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Comments on this notice must be
received by December 4, 2006 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250 or sent
electronically to
gmcbride@nass.usda.gov.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Equine Survey.
OMB Number: 0535–0227.
Expiration Date: 02/28/2007.
Type of Request: Intent to Request
Revision and Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection.
Abstract: To improve information
regarding the equine industry, several
State Departments of Agriculture are
expected to contract with the National
Agricultural Statistics Service to
conduct an Equine Survey in their State
within the next 3 years. Equine
activities offer unusually varied
opportunities for rural development. In
addition to providing the livelihood for
breeders, trainers, veterinarians, and
many others, the horse remains
important to recreation. The number of
operations, number of animals, and
economic information will quantify the
importance of the equine industry to
State economies. Income data provides
a view of the benefits that the industry
provides to the State economy and a
ranking of its relative importance within
both the agricultural sector and the
State’s total economic sector. The
expenditure information provides data
regarding the multiplier effect of money
from the equine industry, effects of
wage rates paid to both permanent and
part-time employees, and secondary
businesses supported by the industry.
NASS intends to request that the survey
be approved for 3 years. These data will
be collected under the authority of 7
U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable
data collected under this authority are
governed by Section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276,
which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data
provided by respondents.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 30 minutes per
response.
Respondents: Horse owners, breeders,
trainers, boarders.
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
45,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 22,500 hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from Ginny McBride,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–
5778.
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 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
techniques or other forms of information
technology. All responses to this notice
will become a matter of public record
and be summarized in the request for
OMB approval.
with the North Field Canal Option and
Parkway Option C1.
DATES: Effective Date: October 2, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marnie Wilson, Coal Creek EIS, USDA–
NRCS, Wallace F. Bennett Federal
Building, 125 South State Street, Room
4402, Salt Lake City, UT 84138–1100.
Project information is also available on
the Internet at: https://
www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov under Public
Notices.
Signed at Washington, DC, September 28,
2006.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
NASS Administrator.
[FR Doc. 06–8428 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Availability
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Record of Decision (ROD)
for the Coal Creek Flood Control and
Parkway Final Environmental Impact
Statement is now available to the
public. On September 1, 2006, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) published a Final
Environmental Impact Statement
consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, to disclose potential effects to
the human environment resulting from
proposed flood control improvements to
Coal Creek in Cedar City, Utah. The
ROD authorizes implementation of
Alternative C (Replace Main Street
diversion/drop structure) in conjunction
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Copies of
the Final EIS and ROD are available by
request from Marnie Wilson at the
address listed above. Basic data
developed during the environmental
evaluation are on file and may be
reviewed by contacting Sylvia Gillen,
Utah State Conservationist.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Signed in Salt Lake City, Utah on
September 21, 2006.
Sylvia A. Gillen,
State Conservationist.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business—Cooperative Service
AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative
Service.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBS) intention to
request information collection in
support of the Rural Business Enterprise
Grant (RBEG) program and Televisions
Demonstration Grants (7 CFR part 1942–
G).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 4, 2006 to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Mason, Specialty Lenders
Division, Rural Business—Cooperative
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 3225, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3225,
telephone (202) 690–1433.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information to
Renita Bolden, Regulations and
Paperwork Management Branch,
Support Services Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Stop 0742, 1400
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Business Enterprise
Grants and Televisions Demonstration
Grants.
OMB Number: 0570–0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: January
1, 2007
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The objective of the RBEG
program is to facilitate the development
of small and emerging private
businesses in rural areas. This purpose
is achieved through grants made by RBS
to public bodies and nonprofit
corporations. Television Demonstration
grants are available to private nonprofit
public television systems to provide
information on agriculture and other
issues of importance to farmers and the
rural residents. The regulation contains
various requirements for information
from the grantees, and some
requirements may cause the grantees to
require information from other parties.
The information requested is vital for
RBS to be able to process applications
in a responsible manner, make prudent
program decisions, and effectively
monitor the grantees’ activities to
protect the Government’s financial
interest and ensure that funds obtained
from the Government are used
appropriately. It includes information to
determine eligibility; the specific
purpose for which grant funds will be
used; timeframes; who will be carrying
out the grant purposes; project priority;
applicant experience; employment
improvement; and mitigation of
economic distress.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Nonprofit corporations
and public bodies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
720.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
8,640.
