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Vol. 74, No. 18 

Thursday, January 29, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) Rural Development administers 

rural utilities programs through the 

Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural 

Development 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 March 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5162 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

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 a revision 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 to: Michele 

Brooks, Director, Program Development 

and Regulatory Analysis, USDA Rural 

Development, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5162, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

Title: 7 CFR Part 1773, Policy on 

Audits of RUS Borrowers. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0095. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA Rural 

Development administers rural utilities 

programs through the Rural Utilities 

Service. The USDA Rural Development 

relies on the information provided by 

the borrowers in their financial 

statements to make lending decision 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 are properly measured 

and fairly presented. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 7.80 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

and Recordkeepers: 1,500. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.42. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 16,677 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853, Fax: (202) 

720–4120. 

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. 

Dated: January 23, 2009. 

James R. Newby, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–1949 Filed 1–28–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA Rural Development administers 

rural utilities programs through the 

Rural Utilities Service. The USDA Rural 

Development invites comments on the 

following information collections 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 March 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

USDA Rural Development Utilities 

Programs, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., STOP 1522, Room 5162, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

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 

information collections that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for extension. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 


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