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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 179
Monday, September 16, 2019

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
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request

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September 11, 2019.

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.
Comments are requested regarding:
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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; 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 October 16, 2019
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

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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.

Frequency Of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 156,090.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.

Rural Utilities Service

[FR Doc. 2019–19915 Filed 9–13–19; 8:45 am]

Title: The Rural eConnectivity Pilot
Program (ReConnect Program).
OMB Control Number: 0572–0152.
Summary of Collection: Pursuant to
the Pilot Program authorization in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,
Public Law 115–141, 779 (2018), RUS is
to conduct a pilot broadband program
under the RE Act. Under Section
601(d)(1) of the RE Act applicants are
required to submit an application for
loans and loan guarantees containing
the information that the Secretary shall
require, and that the project meet the
minimum level of broadband in the
service area. Section 601(d)(8) sets out
the all of the reporting requirements,
and the Pilot Program specifically
requires that the Section 601(d)(8)
reporting requirements be followed.
Additionally, Section 601(h) requires
that the Secretary ensure the security of
any loan or guarantee.
Need And Use of the Information: On
March 23, 2018, Congress passed the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018
(the FY2018 Appropriations) (Pub. L.
115–141) which established a
broadband loan and grant pilot program,
the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program
(hereinafter the ReConnect Program).
One of the essential goals of the
ReConnect Program is to expand
broadband service to rural areas without
sufficient access to broadband, defined
as 10 megabits per second (Mbps)
downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. For
this purpose, Congress provided RUS
with $600 million and expanded its
existing authority to make loans and
grants. Loans and grants are limited to
the costs of the construction,
improvement, and acquisition of
facilities and equipment for broadband
service in eligible communities. The
FY2018 Appropriations also authorized
technical assistance to assist the agency
in expanding needed service to the most
rural communities.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; State, local, and Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents: 500.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 11, 2019.

The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 October 16, 2019
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), OIRA_
[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

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