Notice2022-14760
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Review Rating Summary, RUS Form 300; OMB Control No.: 0572-0025
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Published
July 12, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentRural Utilities Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Utilities Service, (RUS), announces its intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection and invites comments on this information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41279-41280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14760]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket No. RUS-22-ELECTRIC-0015]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Review Rating
Summary, RUS Form 300; OMB Control No.: 0572-0025
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Utilities
Service, (RUS), announces its intention to request an extension of a
currently approved information collection and invites comments on this
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 12, 2022
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and, in the lower ``Search Regulations
and Federal Actions'' box, select ``Rural Utilities Service'' from the
agency drop-down menu, then click on ``Submit.'' In the Docket ID
column, select ``RUS-22-ELECTRIC-0015'' to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and related materials available
electronically. Information on using <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, including
instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing
the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through
the site's ``User Tips'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MaryPat Daskal, Chief, Branch 1, Rural
Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management Division, United
States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 720-7853. Email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#054864777c5564712b4164766e696445707661642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="054864777c5564712b4164766e696445707661642b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
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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
the following information collection that Rural Utilities Service is
submitting to OMB as extension to an existing collection with Agency
adjustment.
Title: 7 CFR part 1730, Review Rating Summary, RUS Form 300.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0025.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting for this collection of
information is estimated to average 6 hours per response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions and other businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 151.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Hours per Response: 4
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 604 hours.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) manages loan programs
in accordance with the RE Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.). An important part of safeguarding loan security is to see that
RUS financed facilities are being responsibly used, adequately
operated, and adequately maintained. Future needs must be anticipated
to ensure that facilities will continue to produce revenue and loans
will be repaid as required by the RUS mortgage. A periodic operations
and maintenance (O&M) review, using the RUS Form 300, in accordance
with 7 CFR part 1730, is an effective means for RUS to determine
whether the Borrower's systems are being properly operated and
maintained, thereby protecting the loan collateral. The O&M review is
also used to rate facilities and can be used for appraisals of
collateral as prescribed by OMB Circular A-129, Policies for Federal
Credit Programs and Non-Taxable Receivables.
The loans and loan guarantees finance the construction of electric
distribution, transmission, and generation facilities, including system
improvements and replacement required to furnish and improve electric
service in rural areas, as well as demand side management, energy
efficiency and conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid
renewable energy systems. Loans are made to cooperatives as well as to
corporations, states, territories and subdivisions and agencies such as
municipalities, people's utility districts, and nonprofit, limited
dividend or mutual associations that provide retail electric service
needs to rural areas or supply the power needs of distribution
borrowers in rural areas.
Comments are invited on:
(a) 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.
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
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 respondents, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Arlette
Mussington, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management
Division, at (202) 720-2825. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90f1e2fcf5e4e4f5befde5e3e3f9fef7e4fffed0e5e3f4f1bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c5d4e50594848591251494f4f55525b4853527c494f585d125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
Christopher A. McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service .
[FR Doc. 2022-14760 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
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