81 FR 68402 - Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 192 (October 4, 2016)
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 192 (October 4, 2016)
| Page Range | 68402-68403 | |
| FR Document | 2016-23915 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 68402-68403] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23915] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Business-Cooperative Service Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Agriculture. [[Page 68403]] ACTION: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this Notice announces the Rural Business- Cooperative Service intention to request an extension for to a currently approved information collection for the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 5, 2016 to be assured of consideration. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Director, Specialty Programs Division, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3226, Telephone (202) 720-1400, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program. OMB Number: 0570-0062. Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2017. Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP program is to support the development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and microenterprises. Direct loans and grants are made to selected Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs). Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response. Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and Public Institutions of Higher Education. Estimated Number of Respondents: 75. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20. Estimated Number of Responses: 1506. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 3,254 hours. Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0742, Washington, DC 20250. All comments received will be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the same address. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated: September 28, 2016. Justin Hatmaker, Acting Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service. [FR Doc. 2016-23915 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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Below we provide projected average DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
estimates for the next three years: burden for this collection of information
Average Expected Annual Number of Rural Business-Cooperative Service is estimated to average 2 hours per
activities: 15. response.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Respondents: Rural Utilities Service
Average number of Respondents per
Currently Approved Information Electric and Telecommunications
Activity: 750.
Collection Borrowers.
Annual responses: 11,250.
Frequency of Response: Once per AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Estimated Number of Respondents:
request. Service, USDA. 120.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Average minutes per response: 30. ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
Respondent: 17.
Burden hours: 5,625. requested. Estimated Number of Responses:
Request for Comments: Comments 2,075.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
submitted in response to this notice will Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
be summarized and/or included in the Respondents: 4,728.
notice announces the Rural Business-
request for OMB approval. Comments Copies of this information collection
Cooperative Service’s intention to
are invited on: (a) Whether the can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
request an extension for a currently
collection of information is necessary Regulations and Paperwork
approved information collection in
for the proper performance of the Management Branch, Support Services
support of the Rural Economic
functions of the agency, including Division at (202) 692–0040.
Development Loan and Grant Program.
whether the information shall have Comments: Comments are invited on:
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the DATES: Comments on this notice must be
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
agency’s estimate of the burden of the received by December 5, 2016, to be information is necessary for the proper
collection of information; (c) ways to assured of consideration. performance of the functions of USDA,
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: including whether the information will
of the information to be collected; (d) Director, Specialty Programs Division, have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
ways to minimize the burden of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information on U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP proposed collection of information
respondents, including through the use 3226, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., including the validity of the
of automated collection techniques or Washington, DC 20250–3226, methodology and assumptions used; (c)
other forms of information technology; Telephone (202) 720–1400. ways to enhance the quality, utility and
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: clarity of the information to be
costs and costs of operation, Title: Rural Economic Development collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
maintenance, and purchase of services Loan and Grant Program. burden of the collection of information
to provide information. Burden means OMB Number: 0570–0035. on those who are to respond, including
the total time, effort, or financial Expiration Date of Approval: February through the use of appropriate
resources expended by persons to 28, 2017. automated, electronic, mechanical, or
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or Type of Request: Extension of a other technological collection
provide information to or for a Federal currently approved information techniques or other forms of information
agency. This includes the time needed collection. technology. Comments may be sent to
to review instructions; develop, acquire, Abstract: Under this program, loans Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and
install and utilize technology and and grants are provided to electric and Paperwork Management Branch,
systems for the purpose of collecting, telecommunications utilities that have Support Services Division, U.S.
validating and verifying information, borrowed funds from the Agency. The Department of Agriculture, Rural
processing and maintaining purpose of the program is to encourage Development, STOP 0742, 1400
information, and disclosing and these electric and telecommunications Independence Avenue SW.,
providing information; train personnel utilities to promote rural economic Washington, DC 20250–0742. All
and to be able to respond to a collection development and job creation projects responses to this notice will be
of information, to search data sources, to such as business start-up costs, business summarized and included in the request
complete and review the collection of expansion, community development, for OMB approval. All comments will
information; and to transmit or and business incubator projects. The also become a matter of public record.
otherwise disclose the information. utilities must use program loan funds to
make a pass-through loan to an ultimate Dated: September 28, 2016.
All written comments will be Justin Hatmaker,
available for public inspection on recipient such as a business. The utility
is responsible for fully repaying its loan Acting Administrator, Rural Business-
Regulations.gov. Cooperative Service.
to the Government, even if the ultimate
An agency may not conduct or
recipient does not repay its loan. The [FR Doc. 2016–23914 Filed 10–3–16; 8:45 am]
sponsor, and a person is not required to
intermediary must use program grant BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P
respond to, a collection of information
funds, along with its required
unless it displays a currently valid
contribution, to create a revolving loan
Office of Management and Budget DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
fund that the utility will operate and
control number.
administer. Loans to the ultimate
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Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of recipient are made from the revolving Rural Business-Cooperative Service
September, 2016. loan fund for a variety of community
Catherine E. Woteki, Notice of Request for Extension of a
development projects. The information
Currently Approved Information
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and requested is necessary and vital in order
Economics. Collection
for the Agency to be able to make
[FR Doc. 2016–23956 Filed 10–3–16; 8:45 am] prudent and financial analysis AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative
BILLING CODE 3410–22–P decisions. Service, Department of Agriculture.
