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Vol. 75, No. 110 

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 3, 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 1980–D, Rural Housing 

Loans. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0078. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is a credit 

agency for Rural Development for the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Section 

517(d) of Title V of the Housing Act of 

1949, as amended, (Act) provides the 

authority for the Secretary of 

Agriculture to issue loan guarantees for 

the acquisition of new or existing 

dwellings and related facilities to 

provide decent, safe, and sanitary living 

conditions and other structures in rural 

areas. The Act also authorizes the 

Secretary to pay the holder of a 

guaranteed loan the difference between 

the rate of interest paid by the borrower 

and the market rate of interest. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information collected is used to 

determine if borrowers qualify for all 

assistance. Eligibility for this program 

includes very low, low, and moderateincome families or persons whose 

income does not exceed 115 percent of 

the median income for the area. The 

information requested by RHS includes 

borrower financial information such as 

household income, assets and liabilities, 

and monthly expenses. Information 

requested on lenders is required to 

ensure lenders are eligible to participate 

in the GRH program and are in 

compliance with OMB Circular A–129. 

If the information collected was less 

frequent or not at all, the agency could 

not effectively monitor lenders and 

assess the program. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 137,512. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Monthly; On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 753,193. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13797 Filed 6–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of the Specialty Crop 

Committee’s Stakeholder Listening 

Session 

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App 2, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces a 

stakeholder listening session of the 

Specialty Crop Committee, under the 

auspices of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board (NAREEE). 

DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee 

will hold the stakeholder listening 

session on June 9, 2010 from 9 a.m.–3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening 

session of the Specialty Crop Committee 

will take place at the Le Rivage Hotel, 

4800 Riverside Boulevard, Sacramento, 

California 95822. 

The public may file written comments 

before or up to two weeks after the 

listening session with the contact 

person identified in this notice at: The 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Room 344–A, Jamie L. 

Whitten Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2255. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Kelly, Acting Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720– 

4421; fax: (202) 720–6199; or e-mail: 

David.kelly@ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Specialty Crop Committee was 

established in accordance with the 

Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 

2004 under Title III, Section 303 of 

Public Law 108–465, as amended under 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008, under Title VII, Section 7103 of 

Public Law 110–246. This Committee is 

a permanent committee of the National 

Agricultural Research Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board. The Committee’s charge is to 


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