Notice2022-20893
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Published
September 27, 2022
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58473-58474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20893]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of
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appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by October
27, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 1924-F, Complaints and Compensation Defects.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0082.
Summary of Collection: Section 509 of Title V of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended, authorizes the Rural Housing Service (RHS) to pay the
costs for correcting defects or compensate borrowers of Section 502
Direct loan funds for expenses arising out of defects with respect to
newly constructed dwellings and new manufactured housing units with
funds authorized under this title. This is a reactionary-type procedure
implemented to fulfill a need to inform field offices on how to deal
with complaints generated by the public. The objective of this
procedure is to be responsive to the public served by the Agency; and
to minimize claims and civil actions against the Government by
instituting a procedure for the resolution of complaints.
All Rural Housing Service personnel are to implement a procedure to
accept and process complaints from the borrowers/owners against
builders and dealers/contractors to resolve the complaint. When the
complaint involves structural defects which cannot be resolved by the
cooperation of the builders or dealers/contractors, the program
authorizes expenditure to resolve the defects with grant funds, such
resolution could involve expenditure for (1) repairing defects; (2)
reimbursing for emergency repairs; (3) pay temporary living expenses or
(4) convey dwelling to RHS with release of liability for the RHS loan.
Need and Use of the Information: The information is collected from
agency borrowers and the local agency office serving the county in
which the dwelling is located. This information is used by Rural
Housing Staff to evaluate the request and assist the borrower in
identifying possible causes and corrective actions. The information is
collected on a case-by-case basis when initiated by the borrower.
Without this information, RHS would be unable to assure that eligible
borrowers would receive compensation to repair defects to their newly
constructed dwellings.
Description of Respondents: Business or for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 40.
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 1944-N--Housing Preservation Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0115.
Summary of Collection: Section 533 of Title V of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended, authorizes the Rural Housing Service (RHS) to make
grants to eligible applicants to conduct housing preservation programs
benefiting very low- and low-income rural residents. Program funds can
cover part of the grantee's cost in providing loans, grants, interest
reduction payments or other assistance to eligible homeowners, owners
of single or multiple unit rental properties or for the benefit of
owners (as occupants) of consumer cooperative housing projects. Such
assistance will be used to reduce the cost of repair and
rehabilitation, to remove or correct health or safety hazards, to
comply with applicable development standards or codes, or to make
needed repairs to improve the general living conditions of the
resident(s), including improved accessibility by handicapped persons.
Individual housing that is owner occupied may qualify for replacement
housing when it is determined by the grantee that the housing is not
economically feasible for repair or rehabilitation. These grants were
established by the Rural Housing Amendments of 1983 which amended the
Housing Act of 1949 by adding Section 533 (12 U.S.C. 1490m). The
program is implemented at 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N.
Section 533(d) is prescriptive to the information applicants are to
submit to RHS as part of their application as well as in the
assessments and criteria RHS will use in selecting grantees. An
applicant submits a ``statement of activity'' describing its proposed
program, including a detailed description of specific activities, and
production schedule. RHS is required to evaluate the proposals on a set
of prescribed criteria, for which the applicant will also have to
provide information, such as: (1) very low- and low-income persons
proposed to be served by the repair and rehabilitation activities; (2)
participation by other public and private organizations to leverage
funds and lower the cost to the HPG program; (3) the area to be served
in terms of population and need: (4) cost data to assure greatest
degree of assistance at lowest cost; (5) administrative capacity of the
applicant to carry out the program. The information collected will be
the minimum required by law and needed by RHS to assure that it funds
responsible grantees proposing feasible projects in areas of greatest
need. Most data is taken from a localized area; although some data are
derived from census reports of city, county and Federal governments
showing population and housing characteristics.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is compiled initially
by the applicant for consideration by RHS to determine eligibility for
a grant and to justify selection of the applicant for funding. After
funding, grantees collect information to report program accomplishments
and to support expenditure of grant funds. RHS uses the information to
determine if the grantee is complying with the grant agreement and to
make decisions regarding continuing, modifying, or terminating grant
assistance. If the information were not collected and presented to RHS,
the Agency could not monitor the program or justify disbursement of
grant funds. The information has been used to provide data to Congress.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,083.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 10,997.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20893 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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