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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.
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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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