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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Notice of Public Information Collection
Requirements Submitted to OMB for
Review
U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) has submitted
the following information collection to
OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments regarding this
information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or email address:
OIRA Submission@OMB.eop.gov.
Copies of submission may be obtained
by calling (202) 712–5007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: OMB 0412–XXXX.
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback.
Type: Renewal.
Purpose: The purpose of the
collection is to enable the U.S. Agency
for International Development and as
part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process to seek
feedback from the public on service
delivery, we are seeking Comment on
the development of the following
proposed Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Fast
Track Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery’’ for approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This
notice announces our intent to submit
this collection to OMB for approval and
solicits comments on specific aspects
for the proposed information collection:
This option is a fast track for approval
to streamline the timing to implement
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certain types of surveys and related
collection of information. USAID uses
the approval to cover the instruments of
collection (such as a survey, a window
pop-up survey, a focus group, or a
comment card), which are designed to
get customer feedback on USAID service
delivery for various programs.
Annual Reporting Burden:
Respondents per request: 1.
Total annual responses: 10,000.
Total annual hours requested: 10,000.
Dated: December 22, 2017.
Lynn P. Winston,
Chief, Information and Records Division,
FOIA Public Liaison, Agency Records Officer,
U.S. Agency for International Development,
Bureau for Management, Office of
Management Services, Information and
Records Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed
Loans for Fiscal Year 2018; Maximum
Portion of Guarantee Authority
Available for Fiscal Year 2018; Annual
Renewal Fee for Fiscal Year 2018
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice helps to improve
applicants’ awareness of the Guarantee
Fee rates for Guaranteed Loans for fiscal
year (FY) 2018, Maximum Portion of
Guarantee Authority Available for FY
2018, Annual Renewal Fee for FY 2018
when applying for guaranteed loans
under the Business and Industry (B&I)
Guaranteed Loan Program.
The Agency has the authority to
charge a guarantee fee and an annual
renewal fee for loans made under the
B&I Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant
to that authority, and subject to the
current Continuing Resolution, the
Agency is establishing an initial
guarantee fee rate of 3 percent and an
annual renewal fee rate of one-half of 1
percent for the B&I Guaranteed Loan
Program.
The initial guarantee fee is paid at the
time the Loan Note Guarantee is issued.
The annual renewal fee is paid by the
lender to the Agency once a year.
Payment of the annual renewal fee is
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required in order to maintain the
enforceability of the guarantee.
DATES: Applicability date: January 9,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tanner Hinkel, USDA, Rural
Development, Business Programs,
Business and Industry Division, STOP
3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone
(202) 720–1970, email tanner.hinkel@
wdc.usda.gov.or Ginger Allen, USDA,
Rural Development, Business Programs,
Business and Industry Division, STOP
3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone
(202)-690–0309, email ginger.allen@
wdc.usda.gov.
As set
forth in 7 CFR 4279.120, the Agency has
the authority to charge an initial
guarantee fee and an annual renewal fee
for loans made under the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to
that authority, and subject to the current
continuing resolution, the Agency is
establishing an initial guarantee fee rate
of 3 percent and an annual renewal fee
rate of one-half of 1 percent for the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program. Unless
precluded by a subsequent FY 2018
appropriation, these rates will apply to
all loans obligated in FY 2018 that are
made under the B&I Guaranteed Loan
Program. As established in 7 CFR
4279.120(b)(1), the amount of the
annual fee on each guaranteed loan will
be determined by multiplying the
annual fee rate by the outstanding
principal loan balance as of December
31, multiplied by the percentage of
guarantee.
As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.120(a) and
4279.119(b), each fiscal year, the
Agency shall establish a limit on the
maximum portion of B&I guarantee
authority available for that fiscal year
that may be used to guarantee loans
with a reduced guarantee fee or
guaranteed loans with an increased
percentage of guarantee. The Agency
has established that not more than 12
percent of the Agency’s apportioned B&I
guarantee authority will be reserved for
loan guarantee requests with a reduced
fee, and not more than 15 percent of the
Agency’s apportioned B&I guarantee
authority will be reserved for
guaranteed loan requests with an
increased percentage of guarantee. Once
the respective limits are reached, all
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Federal Register
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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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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Notice of Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to
OMB for Review
SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has
submitted the following information collection to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or email
address: OIRA [email protected]. Copies of submission may be
obtained by calling (202) 712-5007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Number: OMB 0412-XXXX.
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback.
Type: Renewal.
Purpose: The purpose of the collection is to enable the U.S. Agency
for International Development and as part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on
service delivery, we are seeking Comment on the development of the
following proposed Generic Information Collection Request (Generic
ICR): ``Fast Track Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection to OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection:
This option is a fast track for approval to streamline the timing to
implement certain types of surveys and related collection of
information. USAID uses the approval to cover the instruments of
collection (such as a survey, a window pop-up survey, a focus group, or
a comment card), which are designed to get customer feedback on USAID
service delivery for various programs.
Annual Reporting Burden:
Respondents per request: 1.
Total annual responses: 10,000.
Total annual hours requested: 10,000.
Dated: December 22, 2017.
Lynn P. Winston,
Chief, Information and Records Division, FOIA Public Liaison, Agency
Records Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for
Management, Office of Management Services, Information and Records
Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-28304 Filed 1-8-18; 8:45 am]
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