81_FR_39366 81 FR 39250 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

81 FR 39250 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utility Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 116 (June 16, 2016)

Page Range39250-39251
FR Document2016-14225

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39250-39251]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14225]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utility Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 13, 2016.
    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 July 18, 
2016 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: [email protected] 
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 number.

Rural Utility Service

    Title: Seismic Safety of New Building Construction, 7 CFR 1792, 
Subpart C.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0099.
    Summary of Collection: Seismic hazards present a serious threat to 
people and their surroundings. These hazards exist in most of the 
United States, not just on the West Coast. Unlike hurricanes, times and 
location of earthquakes cannot be predicted; most earthquakes strike 
without warning and, if of substantial strength, strike with great 
destructive forces. To reduce risks to life and property from 
earthquakes, Congress enacted the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977 (Pub. L. 95-124, 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.,) and directed the 
establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake reduction 
program. As a result, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 
(NEHRP) was established. The objectives of the NEHRP include the 
development of technologically and economically feasible design and 
construction methods to make both new and existing structures 
earthquake resistant, and the development and promotion of model 
building codes. 7 CFR part 1792, subpart C, identifies acceptable 
seismic standards which must be employed in new building construction 
funded by loans, grants, or guarantees made by the Rural Utility 
Service (RUS) or the Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) or through lien 
accommodations or subordinations approved by RUS or RTB.

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    Need and Use of the Information: Borrowers and grant recipients 
must provide to RUS a written acknowledgment from a registered 
architect or engineer responsible for the designs of each applicable 
building stating that the seismic provisions to 7 CFR part 1792, 
subpart C will be used in the design of the building. RUS will use this 
information to: (1) Clarify and inform the applicable borrowers and 
grant recipients about seismic safety requirements; (2) improve the 
effectiveness of all RUS programs; and (3) reduce the risk to life and 
property through the use of approved building codes aimed at providing 
seismic safety.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business 
or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 97.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 73.

