30502 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2009 / Notices 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0115. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is authorized to 

make grants to eligible applicants to 

provide repair and rehabilitation 

assistance so that very low- and lowincome rural residents can obtain 

adequate housing. Such assistance is 

made by grantees to very low- and lowincome persons, and to co-ops. Grant 

funds are used by grantees to make 

loans, grants, or other comparable 

assistance to eligible homeowners, 

rental unit owners, and co-ops for repair 

and rehabilitation of dwellings to bring 

them up to code or minimum property 

standards. These grants were 

established by Public Law 98–181, the 

Housing Urban Rural Recovery Act of 

1983, which amended the Housing Act 

of 1949 (Pub. L. 93–383) by adding 

section 533, 42 U.S.C. S 2490(m), 

Housing Preservation Grants. 

Need and Use of the Information: An 

applicant will submit a ‘‘Statement of 

Activity’’ that describes its proposed 

program. RHS will collect information 

to determine eligibility for a grant to 

justify its selection of the applicant for 

funding; to report program 

accomplishments and to justify and 

support expenditure of grant funds. RHS 

uses the information to determine if the 

grantee is complying with its grant 

agreement and to make decisions 

regarding continuing with modifying, or 

terminating grant assistance. If the 

information were not collected and 

presented to RHS, the Agency could not 

monitor the program or justify 

disbursement of grant funds. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,258. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,439. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1944–B, Housing 

Applications Packaging Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0157. 

Summary of Collection: Section 509 of 

the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 

authorizes the Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) to make grants to private and 

public nonprofit organizations and State 

and local governments to package 

housing applications for Section 502, 

504, 514/515 and 533 to colonias and 

designated counties. Eligible 

organizations aid very low and lowincome individuals and families in 

obtaining benefits from RHS housing 

programs. Various forms are used to 

confirm income verification for loan 

applicants, as a checklist to obtain a 

loan, and to check credit information 

about the applicants. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RHS field personnel will use this 

information to verify program eligibility 

requirements, to secure grant assistance, 

and for approval of housing applicationpackaging grants. The information will 

ensure that the program is administered 

in a manner consistent with legislative 

and administrative requirements. 

Without this information, RHS would be 

unable to determine if a grantee 

qualifies for grant assistance. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; and State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 500. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15137 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Correction 

June 23, 2009. 

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; 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 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) 720–8958. 

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. 

Animal & Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: National Poultry Improvement 

Plan (NPIP). 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0007. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a 

voluntary Federal-State-industry 

mechanism for controlling certain 

poultry diseases and for improving 

poultry flocks and products through 

disease control techniques. The 

National Turkey Improvement Plan was 

combined with the NPIP in 1970 to 

create the NPIP, as it now exists. Emu, 

rhea, ostrich, and cassowary breeding 

flocks are also allowed participation in 

the Plan. The effective implementation 

of the NPIP necessitates the use of 

several information collection activities, 

including sentinel bird identification, as 

well as the creation and submission of 

flock testing reports, sales reports, 

breeding flock participation summaries, 

hatchery participation summaries, 

salmonella investigation reports, 

salmonella serotyping requests, and 

small chick order printouts. Authority 

for this program is contained in the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Organic Act 

of 1944, as amended (7 U.S.C. 429). The 

cooperative work is carried out through 

a Memorandum of Understanding with 

the participating States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information is collected from various 

types of poultry breeders and flock 

owners to determine the number of eggs 

hatched and sold as well as to report 

outbreaks of diseases. This information 

allows APHIS officials to track, control, 

and prevent many types of poultry 

diseases. APHIS will use several forms 

to collect the needed information. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government; Federal 

Government; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 12,232. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 103,581. 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 122 / Friday, June 26, 2009 / Notices 30503 

Animal & Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Animal Welfare. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0036. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA) 

(Pub. L. 89–544) enacted August 24, 

1966, and as amended, required the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), to 

regulate the humane care and handling 

of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, 

rabbits, and nonhuman primates. This 

legislation was the result of extensive 

demand by organized animal welfare 

groups and private citizens requesting a 

Federal law covering the transportation, 

care, and handling of laboratory 

animals. The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), Regulatory 

Enforcement and Animal Care (AC) has 

the responsibility to enforce the Animal 

Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131–2156) and 

the provisions of 9 CFR, Subchapter A, 

which implements the Animal Welfare 

Act. The purpose of the AWA is to 

ensure that animal use in research 

facilities or exhibition purposes are 

provided humane care and treatment, to 

ensure humane treatment of the animal 

during transportation in commerce, and 

to protect the owners of animals from 

the theft of their animals by preventing 

the sale or use of animals which have 

been stolen. APHIS will collect 

information using several forms. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect health certificates, 

program of veterinary care, application 

for license and record of acquisition, 

disposition and transportation of 

animals. The information is used to 

ensure those dealers, exhibitors, 

research facilities, carriers, etc., are in 

compliance with the Animal Welfare 

Act and regulations and standards 

promulgated under this authority of the 

Act. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 7,450. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 87,252. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Lacey Act Declaration 

Requirements; Plants and Plant 

Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0349. 

