[Federal Register: August 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 166)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 24, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
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 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and
Procedures--Electric.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0107.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended, (RE Act) in Sec. 4 (7 U.S.C. 904)
authorizes and empowers the Administrator of the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) to make loans in the several States and Territories of
the United States for rural electrification and the furnishing and
improving of electric energy to persons in rural areas. These loans are
for a term of up to 35 years and are secured by a first mortgage on the
borrower's electric system. In the interest of protecting loan security
and accomplishing the statutory objective of a sound program of rural
electrification, Section 4 of the RE Act further requires that RUS make
or guarantee a loan only if there is reasonable assurance that the
loan, together with all outstanding loans and obligations of the
borrower, will be repaid in full within the time agreed. RUS will
collect information using various RUS forms.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect information to
implement certain provisions of the RUS standard form of loan documents
regarding the borrower's purchase of materials and equipment and the
construction of its electric system by contract or force account. The
information will be used by RUS electric borrowers and their
contractors and by RUS. If standard forms were not used, borrowers
would need to prepare their own documents at a significant expense; and
each document submitted by a borrower would require extensive and
costly review by both RUS and the Office of the General Counsel.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,210.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 101.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17117 Filed 8-26-05; 8:45 am]
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