Rural Utility Service

    Title: Water and Waste Disposal Programs Guaranteed Loans.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0122.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is 
authorized by Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to make loans to public agencies, 
nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes for the development of water 
and waste disposal facilities primarily servicing rural residents. The 
Waste and Water Disposal Programs (WW) of RUS provide insured loan and 
grant funds through the WW program to finance many types of projects 
varying in size and complexity. The Waste and Water Disposal Guaranteed 
Program is implemented through 7 CFR 1779. The guaranteed loan program 
encourages lender participation and provides specific guidance in the 
processing and servicing of guaranteed WW loans.
    Need and Use of the Information: Rural Development's field offices 
will collect information from applicants/borrowers, lenders, and 
consultants to determine eligibility, project feasibility and to ensure 
borrowers operate on a sound basis and use loan funds for authorized 
purposes. There are agency forms required as well as other requirements 
that involve certifications from the borrower, lenders, and other 
parties. Failure to collect proper information could result in improper 
determinations of eligibility, improper use of funds and or unsound 
loans.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 618.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-14225 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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39250 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Notices their comments to OMB via email to: Federal Agriculture Improvement and Comments regarding this information OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or Reform Act of 2006, Public Law 109–97. collection received by July 18, 2016 will fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental The Act provides for the Secretary of be considered. Written comments Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Agriculture to make grants to should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– cooperatives or associations of Agriculture, Office of Information and 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may cooperative whose primary focus is to Regulatory Affairs, Office of be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. provide assistance to small, socially- Management and Budget (OMB), New An agency may not conduct or disadvantaged producers and whose Executive Office Building, 725 17th sponsor a collection of information governing board and/or membership are Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. unless the collection of information comprised of at least 75 percent Commenters are encouraged to submit displays a currently valid OMB control socially-disadvantaged. their comments to OMB via email to: number and the agency informs Need and Use of the Information: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or potential persons who are to respond to Rural Business Service needs to receive fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental the collection of information that such the information contained in this Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail persons are not required to respond to collection of information to make Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– the collection of information unless it prudent decisions regarding eligibility 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may displays a currently valid OMB control of applicants and selection priority be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. number. among competing applicants, to ensure An agency may not conduct or compliance with applicable laws and sponsor a collection of information Rural Business Service (RBS) regulations and to evaluate the projects unless the collection of information Title: 7 CFR 4279–A, Guaranteed it believes will provide the most long- displays a currently valid OMB control Loan-making General. term economic benefit to rural areas. number and the agency informs OMB Control Number: 0570–0018. Description of Respondents: Not-for- potential persons who are to respond to Summary of Collection: The Business profit institutions. the collection of information that such and Industry (B&I) program was Number of Respondents: 60. persons are not required to respond to legislated in 1972 under Section 310B of Frequency of Responses: the collection of information unless it the Consolidated Farm and Rural Recordkeeping; Reporting: Semi- displays a currently valid OMB control Development Act, as amended. The Annually; Annually. number. purpose of the program is to improve, Total Burden Hours: 575. develop, or finance businesses, Rural Utility Service Charlene Parker, industries, and employment and Title: Seismic Safety of New Building Departmental Information Collection improve the economic and Clearance Officer. Construction, 7 CFR 1792, Subpart C. environmental climate in rural OMB Control Number: 0572–0099. [FR Doc. 2016–14227 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] communities. This purpose is achieved BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P Summary of Collection: Seismic through bolstering the existing private hazards present a serious threat to credit structure through the people and their surroundings. These guaranteeing of quality loans made by DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE hazards exist in most of the United lending institutions, thereby providing States, not just on the West Coast. lasting community benefits. The B&I Rural Utility Service Unlike hurricanes, times and location of program is administered by the RBS Submission for OMB Review; earthquakes cannot be predicted; most through Rural Development State and Comment Request earthquakes strike without warning and, sub-State offices serving each state. if of substantial strength, strike with Need and use of the Information: RBS June 13, 2016. great destructive forces. To reduce risks will collect information to determine The Department of Agriculture has to life and property from earthquakes, the eligibility and credit worthiness for submitted the following information Congress enacted the Earthquake a lender or borrower. The information is collection requirement(s) to Office of Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (Pub. L. used by Agency loan officers and Management and Budget (OMB) for 95–124, 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.,) and approval officials to determine lender review and clearance under the directed the establishment and program eligibility and for program Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, maintenance of an effective earthquake monitoring. Description of Respondents: Business Public Law 104–13. Comments are reduction program. As a result, the or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal requested regarding (1) whether the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Government. collection of information is necessary Program (NEHRP) was established. The Number of Respondents: 225. for the proper performance of the objectives of the NEHRP include the Frequency of Responses: Reporting: functions of the agency, including development of technologically and On occasion. whether the information will have economically feasible design and Total Burden Hours: 955. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the construction methods to make both new agency’s estimate of burden including and existing structures earthquake Rural Business-Cooperative Service the validity of the methodology and resistant, and the development and Title: Socially-Disadvantaged Groups assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance promotion of model building codes. 