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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who respond, including the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technology. Comments should be sent to

the address in the preamble. All

responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 14, 2001.

Maria Pisa,

Acting Director, National Agricultural

Library.

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BILLING CODE 3410–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Housing Service

Rural Utilities Service

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCIES: Rural Business-Cooperative

Service, Rural Housing Service, and

Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Agencies’

intention to request an extension for a

currently approved information

collection in support of Form RD 1910–

11, ‘‘Application Certification, Federal

Collection Policies for Consumer or

Commercial Debts.’’

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by February 19, 2002, to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H.

Richard Kelly, Chief, Program

Operations Branch, Water Programs

Division, Rural Utilities Service, USDA,

STOP 1570, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

1570, telephone (202) 720–9589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Form RD 1910–11, ‘‘Application

Certification, Federal Collection Policies

for Consumer or Commercial Debts.’’

OMB Number: 0575–0127.

Expiration Date of Approval: March

31, 2002.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The water and waste loans,

community facilities loans,

intermediary relending program loans,

rural housing site loans, and business

and industry direct loans are authorized

by various sections of the Consolidated

Farm and Rural Development Act, (7

U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), as amended. The

water and waste program provides loan

funds for water and waste projects

serving rural communities. Community

facilities loans assist rural communities

to develop facilities that are essential for

their communities. The rural housing

site loans provide financing for the

purchase and development of housing

sites for low- and moderate-income

families. The intermediary relending

program provides loans to intermediary

organizations to establish revolving loan

funds that assist with rural economic

and community development. The

direct business and industry direct loan

program provides funds to rural

businesses that cannot get adequate

financing from other sources.

OMB Circular A–129, ‘‘Policies for

Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax

Receivables’’ requires that an agency

will inform its loan applicants of the

Federal government’s debt collection

policies and procedures prior to

extending credit. The Circular states

that further information on the

implementation of credit management

and debt collection can be found in the

Treasury Financial Manual. A

supplement to the Treasury Financial

Manual requires that the Agency will

ask the applicant to sign a debt

collection certification statement to

certify knowledge of the Government’s

policies. This certification statement

details the consequences of delinquency

on Federal loans.

The Agencies will use Form RD 1910–

11 to meet the requirements of OMB

Circular A–129 and the supplement to

the Treasury Financial Manual for the

identified programs. This form will

uniformly advise applicants of the debt

collection methods that will be used in

recovering delinquent or defaulted

loans.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .25 hours per

response.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit organizations, not-for-profit

institutions, public organizations and

local or tribal governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,625.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Responses:

1,625.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 406 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0039.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed 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 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

Tracy Gillin, Regulations and

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Rural

Development, STOP 0742, 1400

Independence Ave. SW., Washington,

DC 20250–0742.

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: December 5, 2001.

Hilda Gay Legg,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

John Rosso,

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

James. C. Alsop,

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Competitive Enhancement Needs

Assessment Survey Program

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information