Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection, 18937 [2021-07404]
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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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Accounting Requirements for
RUS Electric and Telecommunications
Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0003.
Summary of Collection: Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) is a credit agency of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture that
makes loans (direct and guaranteed) to
finance electric and telecommunications
facilities in rural areas. This collection
is primarily a recordkeeping
requirement. 7 CFR parts 1767 and 1770
set forth basic accounting requirements
for maintaining financial accounting
records on an accrual basis that are
unique to RUS borrowers. The agency is
requiring borrowers to establish an
index of records. RUS does not own or
operate rural electric facilities. Its
function is to provide, through selfliquidating loans and technical
assistance, adequate and dependable
electric and telecommunications service
to rural people under rates and
conditions that permit productive use of
these utility services. RUS borrowers, as
all businesses, need accounting systems
for their own internal use as well as
external use. Such records are
maintained as part of normal business
practices. Without systems, no records
would exist, for example, or what they
own or what they owe. Such records
systems provide borrowers with
information that is required by the
manager and board of directors to
operate on a daily basis, to complete
their tax returns, and to support
requests to state regulatory commissions
for rate approvals.
Need and Use of the Information:
There are many important financial
considerations for the retention and
preservation of accounting records. One
of the most important considerations to
RUS is that documentation be available
so that the borrower’s records may be
audited for proper disbursements of
funds. The hours of burden to maintain
this index are directly related to those
portions of the accounting system that
are unique to the Agency. RUS uses the
information to evaluate a borrower’s
financial performance, to determine
whether current loans are at risk, and to
determine the credit worthiness of
future loans. If basic financial records
were not maintained, the borrower, its
investors, and RUS would be unable to
evaluate a borrower’s financial
performance, to determine whether
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current loans are at risk, and to
determine the credit worthiness of
future loans.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other-for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On Occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 27,000.
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In the
Federal Register of March 8, 2021, FR
Doc. 2021–04701, on page 13280, in the
second column, under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, should read as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,700,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 3,100,000 hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Signed at Washington, DC, April 6, 2021.
Yvette Anderson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS,
NASS.
[FR Doc. 2021–07470 Filed 4–9–21; 8:45 am]
[FR Doc. 2021–07404 Filed 4–9–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Massachusetts Advisory Committee
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To
Reinstate an Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to seek reinstatement of an
information collection, the 2022 Census
of Agriculture.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 11, 2021 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0226,
by any of the following methods:
• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• E-fax: (855) 838–6382.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202)720–2707. Copies of
this information collection and related
instructions can be obtained without
charge from David Hancock, NASS—
OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)690–
2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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Commission on Civil Rights.
Announcement of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission), and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), that a briefing of the
Massachusetts Advisory Committee to
the Commission will convene by web
conference on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at
2:00 p.m. (ET). The purpose of the
briefing is to hear from presenters on
hate crimes against Americans of Asian
and Pacific Descent in Massachusetts.
DATES: Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 2:00
p.m. (ET).
Public WEBEX Conference
Registration Link (video and audio):
https://tinyurl.com/533t9psj.
To Join by Phone Only: Dial 1–800–
360–9505; Access code: 199 774 3553.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evelyn Bohor at ero@usccr.gov or by
phone at 202–921–2212.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the WebEx link above. If joining
only via phone, callers can expect to
incur charges for calls they initiate over
wireless lines, and the Commission will
not refund any incurred charges.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and
hard of hearing may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
providing the Service with the call-in
number found through registering at the
web link provided above for the
meeting.
Members of the public are entitled to
make comments during the open period
at the end of the meeting. Members of
the public may also submit written
comments; the comments must be
SUMMARY:
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2021-07404]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the
2022 Census of Agriculture.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 11, 2021 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0226, by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
E-fax: (855) 838-6382.
Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-2024.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202)720-2707. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)690-2388 or at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 8, 2021, FR
Doc. 2021-04701, on page 13280, in the second column, under
Supplementary Information, should read as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,700,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,100,000 hours.
Signed at Washington, DC, April 6, 2021.
Yvette Anderson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS, NASS.
[FR Doc. 2021-07404 Filed 4-9-21; 8:45 am]
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