78 FR 81 pg. 24721 - Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 81Page: 24721
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-09894 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Rural Housing Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY:
The 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 intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for "Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring Demonstration Program (MPR) for Fiscal Year 2006."
DATES:
Comments on this notice must be received by June 25, 2013 to be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melinda Price, Finance and Housing Analyst, Multi-Family Housing and Preservation and Direct Loan Division, Federal Building, 200 North High Street, Room 597, Columbia, Ohio 43215, (614) 255-2403
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring (MPR) Demonstration Program.
OMB Number: 0575-0190.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2013.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information collection.
Abstract: The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109-97) provides funding for, and authorizes Rural Development to conduct a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of the Section 515 Multi-Family Housing portfolio. Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) provides Rural Development the authority to make loans for low-income Multi-Family Housing and related facilities.
Rural Development refers to this program as Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring Program (MPR). A NOFA sets forth the eligibility and application requirements. Information will be collected from applicants and grant recipients by Rural Development staff in its Local, Area, State, and National offices. This information will be used to determine applicant eligibility for this demonstration program. If an applicant proposal is selected, that applicant will be notified of the selection and given the opportunity to submit a formal application.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
Respondents: Individuals, partnerships, public and private nonprofit corporations, agencies, institutions, organizations, and Indian tribes.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,420.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,720.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division 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 Rural Development, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural Development'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, Support Services Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Support Services Division, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
Tammye Treviño,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-09894 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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