55182 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 27, 2009 / Notices 

designed to promote the development of 

rural communities by providing the 

infrastructure necessary to attract 

residents and rural jobs. 

Information will be collected by the 

field offices from applicants, borrowers, 

and consultants. This information will 

be used to determine applicant/ 

borrower eligibility, project feasibility, 

and to ensure borrowers operate on a 

sound basis and use funds for 

authorized purposes. Failure to collect 

proper information could result in 

improper determination of eligibility, 

improper use of funds, and/or unsound 

loans. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Public bodies, not-forprofit, or Indian Tribes. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

19,570. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2.02. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

18,519. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 39,607 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Linda Watts 

Thomas, Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0226. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

RHS, including whether the information 

will have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the 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 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 

Linda Watts Thomas, Regulations and 

Paperwork Management Branch, 

Support Services Division, 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 of OMB approval. All comments 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 13, 2009. 

Tammye Trevin ̃ o, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25685 Filed 10–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

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 7 

CFR part 1951, subpart F, ‘‘Analyzing 

Credit Needs and Graduation of 

Borrowers.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before December 28, 2009 

to be assured consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Derek L. Jones, Community Programs 

Loan Specialist, Rural Housing Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 

0787, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0787, telephone 

(202) 720–1504, e-mail: 

derek.jones@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR, part 1951, subpart F, 

‘‘Analyzing Credit Needs and 

Graduation of Borrowers’’. 

OMB Number: 0575–0093. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Section 333 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (Con Act) (7 U.S.C. 

1983) requires the Agencies to 

‘‘graduate’’ their direct loan borrowers 

to other credit when they are able to do 

so. Graduation is required because the 

Government loans are not to be 

extended beyond a borrower’s need for 

subsidized rates or Government credit. 

Borrowers must refinance their direct 

Government loan when other credit 

becomes available at reasonable rates 

and terms. If other credit is not 

available, the Agencies will continue to 

review the account for possible 

graduation at periodic intervals. The 

information collected to carry out these 

statutory mandates is financial data 

such as amount of income, operating 

expenses, asset values and liabilities. 

This information collection is then 

submitted by the Agencies to private 

creditors. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit 

and farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

131. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 131. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 185 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Linda Watts 

Thomas, Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0226. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

RHS, including whether the information 

will have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the 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 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 

Linda Watts Thomas, Regulations and 

Paperwork Management Branch, 

Support Services Division, 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 of OMB approval. All comments 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 13, 2009. 

Tammye Trevin ̃ o, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25680 Filed 10–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the New Jersey Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 


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