[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16655]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service intention to 
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in 
support of the Repowering Assistance Program (OMB No. 0570-0066).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 10, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Todd Hubbell, Technology 
Branch Chief, Energy Programs, Repowering Assistance Program, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 6901, 
Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: 202-690-2516. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Repowering Assistance Program.
    OMB Number: OMB No. 0570-0066.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2017.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information Collection.
    Abstract: Authorized under Section 9004 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008, the purpose of this program is to provide 
financial incentives to biorefineries to replace the use of fossil 
fuels used to produce heat or power at their facilities by installing 
new systems that use renewable biomass, or to produce new energy from 
renewable biomass.
    Estimate of Burden:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 36.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 701 Hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne 
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Division, at (202) 692-
0040.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
RBS, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) 
the accuracy of the RBS' estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions 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 
forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs, 
Regulation and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP, Washington, DC 
20250-0742. 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: August 1, 2017.
Mark Brodziski,
Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-16655 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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