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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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January 8, 2015.
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
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
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displays a currently valid OMB control
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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System
Construction Policies and Procedures—
Electric.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0107.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., as amended, (RE ACT) in Sec.
4 (7 U.S.C. 904) authorizes and
empowers the Administrator of the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make
loans in the several States and
Territories of the United States for rural
electrification and the furnishing and
improving of electric energy to persons
in rural areas. These loans are for a term
of up to 35 years and are secured by a
first mortgage on the borrower’s electric
system. In the interest of protecting loan
security and accomplishing the
statutory objective of a sound program
of rural electrification, Section 4 of the
RE Act further requires that RUS make
or guarantee a loan only if there is
reasonable assurance that the loan,
together with all outstanding loans and
obligations of the borrower, will be
repaid in full within the time agreed.
RUS will collect information using
various RUS forms.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information to
implement certain provisions of the
RUS standard form of loan documents
regarding the borrower’s purchase of
materials and equipment and the
construction of its electric system by
contract or force account. The use of
standard forms and procurement
procedures helps assure RUS that
appropriate standards and specifications
are maintained; agency loan security is
not adversely affected; and loan and
loan guarantee funds are used
effectively and for the intended
purposes. The information will be used
by RUS electric borrowers, their
contractors and by RUS. If standard
forms were not used, borrowers would
need to prepare their own documents at
a significant expense; and each
document submitted by a borrower
would require extensive and costly
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review by both RUS and the Office of
the General Counsel.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,161.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 98.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1724 and part 1738
Electric Engineering, Architectural
Services and Design Policies and
Procedures; and Rural Broadband
Access Loans and Loan Guarantees.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0118.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., as amended, authorizes Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) to make loans in
several States and Territories of the
United States for broadband access and
rural electrification and the furnishing
and improving of electric energy to
persons in rural areas. Title 7 CFR 1724
requires each borrower to select a
qualified architect to perform certain
architectural services and to use the
designated form that provides for these
services. The agency has developed
standardized contractual forms used by
borrowers to contract for services.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected stipulates the
parties to the agreement, contain certain
information relating to the approved
loan or loan guarantee, and provide
detailed contractual obligations and
services to be provided and performed
relating to construction, project design,
construction management,
compensation, and related information.
The contractual forms provide
standardized contract agreements
between the electric or broadband
borrower and the engineering or
architectural firm providing services to
the borrower. This has resulted in
substantial savings to borrowers by
reducing preparation of the
documentation and the costly review by
the government.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 59.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 14, 2015 / Notices
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–00408 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket Number FSIS–2014–0038]
RIN 0583–AD40
2015 Rate Changes for the Basetime,
Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory
Services Rates
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the 2015 rates that it will charge meat
and poultry establishments, egg
products plants, and importers and
exporters for providing voluntary,
overtime, and holiday inspection and
identification, certification, and
laboratory services. The 2015 basetime,
overtime, holiday, and laboratory
services rates will be applied beginning
the first FSIS pay period approximately
30 days after the publication of this
notice. This pay period begins on
February 22, 2015.
DATES: FSIS will charge the rates
announced in this notice beginning
February 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Michael
Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office
of Management, FSIS, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Room 2159, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700;
Telephone: (202) 690–8398, Fax: (202)
690–4155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a
final rule amending its regulations to
establish formulas for calculating the
rates it charges meat and poultry
establishments, egg products plants, and
importers and exporters for providing
voluntary, overtime, and holiday
inspection and identification,
certification, and laboratory services (76
FR 20220).
In the final rule, FSIS stated that it
would use the formulas to calculate the
annual rates, publish the rates in a
Federal Register notice before the start
of each calendar year and apply the
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increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for
overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus
the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for
bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2015 overtime
2015 Rates and Calculations
rate per hour per program employee is:
The following table lists the 2015
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
Rates per hour, per employee, by type
divided by previous fiscal year’s Regular
of service:
Hours ($396,361,959/13,707,069)]=
$28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7% (calendar year
2015 Rate
2015 Cost of Living Increase)) = $29.41
(estimates
* 1.5 = $44.11 + $8.78 (benefits rate) +
Service
rounded to
reflect billable $.79 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61
quarters)
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $70.30 (rounded to
Basetime ...............................
$55.60 $70.28).1
Overtime ...............................
70.28
Holiday Rate = The quotient of
Holiday ..................................
85.00
Laboratory .............................
70.52 dividing the OFO inspection program
personnel’s previous fiscal year’s
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal
The regulations state that FSIS will
year’s regular hours, plus that quotient
calculate the rates using formulas that
multiplied by the calendar year’s
include the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) and Office of International Affairs percentage of cost of living increase,
multiplied by 2 (for holiday pay), plus
(OIA) inspection program personnel’s
the benefits rate, plus the travel and
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
operating rate, plus the overhead rate,
and regular hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3,
plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
391.4, 590.126, 590.128, 592.510,
The calculation for the 2015 holiday
592.520, and 592.530). In 2013, an
rate per hour per program employee
Agency reorganization eliminated the
calculation is:
OIA program office and transferred all
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
of its inspection program personnel to
divided by Regular Hours
OFO. Therefore, pay and hours of
($396,361,959/13,707,069)] = $28.91 +
inspection program personnel are
($28.91 * 1.7% (calendar year 2015 Cost
identified in the calculations as ‘‘OFO
of Living Increase)) = $29.41 * 2 =
inspection program personnel’s’’ pay
$58.82 + $8.78 (benefits rate) + $.79
and hours.
