[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66875-66876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31084]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

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), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) 
invites comments on this information collection for which RUS intends 
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F. Lamont Heppe, Jr., Program 
Development & Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, USDA, 1400 
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 4034 South Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-0736. FAX: (202) 720-
4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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 a loan based upon estimated cost figures.
    RUS Form 219, Inventory of Work Orders, is one of the documents the 
borrower submits to RUS to support actual expenditures and an advance 
of loan funds. The form also serves as a connecting link and provides 
an audit trail that originates with the advance of

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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: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 758.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 9.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,233.
    Copies of this information collection, and related form and 
instructions, can be obtained from Bob Turner, Program Development and 
Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, at (202) 720-0696.
    Comments are invited on (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 assumption 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 respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Comments may be sent to F. Lamont Heppe, Jr., 
Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 
Stop 1522, Room 4034 South Building, Washington, D.C. 20250-1522.
    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.

    Dated: November 19, 1999.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31084 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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