[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68403-68404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23932]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 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 November
3, 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: Broadband Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0127.
Summary of Collection: Congress has recognized the need to
facilitate the deployment of broadband service to un-served rural
areas. The provision to broadband transmission service is vital to the
economic development, education, health, and safety of rural Americans.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Title III, Pub. L. 108-
199, Stat.3), 7 CFR 1739 Subpart A, as amended, authorizes the Rural
Development, Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to administer the Community
Connect Grant Program for the provision of broadband transmission
service in rural America. Grant authority is utilized to deploy
broadband infrastructure to extremely rural, lower income communities
on a ``community-oriented connectivity'' basis.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS gives priority to rural areas
that it believes have the greatest need for broadband transmission
services. This broadband access is intended to promote economic
development and provide enhanced educational and health care
opportunities. RUS will provide financial assistance to eligible
entities that are proposing to deploy broadband transmission service in
rural communities where such service does not currently exist and who
will connect the critical community facilities including the local
schools, libraries, hospitals, police, fire and rescue services and who
will operate a community center that provides free and open access to
residents.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local and Tribal Governments.
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Number of Respondents: 70.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 11,380.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-23932 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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