82 FR 22953 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 96 (May 19, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 96 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 22953]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10141]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 16, 2017.
    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 June 19, 
2017 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 Utilities Service

    Title: 7 CFR part 1744, subpart B, Lien Accommodations and 
Subordination Policy.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0126.
    Summary of Collection: Recent changes in the telecommunications 
industry, including deregulation and technological developments, have 
caused Rural Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers and other organizations 
providing telecommunications services to consider undertaking projects 
that provide new telecommunications services and other 
telecommunications services not ordinarily financed by RUS. The RUS 
telecommunication program provides loans to borrowers at interest rates 
and on terms that are more favorable than those generally available 
from the private sector. To facilitate the financing, RUS will consider 
accommodating the Federal Government's lien on telecommunications 
borrowers' systems in an expedited manner based on the financial 
strength of the borrowers operations as authorized by the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act). This collection of information is 
to ensure that the criteria for fast track lien accommodation are met.
    Need and Use of the Information: In order to facilitate 
supplemental financing for telecommunications services projects, RUS 
provides fast track lien accommodations to private lenders who propose 
to lend to RUS borrowers who meet certain financial strength 
evaluations. Depending on the purposes for which a lien accommodation 
is sought, RUS will use the information to provide ``automatic'' 
approval for borrowers that meet the financial tests. The tests are 
designed to ensure that the financial strength of the borrower is more 
than sufficient to protect the government's loan security interests; 
hence, the lien accommodations will not adversely affect the 
government's financial interests.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-10141 Filed 5-18-17; 8:45 am]
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