[Federal Register: January 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 18)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 24, 2006.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 1724, Electric Engineering Architectural Services
and Design Policies.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0118.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., authorization to Rural Utilities Service (RUS) make
loans in several States and Territories of the United States for rural
electrification and the furnishing and improving of electric energy to
persons in rural areas. Title 7 CFR 1724 requires each borrower to
select a qualified architect to perform certain architectural services
and to use the designated form that provides for these services. The
agency has developed standardized contractual forms used by borrowers
to contract for services.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from the
forms is on and as needed basis or when the individual borrower
undertakes certain projects. The standardization of the forms by RUS
has resulted in substantial savings to borrowers by reducing
preparation of the documentation and the costly review by the
government.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 81.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 161.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Advance of Loan Funds and Budgetary Control and Related
Burdens.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0015.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936, as
amended, ``to make loans in several States and territories of the
United States for rural electrification and for the purpose of
furnishing and improving electric and telephone service in rural areas
and to assist electric borrowers to implement demand side management,
energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy
systems.'' Borrowers will provide the agency with information that
supports the use of the funds as well as identify the type of projects
for which they will use the funds.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS electric borrowers will submit
RUS form 595 and 219. Form 595, Financial Requirement & Expenditure
Statement, to request an advance of loan funds remaining for an
existing approved loan and to report on the expenditure of previously
advanced loan funds. Form 219, Inventory of Work Orders, serves as a
connecting line and provides an audit trail that verifies the evidence
supporting the propriety of expenditures for construction of retirement
projects that supports the advance of funds. The information collected
will ensure that loans funds are expended and advanced for RUS approved
budget process and amounts. Failure to collect proper information could
result in improper determinations of eligibility or improper use of
funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 14,820.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-1034 Filed 1-26-06; 8:45 am]
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