[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 11136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03536]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 11, 2013.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
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: Broadband Initiatives Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0142.
Summary of Collection: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (Recovery Act) appropriated $2.5 billion of budget authority
for establishing the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP). The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) established the BIP which may extend loans,
grants, and loan/grant combinations to facilitate broadband deployment
in rural areas.
Need and Use of the Information: Successful application award
recipients will execute loan/grant documents prepared by the Agency.
Each recipient and each contractor engaged by the recipient must
provide the total amount of Recovery Act funds received and that were
expended or obligated to projects or activities. Recipients and
contractor must also provide the name, description, evaluation of the
completion status and an estimate of the number of jobs created and the
number of jobs retained by the project or activity. Recipients of
funding will be required to submit an annual CPA Audit report; adopt a
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles System of Accounts and develop
and maintain an index of records. Without the requested information,
RUS could not determine whether applicants meet the requirements that
the Recovery Act establishes for BIP financing.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 225.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 12,000.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-03536 Filed 2-14-13; 8:45 am]
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