[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18921]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Depreciation Rates for Telecommunications Plant.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) administers rural utilities programs, including
the Telecommunications Program. RUS announces the depreciation rates
for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2017.
DATES: These rates are applicable immediately and will remain in effect
until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad Parker, Assistant Administrator,
Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 1590--Room
5151, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-1590.
Telephone: (202) 720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and
Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans,
Sec. 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation rates that are used by RUS
in its feasibility studies. Sec. 1737.70(e)(2) refers to median
depreciation rates published by RUS for all borrowers. The following
chart provides those rates, compiled by RUS, for the reporting period
ending December 31, 2017:
Median Depreciation Rates of Rural Utilities Service Borrowers by
Equipment Category for Period Ending December 31, 2017
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Depreciation
Telecommunications plant category rate
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1. Land and Support Assets:
a. Motor vehicles....................................... 16.50
b. Aircraft............................................. 10.05
c. Special purpose vehicles............................. 12.00
d. Garage and other work equipment...................... 10.00
e. Buildings............................................ 3.30
f. Furniture and office equipment....................... 10.00
g. General purpose computers............................ 20.00
2. Central Office Switching:
a. Digital.............................................. 9.37
b. Analog & Electro-mechanical.......................... 10.00
c. Operator Systems..................................... 9.30
3. Central Office Transmission:
a. Radio Systems........................................ 10.00
b. Circuit equipment.................................... 10.00
4. Information origination/termination:
a. Station apparatus.................................... 12.00
b. Customer premises wiring............................. 10.00
c. Large private branch exchanges....................... 11.40
d. Public telephone terminal equipment.................. 11.95
e. Other terminal equipment............................. 10.00
5. Cable and wire facilities:
a. Aerial cable--poles.................................. 6.19
b. Aerial cable--metal.................................. 6.00
c. Aerial cable--fiber.................................. 5.10
d. Underground cable--metal............................. 5.00
e. Underground cable--fiber............................. 5.00
f. Buried cable--metal.................................. 5.15
g. Buried cable--fiber.................................. 5.00
h. Conduit systems...................................... 4.00
i. Other................................................ 5.00
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Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-18921 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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