[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5737-5738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3266]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a 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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), this notice announces the Rural 
Utilities Service's (RUS) intentions to request an extension to a 
currently approved information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn D. Wolfgang, Management Analyst, 
Program Support Staff, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 14th & Independence Ave., SW., AG Box 1522, Washington, DC 
20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-0812. FAX: (202) 720-4120.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

    Title: Inventory of Work Orders.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0019.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: When a prospective borrower requests and is granted an 
RUS loan, a loan contract is established between the Federal 
government, acting through the RUS Administrator, and the borrower. At 
the time this contract is entered into, the borrower must provide RUS 
with a list of projects for which loan funds will be spent, along with 
an itemized list of the estimated costs of these projects. Thus, the 
borrower receives loan funds based upon estimated cost figures. If, 
during or after completion of the project(s), the actual costs prove to 
be different from the estimated costs, the borrower must reconcile the 
discrepancies with RUS.
    RUS Form 219, Inventory of Work Order, allows the borrower to 
adjust those estimated expenditures to reflect actual expenditures. The 
form serves as a connecting link and provides an audit trail that 
originates with the advance of funds and terminates with evidence 
supporting the propriety of expenditures for construction or retirement 
projects.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response.
    Respondents: Small business or organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 900.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,150.
    Copies of this information collection, and related form and 
instructions, can be obtained from Dawn Wolfgang, Program Support 
Staff, at (202) 720-0812.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this proposed 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 of the 
proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: F. Lamont 
Heppe, Jr., Deputy Director, Program Support Staff, Rural Utilities 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th & Independence Ave., SW., 
AG Box 1522, Washington, DC 20250-1522. FAX: (202) 720-4120.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.


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    Dated: February 8, 1996.
Wally Beyer,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3266 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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