60-Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2024 / Notices
Regulations Management Division, at
Kimble.brown@usda.gov. All responses
to this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–23477 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket No.: RUS–24–AGENCY–0028]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Special Authority To
Enable Funding of Broadband and
Smart Utility Facilities Across Select
Rural Development Programs (Smart
Utility); OMB Control No.: 0572–0156
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces Rural Development’s
(RD) intention to request a revision of a
currently approved information
collection and invites comments on this
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 9, 2024, to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and, in the
‘‘Search Field’’ box, labeled ‘‘Search for
dockets and documents on agency
actions,’’ enter the following docket
number: (RUS–24–AGENCY–0028), and
click ‘‘Search.’’ To submit public
comments, select the ‘‘Comment’’
button. Before inputting your
comments, you may also review the
‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ (optional).
Insert your comments under the
‘‘Comment’’ title, click ‘‘Browse’’ to
attach files (if applicable). Input your
email address and select an identity
category then click ‘‘Submit Comment.’’
Information on using Regulations.gov,
including instructions for accessing
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket after the close of the
comment period, is available through
the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
MaryPat Daskal, Chief, Branch 1, Rural
Development Innovation Center—
Regulations Management Division, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–

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1522. Telephone: (202) 720–7853.
Email: MaryPat.Daskal@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 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
existing information collection that the
Agency is submitting to OMB for
revision.
Title: 7 CFR 1980, Special Authority
to Enable Funding of Broadband and
Smart Utility Facilities Across Select
Rural Development Programs (Smart
Utility).
OMB Control Number: 0572–0156.
Expiration Date of Approval: January
31, 2025.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Businesses, not-forprofit institutions, and others.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 7.95.
Estimated Number of Responses: 159.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 239 hours.
Abstract: The collection of
information is necessary for RD to
determine an applicant’s ability to
borrow under the terms of the 2018
Farm Bill and included programs and
that the applicant complies with
statutory, regulatory, and administrative
eligibility requirements for loan
assistance. As part of that submission,
applicants are required to provide a
service area map, where applicable, of
their entire service territory.
Applicants seeking funding to finance
the provision of retail broadband under
the special broadband authority of this
part are generally expected to comply
with the rules related to broadband
funding under Title VI of the Rural
Electrification Act. To be considered for
funding under special broadband
authority, applicants must provide:
(1) A description of the proposed
retail broadband project;
(2) a map, where applicable, of the
proposed service area to be funded
under smart utility authority of the
applicant;
(3) the amount and type of support
requested by the applicant;

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(4) any other information required of
similar applicants under Title VI of the
Rural Electrification Act.
Fully Searchable Data Base—The
applicant information provided will be
made part of a fully searchable database
which could disclose to the public the
information above.
Public Notice Survey—The agency
will post a public notice filing on the
agency’s website. Incumbent service
providers in the area may respond to the
public notice filing by providing a
public notice response.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether
this 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
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
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques, or other forms of
information technology.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Kimble Brown,
Rural Development Innovation Center,
Regulations Management Division, at
Kimble.Brown@usda.gov. All responses
to this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–23490 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–844]

Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From Taiwan: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022–2023
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that narrow woven ribbons with
woven selvedge (ribbons) from Taiwan
were sold in the United States at less
than normal value (NV) during the
AGENCY:

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