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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.
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Rural Business Service (RBS)
Title: 7 CFR 4279–A, Guaranteed
Loan-making General.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0018.
Summary of Collection: The Business
and Industry (B&I) program was
legislated in 1972 under Section 310B of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended. The
purpose of the program is to improve,
develop, or finance businesses,
industries, and employment and
improve the economic and
environmental climate in rural
communities. This purpose is achieved
through bolstering the existing private
credit structure through the
guaranteeing of quality loans made by
lending institutions, thereby providing
lasting community benefits. The B&I
program is administered by the RBS
through Rural Development State and
sub-State offices serving each state.
Need and use of the Information: RBS
will collect information to determine
the eligibility and credit worthiness for
a lender or borrower. The information is
used by Agency loan officers and
approval officials to determine lender
program eligibility and for program
monitoring.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 225.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 955.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: Socially-Disadvantaged Groups
Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0052.
Summary of Collection: Formerly
known as the ‘‘Small SociallyDisadvantaged Producer Grant
Program,’’ the program has changed its
name to ‘‘The Socially-Disadvantaged
Groups Grant Program.’’ It was
authorized by section 2744 of the
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Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109–97.
The Act provides for the Secretary of
Agriculture to make grants to
cooperatives or associations of
cooperative whose primary focus is to
provide assistance to small, sociallydisadvantaged producers and whose
governing board and/or membership are
comprised of at least 75 percent
socially-disadvantaged.
Need and Use of the Information:
Rural Business Service needs to receive
the information contained in this
collection of information to make
prudent decisions regarding eligibility
of applicants and selection priority
among competing applicants, to ensure
compliance with applicable laws and
regulations and to evaluate the projects
it believes will provide the most longterm economic benefit to rural areas.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 60.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: SemiAnnually; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 575.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 13, 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.
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Comments regarding this information
collection received by July 18, 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 Utility Service
Title: Seismic Safety of New Building
Construction, 7 CFR 1792, Subpart C.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0099.
Summary of Collection: Seismic
hazards present a serious threat to
people and their surroundings. These
hazards exist in most of the United
States, not just on the West Coast.
Unlike hurricanes, times and location of
earthquakes cannot be predicted; most
earthquakes strike without warning and,
if of substantial strength, strike with
great destructive forces. To reduce risks
to life and property from earthquakes,
Congress enacted the Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (Pub. L.
95–124, 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.,) and
directed the establishment and
maintenance of an effective earthquake
reduction program. As a result, the
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Program (NEHRP) was established. The
objectives of the NEHRP include the
development of technologically and
economically feasible design and
construction methods to make both new
and existing structures earthquake
resistant, and the development and
promotion of model building codes. 7
CFR part 1792, subpart C, identifies
acceptable seismic standards which
must be employed in new building
construction funded by loans, grants, or
guarantees made by the Rural Utility
Service (RUS) or the Rural Telephone
Bank (RTB) or through lien
accommodations or subordinations
approved by RUS or RTB.
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Need and Use of the Information:
Borrowers and grant recipients must
provide to RUS a written
acknowledgment from a registered
architect or engineer responsible for the
designs of each applicable building
stating that the seismic provisions to 7
CFR part 1792, subpart C will be used
in the design of the building. RUS will
use this information to: (1) Clarify and
inform the applicable borrowers and
grant recipients about seismic safety
requirements; (2) improve the
effectiveness of all RUS programs; and
(3) reduce the risk to life and property
through the use of approved building
codes aimed at providing seismic safety.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 97.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 73.
Rural Utility Service
Title: Water and Waste Disposal
Programs Guaranteed Loans.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0122.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by
Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926) to make loans to public agencies,
nonprofit corporations, and Indian
tribes for the development of water and
waste disposal facilities primarily
servicing rural residents. The Waste and
Water Disposal Programs (WW) of RUS
provide insured loan and grant funds
through the WW program to finance
many types of projects varying in size
and complexity. The Waste and Water
Disposal Guaranteed Program is
implemented through 7 CFR 1779. The
guaranteed loan program encourages
lender participation and provides
specific guidance in the processing and
servicing of guaranteed WW loans.
Need and Use of the Information:
Rural Development’s field offices will
collect information from applicants/
borrowers, lenders, and consultants to
determine eligibility, project feasibility
and to ensure borrowers operate on a
sound basis and use loan funds for
authorized purposes. There are agency
forms required as well as other
requirements that involve certifications
from the borrower, lenders, and other
parties. Failure to collect proper
information could result in improper
determinations of eligibility, improper
use of funds and or unsound loans.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 618.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2017 Economic Census—
Commodity Flow Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0932.
Form Number(s): CFS–1000.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of an expired collection.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Average Hours per Response: 2.5.
