[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22689]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 11, 2019.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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 regarding this information collection received by November 
18, 2019 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725--17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Rural Utilities Service

    Title: New Equipment Contract (Form 395) for Telecommunications and 
Broadband Borrowers.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0149.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended (RE Act), in Title I, sec. 2, The 
Administrator is authorized and empowered to make loans in the States 
and Territories of the United States for rural electrification and the 
furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not 
receiving central station service, and for the purpose of furnishing 
and improving telephone service in rural areas, as hereinafter 
provided; to make or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and 
reports concerning the condition and progress of the electrification of 
and the furnishing of adequate telephone service in rural areas in the 
several States and Territories; and to publish and disseminate 
information with respect thereto.
    Need and Use of the Information: In an effort to improve customer 
service provided to RUS rural borrowers, the Agency has proposed to 
revise, consolidate, and/or streamline its current contracts and 
contracting procedures. In this activity RUS has and will continue to 
work with industry groups to obtain their input as to what types of 
changes they and borrowers may want to see made to the contracts.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 161.

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-22689 Filed 10-16-19; 8:45 am]
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