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Comments on this notice must be
received by June 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 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 an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB as a revision to an
existing collection. Comments are
invited on: (a) 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; (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
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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 may be sent to:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
Title: Operating Reports for
Telecommunications and Broadband
Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0031.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Rural Utilities Service
(RUS), an agency delivering the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
utilities programs, is a credit agency.
RUS makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to finance electric,
broadband, telecommunications, and
water and waste facilities in rural areas.
In addition to providing loans and loan
guarantees, one of the Agency’s main
objectives is to safeguard loan security

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until the loan is repaid. This collection
of information covers the
Telecommunications Operating Report,
the Broadband Operating Report, and
RUS Form 674, ‘‘Certificate of Authority
to Submit or Grant Access to Data.’’ The
data collected via the
Telecommunications Operating Report
is collected through the USDA Data
Collection System. The data collected
via the Broadband Operating Report is
collected through the USDA Broadband
Collection and Analysis System. The
data collected via the
Telecommunication and Broadband
Operating reports is required by the loan
contract and provides Rural
Development with vital financial
information necessary to ensure the
maintenance of the security for the
Government’s loans, and statistical data
to enable the Agency to ensure the
provision of quality telecommunications
and broadband services as mandated by
the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of
1936. The data collected through the
operating reports provides financial
information to ensure loan security
consistent with due diligence and is
essential to protect loan security. The
data collected via RUS Form 674
provides information to the Agency to
allow Rural Development Electric,
Telecommunications and Broadband
program Borrowers to file electronic
Operating Reports with the Agency
using the USDA Data Collection System.
RUS Form 674, accompanied by a Board
Resolution, identifies the name and
USDA eAuthentication ID for a certifier
and security administrator who will
have access to the USDA Data
Collection System for purposes of filing
electronic Operating Reports. The
information collected on the RUS Form
674 is submitted in hard copy by
Borrowers only when revisions are
required or, in the case of a first time
Borrower, when initially submitting the
data.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
for this collection of information is
estimated to average 4.7 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofits and not-for-profit Institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
580.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.26.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6296 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal,
Rural Development Innovation Center—
Regulations Team, Telephone: (202)
720–7853, Email: MaryPat.Daskal@
usda.gov. All responses to this notice
will be summarized and included in the

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request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Chad Rupe,
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
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
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 an information collection that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (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
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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
SUMMARY:

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techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments may be sent to:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
Title: Seismic Safety of New Building
Construction.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0099.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Act of 1977 was enacted to
reduce risks to life and property through
the National Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Program (NEHRP). The
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) is designated as the agency with
the primary responsibility to plan and
coordinate the NEHRP. This program
includes the development and
implementation of feasible design and
construction methods to make
structures earthquake resistant.
Executive Order 12699 of January 5,
1990, Seismic Safety of Federal and
Federally Assisted or Regulated New
Building Construction, requires that
measures to assure seismic safety be
imposed on federally assisted new
building construction.
Title 7 Part 1792, Subpart C, Seismic
Safety of Federally assisted New
Building Construction, identifies
acceptable seismic standards which
must be employed in new building
construction funded by loans, grants, or
guarantees made by RUS or the Rural
Telephone Bank (RTB) or through lien
accommodations or subordinations
approved by RUS or RTB. This subpart
implements and explains the provisions
of the loan contract utilized by the RUS
for both electric and
telecommunications borrowers and by
the RTB for its telecommunications
borrowers requiring construction
certifications affirming compliance with
the standards.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .75 hours per
response.
Respondents: Small business or
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
192.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 144.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Diane M. Berger,
Rural Development Innovation Center—
Regulatory Team, (715) 619–3124.

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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.
Chad Rupe,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–07813 Filed 4–17–19; 8:45 am]
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Request for Public Comment on a
Commercial Availability Request Under
the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade
Agreement
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Request for public comments
concerning a request for modification of
the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
(USMFTA) rules of origin for women’s
or girls’ swimwear made from certain
knit fabric.
AGENCY:

The Government of the
United States received a request from
the Government of Morocco dated
March 14, 2019, on behalf of GOTTEX
SWIMWEAR BRANDS LTD to initiate
consultations under Article 4.3.3 of the
USMFTA. The Government of Morocco
is requesting that the United States and
Morocco (‘‘the Parties’’) consider
revising the rules of origin for women’s
or girls’ swimwear to address
availability of supply of certain knit
fabric in the territories of the Parties.
The President of the United States may
proclaim a modification to the USMFTA
rules of origin for textile and apparel
products after the United States reaches
an agreement with the Government of
Morocco on a modification under
Article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA to address
issues of availability of supply of fibers,
yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the
Parties. CITA hereby solicits public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether certain knit
fabric can be supplied by the U.S.
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
May 20, 2019 to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements, Room 30003,
United States Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Martinich, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–3588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Authority: Section 203 (j)(2)(B)(i) of the
United States—Morocco Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
3805 note) (USMFTA Implementation Act);
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.

Background: Article 4.3.3 of the
USMFTA provides that, on the request
of either Party, the Parties shall consult
to consider whether the rules of origin
applicable to a particular textile or
apparel good should be revised to
address issues of availability of supply
of fibers, yarns, or fabrics in the
territories of the Parties. In the
consultations, pursuant to Article 4.3.4
of the USMFTA, each Party shall
consider all data presented by the other
Party that demonstrate substantial
production in its territory of a particular
fiber, yarn, or fabric. The Parties shall
consider that there is substantial
production if a Party demonstrates that
its domestic producers are capable of
supplying commercial quantities of the
fiber, yarn, or fabric in a timely manner.
The USMFTA Implementation Act
provides the President with the
authority to proclaim as part of the
HTSUS, modifications to the USMFTA
rules of origin set out in Annex 4–A of
the USMFTA as are necessary to
implement an agreement with Morocco
under Article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA,
subject to the consultation and layover
requirements of Section 104 of the
USMFTA Implementation Act. See
Section 203(j)(2)(B)(i) of the USMFTA
Implementation Act. Executive Order
11651 established CITA to supervise the
implementation of textile trade
agreements and authorizes the
Chairman of CITA to take actions or
recommend that appropriate officials or
agencies of the United States take
actions necessary to implement textile
trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4,
1972).
The Government of the United States
received a request from the Government
of Morocco dated March 14, 2019, on
behalf of GOTTEX SWIMWEAR
BRANDS LTD, requesting that the
United States consider whether the
USMFTA rule of origin for women’s or
girls’ swimwear classified under HTSUS
6112.41 should be modified to allow the
use of printed and piece-dyed warp knit
fabrics of polyester or nylon fibers,
containing between 6% and 41%
elastomeric yarns classified under
subheading 6004.10 of the HTSUS that
is not originating under the USMFTA.
CITA is soliciting public comments
regarding this request, particularly with
respect to whether the fabric described
above can be supplied by the U.S.
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner.

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