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Chad Parker,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on the following information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 14, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 1522,
Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
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
RUS 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 the burden of
the 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
respondents, 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: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting
Director, Program Development and
Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492, Fax: (202)
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720–8435 or email: Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and
Budgetary Control and Other Related
Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0015.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
administers the electric loan and loan
guarantee program authorized under the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) In order to protect
and ensure the Government’s security
interest in loans, and in exercise of due
diligence, electric borrowers furnish
information to RUS regarding the
condition, financial or otherwise,
related to expenditure of loan funds.
This Information Collection is necessary
to comply with applicable provisions of
the RUS loan contract. RUS Borrowers
submit requisitions to RUS for funds for
project costs incurred. Insured loan
funds will be advanced only for projects
which are included in the RUS
approved borrowers workplan or
approved amendment and in an
approved loan, as amended. The process
of loan advances establishes the
beginning of the audit trail of the use of
loan funds which is required to
subsequent RUS compliance audits.
The RUS Form 595 is used as a
requisition for advances of funds. The
form helps to assure that loan funds are
advanced only for the budget purposes
and amount approved by RUS.
According to the applicable provisions
of the RUS loan contract, borrowers
must certify with each request for funds
to be approved for advance, which such
funds are for projects previously
approved.
When a prospective borrower requests
and is granted a RUS loan, a loan
contract is established between the
Federal government, acting through the
RUS Administrator, and the borrower.
At the time this contract is entered into,
the borrower must provide RUS with a
list of projects for which loan funds will
be spent, along with an itemized list of
the estimated costs of these projects.
Thus, the borrower receives a loan
based upon estimated cost figures.
RUS Form 219, Inventory of Work
Orders, is one of the documents the
borrower submits to RUS to support
actual expenditures and an advance of
loan funds. The form also serves as a
connecting link and provides an audit
trail that originates with the advance of
funds and terminates with evidence
supporting the propriety of
expenditures for construction or
retirement projects.
Estimate of Burden: The Public
reporting burden for this collection of
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information is estimated to average 1.57
hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions; Business or other for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 15.42.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 14,526 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 205–3660, Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email: Rebecca.hunt@
wdc.usda.gov. 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.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Brandon McBride,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on this information
collection for which the RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 14, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, USDA Rural Development,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP
1522, Room 5164 South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email
mailto:Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 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
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recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB as extension to an
existing collection with Agency
adjustment.
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. Comments may be sent to:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522,
Room 5164, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492; Fax: (202)
720–8435.
Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of
RUS Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0095.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
relies on the information provided by
the borrowers in their financial
statements to make lending decisions as
to borrowers’ credit worthiness and to
assure that loan funds are approved,
advanced and disbursed for proper RE
Act purposes. These financial
statements are audited by a certified
public accountant to provide
independent assurance that the data
being reported are properly measured
and fairly presented.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 7.58 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents
and Recordkeepers: 1,340.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.47.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 14,914 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Telephone: (202) 205–3660,
Fax: (202) 720–8435.
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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.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Brandon McBride,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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Notice of Public Meeting of the Idaho
Advisory Committee for the Purpose of
Discussing the Committee’s Project on
Equity in School Expenditures and
Receive Information From Invited
Panelists and the Public on the Rights
of Persons With Disabilities
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) that a meeting of the Idaho
Advisory Committee (Committee) to the
Commission will be held on Thursday,
June 25, 2015, for the purpose of
discussing the Committee’s project on
equity in school expenditures and
holding a public meeting on the rights
of persons with disabilities. The
meeting will be held at the Boise Main
Library, 715 S. Capitol Boulevard,
Marion Bingham Room, Boise, ID 83702.
The session to discuss the Committee’s
project on equity in school expenditures
is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. The
session to receive information from
invited panelists and the public on the
rights of persons with disabilities is
scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. and
adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments in the open period at
the end of the meeting. Members of the
public may also submit written
comments. The comments must be
received in the Western Regional Office
of the Commission by July 24, 2015. The
address is Western Regional Office, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los
Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles,
CA 90012. Persons wishing to email
their comments may do so by sending
them to Angelica Trevino, Civil Rights
Analyst, Western Regional Office, at
atrevino@usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information should contact
the Western Regional Office, at (213)
894–3437, (or for hearing impaired TDD
913–551–1414), or by email to atrevino@
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on the following information collection for which RUS
intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 14, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Fax: (202) 720-
8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
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 RUS
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 the burden of the
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 respondents, 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: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting
Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400 Independence
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492, Fax:
(202) 720-8435 or email: Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and Budgetary Control and Other
Related Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0015.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service administers the electric loan
and loan guarantee program authorized under the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) In order to protect and ensure the
Government's security interest in loans, and in exercise of due
diligence, electric borrowers furnish information to RUS regarding the
condition, financial or otherwise, related to expenditure of loan
funds. This Information Collection is necessary to comply with
applicable provisions of the RUS loan contract. RUS Borrowers submit
requisitions to RUS for funds for project costs incurred. Insured loan
funds will be advanced only for projects which are included in the RUS
approved borrowers workplan or approved amendment and in an approved
loan, as amended. The process of loan advances establishes the
beginning of the audit trail of the use of loan funds which is required
to subsequent RUS compliance audits.
The RUS Form 595 is used as a requisition for advances of funds.
The form helps to assure that loan funds are advanced only for the
budget purposes and amount approved by RUS. According to the applicable
provisions of the RUS loan contract, borrowers must certify with each
request for funds to be approved for advance, which such funds are for
projects previously approved.
When a prospective borrower requests and is granted a RUS loan, a
loan contract is established between the Federal government, acting
through the RUS Administrator, and the borrower. At the time this
contract is entered into, the borrower must provide RUS with a list of
projects for which loan funds will be spent, along with an itemized
list of the estimated costs of these projects. Thus, the borrower
receives a loan based upon estimated cost figures.
RUS Form 219, Inventory of Work Orders, is one of the documents the
borrower submits to RUS to support actual expenditures and an advance
of loan funds. The form also serves as a connecting link and provides
an audit trail that originates with the advance of funds and terminates
with evidence supporting the propriety of expenditures for construction
or retirement projects.
Estimate of Burden: The Public reporting burden for this collection
of
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information is estimated to average 1.57 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 15.42.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,526 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Rebecca
Hunt, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 205-3660,
Fax: (202) 720-8435 or email: Rebecca.hunt@wdc.usda.gov. 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.
Dated: June 3, 2015.
Brandon McBride,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-14461 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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