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Below we provide projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 15.
Average number of Respondents per
Activity: 750.
Annual responses: 11,250.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 5,625.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (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
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating and verifying information,
processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and
providing information; train personnel
and to be able to respond to a collection
of information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection on
Regulations.gov.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
September, 2016.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to
request an extension for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the Rural Economic
Development Loan and Grant Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 5, 2016, to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Specialty Programs Division,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP
3226, 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3226,
Telephone (202) 720–1400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Economic Development
Loan and Grant Program.
OMB Number: 0570–0035.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2017.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Under this program, loans
and grants are provided to electric and
telecommunications utilities that have
borrowed funds from the Agency. The
purpose of the program is to encourage
these electric and telecommunications
utilities to promote rural economic
development and job creation projects
such as business start-up costs, business
expansion, community development,
and business incubator projects. The
utilities must use program loan funds to
make a pass-through loan to an ultimate
recipient such as a business. The utility
is responsible for fully repaying its loan
to the Government, even if the ultimate
recipient does not repay its loan. The
intermediary must use program grant
funds, along with its required
contribution, to create a revolving loan
fund that the utility will operate and
administer. Loans to the ultimate
recipient are made from the revolving
loan fund for a variety of community
development projects. The information
requested is necessary and vital in order
for the Agency to be able to make
prudent and financial analysis
decisions.
SUMMARY:
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2 hours per
response.
Respondents: Rural Utilities Service
Electric and Telecommunications
Borrowers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
120.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 17.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2,075.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,728.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, Support Services
Division at (202) 692–0040.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of USDA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
USDA’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
Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and
Paperwork Management Branch,
Support Services Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, STOP 0742, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0742. 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: September 28, 2016.
Justin Hatmaker,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, Department of Agriculture.
AGENCY:
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Proposed Collection; Comments
Requested.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this Notice
announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service intention to request
an extension for to a currently approved
information collection for the Rural
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
(RMAP).
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by December 5, 2016 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Director, Specialty Programs Division,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3226,
Telephone (202) 720–1400,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Microentrepreneur
Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 0570–0062.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2017.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP
program is to support the development
and ongoing success of rural
microentrepreneurs and
microenterprises. Direct loans and
grants are made to selected
Microenterprise Development
Organizations (MDOs).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2 hours per
response.
Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian
Tribes, and Public Institutions of Higher
Education.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
75.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 20.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1506.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 3,254 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
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on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, Support Services
Division, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0742,
Washington, DC 20250. All comments
received will be available for public
inspection during regular business
hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
Dated: September 28, 2016.
Justin Hatmaker,
Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 29, 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 November 3,
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,
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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: Broadband Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0127.
Summary of Collection: Congress has
recognized the need to facilitate the
deployment of broadband service to unserved rural areas. The provision to
broadband transmission service is vital
to the economic development,
education, health, and safety of rural
Americans.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2004 (Title III, Pub. L. 108–199, Stat.3),
7 CFR 1739 Subpart A, as amended,
authorizes the Rural Development,
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to
administer the Community Connect
Grant Program for the provision of
broadband transmission service in rural
America. Grant authority is utilized to
deploy broadband infrastructure to
extremely rural, lower income
communities on a ‘‘community-oriented
connectivity’’ basis.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS gives priority to rural areas that it
believes have the greatest need for
broadband transmission services. This
broadband access is intended to
promote economic development and
provide enhanced educational and
health care opportunities. RUS will
provide financial assistance to eligible
entities that are proposing to deploy
broadband transmission service in rural
communities where such service does
not currently exist and who will
connect the critical community facilities
including the local schools, libraries,
hospitals, police, fire and rescue
services and who will operate a
community center that provides free
and open access to residents.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local and Tribal
Governments.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture.
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ACTION: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this Notice announces the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service intention to request an extension for to a
currently approved information collection for the Rural
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 5, 2016 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Director, Specialty Programs
Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3226,
Telephone (202) 720-1400,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 0570-0062.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2017.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP program is to support the
development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and
microenterprises. Direct loans and grants are made to selected
Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2 hours per response.
Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and Public Institutions of
Higher Education.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1506.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 3,254 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 0742, Washington, DC 20250. All comments received will
be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the
same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 28, 2016.
Justin Hatmaker,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-23915 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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