[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19902-19903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09339]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utility Service


Notice of Request for Extension of 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, the 
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information 
collection for which approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) will be requested.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 8, 2019.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development 
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 
SW, STOP 1522, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: 
(202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Equipment Contract (395) for Telecommunications and 
Broadband Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0149.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection package.
    Abstract: The RUS manages the Telecommunications loan program and 
Rural Broadband Access, to provide loans and loan guarantees to fund 
the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and 
equipment for the provision of broadband service in eligible rural 
communities. RUS has established the use of certain standardized forms 
for materials, equipment, and construction of electric and 
telecommunications systems. The use of standard forms, construction 
contracts, and procurement procedures help to assure that appropriate 
standards and specifications are maintained by the borrower in order to 
not adversely affect RUS's loan security and ensure that loan and loan 
guarantee funds are effectively used for the intended purpose(s).
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .52 hour per response.
    Respondents: Business or other for profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 51.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 161.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service's estimate of the burden to collect the 
required information, including the validity of the strategy 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 other forms of information technology. 
Comments on the paperwork burden may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, 
Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, South Building, Washington, DC 
20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected]. 
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Diane M. 
Berger, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team, (715) 
619-3124.

Chad Rupe,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-09339 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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