Notice2021-15104
Information Collection Activities: Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants
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Published
July 16, 2021
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentRural Housing Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Rural Housing Service (RHS) to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 134 (Friday, July 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 37737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15104]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Information Collection Activities: Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Self-Help Technical
Assistance Grants
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Rural Housing Service (RHS) to
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in
support of the program for Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 14, 2021
to be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Birmingham, Finance and Loan
Analyst, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division, RHS, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Stop 0783, 1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0783, Telephone (202) 720-1489.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR 1944-I, Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants.
OMB Docket Number: 0575-0043.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This subpart set forth the policies and procedures and
delegates authority for providing technical assistance funds to
eligible applicants to finance programs of technical and supervisory
assistance for self-help housing loan program, as authorized under
section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 under 42 U.S.C. 1472. This
financial assistance may pay part or all of the cost of developing,
administering, or coordinating a program of technical and supervisory
assistance to aid very low- and low-income families in carrying out
self-help housing efforts in rural areas. The primary purpose is to
locate and work with families that otherwise do not qualify as
homeowners, are below low and very low incomes, and living in
substandard housing. RHS will be collecting information from non-profit
organizations to enter into grant agreements. These non-profit
organizations will give technical and supervisory assistance, and in
doing so, they must develop a final application for section 523 grant
funds. This application includes Agency forms that contain essential
information for deciding eligibility.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.08 hours per response.
Respondents: Public or private nonprofit organizations, State,
Local or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 70.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 30.94.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,166.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,345.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Kimble
Brown, Innovation Center--Regulations Management Division, at (202)
720-6780.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the RHS, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of RHS'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. 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.
Chadwick A. Parker,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-15104 Filed 7-15-21; 8:45 am]
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