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32244 

Vol. 86, No. 115 

Thursday, June 17, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 14, 2021. 

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 July 19, 2021 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: Assistance to High Energy Cost 

Grants Rural Communities. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0136. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) (7 

U.S.C. 901 et seq.) as amended in 

November 2000, to create new grant and 

loan authority to assist rural 

communities with extremely high 

energy costs (Pub. L. 106–472). The 

amendment authorized the Secretary of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

through Rural Development to provide 

competitive grants for energy 

generation, transmission, or distribution 

facilities serving communities in which 

the national average residential 

expenditure for home energy is at least 

275 percent of the national average 

residential expenditure for home 

energy. All applicants are required to 

submit a project proposal containing the 

elements in the prescribed format. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information is collected by the Rural 

Utility Service from applicants to 

confirm that the eligibility requirements 

and the proposals are consistent with 

the purposes set forth in the statute. 

Various forms and progress reports are 

used to monitor compliance with grant 

agreements, track expenditures of 

Federal funds and measure the success 

of the program. Without collecting the 

listed information, USDA will not be 

assured that the projects and 

communities served meet the statutory 

requirements for eligibility or that the 

proposed projects will deliver the 

intended benefits. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,172. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12757 Filed 6–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comments Requested 

June 14, 2021. 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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; and 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 these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by July 19, 2021. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Regulations for the Inspection of 

Eggs. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0113. 

Summary of Collection: Congress 

enacted the Egg Products Inspection Act 


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