Notice2025-15439
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comments Requested
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Published
August 14, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentRural Utilities Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 39178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15439]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket No. RUS-25-ELECTRIC-0101]
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection; Comments Requested
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which
the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Day, Regulations Management
Division, Innovation Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c70756f7d32787d655c696f787d327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1ada8b2a0efa5a0b881b4b2a5a0efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>, (971) 313-4750.
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 an extension 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 by the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and, in the ``Search'' box, type in the
Docket No. RUS-25-ELECTRIC-0101. A link to the Notice will appear. You
may submit a comment here by selecting the ``Comment'' button or you
can access the ``Docket'' tab, select the ``Notice,'' and go to the
``Browse & Comment on Documents'' Tab. Here you may view comments that
have been submitted as well as submit a 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 at the
bottom. Comments on this information collection must be received by
October 14, 2025.
Title: 7 CFR part 1786, Prepayment of Rural Utilities Service
Guaranteed and Insured Loans to Electric and Telephone Borrowers.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0088.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service relies on the information
provided by the borrowers in their financial statements to make lending
decisions as to borrowers' credit worthiness and to assure that loan
funds are approved, advanced and disbursed for proper RE Act purposes.
These financial statements are audited by a certified public accountant
to provide independent assurance that the data being reported is
properly measured and fairly presented.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2.00 hours per response.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 76 hours.
All comments received will be available for public inspection
during regular business hours at the same address. 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.
Karl Elmshaeuser,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service .
[FR Doc. 2025-15439 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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