Summary of Collection: The Lacey 

Act, enacted in 1900 and significantly 

amended in 1988, is the United States’ 

oldest Wildlife Protection Statute. The 

Act combats trafficking in ‘‘illegal’’ 

wildlife, fish, or plants. The Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, 

which took effect May 22, 2008, 

amended the Lacey Act by expanding its 

protection to a broader range of plants 

and plant products (Section 8204, 

Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Under the amended Lacey Act, 

importers are required to submit a 

declaration form (PPQ–505) for certain 

plants and plant products. The 

declaration must contain, among other 

things, the scientific name of the plant, 

value of the importation, quantity of the 

plant, and name of the country from 

which the plant was harvested. If 

species varies or is unknown, importers 

will have to declare the name of each 

species that may have been used to 

produce the product. Failure to collect 

this information would cause significant 

losses for importers of plants and plant 

products resulting in serious economic 

consequences to the U.S. industries. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 279,398. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,029,164. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–15138 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for Loan Guarantees Under Section 

538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing 

Program (GRRHP) for Fiscal Year 2009 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: NOFA. 

SUMMARY: This NOFA supersedes the 

notice published January 21, 2009 (74 

FR 3551–3558). Responses to the notice 

published January 21, 2009 (74 FR 

3551–3558) will no longer be accepted. 

This is a request for proposals for loan 

guarantees under the section 538 

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing 

Program pursuant to 7 CFR 3565.4 for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. The Omnibus 

Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 

111–8 (the Act) signed on March 11, 

2009, states funds to be available from 

the rural housing fund for the section 

538 guaranteed multi-family loans up to 

$129,090,000. The Act goes on to state: 

‘‘Provided further, That, for applications 

received under the 2009 notice of 

funding availability, section 538 multifamily housing guaranteed loans funded 

pursuant to this paragraph shall not be 

subject to a guarantee fee and the 

interest on such loans may not be 

subsidized.’’ 

For FY 2009, there are also 

approximately $12,372,000 in 

additional funds for GRRHP properties 

that are located in a presidentially 

declared disaster area. Disaster funds 

may be used for new construction or 

repair and rehabilitation. Interest credit 

assistance will be available for 

responses that request and are eligible 

for disaster funds. To be eligible for 

these disaster funds, a property must be 

located in a county affected by 

hurricanes, floods, and other natural 

disasters occurring during 2008 for 

which the President declared a major 

disaster under Title IV of the Robert T. 

Stafford and Disaster and Emergency 

Assistance Act of 1974. Applicants must 

notify the Rural Development contact 

person for the respective State, as 

indicated in the ‘‘Submission Address’’ 

section of this NOFA, that their project 

is located in an eligible disaster zone 

and that they want the project 

considered for these funds. 

Applicants for both, general program 

funding or disaster funds will submit 

proposals in the form of ‘‘responses.’’ 

The commitment of program dollars 

will be made to applicants of selected 

responses that have fulfilled the 

necessary requirements for obligation. 

Expenses incurred in developing 

applications will be at the applicant’s 

risk. The following paragraphs outline 

the timeframes, eligibility requirements, 

lender responsibilities, and the overall 

response and application processes. 

The GRRHP operates under 7 CFR 

part 3565. The GRRHP Origination and 

Servicing Handbook (HB–1–3565) is 

available to provide lenders and the 

general public with guidance on 

program administration. HB–1–3565, 

which contains a copy of 7 CFR part 

3565 in Appendix 1, can be found at the 

Agency’s Instructions Web site address 

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/regs/ 

hblist.html#hbw6. 

Eligible lenders are invited to submit 

responses for the new construction and 

the acquisition with rehabilitation of 

affordable rural rental housing. 

Also eligible is the revitalization, 

repair, and transfer (as stipulated in 7 

CFR 3560.406) of existing direct section 

515 housing (transfer costs are subject to 

Agency approval and must be an 

eligible use of loan proceeds as listed in 

7 CFR 3565.205), and properties 

involved in the Agency’s multi-family 

preservation and revitalization (MPR) 

program. Equity payments, as stipulated 

in 7 CFR 3560.406, in connection with 

the transfer of existing direct section 

515 housing, are an eligible use of