7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form RUS Form 830 Electric System Construction Contract - Lump Sum	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 792b Certificate of Construction and Indemnity Agreement	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 790 Electric System Construction Contract Non-Site Specific Construction (Notice and Instructions to Bidders)	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 786 Electric System Communications and Control Equipment Contract	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 307 Bid Bond	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 257 Contract to Construct Buildings	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 254 Construction Inventory	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 238 Construction or Equipment Contract Amendment	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 231 Certificate of Contractor	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 224 Waiver and Release of Lien	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 213 Certificate (Buy American)	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 200 Construction Contract - Generating	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 198 Equipment Contract	Form	Modified	Available
Form RUS Form 187 Certificate of Completion - Contract Construction	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 168c Contractors Bond (less than $1 million)	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RUS Form 168b Contractor's Bond	Form	Modified	Available
Form RUS Form 168b 7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Repair queued
2020 - 60 day notice-0572-0107.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Repair queued
2020 - 60 day notice-0572-0107.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Repair queued
7 CFR 1726.304 List of Contracts.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Repair queued
7 CFR 1726.304 List of Contracts.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Missing upstream
ReAct Secs 1 thru 4.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Repair queued
ReAct Secs 1 thru 4.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Available
0572-0107 - Spreadsheet 2020-final.xlsx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Available
0572-0107 - Spreadsheet 2020-final.xlsx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Missing upstream
0572-0107 -support statement - 2020 -final revised 1-18-22.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2022-01-18	Repair queued
0572-0107 -support statement - 2020 -final.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2020-12-16	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Electric System Construction Contract - Lump Sum
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Certificate of Construction and Indemnity Agreement
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Electric System Construction Contract Non-Site Specific Construction (Notice and Instructions to Bidders)
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Electric System Communications and Control Equipment Contract
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Bid Bond
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Contract to Construct Buildings
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form and Instruction	Modified	Construction Inventory
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Construction or Equipment Contract Amendment
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Certificate of Contractor
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Waiver and Release of Lien
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Certificate (Buy American)
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Construction Contract - Generating
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Equipment Contract
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Certificate of Completion - Contract Construction
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Contractors Bond (less than $1 million)
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified	Contractor's Bond
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Form	Modified
1822	7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	Other-Certification	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0572-0107	ICR Reference No: 202012-0572-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201711-0572-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/19/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/19/2021
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2022
Responses	3,319	0	3,186
Time Burden (Hours)	82	0	78
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This Information Collection is used by RUS electric borrowers and their contractors and by RUS. This information collection implements provisions of the policies and procedures applicable to RUS electric borrowers when purchasing materials and equipment and when constructing system facilities by contract or force account.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC CFR 1726 Name of Law: The RE Act of 1936
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 67330	10/22/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 27065	05/19/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
7 CFR 1726, Electric System Construction Policies and Procedures- Electric	RUS Form 168b, RUS Form 168c, RUS Form 187, RUS Form 198, RUS Form 200, RUS Form 213, RUS Form 224, RUS Form 231, RUS Form 238, RUS Form 254, RUS Form 257, RUS Form 307, RUS Form 786, RUS Form 790, RUS Form 792b, RUS Form 830	Contractor's Bond ,   Contractors Bond (less than $1 million) ,   Certificate of Completion - Contract Construction ,   Equipment Contract ,   Construction Contract - Generating ,   Certificate (Buy American) ,   Waiver and Release of Lien ,   Certificate of Contractor ,   Construction or Equipment Contract Amendment ,   Construction Inventory ,   Contract to Construct Buildings ,   Bid Bond ,   Electric System Communications and Control Equipment Contract ,   Electric System Construction Contract Non-Site Specific Construction (Notice and Instructions to Bidders) ,   Certificate of Construction and Indemnity Agreement ,   Electric System Construction Contract - Lump Sum

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	3,319	3,186	0	0	133	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	82	78	0	0	4	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a 4 hour increase in the estimate of burden hours, from 78 to 82. The increase is due to an agency adjustment because of an increase in the numbers of electric respondents from 568 to 601 and a decrease in Telecom respondents with less of an impact on burden hours. Among the 226 telecommunications and broadband respondents, no adjustments were necessary. There were fewer respondents than the prior collection package, yet this resulted in no decrease in the number of burden hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $31,936

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 05/19/2021

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