[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37375-37376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15684]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS).
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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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 Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) grant program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 30, 2010 to
be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Woolard, Loan Specialist,
Community Programs Guaranteed Loan and Processing and Servicing
Division, RHS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Mail Stop 0787,
Washington, DC 20250-0787, telephone (202) 720-1506, e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications
for the Rural Community Development Initiative.
OMB Number: 0575-0180.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2010.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: RHS, an Agency within the USDA Rural Development mission
area, will administer the RCDI grant program through their Community
Facilities Division. The intent of the RCDI grant program is to develop
the capacity and ability of rural area recipients to
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undertake projects through a program of technical assistance provided
by qualified intermediary organizations. The eligible recipients are
nonprofit organizations, low-income rural communities, or federally
recognized Indian tribes. The intermediary may be a qualified private,
nonprofit, or public (including tribal) organization. The intermediary
is the applicant. The intermediary must have been organized a minimum
of 3 years at the time of application. The intermediary will be
required to provide matching funds, in the form of cash or committed
funding, in an amount at least equal to the RCDI grant.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.24 hours per response.
Respondents: Intermediaries and recipients.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,260.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.67.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,360.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,170.
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
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of 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 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.
Tammye H. Trevi[ntilde]o,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-15684 Filed 6-28-10; 8:45 am]
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