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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 94 / Monday, May 16, 2022 / Notices
(202) 720–9639. 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.
Karama Neal,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022–10441 Filed 5–13–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
[Docket No. RHS–22–SFH–0009]

Notice of Request for Revision of
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service,
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USDA Rural Housing Service (RHS)
invites comments on this information
collection for the Housing Preservation
Grant (HPG) Program, which approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) will be requested.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 15, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Bennett, Regulations
Management Division, Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Email: [email protected].
Telephone: (202) 720–9639.
For program inquires, contact Mandy
Couture, Finance and Loan Analyst,
Single Family Housing Direct Loan
Division, Special Programs and
Initiatives Branch, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Email: mandy.couture@
usda.gov. Telephone (515) 418–2188.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s 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 the Agency
is submitting to OMB for revision.
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 burden including

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the validity of the methodology and
assumption 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 the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques on other forms
and information technology.
Comments may be sent by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and, in the
‘‘Search’’ box, type in the Docket No.
RHS–22–SFH–0009. A link to the Notice
will appear. You may submit a comment
here by selecting the ‘‘Comment’’ button
or you can access the ‘‘Docket’’ tab,
select the ‘‘Notice,’’ and go to the
‘‘Browse & Comment on Documents’’
tab. Here you may view comments that
have been submitted as well as submit
a comment. To submit a comment,
select the ‘‘Comment’’ button, complete
the required information, and select the
‘‘Submit Comment’’ button at the
bottom. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link
at the bottom.
Title: 7 CFR Part 1944–N Housing
Preservation Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0115.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The primary purpose of the
HPG Program is to repair or rehabilitate
individual housing, rental properties, or
co-ops owned or occupied by very lowand low-income rural persons. Grantees
will provide eligible homeowners,
owners of rental properties and owners
of co-ops with financial assistance
through loans, grants, interest reduction
payments or other comparable financial
assistance for necessary repairs and
rehabilitation of dwellings to bring them
up to code or minimum property
standards. Where repair and
rehabilitation assistance are not
economically feasible or practical the
replacement of existing, individual
owner-occupied housing is available.
The Rural Housing Amendments of
1983 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. In addition,
the Secretary of Agriculture has
authority to prescribe rules and
regulations to implement the HPG and
other programs under 42 U.S.C. S
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about the information applicants are to
submit to RHS as part of their
application and in the assessments and
criteria RHS is to use in selecting
grantees. An applicant is to submit a
’’statement of activity’’ describing its
proposed program, including the
specific activities it will undertake, and
its schedule. RHS is required in turn to
evaluate 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 areas 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 by
necessity for RHS to assure that it funds
responsible grantees proposing feasible
projects in areas of greatest need. Most
data are taken from a localized area,
although some are derived from census
reports of city, county and Federal
governments showing population and
housing characteristics.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .85 hours per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 11,045 hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,083.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 6.21.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Pamela Bennett,
Rural Development Innovation Center,
Regulations Management Division, at
(202) 720–9639. 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.
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.
Joaquin Altoro,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022–10469 Filed 5–13–22; 8:45 am]
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