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Friday, May 24, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request

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May 20, 2019.

The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (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; 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 June 24, 2019
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
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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.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

ACTION:

Title: Preloan Procedures and
Requirements for Telecommunications
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0079.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It
makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to finance
telecommunications, electric, and water
and waste facilities in rural areas with
a loan portfolio that totals nearly $58
billion. RUS manages loan programs in
accordance with the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq. as amended, (RE Act). Section
201 of the RE Act authorizes the
Administrator to make loans to qualified
telephone companies for the purpose of
providing telephone service to the
widest practicable number of rural
subscribers.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information using
several forms to determine an
applicant’s eligibility to borrow from
RUS under the terms of the RE Act. The
information is also used to determine
that the Government’s security for loans
made by RUS are reasonably adequate
and that the loans will be repaid within
the time agreed. Without the
information, RUS could not effectively
monitor each borrower’s compliance
with the loan terms and conditions to
properly ensure continued loan
security.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 37.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9,618.

SUMMARY:

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Rural Housing Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice; comment requested.

AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Housing Service (RHS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) will be requested. The intention
is to request a revision for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the program, Real Estate Title
Clearance and Loan Closing.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 23, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team 2,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
STOP 1522, Room 4233, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
RHS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
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
the 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

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techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural
Development Innovation Center, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 1522,
Room 4233, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
[email protected].
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Title: Real Estate Title Clearance and
Loan Closing.
OMB Number: 0575–0147.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2019.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Section 501 of Title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to extend financial assistance to
construct, improve, alter, repair, replace
or rehabilitate dwellings, farm
buildings, and/or related facilities to
provide decent, safe, and sanitary living
conditions and adequate farm buildings
and other structures in rural areas. Title
clearance is required to assure the
Agency(s) that the loan is legally
secured and has the required lien
priority.
RHS will be collecting information to
assure that those participating in this
program remain eligible to proceed with
loan closing and to ensure that loans are
made with Federal funds are legally
secured. The respondents are
individuals or households, businesses
and non-profit institutions. The
information required is used by the
USDA personnel to verify that the
required lien position has been
obtained. The information is collected at
the field office responsible for
processing a loan application through
loan closing. The information is also
used to ensure the program is
administered in manner consistent with
legislative and administrative
requirements. If not collected, the
Agency would be unable to determine if
the loan is adequately and legally
secure. RHS continually strives to
ensure that information collection
burden is kept to a minimum.
Estimate of Burden: Public burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 0.25 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals or
Households, Businesses, Closing agents/
Attorneys and the field office staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimate Number of Responses:
22,214.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,957 hours.
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.
Richard A. Davis,
Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for the Section 533 Housing
Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year
2019
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Rural Housing Service
(RHS), an Agency within Rural
Development, announces that it is
soliciting competitive applications
under its Housing Preservation Grant
(HPG) program. This action is taken to
comply with Agency regulations which
requires the Agency to announce the
opening and closing dates for receipt of
pre-applications for HPG funds from
eligible applicants.
The Agency will publish the amount
of funding on its website at https://
www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/noticessolicitation-applications-nosas.
Expenses incurred in developing
applications will be at the applicant’s
risk.

SUMMARY:

The closing deadline for receipt
of all paper pre-applications in response
to this Notice is 5:00 P.M., local time for
each Rural Development State Office on
July 8, 2019. If submitting the preapplication in electronic format, the
closing deadline for receipt is 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time on July 8, 2019.
Rural Development State Office
locations can be found at: http://
www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/stateoffices. RHS will not consider any
application that is received after the
closing deadline. Applicants intending
to mail applications must provide
sufficient time to permit delivery on or
before the closing deadline date and
time. Acceptance by the United States
Postal Service or private mailer does not
constitute delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and
postage due applications will not be
accepted.

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For
general information, applicants may
contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson,
Finance and Loan Analyst, MultiFamily Housing Preservation and Direct
Loan Division, USDA Rural
Development, STOP 0781, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250–0781, telephone (202) 690–
0759 (voice) (this is not a toll-free
number) or (800) 877–8339 (TDDFederal Information Relay Service) or
via email at, bonnie.edwards@
wdc.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Opportunities
The Agency encourages applications
that will help improve life in rural
America. See information on the
Interagency Task Force on Agriculture
and Rural Prosperity found at
www.usda.gov/ruralprosperity.
Applicants are encouraged to consider
projects that provide measurable results
in helping rural communities build
robust and sustainable economies
through strategic investments in
infrastructure, partnerships and
innovation.
Key strategies include:
• Achieving e-Connectivity for Rural
America
• Developing the Rural Economy
• Harnessing Technological Innovation
• Supporting a Rural Workforce
• Improving Quality of Life
To leverage investments in rural
property, the Agency also encourages
projects located in rural Opportunity
Zones where projects should provide
measurable results in helping
communities build robust and
sustainable economies. An Opportunity
Zone is an economically-distressed
community where new investments,
under certain conditions, may be
eligible for preferential tax treatment.
Localities qualify as Opportunity Zones
if they have been nominated for that
designation by the state and that
nomination has been certified by the
Secretary of the U.S. Treasury via his
delegation of authority to the Internal
Revenue Service.
To combat a key threat to economic
prosperity, rural workforce and quality
of life, the Agency also encourages
applications that will support the
Administration’s goal to reduce the
morbidity and mortality associated with
Substance Use Disorder (including
opioid misuse) in high-risk rural
communities by strengthening the
capacity to address prevention,
treatment and/or recovery at the

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