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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to 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; and (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 11, 2018 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
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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.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights
Title: 7 CFR part 15 subpart D—Data
Collection Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0503–0022.
Summary of Collection: Under 7 CFR
15d.4(5) The Office of Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights (OSCAR) shall
require agencies to collect the race,
ethnicity, and gender of applicants and
program participants, who choose to
provide such information on a voluntary
basis. Currently, Section 14006 of the
2008 Farm Bill requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to annually compile for
each county and State in the United
States program application and
participation rate date regarding socially
disadvantaged farmers or ranchers for
each program of USDA that serves
agricultural producers or landowners.
Need and Use of the Information: The
requested information will help USDA
determine if programs and services are
reaching the needs of the general public,
beneficiaries, recipients, partners, and
other stakeholders and supports USDA’s
planning, outreach, and compliance
efforts. The uniform collection of REG
data allows USDA to administer
programs from a proactive rather than a
reactive position and enables the
Department to assess the
accomplishment of program delivery
mandates and objectives. Failure to
collect this information will have
negative impact on USDA’s outreach
and compliance activities.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,190.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 39.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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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, 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 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Regulatory
Team, Rural Development Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP
1522, Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email Michele.Brooks@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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: Michele Brooks, Team Lead,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Regulations Team, Rural Development
Innovation Center, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690–
1078, Fax: (202) 720–8435 or email:
Michele.Brooks@wdc.usda.gov.
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and
Budgetary Control and Other Related
Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0015.
Type of Request: Extension of
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
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expenditures for construction or
retirement projects.
Estimate of Burden: The Public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.56
hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions; Business or other for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 15.5.
Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 9,320.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 14,570 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Regulations Team, Rural Development
Innovation Center, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–7853, Fax: (202)
720–8435 or email: MaryPat.Daskal@
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: May 29, 2018.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting 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, as
amended), the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) invites comments on this
information collection for which RUS
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB).
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by August 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Regulatory
Team, Rural Development Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave. SW, STOP
1522, Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. FAX: (202)
720–8435. Email: Michele.Brooks@
wdc.usda.gov.
DATES:
The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
extension.
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:
Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Regulatory
Team, Rural Development Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Ave. SW, STOP
1522, Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–1078, FAX: (202)
720–8435. Email: Michele.Brooks@
wdc.usda.gov.
Title: Substantially Underserved Trust
Areas.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0147.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The RUS provides loan, loan
guarantee and grant programs for rural
electric, water and waste, and
telecommunications and broadband
infrastructure. The SUTA initiative
gives the Secretary of Agriculture
certain discretionary authorities relating
to financial assistance terms and
conditions that can enhance the
financing possibilities in areas that are
underserved by certain RUS electric,
water and waste, and
telecommunications and broadband
programs. The data covered by this
collection of information are those
materials necessary to allow the agency
to determine applicant and community
eligibility and an explanation and
documentation of the high need for the
benefits of the SUTA provisions.
Program specific application materials,
which funds are being applied for, are
covered by the information collection
package for the specific RUS program.
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[FR Doc No: 2018-12414]
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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, 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 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Regulatory
Team, Rural Development Innovation Center, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-1078. Fax:
(202) 720-8435 or email [email protected].
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: Michele Brooks, Team Lead,
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Regulations Team, Rural Development Innovation Center, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC
20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-1078, Fax: (202) 720-8435 or email:
[email protected].
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and Budgetary Control and Other
Related Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0015.
Type of Request: Extension of 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 information is estimated to average 1.56 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 15.5.
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 9,320.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,570 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat
Daskal, Regulations Team, Rural Development Innovation Center, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-7853, Fax: (202) 720-8435 or
email: [email protected]. 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: May 29, 2018.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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