[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22106-22107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10192]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service


Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service 
(RUS), invites comments on this information collection for which the 
Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 15, 2019.

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: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members 
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on 
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS 
is submitting to OMB for extension of an existing collection. Comments 
are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 the burden of the proposed 
collection of information

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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 other forms of information technology. 
Comments 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].
    Title: Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP).
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0151.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The USDA, through the RUS, provides RESP loans to 
Eligible entities that agree to, in turn, make loans to Qualified 
consumers such as rural families and small businesses for energy 
efficiency measures and cost-effective renewable energy or energy 
storage systems. These loans are made available under the authority of 
Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as 
amended, (Section 6407) and Title VII, Section 741 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018. Eligible Energy efficiency measures must be 
for or at a property or properties served by a RESP borrower, using 
commercially available technologies that would allow Qualified 
consumers to decrease their energy use or costs through cost-effective 
measures including structural improvements to the structure. Loans made 
by RESP borrowers under this program may be repaid through charges 
added to the Qualified consumer's bill for the property or properties 
for, or at which, energy efficiencies are or will be implemented.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 6.32 hour per response.
    Respondents: Non-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 225.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.8.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,422 Hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from MaryPat 
Daskal, Management Analyst, Rural Development Innovation Center--
Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, South 
Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-7853. Email: 
[email protected].
    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.

Chad Rupe,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-10192 Filed 5-15-19; 8:45 am]
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