[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04788]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utility Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 29, 2016.
    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 (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; (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 April 4, 
2016 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: 7 CFR part 1786, Prepayment of RUS Guaranteed and Insured 
Loans to Electric and Telephone Borrowers.
    Omb Control Number: 0572-0088.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification (RE) Act of 1936, 
as amended, authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make 
loans in the States and Territories of the United States for rural 
electrification and for the purpose of furnishing and improving 
electric and telephone service in rural areas and to assist electric 
borrowers to implement demand side management, energy conservation 
programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems. 7 CFR part 
1786, subparts E and F are authorized by this section.
    Need and Use of the Information: The required documentation and 
information will be collected from electric and telecommunications 
program borrowers. The purpose of the information collected is to 
provide borrowers an opportunity to request prepayment of their notes 
and to determine that the borrower is qualified to prepay under the 
authorizing statues. The overall goal of Subparts E and F is to allow 
RUS borrowers to prepay their RUS loan and the overall goal of Subpart 
G is to refinance.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 38.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 76.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04788 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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