83 FR 4895 - Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)
Rural Housing Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)
| Page Range | 4895-4895 | |
| FR Document | 2018-02063 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 4895] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-02063] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Housing Service Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS). 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 a revision of 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 April 3, 2018 to be assured of consideration. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley Stevenson, Community Programs Specialist, Community Programs Division, RHS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail stop 0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787, Telephone (202) 205-9685, Email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Rural Community Development Initiative. OMB Number: 0575-0180. Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2018. Type of Request: Revision 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 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 1.27 hours per response. Respondents: Intermediaries and recipients. Estimated Number of Respondents: 900. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.94. Estimated Number of Responses: 3,550. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,526. 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. Dated: January 25, 2018. Curtis M. Anderson, Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. [FR Doc. 2018-02063 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-XV-P
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Additional Public Notification should contact USDA’s TARGET Center application. The intermediary will be
Public awareness of all segments of at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). required to provide matching funds, in
rulemaking and policy development is Done at Washington, DC on: January 30, the form of cash or committed funding,
important. Consequently, FSIS will 2018. in an amount at least equal to the RCDI
announce this Federal Register Paul Kiecker, grant.
publication on-line through the FSIS Acting Administrator. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
web page located at: http:// [FR Doc. 2018–02092 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am] burden for this collection of information
www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P is estimated to average 1.27 hours per
FSIS also will make copies of this response.
publication available through the FSIS
Respondents: Intermediaries and
Constituent Update, which is used to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
provide information regarding FSIS recipients.
policies, procedures, regulations, Rural Housing Service Estimated Number of Respondents:
Federal Register notices, FSIS public 900.
meetings, and other types of information Notice of Request for Revision of a
Currently Approved Information Estimated Number of Responses per
that could affect or would be of interest Respondent: 3.94.
to our constituents and stakeholders. Collection
The Update is available on the FSIS web Estimated Number of Responses:
AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS).
page. Through the web page, FSIS is 3,550.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
able to provide information to a much requested. Estimated Total Annual Burden on
broader, more diverse audience. In Respondents: 4,526.
addition, FSIS offers an email SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Copies of this information collection
subscription service which provides Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
automatic and customized access to notice announces the Rural Housing
Service’s intention to request a revision Regulations and Paperwork
selected food safety news and Management Branch, at (202) 692–0040.
information. This service is available at: of a currently approved information
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. collection in support of the Rural Comments: Comments are invited on:
Options range from recalls to export Community Development Initiative (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information, regulations, directives, and (RCDI) grant program. information is necessary for the proper
notices. Customers can add or delete DATES: Comments on this notice must be performance of the functions of the
subscriptions themselves, and have the received by April 3, 2018 to be assured Agency, including whether the
option to password protect their of consideration. information will have practical utility;
accounts. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (b) the accuracy of Agency’s estimate of
Shirley Stevenson, Community the burden of the proposed collection of
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
Programs Specialist, Community information including the validity of the
No agency, officer, or employee of the Programs Division, RHS, USDA, 1400 methodology and assumptions used; (c)
USDA shall, on the grounds of race, Independence Ave. SW, Mail stop 0787, ways to enhance the quality, utility and
color, national origin, religion, sex, Washington, DC 20250–0787, clarity of the information to be
gender identity, sexual orientation, Telephone (202) 205–9685, Email collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
disability, age, marital status, family/ shirley.stevenson@wdc.usda.gov. burden of the collection of information
parental status, income derived from a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: on those who are to respond, including
public assistance program, or political Title: Rural Community Development through the use of appropriate
beliefs, exclude from participation in, Initiative. automated, electronic, mechanical, or
deny the benefits of, or subject to OMB Number: 0575–0180.
discrimination any person in the United other technological collection
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
States under any program or activity techniques or other forms of information
2018.
conducted by the USDA. Type of Request: Revision of a technology.
currently approved information Comments may be sent to Jeanne
How To File a Complaint of
collection. Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork
Discrimination Abstract: RHS, an Agency within the Management Branch, U.S. Department
To file a complaint of discrimination, USDA Rural Development mission area, of Agriculture, Rural Development,
complete the USDA Program will administer the RCDI grant program STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Ave.
Discrimination Complaint Form, which through their Community Facilities SW, Washington, DC 20250. All
may be accessed online at http:// Division. The intent of the RCDI grant responses to this notice will be
www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ program is to develop the capacity and summarized and included in the request
docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ ability of rural area recipients to for OMB approval. All comments will
12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you undertake projects through a program of also become a matter of public record.
or your authorized representative. technical assistance provided by
Send your completed complaint form qualified intermediary organizations. Dated: January 25, 2018.
or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: The eligible recipients are nonprofit Curtis M. Anderson,
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, organizations, low-income rural
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Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 communities, or federally recognized [FR Doc. 2018–02063 Filed 2–1–18; 8:45 am]
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, Indian tribes. The intermediary may be BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) 690–7442, a qualified private, nonprofit, or public
Email: program.intake@usda.gov. (including tribal) organization. The
Persons with disabilities who require intermediary is the applicant. The
alternative means for communication intermediary must have been organized
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), a minimum of 3 years at the time of
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Proposed collection; comments requested. | |
| Dates | Comments on this notice must be received by April 3, 2018 to be assured of consideration. | |
| Contact | Shirley Stevenson, Community Programs Specialist, Community Programs Division, RHS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail stop 0787, Washington, DC 20250-0787, Telephone (202) 205-9685, Email [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 4895 |
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