[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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