[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13962-13963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05172]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 8, 2022.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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 regarding this information collection received by April 
11, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Rural Utilities Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1717 Subpart Y, Settlement of Debt Owed by Electric 
Borrowers.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0116.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service makes mortgage 
loans and loan guarantees to electric systems to provide and improve 
electric service in rural areas pursuant to the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (RE Act). This 
information collection requirement stems from passage of Public Law 
104-127, on April 4, 1996, which amended section 331(b) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) to 
extend to RUS the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to settle debts 
with respect to loans made or guaranteed by RUS. Only those electric 
borrowers that are unable to fully repay their debts to the Government 
and who apply to RUS for relief will be affected by this information 
collection. The collection will require only that information which is 
essential for determining: The need for debt settlement; the amount of 
relief that is needed; the amount of debt that can be repaid; the 
scheduling of debt repayment; and the range of opportunities for 
enhancing the amount of debt that can be recovered.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information to be collected 
will be similar to that which any prudent lender would require to 
determine whether debt settlement is required and the amount of relief 
that is needed. Since the need for relief is expected to vary 
substantially from case to case, so will the required information to be 
collected.

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    Description of Respondents: Private Sector; Business or other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,000.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05172 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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