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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 101
Friday, May 24, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request

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May 20, 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 June 24, 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:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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

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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.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

ACTION:

Title: Preloan Procedures and
Requirements for Telecommunications
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0079.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It
makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to finance
telecommunications, electric, and water
and waste facilities in rural areas with
a loan portfolio that totals nearly $58
billion. RUS manages loan programs in
accordance with the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq. as amended, (RE Act). Section
201 of the RE Act authorizes the
Administrator to make loans to qualified
telephone companies for the purpose of
providing telephone service to the
widest practicable number of rural
subscribers.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information using
several forms to determine an
applicant’s eligibility to borrow from
RUS under the terms of the RE Act. The
information is also used to determine
that the Government’s security for loans
made by RUS are reasonably adequate
and that the loans will be repaid within
the time agreed. Without the
information, RUS could not effectively
monitor each borrower’s compliance
with the loan terms and conditions to
properly ensure continued loan
security.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 37.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9,618.

SUMMARY:

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Rural Housing Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice; comment requested.

AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Housing Service (RHS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) will be requested. The intention
is to request a revision for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the program, Real Estate Title
Clearance and Loan Closing.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 23, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team 2,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
STOP 1522, Room 4233, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email
Thomas.Dickson@usda.gov.
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
RHS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
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
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

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