[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 63308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24874]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1767

[Docket No. RUS-21-ELECTRIC-0019]
RIN 0572-AC53


Streamlining Electric Program Procedures; Correction

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On July 9, 2021, Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service 
referred to as ``the Agency'' or ``Agency'' published a document to 
streamline its procedures for the Electric Program borrowers, including 
its loan application requirements, approval of construction work plans, 
contract bidding procedures, contact approval procedures, system 
operation and maintenance reviews, long-range engineering plans and 
system design procedures. That document inadvertently published the 
incorrect accounting information. This document corrects the final 
regulations.

DATES: Effective November 16, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information specific to this 
notice contact Michele Brooks, Director, Regulations Management, Rural 
Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 4266, South Building, 
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-1078. Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Development's Rural Utilities 
Service is issuing a correction to the final rule that published July 
9, 2021, at 86 FR 36199. In that rule, an inadvertent error provided 
the incorrect information in the Special Equipment section of part 119 
Sec.  1767.41. This correcting amendment provides the proper 
information.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1767

    Electric power, Loan programs--energy, Rural areas, Uniform System 
of Accounts.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Rural Utilities Service 
corrects 7 CFR part 1767 with the following correcting amendment:

PART 1767--ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS FOR RUS ELECTRIC BORROWERS

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1. The authority citation for part 1767 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 1921 et seq., 6941 et seq.


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2. In Sec.  1767.41, amend entry 119 by revising entry 3 to read as 
follows:


Sec.  1767.41  Accounting methods and procedures required of all RUS 
borrowers.

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119 Special Equipment
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3. Meters, Meter Sockets, current and potential transformers, and other 
metering equipment recorded in Account 370, Meters.
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Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2021-24874 Filed 11-15-21; 8:45 am]
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