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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] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

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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