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Rural Business Cooperative Service
Title: Intermediary Re-lending
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0021.
Summary of Collection: The objective
of the Intermediary Relending Program
(IRP) is to improve community facilities
and employment opportunities and
increase economic activity in rural areas
by financing business facilities and
community development. This purpose
is achieved through loans made by the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
(RBS) to intermediaries that establish
programs for the purpose of providing
loans to ultimate recipients for business
facilities and community development.
The Community Economic
Development Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.
9812(a), section 623(a)) provides for the
Secretary the authority to make loans to
nonprofit entities who will in turn
provide financial assistance to rural
businesses to improve business,
industry and employment opportunities
as well as provide a diversification of
the economy in rural areas.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information requested is necessary for
RBS to process applications in a
responsible manner, make prudent
credit and program decisions, and
effectively monitor the intermediaries’
activities to protect the Government’s
financial interest and ensure that funds
obtained from the Government are used
appropriately. Various forms are used to
include information to identify the
intermediary, describe the
intermediary’s experience and expertise,
describe how the intermediary will
operate its revolving loan fund, provide
for debt instruments, loan agreements,
and security, and other material
necessary for prudent credit decisions
and reasonable program monitoring.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number Of Respondents: 240.
Frequency Of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 24,820.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: Agriculture Innovation Centers.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0045.
Summary of Collection: The Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–171, signed May 13,
2002) authorized the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
to award grant funds to Agriculture
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Agricultural Act of 2014 reauthorized
the program through 2018. The Centers
provide a demonstration program under
which agricultural producers are to be
provided with technical and business
development assistance enabling them
to establish businesses producing and
marketing value-added products. This
program is administered by Cooperative
Programs within USDA’s Rural
Development.
Need and Use of the Information:
Information is collected by Rural
Development State and Area office staff,
as delegated, from applicants and
grantees. Cooperative Programs uses the
collected information to confirm that
the applicant and use of funds meet the
eligibility requirements for the program
as well as to assess the quality of the
proposed project. Grantees are required
to submit financial status and
performance reports to confirm that
progress is being made toward achieving
the stated goals of the project. A final
report is submitted at the completion of
the grant agreement. Centers may be
non-profit corporations, for-profit
corporations, institutions of higher
learning, and consortia of the
aforementioned entities.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit Institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 25.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Semi-annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1053.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: Rural Business Development
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0070.
Summary of Collection: Agricultural
Act of 2014, Public Law 113–79 (2014
Farm Bill) (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)), authorizes
the Rural Business Development Grant
(RBDG) program to facilitate the
development of small and emerging
private businesses, industries, and
related employment as well as
identifying and analyzing business
opportunities, establishing business
support centers, and providing training,
technical assistance, and planning for
improving the economy in rural
communities.
Need and Use of the Information: The
various forms and narrative
requirements contained within this
regulation are collected from applicants
who are public bodies and private
nonprofit organizations, and Indian
Tribes. This information is for
determining such factors as: (1)
eligibility; (2) the specific purposes for
which grant funds will be utilized; (3)
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accomplished; (4) who will be carrying
out the purposes for which the grant is
made; (5) project priority; (6) applicants’
experience in administering a rural
economic development program; (7)
employment improvement; and (8)
mitigation of economic distress of a
community through the creation or
salvation of jobs or emergency
situations.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; State, local, and
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 920.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 60,161.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 7, 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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) 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 April 12, 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

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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.

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Rural Utilities Service
Title: Lien Accommodations and
Subordinations 7 CFR part 1717,
subparts R and S.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0100.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et.seq., as amended,
authorizes and empowers the
Administrator of the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) to make loans in the
several States and Territories of the
United States for rural electrification
and the furnishing electric energy to
persons in rural areas who are not
receiving central station service. The RE
Act also authorizes and empowers the
Administrator of RUS to provide
financial assistance to borrowers for
purposes provided in the RE Act by
accommodating or subordinating loans
made by the National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corporation, the
Federal Financing Bank, and other
lending agencies.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will use the information to
determine an applicant’s eligibility for a
lien accommodation or lien
subordination under the RE Act;
facilitates an applicant’s solicitation and
acquisition of non-RUS loans as to
converse available Government funds;
monitor the compliance of borrowers
with debt covenants and regulatory
requirements in order to protect loan
security; and subsequently to granting
the lien accommodation or lien
subordination, administer each so as to
minimize its cost to the Government. If
the information were not collected, RUS
would not be able to accomplish its
statutory goals.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
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Total Burden Hours: 19.

Rural Utilities Service

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 7, 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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) 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 April 12, 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
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
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Title: 7 CFR 1744–C, Advance and
Disbursement of Funds—
Telecommunications.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0023.
Summary of Collection: Section 201 of
the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of
1936 authorizes the Administrator of the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make
loans for the purpose of providing
telephone service to the widest
practicable number of rural subscribers.
A borrower requesting loan advances
must submit RUS Form 481, ‘‘Financial
Requirement Statement’’. Along with
the Form 481 the borrower must also
submit a description of the advances
and upon request copies of backup
documentation relating to the
transactions. Within a reasonable
amount of time, funds are advanced to
the borrower for the purposes specified
in the statement of purposes. The
borrower must immediately deposit all
advanced money into a Special
Construction account until disbursed.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected is used by RUS to
record and control transactions and
verify that the funds advanced in the
construction fund are related directly to
loan purposes. If the information were
not collected, RUS would not have any
control over how loan funds are spent
or a record of the balance to be
advanced.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; not-for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 84.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 481.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1728, Electric Standards
and Specifications for Materials and
Construction.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0131.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901
et seq., as amended, (RE Act) in Sec. 4
(7 U.S.C. 904) authorizes and empowers
the Administrator of the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) to make loans in the
several States and Territories of the
United States for rural electrification
and the furnishing and improving of
electric energy to persons in rural areas.
RUS’ Administrator is authorized to
provide financial assistance to
borrowers for purposes provided in the
RE Act by guaranteeing loans made by
the National Rural Utilities Cooperative
Finance Corporation, the Federal
Financing Bank, and other lending
agencies. These loans are for a term of
up to 35 years and are secured by a first
mortgage on the borrower’s electric

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