47914 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 180 / Friday, September 18, 2009 / Notices 

(202) 720–8435. E-mail: 

michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. 

Title: 7 CFR 1779, Water and Waste 

Disposal Programs Guaranteed Loans. 

OMB Number: 0572–0122. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service 

is authorized by Section 306 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to 

make loans to public agencies, nonprofit 

corporations, and Indian tribes for the 

development of water and waste 

disposal facilities primarily servicing 

rural residents. The guaranteed loan 

program encourages lender participation 

and provides specific guidance in the 

processing and servicing of guaranteed 

loans. The regulations governing the 

Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed 

Loan program are codified at 7 CFR 

1779. The required information, in the 

form of written documentation and 

Agency approved forms, is collected 

from applicants/borrowers, their 

lenders, and consultants. The collected 

information will be used to determine 

applicant/borrower eligibility, project 

feasibility, and to ensure borrowers 

operate on a sound basis and use loan 

funds for authorized purposes. Failure 

to collect proper information could 

result in improper determinations of 

eligibility, improper use of funds, and/ 

or unsound loans. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 7.8 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local or Tribal government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 7.3. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 858 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Gale Richardson, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–0992. FAX: (202) 

720–8435. E-mail: 

gale.richardson@wdc.usda.gov. 

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: September 11, 2009. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22446 Filed 9–17–09; 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 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on this information 

collection for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 17, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5170 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 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 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) 

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: 

Richard C. Annan, Acting Director, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5170, 

STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX: 

(202) 720–4120. 

Title: Wholesale Contracts for the 

Purchase and Sale of Electric Power. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0089. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Most RUS financed electric 

systems are cooperatives and are 

organized in a two-tiered structure. 

Retail customers are members of the 

distribution system that brings 

electricity to their homes and business. 

Distribution cooperatives, in turn, are 

members of power supply cooperatives, 

also known as generation and 

transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that 

generate or purchase power and 

transmit the power to the distribution 

systems. 

For a distribution system a lien on the 

borrower’s assets generally represents 

adequate security. However, since most 

G&T revenues flow from its distribution 

members, RUS requires, as a condition 

of a loan or loan guarantee to a G&T that 

long-term requirements wholesale 

power contract to purchase their power 

from the G&T at rates that cover all the 

G&T’s expenses, including debt service 

and margins. RUS Form 444 is the 

standard form of the wholesale power 

contract. Most borrowers adapt this 

form to meet their specific needs. The 

contract is prepared and executed by the 

G&T and each member and by RUS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 6 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Small business or other 

for-profit; not-for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

102. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 612 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from MaryPat Daskal, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, at (202) 720–7853; FAX: (202) 

720–7853. 

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: September 11, 2009. 

Jonathan Adelstein, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22449 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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