Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

• Published date: 07 May 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 19902
• Record Number: 2019-09339
• Section: Notices
• Court: Rural Utilities Service

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 19902-19903]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-09339]
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                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                Rural Utility Service
                Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information
                Collection
                AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
                ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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                SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
                Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information
                collection for which approval from the Office of Management and Budget
                (OMB) will be requested.
                DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 8, 2019.
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                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
                Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue
                SW, STOP 1522, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone:
                (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Title: Equipment Contract (395) for Telecommunications and
                Broadband Programs.
                 OMB Control Number: 0572-0149.
                 Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
                collection package.
                 Abstract: The RUS manages the Telecommunications loan program and
                Rural Broadband Access, to provide loans and loan guarantees to fund
                the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and
                equipment for the provision of broadband service in eligible rural
                communities. RUS has established the use of certain standardized forms
                for materials, equipment, and construction of electric and
                telecommunications systems. The use of standard forms, construction
                contracts, and procurement procedures help to assure that appropriate
                standards and specifications are maintained by the borrower in order to
                not adversely affect RUS's loan security and ensure that loan and loan
                guarantee funds are effectively used for the intended purpose(s).
                 Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of
                information is estimated to average .52 hour per response.
                 Respondents: Business or other for profit, not-for-profit
                institutions.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 51.
                 Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.1.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 161.
                Comments
                 Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
                information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
                the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, including whether the
                information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural
                Business-Cooperative Service's estimate of the burden to collect the
                required information, including the validity of the strategy used; (c)
                ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
                be collected; and (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.
                Comments on the paperwork burden may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson,
                Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400
                Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, South Building, Washington, DC
                20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].
                All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
                request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
                record.
                 Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Diane M.
                Berger, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team, (715)
                619-3124.
                Chad Rupe,
                Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
                [FR Doc. 2019-09339 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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