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Vol. 74, No. 132 

Monday, July 13, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection Request, 

Servicing Minor Program Loans 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FSA 

is requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on a currently approved information 

collection to support the FSA Farm 

Loan Programs (FLP). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by September 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Mel Thompson, USDA, Farm 

Service Agency, Loan Servicing and 

Property Management Division, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 500, 

Washington, DC 20024; 

• E-mail: 

mel.thompson@wdc.usda.gov; 

• Fax: 720–5804. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver 

comments to Farm Service Agency, 

Loan Servicing and Property 

Management Division, 1280 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Suite 500, Washington, 

DC 20024. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mel 

Thompson, Senior Loan Officer, (202) 

720–7862. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Servicing Minor Program Loans. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0230. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: Section 331 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1981, 

(‘‘CONACT’’) in part, authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to modify, 

subordinate and release terms of 

security instruments, leases, contracts, 

and agreements entered into by FSA. 

That section also authorizes transfers of 

security property, as the Secretary 

deems necessary, to carry out the 

purpose of the loan or protect the 

Government’s financial interest. Section 

335 of the CONACT (7 U.S.C. 1985), 

provides servicing authority for real 

estate security; operation or lease of 

realty; disposition of property; 

conveyance of real property interest of 

the United States; easements; and 

condemnations. The information 

collection relates to a program benefit 

recipient or loan borrower requesting 

action on security they own, which was 

purchased with FSA loan funds, 

improved with FSA loan funds or has 

otherwise been mortgaged to FSA to 

secure a Government loan. The 

information collected is primarily 

financial data not already on file, such 

as borrower asset values, current 

financial information and public use 

and employment data. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: Public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average .52 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Individuals, 

associations, partnerships, or 

corporations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

226. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 117.5 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

including the follow to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) 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. 

All responses to this Notice will be 

summarized and included in the 

information collection request for Office 

of Management and Budget approval. 

All comments will also become a matter 

of public record. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2009. 

Douglas J. Caruso, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–16403 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

State Technical Guide specifically in 

practice standards: #314, Brush 

Management; #382, Fence; #646, 

Shallow Water Development and 

Management; #658, Wetland Creation; 

#659, Wetland Enhancement; #657, 

Wetland Restoration; and #644, Wetland 

Wildlife Habitat Management. These 

practices will be used to plan and install 

conservation practices on cropland, 

pastureland, woodland, and wildlife 

land. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with this 

date of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Bricker, State Conservationist, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS), 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 

209, Richmond, Virginia 23229–5014; 

Telephone number (804) 287–1691; Fax 

number (804) 287–1737. Copies of the 

practice standards will be made 

available upon written request to the 

address shown above or on the Virginia 

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