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Vol. 83, No. 6 

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Public Information Collection 

Requirements Submitted to OMB for 

Review 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) has submitted 

the following information collection to 

OMB for review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

information collection are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or email address: 

OIRA Submission@OMB.eop.gov. 

Copies of submission may be obtained 

by calling (202) 712–5007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Number: OMB 0412–XXXX. 

Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback. 

Type: Renewal. 

Purpose: The purpose of the 

collection is to enable the U.S. Agency 

for International Development and as 

part of a Federal Government-wide 

effort to streamline the process to seek 

feedback from the public on service 

delivery, we are seeking Comment on 

the development of the following 

proposed Generic Information 

Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘Fast 

Track Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery’’ for approval 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection: 

This option is a fast track for approval 

to streamline the timing to implement 

certain types of surveys and related 

collection of information. USAID uses 

the approval to cover the instruments of 

collection (such as a survey, a window 

pop-up survey, a focus group, or a 

comment card), which are designed to 

get customer feedback on USAID service 

delivery for various programs. 

Annual Reporting Burden: 

Respondents per request: 1. 

Total annual responses: 10,000. 

Total annual hours requested: 10,000. 

Dated: December 22, 2017. 

Lynn P. Winston, 

Chief, Information and Records Division, 

FOIA Public Liaison, Agency Records Officer, 

U.S. Agency for International Development, 

Bureau for Management, Office of 

Management Services, Information and 

Records Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28304 Filed 1–8–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed 

Loans for Fiscal Year 2018; Maximum 

Portion of Guarantee Authority 

Available for Fiscal Year 2018; Annual 

Renewal Fee for Fiscal Year 2018 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice helps to improve 

applicants’ awareness of the Guarantee 

Fee rates for Guaranteed Loans for fiscal 

year (FY) 2018, Maximum Portion of 

Guarantee Authority Available for FY 

2018, Annual Renewal Fee for FY 2018 

when applying for guaranteed loans 

under the Business and Industry (B&I) 

Guaranteed Loan Program. 

The Agency has the authority to 

charge a guarantee fee and an annual 

renewal fee for loans made under the 

B&I Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant 

to that authority, and subject to the 

current Continuing Resolution, the 

Agency is establishing an initial 

guarantee fee rate of 3 percent and an 

annual renewal fee rate of one-half of 1 

percent for the B&I Guaranteed Loan 

Program. 

The initial guarantee fee is paid at the 

time the Loan Note Guarantee is issued. 

The annual renewal fee is paid by the 

lender to the Agency once a year. 

Payment of the annual renewal fee is 

required in order to maintain the 

enforceability of the guarantee. 

DATES: Applicability date: January 9, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanner Hinkel, USDA, Rural 

Development, Business Programs, 

Business and Industry Division, STOP 

3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone 

(202) 720–1970, email tanner.hinkel@

wdc.usda.gov.or Ginger Allen, USDA, 

Rural Development, Business Programs, 

Business and Industry Division, STOP 

3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone 

(202)-690–0309, email ginger.allen@

wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As set 

forth in 7 CFR 4279.120, the Agency has 

the authority to charge an initial 

guarantee fee and an annual renewal fee 

for loans made under the B&I 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to 

that authority, and subject to the current 

continuing resolution, the Agency is 

establishing an initial guarantee fee rate 

of 3 percent and an annual renewal fee 

rate of one-half of 1 percent for the B&I 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Unless 

precluded by a subsequent FY 2018 

appropriation, these rates will apply to 

all loans obligated in FY 2018 that are 

made under the B&I Guaranteed Loan 

Program. As established in 7 CFR 

4279.120(b)(1), the amount of the 

annual fee on each guaranteed loan will 

be determined by multiplying the 

annual fee rate by the outstanding 

principal loan balance as of December 

31, multiplied by the percentage of 

guarantee. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.120(a) and 

4279.119(b), each fiscal year, the 

Agency shall establish a limit on the 

maximum portion of B&I guarantee 

authority available for that fiscal year 

that may be used to guarantee loans 

with a reduced guarantee fee or 

guaranteed loans with an increased 

percentage of guarantee. The Agency 

has established that not more than 12 

percent of the Agency’s apportioned B&I 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

loan guarantee requests with a reduced 

fee, and not more than 15 percent of the 

Agency’s apportioned B&I guarantee 

authority will be reserved for 

guaranteed loan requests with an 

increased percentage of guarantee. Once 

the respective limits are reached, all 


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