Burden Hours: 1,000,000.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau plans to conduct the 2017
Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), a
component of the 2017 Economic
Census, as it is the only comprehensive
source of multi-modal, system-wide
data on the volume and pattern of goods
movement in the United States. The
CFS is conducted in partnership with
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Research and Technology, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
The survey provides a crucial set of
statistics on the value, weight, mode,
and distance of commodities shipped by
mining, manufacturing, wholesale, and
selected retail and services
establishments, as well as auxiliary
establishments that support these
industries. The Census Bureau will
publish these shipment characteristics
for the nation, census regions and
divisions, states, and CFS defined
geographic areas. As with the 2012
Commodity Flow Survey, this survey
also identifies export, hazardous
material, and temperature controlled
shipments.
The DOT views updated information
on freight flows as critical to
understanding the use, performance,
and condition of the nation’s
transportation system, as well as
informing transportation investments.
Data on the movement of freight also are
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important for effective analyses of
changes in regional and local economic
development, safety issues, and
environmental concerns. They also
provide the private sector with valuable
data needed for critical decision-making
on a variety of issues including market
trends, analysis, and segmentation. Each
day, governments, businesses, and
consumers make countless decisions
about where to go, how to get there,
what to ship and which transportation
modes to use. Transportation constantly
responds to external forces such as
shifting markets, changing
demographics, safety concerns, weather
conditions, energy and environmental
constraints, and national defense
requirements. Good decisions require
having the right information in the right
form at the right time.
The CFS provides critical data to
federal, state and local government
agencies to make a wide range of
transportation investment decisions for
developing and maintaining an efficient
transportation infrastructure that
supports economic growth and
competitiveness.
Transportation planners require the
periodic benchmarks provided by a
continuing CFS to evaluate and respond
to ongoing geographic shifts in
production and distribution centers, as
well as policies such as ‘‘just in time
delivery.’’
The 2017 CFS will be a mail-out/mailback or electronic reporting sample
survey of approximately 100,000
business establishments in the mining,
manufacturing, wholesale, and selected
retail and services industries, as well as
auxiliary establishments that support
these industries.
The CFS is co-sponsored by the BTS
and the Census Bureau, with a majority
of funding (80 percent) provided by the
BTS. In addition to their funding
support, the BTS also provides
additional technical and planning
guidance in the development and
implementation of the program.
The CFS is the primary source of
information about freight movement in
the United States. Estimates of shipment
characteristics are published at different
levels of aggregation. The CFS produces
summary statistics and a public use
microdata file. No confidential data are
released. The survey covers shipments
from establishments in the mining,
manufacturing, wholesale, and selected
retail industries, as well as auxiliary
establishments that support these
industries. Federal agencies, state and
local transportation planners and policy
makers, and private sector
transportation managers, analysts, and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 13, 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 July 18,
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 Utility Service
Title: Seismic Safety of New Building Construction, 7 CFR 1792,
Subpart C.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0099.
Summary of Collection: Seismic hazards present a serious threat to
people and their surroundings. These hazards exist in most of the
United States, not just on the West Coast. Unlike hurricanes, times and
location of earthquakes cannot be predicted; most earthquakes strike
without warning and, if of substantial strength, strike with great
destructive forces. To reduce risks to life and property from
earthquakes, Congress enacted the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of
1977 (Pub. L. 95-124, 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.,) and directed the
establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake reduction
program. As a result, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
(NEHRP) was established. The objectives of the NEHRP include the
development of technologically and economically feasible design and
construction methods to make both new and existing structures
earthquake resistant, and the development and promotion of model
building codes. 7 CFR part 1792, subpart C, identifies acceptable
seismic standards which must be employed in new building construction
funded by loans, grants, or guarantees made by the Rural Utility
Service (RUS) or the Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) or through lien
accommodations or subordinations approved by RUS or RTB.
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Need and Use of the Information: Borrowers and grant recipients
must provide to RUS a written acknowledgment from a registered
architect or engineer responsible for the designs of each applicable
building stating that the seismic provisions to 7 CFR part 1792,
subpart C will be used in the design of the building. RUS will use this
information to: (1) Clarify and inform the applicable borrowers and
grant recipients about seismic safety requirements; (2) improve the
effectiveness of all RUS programs; and (3) reduce the risk to life and
property through the use of approved building codes aimed at providing
seismic safety.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 97.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 73.
Rural Utility Service
Title: Water and Waste Disposal Programs Guaranteed Loans.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0122.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
authorized by Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to make loans to public agencies,
nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes for the development of water
and waste disposal facilities primarily servicing rural residents. The
Waste and Water Disposal Programs (WW) of RUS provide insured loan and
grant funds through the WW program to finance many types of projects
varying in size and complexity. The Waste and Water Disposal Guaranteed
Program is implemented through 7 CFR 1779. The guaranteed loan program
encourages lender participation and provides specific guidance in the
processing and servicing of guaranteed WW loans.
Need and Use of the Information: Rural Development's field offices
will collect information from applicants/borrowers, lenders, and
consultants to determine eligibility, project feasibility and to ensure
borrowers operate on a sound basis and use loan funds for authorized
purposes. There are agency forms required as well as other requirements
that involve certifications from the borrower, lenders, and other
parties. Failure to collect proper information could result in improper
determinations of eligibility, improper use of funds and or unsound
loans.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 618.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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