Notice2025-14646
Notice of Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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August 1, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentRural Utilities Service
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency), an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD), announces its intention to request a extension to a currently approved information collection package. The Agency invites comments on this information collection for which it intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 146 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36127-36128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14646]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[DOCKET #: RUS-25-ELECTRIC-0068]
Notice of Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
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
Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency), an agency within the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD),
announces its intention to request a extension to a currently approved
information collection package. The Agency invites comments on this
information collection for which it intends to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 30, 2025
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and, in the ``Search Field''
box, labeled ``Search for dockets and documents on agency actions,''
enter the following docket number: (RUS-25-ELECTRIC-0068), and click
``Search.'' To submit public comments, select the ``Comment'' button.
Before inputting your comments, you may also review the ``Commenter's
Checklist'' (optional). Insert your comments under the ``Comment''
title, click ``Browse'' to attach files (if applicable). Input your
email address and select an identity category then click ``Submit
Comment.'' 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
``FAQ'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimble Brown, RD Innovation Center--
Regulations Management Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2e9cbcfc0cec78ce0d0cdd5cce2d7d1c6c38cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d3f1f5faf4fdb6daeaf7eff6d8edebfcf9b6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 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 the Agency 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)
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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.
A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for
failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of
information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Data
furnished by the applicants will be used to determine eligibility for
program benefits. Furnishing the data is voluntary; however, failure to
provide data could result in program benefits being withheld or denied.
Title: 7 CFR part 1717, subpart Y, ``Settlement of Debt Owed by
Electric Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0116.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service makes mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to electric systems to provide and improve electric service
in rural areas pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (RE Act). This information collection
requirement stems from passage of Public Law 104-127, on April 4, 1996,
which amended section 331(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) to extend to RUS the Secretary
of Agriculture's authority to settle debts with respect to loans made
or guaranteed by RUS. Only those electric borrowers that are unable to
fully repay their debts to the Government and who apply to RUS for
relief will be affected by this information collection. The collection
will require only that information which is essential for determining:
The need for debt settlement; the amount of relief that is needed; the
amount of debt that can be repaid; the scheduling of debt repayment;
and the range of opportunities for enhancing the amount of debt that
can be recovered. The information to be collected will be similar to
that which any prudent lender would require to determine whether debt
settlement is required and the amount of relief that is needed. Since
the need for relief is expected to vary substantially from case to
case, so will the required information collection. et seq.) to extend
to RUS the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to settle debts with
respect to loans made or guaranteed by RUS. Only those electric
borrowers that are unable to fully repay their debts to the Government
and who apply to RUS for relief will be affected by this information
collection. The collection will require only that information which is
essential for determining: The need for debt settlement; the amount of
relief that is needed; the amount of debt that can be repaid; the
scheduling of debt repayment; and the range of opportunities for
enhancing the amount of debt that can be recovered. The information to
be collected will be similar to that which any prudent lender would
require to determine whether debt settlement is required and the amount
of relief that is needed. Since the need for relief is expected to vary
substantially from case to case, so will the required information
collection.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1,000 hours per response.
Respondents: Nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher
education.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Kimble
Brown, RD Innovation Center--Regulations Management Division, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#541f3d393638317a16263b233a14212730357a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5fedcd8d7d9d09bf7c7dac2dbf5c0c6d1d49bd2dac3">[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.
Karl Elmshaeuser,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-14646 Filed 7-31-25; 8:45 am]
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