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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
October 11, 2019.
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: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; 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 18,
2019 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: New Equipment Contract (Form
395) for Telecommunications and
Broadband Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0149.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., as amended (RE Act), in Title I,
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sec. 2, The Administrator is authorized
and empowered to make loans in the
States and Territories of the United
States for rural electrification and the
furnishing of electric energy to persons
in rural areas who are not receiving
central station service, and for the
purpose of furnishing and improving
telephone service in rural areas, as
hereinafter provided; to make or cause
to be made, studies, investigations, and
reports concerning the condition and
progress of the electrification of and the
furnishing of adequate telephone service
in rural areas in the several States and
Territories; and to publish and
disseminate information with respect
thereto.
Need and Use of the Information: In
an effort to improve customer service
provided to RUS rural borrowers, the
Agency has proposed to revise,
consolidate, and/or streamline its
current contracts and contracting
procedures. In this activity RUS has and
will continue to work with industry
groups to obtain their input as to what
types of changes they and borrowers
may want to see made to the contracts.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 161.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–22689 Filed 10–16–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
October 10, 2019.
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: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by November 18,
2019 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: Special Evaluation Assistance
for Rural Communities and Households
Program (SEARCH).
OMB Control Number: 0572–0146.
Summary of Collection: The Food,
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,
Public Law 110–234 (Farm Bill)
amended Section 306(a)(2) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (CONACT) (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(2)). The amendment created a
grant program to make Special
Evaluation Assistance for Rural
Communities and Households
(SEARCH) Program grants.
Under the SEARCH program, the
Secretary may make predevelopment
and planning grants to public or quasipublic agencies, organizations operated
on a not-for-profit basis or Indian tribes
on Federal and State reservations and
other federally recognized Indian tribes.
The grant recipients use the grant funds
for feasibility studies, design assistance,
and technical assistance for direct loans,
grants and guaranteed loans, to
financially distress communities in
rural areas with populations of 2,500 or
fewer inhabitants for water and waste
disposal projects as authorized in
Sections 306(a)(1), 306(a)(2) and
306(a)(24) of the CONACT.
Need and Use of the Information:
Applicants applying for SEARCH grants
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 11, 2019.
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: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; 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
18, 2019 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:
[email protected] 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: New Equipment Contract (Form 395) for Telecommunications and
Broadband Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0149.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended (RE Act), in Title I, sec. 2, The
Administrator is authorized and empowered to make loans in the States
and Territories of the United States for rural electrification and the
furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not
receiving central station service, and for the purpose of furnishing
and improving telephone service in rural areas, as hereinafter
provided; to make or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and
reports concerning the condition and progress of the electrification of
and the furnishing of adequate telephone service in rural areas in the
several States and Territories; and to publish and disseminate
information with respect thereto.
Need and Use of the Information: In an effort to improve customer
service provided to RUS rural borrowers, the Agency has proposed to
revise, consolidate, and/or streamline its current contracts and
contracting procedures. In this activity RUS has and will continue to
work with industry groups to obtain their input as to what types of
changes they and borrowers may want to see made to the contracts.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 161.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-22689 Filed 10-16-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