(travel and operating rate) + $16.61
FSIS determined the 2015 rates using
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
the following calculations:
allowance rate) = $85.00.2
Basetime Rate = The quotient of
Laboratory Services Rate = The
dividing the OFO inspection program
quotient of dividing the Office of Public
personnel’s previous fiscal year’s
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal
year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS
year’s regular hours, plus the quotient
previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus
multiplied by the calendar year’s
the quotient multiplied by the calendar
percentage of cost of living increase,
year’s percentage cost of living increase,
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel
and operating rate, plus the overhead
and operating rate, plus the overhead
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate.
The calculation for the 2015 basetime rate.
The calculation for the 2015
rate per hour per program employee is:
laboratory services rate per hour per
[FY 2014 OFO Regular Direct Pay
program employee is:
divided by the previous fiscal year’s
[FY 2014 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/
Regular Hours ($396,361,959/
OPHS Regular hours ($24,061,554/
13,707,069)] = $28.91 + ($28.91 * 1.7%
551,995)] = $43.59 + ($43.59 * 1.7%
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
(calendar year 2015 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $29.41 + $8.78 (benefits
rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) + Increase)) = $44.33 + $8.78 (benefits
rate) + $.79 (travel and operating rate) +
$16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
$16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $55.60.
allowance rate) = $70.52.
Overtime Rate = The quotient of
dividing the Office OFO inspection
1 FSIS can bill basetime, overtime, and holiday
program personnel’s previous fiscal
year’s regular direct pay by the previous rates on the quarter hour. Accordingly, the 2015
overtime and holiday rates were rounded down so
fiscal year’s regular hours, plus that
that rates can equally be divided by 4 (to 2 decimal
quotient multiplied by the calendar
places).
2 Ibid.
year’s percentage of cost of living
rates on the first FSIS pay period at the
beginning of the calendar year.
This notice announces the 2015 rates,
which will be applied starting on
February 22, 2015.
Total Burden Hours: 63.
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Notices
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
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.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 9 / Wednesday, January 14, 2015 /
Notices
[[Page 1885]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 8, 2015.
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 regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; (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 should
be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters
are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling
(202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control 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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and
Procedures--Electric.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0107.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended, (RE ACT) in Sec. 4 (7 U.S.C. 904)
authorizes and empowers the Administrator of the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) to make loans in the several States and Territories of
the United States for rural electrification and the furnishing and
improving of electric energy to persons in rural areas. These loans are
for a term of up to 35 years and are secured by a first mortgage on the
borrower's electric system. In the interest of protecting loan security
and accomplishing the statutory objective of a sound program of rural
electrification, Section 4 of the RE Act further requires that RUS make
or guarantee a loan only if there is reasonable assurance that the
loan, together with all outstanding loans and obligations of the
borrower, will be repaid in full within the time agreed. RUS will
collect information using various RUS forms.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect information to
implement certain provisions of the RUS standard form of loan documents
regarding the borrower's purchase of materials and equipment and the
construction of its electric system by contract or force account. The
use of standard forms and procurement procedures helps assure RUS that
appropriate standards and specifications are maintained; agency loan
security is not adversely affected; and loan and loan guarantee funds
are used effectively and for the intended purposes. The information
will be used by RUS electric borrowers, their contractors and by RUS.
If standard forms were not used, borrowers would need to prepare their
own documents at a significant expense; and each document submitted by
a borrower would require extensive and costly review by both RUS and
the Office of the General Counsel.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,161.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 98.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1724 and part 1738 Electric Engineering,
Architectural Services and Design Policies and Procedures; and Rural
Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0118.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended, authorizes Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) to make loans in several States and Territories of the United
States for broadband access and rural electrification and the
furnishing and improving of electric energy to persons in rural areas.
Title 7 CFR 1724 requires each borrower to select a qualified architect
to perform certain architectural services and to use the designated
form that provides for these services. The agency has developed
standardized contractual forms used by borrowers to contract for
services.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected
stipulates the parties to the agreement, contain certain information
relating to the approved loan or loan guarantee, and provide detailed
contractual obligations and services to be provided and performed
relating to construction, project design, construction management,
compensation, and related information. The contractual forms provide
standardized contract agreements between the electric or broadband
borrower and the engineering or architectural firm providing services
to the borrower. This has resulted in substantial savings to borrowers
by reducing preparation of the documentation and the costly review by
the government.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 59.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 63.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-00408 Filed 1-13-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