Estimated Number of Hours Per
Response: 2.5.
Estimated Total Hours: 21,600 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0043.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of RBS,
including whether the information will
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have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the RBS 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
Renita Bolden, 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 Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 26, 2006.
Jackie J. Gleason,
Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an agency delivering the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Rural
Development Utilities Programs, hereby
announces the depreciation rates for
telecommunications plant for the period
ending December 31, 2005.
DATES: These rates are effective
immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period
ending December 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan P. Claffey, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications
Program, Rural Development Utilities
Programs, STOP 1590—Room 5151,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–1590.
Telephone: (202) 720–9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
USDA Rural Development regulation 7
CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and
Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
section 1737.70(e) explains the
depreciation rates that are used by
USDA Rural Development in its
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feasibility studies. Section 1737.70(e)(2)
refers to median depreciation rates
published by USDA Rural Development
for all borrowers. The following chart
provides those rates, compiled by USDA
Rural Development, for the reporting
period ending December 31, 2005:
MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF
USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2005
Telecommunications plant
category
1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor Vehicles ..............
b. Aircraft ...........................
c. Special purpose vehicles ................................
d. Garage and other work
equipment ......................
e. Buildings .......................
f. Furniture and Office
equipment ......................
g. General purpose computers .............................
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital ............................
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical .........................
c. Operator Systems .........
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems ..............
b. Circuit equipment ..........
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus ..........
b. Customer premises wiring ..................................
c. Large private branch exchanges .........................
d. Public telephone terminal equipment ............
e. Other terminal equipment ...............................
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable—Poles ......
b. Aerial cable—Metal .......
c. Aerial cable—Fiber .......
d. Underground cable—
Metal ..............................
e. Underground cable—
Fiber ..............................
f. Buried cable—Metal ......
g. Buried cable—Fiber ......
h. Conduit systems ...........
i. Other ..............................
Depreciation
rate
16.00
10.00
12.00
10.00
3.20
10.00
20.00
8.45
10.00
10.00
9.24
10.00
12.00
10.00
12.50
11.40
10.35
6.37
5.90
5.10
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
3.33
8.34
Dated: September 22, 2006.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 06–8323 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business--Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Business--Cooperative Service.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS)
intention to request information collection in support of the Rural
Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) program and Televisions Demonstration
Grants (7 CFR part 1942-G).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 4, 2006 to
be assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Mason, Specialty Lenders
Division, Rural Business--Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 3225, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC
20250-3225, telephone (202) 690-1433.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information to
Renita Bolden, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support
Services Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development,
Stop 0742, 1400
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Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Business Enterprise Grants and Televisions
Demonstration Grants.
OMB Number: 0570-0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 1, 2007
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The objective of the RBEG program is to facilitate the
development of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas.
This purpose is achieved through grants made by RBS to public bodies
and nonprofit corporations. Television Demonstration grants are
available to private nonprofit public television systems to provide
information on agriculture and other issues of importance to farmers
and the rural residents. The regulation contains various requirements
for information from the grantees, and some requirements may cause the
grantees to require information from other parties. The information
requested is vital for RBS to be able to process applications in a
responsible manner, make prudent program decisions, and effectively
monitor the grantees' activities to protect the Government's financial
interest and ensure that funds obtained from the Government are used
appropriately. It includes information to determine eligibility; the
specific purpose for which grant funds will be used; timeframes; who
will be carrying out the grant purposes; project priority; applicant
experience; employment improvement; and mitigation of economic
distress.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Nonprofit corporations and public bodies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 720.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 8,640.
Estimated Number of Hours Per Response: 2.5.
Estimated Total Hours: 21,600 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, at (202) 692-
0043.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of RBS, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the RBS 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 Renita
Bolden, 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 Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 26, 2006.
Jackie J. Gleason,
Administrator, Rural Business--Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. E6-16286 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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