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Requested. the use of appropriate automated, 20502. Commenters are encouraged to
electronic, mechanical, or other submit their comments to OMB via
SUMMARY: In accordance with the technological collection techniques or email to: OIRA_Submission@
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 other forms of information technology. OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this Notice Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs, and to Departmental Clearance Office,
announces the Rural Business- Regulations and Paperwork USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Cooperative Service intention to request Management Branch, Support Services Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of
an extension for to a currently approved Division, U.S. Department of the submission(s) may be obtained by
information collection for the Rural Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400 calling (202) 720–8958.
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0742, An agency may not conduct or
(RMAP). Washington, DC 20250. All comments sponsor a collection of information
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received will be available for public unless the collection of information
received by December 5, 2016 to be inspection during regular business displays a currently valid OMB control
assured of consideration. hours at the same address. number and the agency informs
All responses to this notice will be potential persons who are to respond to
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
summarized and included in the request the collection of information that such
Director, Specialty Programs Division,
for Office of Management and Budget persons are not required to respond to
Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
approval. All comments will become a the collection of information unless it
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
matter of public record. displays a currently valid OMB control
Independence Avenue SW.,
Dated: September 28, 2016. number.
Washington, DC 20250–3226,
Telephone (202) 720–1400, Justin Hatmaker, Rural Utilities Service
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Acting Administrator, Rural Business- Title: Broadband Grant Program.
Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Cooperative Service. OMB Control Number: 0572–0127.
Assistance Program. [FR Doc. 2016–23915 Filed 10–3–16; 8:45 am] Summary of Collection: Congress has
OMB Number: 0570–0062. BILLING CODE P recognized the need to facilitate the
Expiration Date of Approval: February deployment of broadband service to un-
28, 2017. served rural areas. The provision to
Type of Request: Extension and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE broadband transmission service is vital
revision of a currently approved to the economic development,
Rural Utility Service
information collection. education, health, and safety of rural
Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP Submission for OMB Review; Americans.
program is to support the development Comment Request The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
and ongoing success of rural 2004 (Title III, Pub. L. 108–199, Stat.3),
microentrepreneurs and September 29, 2016. 7 CFR 1739 Subpart A, as amended,
microenterprises. Direct loans and The Department of Agriculture has authorizes the Rural Development,
grants are made to selected submitted the following information Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to
Microenterprise Development collection requirement(s) to Office of administer the Community Connect
Organizations (MDOs). Management and Budget (OMB) for Grant Program for the provision of
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting review and clearance under the broadband transmission service in rural
burden for this collection of information Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, America. Grant authority is utilized to
is estimated to average 2 hours per Public Law 104–13. Comments are deploy broadband infrastructure to
response. requested regarding (1) whether the extremely rural, lower income
Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian collection of information is necessary communities on a ‘‘community-oriented
Tribes, and Public Institutions of Higher for the proper performance of the connectivity’’ basis.
Education. functions of the agency, including Need and Use of the Information:
Estimated Number of Respondents: whether the information will have RUS gives priority to rural areas that it
75. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the believes have the greatest need for
Estimated Number of Responses per agency’s estimate of burden including broadband transmission services. This
Respondent: 20. the validity of the methodology and broadband access is intended to
Estimated Number of Responses: assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance promote economic development and
1506. the quality, utility and clarity of the provide enhanced educational and
Estimated Total Annual Burden information to be collected; (4) ways to health care opportunities. RUS will
Hours on Respondents: 3,254 hours. minimize the burden of the collection of provide financial assistance to eligible
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether information on those who are to entities that are proposing to deploy
the proposed collection of information respond, including through the use of broadband transmission service in rural
is necessary for the proper performance appropriate automated, electronic, communities where such service does
of the functions of the Agency, mechanical, or other technological not currently exist and who will
including whether the information will collection techniques or other forms of connect the critical community facilities
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of information technology. including the local schools, libraries,
the Agency’s estimate of the burden of Comments regarding this information hospitals, police, fire and rescue
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the proposed collection of information collection received by November 3, services and who will operate a
including the validity of the 2016 will be considered. Written community center that provides free
methodology and assumptions used; (3) comments should be addressed to: Desk and open access to residents.
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Officer for Agriculture, Office of Description of Respondents: Business
clarity of the information to be Information and Regulatory Affairs, or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the Office of Management and Budget institutions; State, Local and Tribal
burden of the collection of information (OMB), New Executive Office Building, Governments.
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| Action | Proposed Collection; Comments Requested. | |
| Dates | Comments on this notice must be received by December 5, 2016 to be assured of consideration. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 68402 |
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