Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 37416 [2020-13353]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 120 (Monday, June 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13353]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 17, 2020.
    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 July 22, 
2020 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of 
the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Electric System Emergency Restoration Plan.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0140.
    Summary of Collection: Electric power systems have been identified 
in Presidential Decision Directive 63, May 1998, as one of the critical 
infrastructures of the United States. The term ``critical 
infrastructure'' is defined in section 1016(e) of the USA Patriot Act 
of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and, more 
importantly, RUS electric borrowers must be diligently proactive in 
electric infrastructure security. A substantial portion of the electric 
infrastructure of the United States resides in, and is maintained by, 
rural America. RUS is uniquely coupled with the electric infrastructure 
of rural America and its electric borrowers serving rural America. To 
ensure that the electric infrastructure in rural America is adequately 
protected, RUS requires that all current electric borrowers conduct a 
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) of their respective systems and 
utilize the results of this assessment to enhance an existing Emergency 
Restoration Plan (ERP) or, create an ERP.
    Need and Use of the Information: The ERP provides written 
procedures detailing response and restoration efforts in the event of a 
major system outage resulting from a natural or man-made disaster. RUS 
requires each electric borrower to provide annually a self-
certification, in writing, that an ERP exists and that an initial VRA 
has been performed. If this information were not collected, 
vulnerabilities may exist in the electric system infrastructure. The 
result would be increased risk to public safety and may affect the 
Government loan security.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 625.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 313.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-13353 Filed 6-19-20; 8:45 am]
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