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into administration of the Forest
Service’s Recreation Fee Program under
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This final directive, which replaces
the Guidelines, formalizes direction on
REA by incorporating it into the Forest
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its implementing regulations at 5 CFR
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Dated: November 26, 2013.
Thomas L. Tidwell,
Chief, U.S. Forest Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
Rural Utilities Service.
Notice of Depreciation Rates for
Telecommunications Plant.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) administers rural utilities
programs, including the
Telecommunications Program. RUS
announces the depreciation rates for
telecommunications plant for the period
ending December 31, 2012.
DATES: These rates are effective
immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period
ending December 31, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith B. Adams, Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications
Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP
1590—Room 5151, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
1590. Telephone: (202) 720–9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR
part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and
SUMMARY:
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Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
§ 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation
rates that are used by RUS in its
feasibility studies. § 1737.70(e)(2) refers
to median depreciation rates published
by RUS for all borrowers. The following
chart provides those rates, compiled by
RUS, for the reporting period ending
December 31, 2012:
MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2012
Telecommunications plant
category
Depreciation
rate
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 ..............................
e. Other terminal equipment ...............................
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable—poles .......
b. Aerial cable—metal .......
16.00
14.29
13.24
10.00
3.20
10.00
20.00
9.09
10.00
9.30
10.00
10.00
12.00
10.00
11.20
11.53
10.50
6.00
5.80
headquarters in Westminster, Colorado.
The proposal consists of the
construction of approximately 72 miles
of 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in
eastern Colorado between the
Burlington Substation (located in Kit
Carson County) and the Wray
Telecommunications plant
Depreciation
Substation (located in Yuma County)
category
rate
(proposed Project). Tri-State is
c. Aerial cable—fiber .........
5.00 requesting financial assistance from
d. Underground cable—
RUS for the construction of the
metal ..............................
5.00 proposed Project.
e. Underground cable—
RUS is considering funding the
fiber ................................
5.00
f. Buried cable—metal ......
5.05 proposed Project, thereby making it an
g. Buried cable—fiber .......
5.00 undertaking subject to review under
h. Conduit systems ...........
3.74 Section 106 of the National Historic
i. Other ..............................
5.40 Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 U.S.C.
470(f), and its implementing regulation,
‘‘Protection of Historic Properties’’ (36
John Charles Padalino,
CFR part 800). To meet its
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
responsibilities under Section 106, RUS
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must take into account the effect of the
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proposed Project on historic properties;
i.e., buildings, structures, sites, objects
and districts which are listed or eligible
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
for listing on the National Register of
Rural Utilities Service
Historic Places (NRHP). RUS has
coordinated its compliance with Section
Tri-State Generation and Transmission 106 with the steps taken to comply with
Association, Inc.: Notice of Availability NEPA and its environmental policies
of an Environmental Assessment
and procedures. Accordingly, this EA
also documents the manner in which
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
RUS has met its responsibilities to take
ACTION: Notice of Availability of an
into account effects to historic
Environmental Assessment.
properties. RUS has determined that the
SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service
proposed project will have no adverse
(RUS), an agency of the United States
effects to historic properties listed on or
Department of Agriculture, has issued
eligible for listing on the NRHP.
an Environmental Assessment (EA) to
DATES: Written comments on this Notice
meet its responsibilities under the
must be received on or before January 8,
National Environmental Policy Act
2014.
(NEPA), the Council on Environmental
Quality’s (CEQ) regulations for
ADDRESSES: Copies of the EA will be
implementing NEPA (40 CFR Parts
available for public review at the
1500–1508), and RUS’s Environmental
Agency’s Web site: https://
and Policies and Procedures (7 CFR Part www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWP-EA1794) in connection with potential
Burlington-Wray.html., at Tri-State’s
impacts related to a proposal by TriWeb site: https://www.tristategt.org/
State Generation and Transmission
Transmission/Burlington-Wray.cfm, and
Association, Inc. (Tri-State) with
at the following repositories:
MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2012—Continued
TABLE 5—FY 2013 COMMON POOL INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS
Address
Phone
Wray Public Library ................................................
Burlington Public Library ........................................
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Building location
621 Blake Street Wray, CO 80758 .................................................................
321 14th Street Burlington, CO 90907 ...........................................................
970–332–4744
719–346–8109
To
obtain copies of the EA or for further
information, contact Mr. Dennis Rankin,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
USDA/RUS, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Room 2244–S, Stop 1571,
Washington, DC 20250–1571, or email:
dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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proposes to construct a single-circuit
230-kV line approximately 72 miles in
length between the Burlington
Substation (located in Kit Carson
County) and the Wray Substation
(located in Yuma County). The
Burlington Substation would be
expanded from the existing two breaker
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arrangement to a three breaker ring bus
arrangement to allow for the new 230kV line bay. The Wray Substation would
require a new 230-kV ring bus
configuration with three new 230-kV
circuit breakers.
The overall purpose of the proposed
Project is to alleviate transmission
systems limitations in eastern Colorado,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service.
ACTION: Notice of Depreciation Rates for Telecommunications Plant.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) administers rural utilities programs, including
the Telecommunications Program. RUS announces the depreciation rates
for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2012.
DATES: These rates are effective immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith B. Adams, Assistant
Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service,
STOP 1590--Room 5151, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20250-1590. Telephone: (202) 720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and
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Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans, Sec. 1737.70(e) explains the
depreciation rates that are used by RUS in its feasibility studies.
Sec. 1737.70(e)(2) refers to median depreciation rates published by
RUS for all borrowers. The following chart provides those rates,
compiled by RUS, for the reporting period ending December 31, 2012:
Median Depreciation Rates of Rural Utilities Service Borrowers by
Equipment Category for Period Ending December 31, 2012
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Depreciation
Telecommunications plant category rate
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1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor vehicles..................................... 16.00
b. Aircraft........................................... 14.29
c. Special purpose vehicles........................... 13.24
d. Garage and other work equipment.................... 10.00
e. Buildings.......................................... 3.20
f. Furniture and office equipment..................... 10.00
g. General purpose computers.......................... 20.00
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital............................................ 9.09
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical........................ 10.00
c. Operator Systems................................... 9.30
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems...................................... 10.00
b. Circuit equipment.................................. 10.00
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus.................................. 12.00
b. Customer premises wiring........................... 10.00
c. Large private branch exchanges..................... 11.20
d. Public telephone terminal.......................... 11.53
e. Other terminal equipment........................... 10.50
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable--poles................................ 6.00
b. Aerial cable--metal................................ 5.80
c. Aerial cable--fiber................................ 5.00
d. Underground cable--metal........................... 5.00
e. Underground cable--fiber........................... 5.00
f. Buried cable--metal................................ 5.05
g. Buried cable--fiber................................ 5.00
h. Conduit systems.................................... 3.74
i. Other.............................................. 5.40
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John Charles Padalino,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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