Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44563 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from David Hancock, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Stocks Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0007. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2019. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Revise and Extend an 

Information Collection for 3 years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, stocks, disposition, and 

prices. The Stocks Report surveys, 

provide estimates of stocks of grains, 

hops, oilseeds, peanuts, potatoes, and 

rice that are stored off-farm. These offfarm stocks are combined with on-farm 

stocks to estimate stocks in all positions. 

The grain Stocks Reports are a principle 

economic indicator as defined by OMB. 

Stocks statistics are used by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture to help 

administer programs; by State agencies 

to develop, research, and promote the 

marketing of products; and by producers 

and buyers to find their best market 

opportunity(s). The Stocks Reports are 

instrumental in providing timely, 

accurate data to help grain market 

participants. Since the previous 

approval, NASS has made several 

adjustments to the number of 

respondents contacted and the overall 

respondent burden. The largest 

adjustment to sample size is for the offfarm grain and oilseed operations that 

has been decreased by approximately 

600 operations (quarterly), due to 

numerous mergers of operations over 

the last three years. 

The current expiration date for this 

docket is January 31, 2019. NASS 

intends to request that the survey be 

approved for another 3 years. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office 

of Management and Budget regulations 

at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: This information 

collection comprises 14 individual 

surveys that are conducted either 1, 4, 

5, or 12 times a year for an estimated 

total of 24,700 responses. Average 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information ranges from 10 to 25 

minutes per response. 

Respondents: Farms and businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,300. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,300 hours. 

Comments: 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, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, August 23, 

2018. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18958 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Egg, 

Chicken, and Turkey Surveys. A 

revision to burden hours will be needed 

due to changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 30, 2018 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0004, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• E-fax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from David Hancock, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Egg, Chicken, and Turkey 

Surveys. 

OMB Number: 0535–0004. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2019. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to revise and extend an 

information collection for 3 years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 


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is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition. The 

Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Surveys 

obtain basic poultry statistics from 

voluntary cooperators throughout the 

Nation. Statistics are published on 

placement of pullet chicks for hatchery 

supply flocks; hatching reports for 

broiler-type, egg-type, and turkey eggs; 

number of layers on hand; total table egg 

production; and production and value 

estimates for eggs, chickens, and 

turkeys. The frequencies of the surveys 

being conducted include weekly, 

monthly, and annually. This 

information is used by producers, 

processors, feed dealers, and others in 

marketing and supply channels as a 

basis for production and marketing 

decisions. Government agencies use 

these estimates to evaluate poultry 

product supplies. The information is an 

important consideration in government 

purchases for the National School 

Lunch Program and in formulation of 

export-import policy. The current 

expiration date for this docket is January 

31, 2019. NASS intends to request that 

the surveys be approved for another 3 

years. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office 

of Management and Budget regulations 

at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated between 8 and 35 minutes 

per respondent per survey. Additional 

burden is allowed for the inclusion of 

publicity materials and instructions on 

how to respond to the surveys via the 

internet. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm 

managers, and farm contractors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,900 hours. This will 

include burden for both the initial 

mailing and phone follow-up to nonrespondents, as well as publicity and 

instruction materials mailed out with 

questionnaires. 

Comments: 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, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, August 23, 

2018. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18959 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Publication of Depreciation Rates 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Depreciation Rates for 

Telecommunications Plant. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS) administers rural utilities 

programs, including the 

Telecommunications Program. RUS 

announces the depreciation rates for 

telecommunications plant for the period 

ending December 31, 2017. 

DATES: These rates are applicable 

immediately and will remain in effect 

until rates are available for the period 

ending December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chad Parker, Assistant Administrator, 

Telecommunications Program, Rural 

Utilities Service, STOP 1590—Room 

5151, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–1590. 

Telephone: (202) 720–9556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 7 CFR 

part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and 

Procedures Common to Insured and 

Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans, 

§ 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation 

rates that are used by RUS in its 

feasibility studies. § 1737.70(e)(2) refers 

to median depreciation rates published 

by RUS for all borrowers. The following 

chart provides those rates, compiled by 

RUS, for the reporting period ending 

December 31, 2017: 

MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY

FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 

2017 

Telecommunications 

plant category 

Depreciation 

rate 

1. Land and Support Assets: 

a. Motor vehicles ................... 16.50 

b. Aircraft ............................... 10.05 

c. Special purpose vehicles .. 12.00 

d. Garage and other work 

equipment .......................... 10.00 

e. Buildings ........................... 3.30 

f. Furniture and office equipment ................................... 10.00 

g. General purpose computers ................................. 20.00 

2. Central Office Switching: 

a. Digital ................................ 9.37 

b. Analog & Electro-mechanical ..................................... 10.00 

c. Operator Systems ............. 9.30 

3. Central Office Transmission: 

a. Radio Systems .................. 10.00 

b. Circuit equipment .............. 10.00 

4. Information origination/termination: 

a. Station apparatus .............. 12.00 

b. Customer premises wiring 10.00 

c. Large private branch exchanges ............................. 11.40 

d. Public telephone terminal 

equipment .......................... 11.95 

e. Other terminal equipment 10.00 

5. Cable and wire facilities: 

a. Aerial cable—poles ........... 6.19 

b. Aerial cable—metal ........... 6.00 

c. Aerial cable—fiber ............. 5.10 

d. Underground cable—metal 5.00 

e. Underground cable—fiber 5.00 

f. Buried cable—metal .......... 5.15 

g. Buried cable—fiber ........... 5.00 

h. Conduit systems ............... 4.00 

i. Other .................................. 5.00 

Christopher A. McLean, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18921 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, September 

5, 2018, 10:30 a.m. ET. 

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20237. 


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