14370 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 51 / Wednesday, March 16, 2011 / Notices 

Reform and Department of Agriculture 

Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 

103–354, 108 stat. 3178, 7 U.S.C. 6941 

et seq.) as successor to the Rural 

Electrification Administration (REA) 

with respect to certain programs, 

including the electric loan and loan 

guarantee program authorized under the 

Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 

1936. The RE Act authorizes and 

empowers the Administrator of RUS to 

make and guarantee loans to furnish and 

improve electric service in rural areas. 

These loans are amortized over a period 

of up to 35 years and secured by the 

borrower’s electric assets and/or 

revenue. RUS will collect information 

including studies and reports to support 

borrower loan applications. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS will collect information to 

determine the eligibility of applicants 

for loans and loan guarantees under the 

RE Act; monitor the compliance of 

borrowers with debt covenants and 

regulatory requirements in order to 

protect loan security; ensure that 

borrowers use loan funds for purposes 

consistent with the statutory goals of the 

RE Act; and obtain information on the 

progress of rural electrification and 

evaluate the success of RUS program 

activities. Without the information RUS 

would be unable to accomplish 

statutory goals. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 650. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 66,695. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6042 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Representation 

for CCC and FSA Loans Authorization 

To File a Financing Statement 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

form CCC–10, entitled ‘‘Representations 

for Commodity Credit Corporation or 

Farm Service Agency Loans and 

Authorization To File A Financing 

Statement and Related document,’’ 

which is used to support the CCC and 

FSA Farm Loan Programs (FLPs). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by May 16, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DeAnn Allen, USDA, Farm Service 

Agency, Price Support Division, phone 

(202) 720–9889. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this Notice. In your 

comment, include volume, date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

E-mail: Send comments to: 

Deann.Allen@wdc.usda.gov. 

Fax: (202) 690–3307. 

Mail: DeAnn Allen, Program Manager, 

USDA, Farm Service Agency, Price 

Support Division, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., STOP 0512, Washington, 

DC 20250–0512. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Representations for Commodity 

Credit Corporation or Farm Service 

Agency Loans and Authorization To 

File a Financing Statement and Related 

Documents. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0215. 

Expiration Date of Approval: October 

31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: Form CCC–10 is necessary 

to: (a) Gather or verify basic data 

provided by a CCC or FSA loan 

applicant that is required on a financing 

statement filed by CCC or FSA to perfect 

a security interest in collateral used to 

secure a loan; and (b) obtain loan 

applicant permission to file a financing 

statement prior to the execution of a 

security agreement. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 5 minutes per 

response. The average travel time, 

which is included in the total annual 

burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per 

respondent. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

55,500. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual of Responses: 

55,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32,357 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) 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. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

mater of public records. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval of the 

information collection. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 9, 

2011. 

Val Dolcini, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation, Administrator, Farm Service 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6150 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Transfer of 

Farm Records Between Counties 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from interested individuals 

and organizations on an extension with 

a revision of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

transferring of farm records from one 

administrative county office to another. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by May 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this Notice. In your 

comment, include volume, date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

E-mail: Send comments to: 

rick.blackwood@wdc.usda.gov. 

Fax: 202–720–4941. 


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