7 the quality, utility and clarity of the CFR part 1792, subpart C, identifies asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Grant Program. OMB Control Number: 0570–0052. information to be collected; (4) ways to acceptable seismic standards which Summary of Collection: Formerly minimize the burden of the collection of must be employed in new building known as the ‘‘Small Socially- information on those who are to construction funded by loans, grants, or Disadvantaged Producer Grant respond, including through the use of guarantees made by the Rural Utility Program,’’ the program has changed its appropriate automated, electronic, Service (RUS) or the Rural Telephone name to ‘‘The Socially-Disadvantaged mechanical, or other technological Bank (RTB) or through lien Groups Grant Program.’’ It was collection techniques or other forms of accommodations or subordinations authorized by section 2744 of the information technology. approved by RUS or RTB. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2016 / Notices 39251 Need and Use of the Information: Frequency of Responses: Reporting: important for effective analyses of Borrowers and grant recipients must On occasion. changes in regional and local economic provide to RUS a written Total Burden Hours: 618. development, safety issues, and acknowledgment from a registered environmental concerns. They also Charlene Parker, architect or engineer responsible for the provide the private sector with valuable designs of each applicable building Departmental Information Collection data needed for critical decision-making Clearance Officer. stating that the seismic provisions to 7 on a variety of issues including market [FR Doc. 2016–14225 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am] CFR part 1792, subpart C will be used trends, analysis, and segmentation. Each in the design of the building. RUS will BILLING CODE 3410–15–P day, governments, businesses, and use this information to: (1) Clarify and consumers make countless decisions inform the applicable borrowers and about where to go, how to get there, grant recipients about seismic safety DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE what to ship and which transportation requirements; (2) improve the modes to use. Transportation constantly effectiveness of all RUS programs; and Submission for OMB Review; responds to external forces such as (3) reduce the risk to life and property Comment Request shifting markets, changing through the use of approved building The Department of Commerce will demographics, safety concerns, weather codes aimed at providing seismic safety. submit to the Office of Management and conditions, energy and environmental Description of Respondents: Not-for- Budget (OMB) for clearance the constraints, and national defense profit institutions; Business or other for- following proposal for collection of requirements. Good decisions require profit. information under the provisions of the having the right information in the right Number of Respondents: 97. Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. form at the right time. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: chapter 35). The CFS provides critical data to On occasion. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. federal, state and local government Total Burden Hours: 73. agencies to make a wide range of Title: 2017 Economic Census— Rural Utility Service Commodity Flow Survey. transportation investment decisions for OMB Control Number: 0607–0932. developing and maintaining an efficient Title: Water and Waste Disposal Form Number(s): CFS–1000. transportation infrastructure that Programs Guaranteed Loans. OMB Control Number: 0572–0122. Type of Request: Reinstatement, with supports economic growth and Summary of Collection: The Rural change, of an expired collection. competitiveness. Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by Number of Respondents: 100,000. Transportation planners require the Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm Average Hours per Response: 2.5. periodic benchmarks provided by a and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. Burden Hours: 1,000,000. continuing CFS to evaluate and respond 1926) to make loans to public agencies, Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census to ongoing geographic shifts in nonprofit corporations, and Indian Bureau plans to conduct the 2017 production and distribution centers, as tribes for the development of water and Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), a well as policies such as ‘‘just in time waste disposal facilities primarily component of the 2017 Economic delivery.’’ servicing rural residents. The Waste and Census, as it is the only comprehensive The 2017 CFS will be a mail-out/mail- Water Disposal Programs (WW) of RUS source of multi-modal, system-wide back or electronic reporting sample provide insured loan and grant funds data on the volume and pattern of goods survey of approximately 100,000 through the WW program to finance movement in the United States. The business establishments in the mining, many types of projects varying in size CFS is conducted in partnership with manufacturing, wholesale, and selected and complexity. The Waste and Water the Bureau of Transportation Statistics retail and services industries, as well as Disposal Guaranteed Program is (BTS), Office of the Assistant Secretary auxiliary establishments that support implemented through 7 CFR 1779. The for Research and Technology, U.S. these industries. guaranteed loan program encourages Department of Transportation (DOT). The CFS is co-sponsored by the BTS lender participation and provides The survey provides a crucial set of and the Census Bureau, with a majority specific guidance in the processing and statistics on the value, weight, mode, of funding (80 percent) provided by the servicing of guaranteed WW loans. and distance of commodities shipped by BTS. In addition to their funding Need and Use of the Information: mining, manufacturing, wholesale, and support, the BTS also provides Rural Development’s field offices will selected retail and services additional technical and planning collect information from applicants/ establishments, as well as auxiliary guidance in the development and borrowers, lenders, and consultants to establishments that support these implementation of the program. determine eligibility, project feasibility industries. The Census Bureau will The CFS is the primary source of and to ensure borrowers operate on a publish these shipment characteristics information about freight movement in sound basis and use loan funds for for the nation, census regions and the United States. Estimates of shipment authorized purposes. There are agency divisions, states, and CFS defined characteristics are published at different forms required as well as other geographic areas. As with the 2012 levels of aggregation. The CFS produces requirements that involve certifications Commodity Flow Survey, this survey summary statistics and a public use from the borrower, lenders, and other also identifies export, hazardous microdata file. No confidential data are material, and temperature controlled released. The survey covers shipments asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES parties. Failure to collect proper information could result in improper shipments. from establishments in the mining, determinations of eligibility, improper The DOT views updated information manufacturing, wholesale, and selected use of funds and or unsound loans. on freight flows as critical to retail industries, as well as auxiliary Description of Respondents: Business understanding the use, performance, establishments that support these or other for-profit; Not-for-profit and condition of the nation’s industries. Federal agencies, state and institutions; State, Local or Tribal transportation system, as well as local transportation planners and policy Government. informing transportation investments. makers, and private sector Number of Respondents: 10. Data on the movement of freight also are transportation managers, analysts, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Jun 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1


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Document Modified: 2016-06-16 00:37:25
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation81 FR 39250 
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