81 FR 57560 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 163 (August 23, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57560-57561]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20012]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 17, 2016.
    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 (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 regarding this information collection received by 
September 22, 2016 will be considered. Written comments should be 
addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New 
Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 
Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    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 509C 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 
authorized funds. This regulation provides instruction to all RHS 
personnel to enable them to implement a procedure to accept and process 
complaints from borrowers/owners against builders and dealers/
contractors, to resolve the complaint informally. When the complaint 
involves structural defects which cannot be resolved by the cooperation 
of the builder or dealer/contractor, it authorizes expenditure to 
resolve the defect with grant funds. 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: Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization 
Restructuring Demonstration Program (MPR).
    OMB Control Number: 0575-0190.
    Summary of Collection: The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Pub. L. 109-97) provides funding for, and authorizes the Rural Housing 
Service (RHS) 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 provides Rural Development the 
authority to make loans for low-income Multi-Family Housing and related 
facilities.
    The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, (Pub. L. 114-113) 
authorized USDA to conduct a demonstration program for the preservation 
and revitalization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA/Multi-Family 
Housing (MFH) loans to ensure the project has sufficient resources to 
provide safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm 
laborers.
    Need and Use of the Information: RHS will collect information from 
the proposer to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses to which the 
proposal concept possesses or lacks to select the most feasible 
proposals that will enhances the Agency's chances in accomplishing the 
demonstration objective. The information will be utilized to sustain 
and modify RHS' current policies pertaining to revitalization and 
preservation of affordable rental housing in rural areas.

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    Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 27,365.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-20012 Filed 8-22-16; 8:45 am]
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