Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 189 / Thursday, September 30, 2010 / Notices 60405 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS), 

USDA Rural Development. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural Housing 

Service’s intention to request an 

extension for a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

program for Technical and Supervisory 

Assistance (TSA) grants. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 29, 2010 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myron Wooden, Senior Loan Specialist, 

Single Family Housing Direct Loan 

Division, Rural Housing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Mail STOP 

0783, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0783, 

Telephone 202–720–4780. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Technical & Supervisory 

Assistance Grants. 

OMB Number: 0575–0188. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: RHS is authorized under 

Section 525 of Title V of the Housing 

Act of 1949, as amended, to make grants 

to or to enter into contracts to pay part 

or all of the cost of developing, 

conducting, administering or 

coordinating effective and 

comprehensive programs of technical 

and supervisory assistance which will 

aid needy low-income individuals and 

families in benefiting from Federal, 

State and local housing programs in 

rural areas. 

Recipient public or private nonprofit 

corporations, agencies, institutions, 

organizations, Indian tribes and other 

associations approved by the Secretary 

assist low-income individuals by 

providing homebuyer training, 

preparing applications for loan and 

other housing assistance, and 

counseling those with delinquent Rural 

Development housing loans. RHS refers 

to this program as Technical and 

Supervisory Assistance. RHS annually 

publishes a Notice of Funds Availability 

(NOFA) in the Federal Register to invite 

grant proposals. The NOFA sets forth 

the eligibility and application 

requirements. 

Information is collected from 

applicants and grant recipients by Rural 

Development staff in its local, State and 

National offices. This information will 

be used to determine applicant 

eligibility for a grant, project feasibility, 

to select grants for funding, and to 

monitor performance of selected 

grantees. If an applicant’s proposal is 

selected for funding, it will be notified 

of the selection and given the 

opportunity to submit a formal 

application. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .58 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Public and private 

nonprofit corporations, agencies, 

institutions, organizations, and Indian 

tribes. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 12.96. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 389. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 661 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0040. 

Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of RHS, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

RHS’ 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 to be 

collected; and (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. Comments may be sent to 

Jeanne Jacobs, 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: September 22, 2010. 

Tammye Trevin ̃ o, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, 

Integrated Non-Native Invasive Plant 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Lincoln National Forest 

(LNF) proposes to implement an 

integrated Forest-wide management 

strategy to control spread of non-native 

invasive plants (NNIP) within the LNF. 

The proposal utilizes several 

management tools, including registered 

herbicides, biological agents, controlled 

grazing, manual/mechanical methods, 

and adaptive management. Invasive 

plants designated by the State of New 

Mexico as noxious weeds are the 

primary focus of this project. By 

definition, noxious weeds pose a 

potential threat to human health and/or 

economic activity. The LNF proposes to 

manage occurrences of other NNIP 

species that pose an identifiable threat 

to native species diversity, ecological 

function, or resilience of native habitats. 

DATES: Comments concerning scope of 

analysis must be received by November 

29, 2010. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected January 

2011 and the final environmental 

impact statement is expected April 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

NNIP Project, Lincoln National Forest, 

3463 Las Palomas Road, Alamogordo, 

NM 88310. Comments may also be sent 

via e-mail to comments-southwesternlincoln@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 

(575) 434–7218. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

become part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent with standing to participate 

in subsequent administrative review or 

judicial review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sabrina Flores, Interdisciplinary Team 

Leader, Lincoln National Forest—SO, 

3463 Las Palomas Road, Alamogordo, 

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