Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 102 / Friday, May 24, 1996 / Notices 26155

of Agriculture, Rural Development, Ag

Box 0743, Washington, D.C. 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: May 11, 1996.

Maureen Kennedy,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13137 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–M

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

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 the

program for ‘‘Rural Housing Loans and

Grants’’ (FmHA Instruction 1944–J).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 23, 1996 to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David J. Adams, Senior Loan Specialist,

Single Family Housing Processing

Division, RHS, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Ag Box 0783, Washington,

D.C. 20250, Telephone (202) 720–1532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Rural Housing Loans and

Grants.

OMB Number: 0575–0062.

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,

1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The rural housing loan

program under Section 504 of the

Housing Act of 1949, 42 U.S.C. Section

1472, enables very low-income owner/

occupants of homes to repair homes in

rural areas. The repairs may be used to

remove health and safety hazards.

Grants are available to owner/occupants

62 years or older.

RHS will be collecting information

from owner/occupants of homes in rural

areas in need of funds to remove

hazards from their home. At this time

this information is collected and

evaluated by the local RHS County

Office. This information is needed by

RHS to determine if owner/occupants of

homes in rural areas, qualify for a rural

housing loan and/or grant. This

information is collected for all requests

for this type of assistance. The

information collected is required for the

Agency to make a determination of

eligibility. If the information is not

collected, RHS would be usable to make

an objective determination of eligibility

for owner/occupants of homes in rural

areas.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

for this collection of information is

estimated to average .08 per response.

Respondents: Individual or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

13,000.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondents: 1.40.

Estimated Total Annual Burden of

Respondents: 1,464.

Copies of this information can be

obtained from the Director, Regulations

and Paperwork Management Division at

(202) 720–9725.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the function of RHS, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

RHS’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 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.

Comments may be sent to the Director,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Division, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Rural Development, Ag

Box 0743, Washington, D.C. 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: May 11, 1996.

Maureen Kennedy,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 96–13138 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–M

ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

Telecommunications Act Accessibility

Guidelines for Telecommunications

Equipment and Customer Premises

Equipment

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of appointment of

advisory committee members and notice

of first meeting.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) is announcing the

appointment of members to its

Telecommunications Access Advisory

Committee (Committee). The Committee

will make recommendations to the

Access Board on accessibility guidelines

for telecommunications equipment and

customer premises equipment. These

recommendations will be used by the

Access Board to develop accessibility

guidelines under section 255 (e) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996. The

Committee is composed of

representatives of manufacturers of

telecommunications equipment and

customer premises equipment;

organizations representing the access

needs of individuals with disabilities;

telecommunications providers and

carriers; and other persons affected by

the guidelines. This notice also

announces the time and place of the

first Committee meeting, which will be

open to the public.

DATES: The first meeting of the

Committee is scheduled for Wednesday,

June 12, 1996 through Friday, June 14,

1996, beginning at 9:30 a.m. each day.

Decisions with respect to future

meetings will be made at the first

meeting and from time to time

thereafter. Notices of future meetings

will be published in the Federal

Register.

ADDRESSES: The first meeting of the

Committee will be held at the American

Speech-Language and Hearing

Association offices, 10801 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Persons

attending the meetings are strongly

encouraged to use public transportation

since parking is extremely limited. The

American Speech-Language and Hearing

Association offices are located north of

the Grosvenor Metro subway station.

Persons who must drive should call

Dennis Cannon at the Access Board. The

facility is accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Sign language interpreters,

assistive listening systems and real time

transcription will be available.