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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 19 / Tuesday, January 29, 2013 / Notices
The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.

SUMMARY:

The revised discount rates will
be in effect through December 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gideon F. Lukens, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3316.
DATES:

Michael C. Falkenheim,
Acting Associate Director for Economic
Policy, Office of Management and Budget.

Appendix C
(Revised December 2012)
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease
Purchase, and Related Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated
annually. This version of the appendix is
valid for calendar year 2013. A copy of the

updated appendix can be obtained in
electronic form through the OMB home page
at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars_a094/a94_appx-c/. The text of the
Circular is found at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a094/,
and a table of past years’ rates is located at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/
files/omb/assets/a94/dischist.pdf. Updates of
the appendix are also available upon request
from OMB’s Office of Economic Policy (202–
395–3381).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for calendar
year 2013 based on the economic
assumptions for the 2014 Budget is presented
below. These nominal rates are to be used for
discounting nominal flows, which are often
encountered in lease-purchase analysis.

NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-Year

5-Year

7-Year

10-Year

20-Year

30-Year

0.5

1.1

1.5

2.0

2.7

3.0

Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real
interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the

economic assumptions from the 2014 Budget
is presented below. These real rates are to be
used for discounting constant-dollar flows, as

is often required in cost-effectiveness
analysis.

REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[In percent]
3-Year

5-Year

7-Year

10-Year

20-Year

30-Year

¥1.4

¥0.8

¥0.4

0.1

0.8

1.1

Analyses of programs with terms different
from those presented above may use a linear
interpolation. For example, a four-year
project can be evaluated with a rate equal to
the average of the three-year and five-year
rates. Programs with durations longer than 30
years may use the 30-year interest rate.
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG
CONTROL POLICY
Paperwork Reduction Act; Notice of
Intent To Collect; Comment Request
AGENCY:

Office of National Drug Control

Policy.
The Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP) seeks public
comment on its proposed collection of
information.

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ACTION:

ONDCP proposes the
extension of three existing data
collection instruments used in the
production of advertising for the
National Youth Anti-Drug Media
Campaign and for advertising tracking.

SUMMARY:

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Purpose: The existing data collection
instruments are critical to the continuity
and improvement of the National Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
Type and Title of Collections:
Qualitative Research, OMB 3201–0011,
uses focus groups. Copy Testing, OMB
3201–0006, consists of 15-minute online
interviews. Tracking Study, OMB 3201–
0010, consists of 15-minute online
interviews.
Frequency: Qualitative Research and
Copy Testing performed quarterly.
Tracking Study performed weekly.
Affected Public: Teenagers and adult
influencers of teenagers.
Estimated Burden: Qualitative
Research, $19,800; Copy Testing,
$16,500; Tracking Study, $37,700.
Additional information: Collection
instruments similar to those proposed
are available at the Information
Collection Review section of http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/
index.jsp.
Contact: Address comments or
questions to Andrew Hertzberg through
any of the following: Executive Office of
the President, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, Washington DC 20503;

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AHertzberg@ondcp.eop.gov; (202) 395–
6721 (fax); or, (202) 395–6353 (voice).
Signed in Washington DC on January 23,
2013.
Daniel R. Petersen,
Deputy General Counsel.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Information Collection Activities:
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is
inviting the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on this
proposed information collection.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by April 1, 2013 to be
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