. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) provides insured 

loans to low and moderate-income 

applicants located in rural geographic 

areas to assist them in obtaining decent, 

sanitary and safe dwellings. RHS 

Centralized Servicing Center (CSC) has 

been in operation since October 1996. 

The CSC was established to achieve a 

high level of customer service and 

operating efficiency that provides its 

borrowers with convenient access to 

their loan account information. RHS has 

developed a survey to measure the 

results and overall effectiveness of 

customer services provided. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RHS will use the outcome of the 

Customer Satisfaction Survey to 

determine the general satisfaction level 

among its customers throughout the 

nation, highlight areas that need 

improvement and provide a benchmark 

for future surveys and improvement in 

customer service. The survey is 

administered as part of CSC’s on going 

service quality improvement program. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individual or households. 

Number of Respondents: 6,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 960. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11269 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Direct Loan 

Making 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension with revision of a currently 

approved information collection that 

supports Direct Loan Making programs. 

The information is used to determine 

borrower compliance with loan 

agreements, assist the borrower in 

achieving business goals, and regular 

servicing of the loan account such as 

graduation, subordination, partial 

release, and use of proceeds. 

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1To view the notice and the comments we 

received, go to (http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2009-0097). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by July 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, the 

OMB control Number and the title of the 

information collection and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Mail: Danny Jackson, Loan 

Specialist, USDA/FSA/FLP, STOP 0522, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0522. 

• E-mail: 

danny.jackson@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: 202–720–6797. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Danny Jackson at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny Jackson, Loan Specialist, Farm 

Service Agency, (202) 720–0588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: (7 CFR 764) Farm Loan 

Programs Direct Loan Making. 

OMB Number: 0560–0237. 

Expiration Date: 11/30/2010. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision. 

Abstract: FSA’s Farm Loan Programs 

provide loans to family farmers to 

purchase real estate and equipment, and 

finance agricultural production. Direct 

Loan Making, as specified in 7 CFR part 

764, provides the requirements 

associated with direct loans. FSA is 

required to actively supervise its 

borrowers and provide credit 

counseling, management advice, and 

financial guidance. Additionally, FSA 

must document that credit is not 

available to the borrower from 

commercial credit sources in order to 

maintain eligibility for assistance. Direct 

loan making information collection 

requirements include financial and 

production records of the operation to 

ensure that cash flow projections are 

based on actual production history, a 

loan is adequately secured, the 

applicant meets established eligibility 

requirements, and assignments on 

income and sales can be obtained when 

appropriate. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other for 

profit farms. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

.52 hour. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 145,201. 

Estimated Number of Reponses per 

Respondent: 3.87. 

Total Annual Responses: 561,362. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 289,632. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) 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 comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on May 5, 2010. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11225 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2009-0097] 

Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Fresh Pomegranates 

and Baby Kiwi from Chile into the 

United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the continental 

United States of fresh pomegranates and 

fresh baby kiwi from Chile. Based on the 

findings of pest risk analyses, which we 

made available to the public for review 

and comment through a previous notice, 

we believe that the application of one or 

more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the risks of introducing or disseminating 

plant pests or noxious weeds via the 

importation of fresh pomegranates and 

fresh baby kiwi from Chile. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning pomegranates 

from Chile, contact Mr. Tony Roma ́n, 

Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

5820. 

For information concerning baby kiwi 

fruit from Chile, contact Mr. David B. 

Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734- 

0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56-50, referred to below as the 

regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56-4 of the regulations 

contains a performance-based process 

for approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

Under that process, APHIS publishes a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the pest 

risk analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the pest risk analysis; (2) 

the comments on the pest risk analysis 

revealed that no changes to the pest risk 

analysis were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the pest risk analysis were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice1 in the Federal 

Register on February 9, 2010 (75 FR 

6344-6345, Docket No. APHIS-2009- 

0097), in which we announced the 

availability, for review and comment, of 

two pest risk analyses that evaluate the 

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