Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Published date21 March 2019
Citation84 FR 10476
Record Number2019-05410
SectionNotices
CourtAgriculture Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 10476]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-05410]
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                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
                DATE: March 18, 2018.
                 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
                22, 2019 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 1778, Emergency and Imminent Community Water
                Assistance Grants.
                 OMB Control Number: 0572-0110.
                 Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
                authorized under Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and rural
                Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) to provide grants to rural areas and
                small communities to secure adequate quantities of safe water. There
                are two levels of grant limits--$500,000 and $150,000. Grants made
                under this program shall be made for 100 percent of the project's cost,
                can serve rural areas with population not in excess of 5,000, and
                household income should not exceed 100 percent of a State's non-
                metropolitan median household income. Grants under this program may be
                made to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations serving rural
                areas.
                 Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect the information
                from applicants applying for grants under 7 CFR 1778. The information
                is unique to each borrower and emergency situation. Applicants must
                demonstrate that there is an imminent emergency or that a decline
                occurred within 2 years of the date the application was filed with
                Rural Development.
                 Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-
                for-profit institutions.
                 Number of Respondents: 52.
                 Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
                 Total Burden Hours: 3,273.
                Kimble Brown,
                Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2019-05410 Filed 3-20-19; 8:45 am]
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