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Download as PDF 21533 Notices Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 70 Tuesday, April 12, 2016 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. 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 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utility Service Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES April 6, 2016. 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 are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) 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 regarding this information collection received by May 12, 2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 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. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Apr 11, 2016 Jkt 238001 Title: 7 CFR 1778, Emergency and Imminent Community Water Assistance Grants. OMB Control Number: 0572–0110. Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized under Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) to provide grants to rural areas and small communities to secure adequate quantities of safe water. There are two levels of grant limits—$500,000 and $150,000. Grants made under this program shall be made for 100 percent of the project’s cost, can serve rural areas with population not in excess of 5,000, and household income should not exceed 100 percent of a State’s nonmetropolitan median household income. Grants under this program may be made to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations serving rural areas. Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect the information from applicants applying for grants under 7 CFR 1778. The information is unique to each borrower and emergency situation. 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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. 81, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2016 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utility Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 6, 2016.
    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 are requested regarding (1) 
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; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; (4) 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 regarding this information collection received by May 12, 
2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 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. Copies of the submission(s) 
may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    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 1778, Emergency and Imminent Community Water 
Assistance Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0110.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is 
authorized under Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) to provide grants to rural areas 
and small communities to secure adequate quantities of safe water. 
There are two levels of grant limits--$500,000 and $150,000. Grants 
made under this program shall be made for 100 percent of the project's 
cost, can serve rural areas with population not in excess of 5,000, and 
household income should not exceed 100 percent of a State's non-
metropolitan median household income. Grants under this program may be 
made to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations serving rural 
areas.
    Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect the information 
from applicants applying for grants under 7 CFR 1778. The information 
is unique to each borrower and emergency situation. Applicants must 
demonstrate that there is an imminent emergency or that a decline 
occurred within 2 years of the date the application was filed with 
Rural Development.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 400.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-08339 Filed 4-11-16; 8:45 am]
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