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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 83, No. 216
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Development administers
rural utilities programs through the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS). The USDA
Rural Development invites comments
on the following information collections
for which the Agency intends to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 7, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
1522. Telephone: (202) 690–4492.
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 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 information collections that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension. 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
proposed collection of information

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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 respondents, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural
Development Innovation Center, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
[email protected].
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Title: Extensions of Payments of
Principal and Interest.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0123.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information describes information
procedures which borrowers must
follow in order to request extensions of
principal and interest. Authority for
these is contained in section 12 of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(REAct), as amended and in section 236
of the ‘‘Disaster Relief Act of 1970’’
(Pub. L. 91–606), as amended by the
Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L.
103–354). Eligible purposes include
financial hardship, energy resource
conservation (ERC) loans, renewable
energy projects, distributed generation
projects, and contribution-in-aid of
construction. These procedures are
codified at 7 CFR part 1721, subpart B.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
for this collection of information is
estimated to average 4.71 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.14.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 61 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Robin M. Jones,
Innovation Center, at (202) 772–1172,
Email: [email protected].

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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.
Dated: November 1, 2018.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–24352 Filed 11–6–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
invites comments on this information
collection for which the Agency intends
to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 7, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
1522. Telephone: (202) 690–4492.
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 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 information collections that
RUS is submitting to OMB for revision.
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
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
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clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural
Development Innovation Center, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
[email protected].
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Title: Request for Approval to Sell
Capital Assets.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0020.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: A borrower’s assets provide
the security for a government loan. The
selling of assets reduces the security and
increases the risk to the government.
RUS Form 369 allows the borrower to
seek agency permission to sell some of
its assets. The form collects detailed
information regarding the proposed
sales of a portion of the borrower’s
systems. RUS electric utility borrowers
complete this form to request RUS
approval in order to sell capital assets
when the fair market value exceeds 10
percent of the borrower’s net utility
plant. The collection of information will
be revised to remove the requirement to
submit a Board Resolution with the
Form 369.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
for this collection of information is
estimated to average 42.5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 83 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Robin M. Jones,
Innovation Center, at (202)772–1172,
Email: [email protected].
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.
Dated: November 2, 2018.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–24351 Filed 11–6–18; 8:45 am]
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
INVESTIGATION BOARD
Sunshine Act Meetings
November 13, 2018, 10
a.m. EDT.
PLACE: U.S. Chemical Safety Board,
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 910,
Washington, DC 20006.
STATUS: This meeting will be closed to
the public.
TIME AND DATE:

Matters To Be Considered
The Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (Board) will hold a
closed session, as authorized by the
Government in the Sunshine Act, to
confer with, and receive advice from, its
legal counsel regarding pending
litigation. The Board will also consider
and vote on calendared notation item
2019–08, which concerns the
authorization of funding for a legal
services support contract, and related
matters.
Board Members, Counsel to the Board,
and a recording clerk or stenographer
will attend the closed meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters also may be present.
The Acting General Counsel of the
Board has certified that, in his opinion,
one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(6), (9)(B), and (10)
and 40 CFR 1603.7(f),(h),(i) and (j),
permit consideration of the scheduled
matters at the closed meeting.
Board Members Kulinowski and
Engler voted to consider the matters
listed above in a closed session on the
grounds noted above.
CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION: Thomas Zoeller,

Acting
General Counsel, at Tom.Zoeller@
csb.gov or (202) 261–7600. Further
information about this public meeting
can be found on the CSB website at:
www.csb.gov.

Dated: November 5, 2018.
Raymond Porfiri,
Deputy General Counsel, Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board.
[FR Doc. 2018–24505 Filed 11–5–18; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2018–2020 Business Research &
Development Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number(s): BRD–1.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 45,000.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours
and 18 minutes.
Burden Hours: 148,600.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau, with support from the National
Science Foundation (NSF), plans to
conduct the Business Research and
Development Survey (BRDS) for the
2018–2020 survey years. The BRDS
covers all domestic, non-farm, for-profit
businesses with at least 10 paid
employees. The BRDS provides the only
comprehensive data on Research and
Development (R&D) costs and detailed
expenses by type and industry.
The Census Bureau has conducted an
R&D survey since 1957, collecting
primarily financial information on the
systematic work companies undertake
to discover new knowledge or use
existing knowledge to develop new or
improved goods and services.
Beginning in 2018, the BRDS will
collect new data about R&D on artificial
intelligence, geographic detail of
companies’ R&D workforce, and leased
and temporary R&D employees.
There is increasing interest among
domestic policy-makers and in the
international community, as well as
among U.S. researchers in academia,
government and industry, for more data
on artificial intelligence.
Domestic and foreign geographic
information for R&D workforce will
address Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) requests on inputs for enhanced
estimation and evaluation of gross
domestic product by state, foreign direct
investment in the U.S., and U.S. direct
investment abroad.
As a result of the revision of the
Frascati Manual: Guidance for
Collecting and Reporting on R&D
(OECD, 2015), countries are
recommended to collect and separately
report on both internal R&D workers
(those who are employed directly by
and are part of the R&D-performing
business) and ‘‘external’’ R&D workers
(consultants, contractors, and others
who contribute directly to the R&D
performance of the R&D-performing
business, but are not an employee of the
business). The collection of these R&D
employees is to provide internationally
comparable US data on total business
R&D workers.
The 2018–2020 BRDS will continue to
collect the following types of
information:

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