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Vol. 86, No. 149 

Friday, August 6, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 3, 2021. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to 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; 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 this information 

collection received by September 7, 

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 Business-Cooperative Service 

Title: Rural Energy for America 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0067. 

Summary of Collection: Rural 

Development is implementing a new 

consolidated guaranteed loan 

regulation, 7 CFR 5001, OneRD 

Guarantee Loan Program. This final rule 

created a new guaranteed loan program 

which combined four existing 

guaranteed loan programs under one 

regulatory platform. The four existing 

programs are: (1) The Community 

Facilities Program (0575–0137), (2) the 

Water and Waste Disposal Program 

(0572–0122), (3) the Business and 

Industry Program (0570–0014), and (4) 

the Rural Energy for America Program 

(formerly known as the Renewable 

Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency 

Improvements Program—0570–0050) 

under Title IX, Section 9007 of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (2008 Farm Bill). The result of this 

new program removes the Guarantee 

Loan program from 7 CFR 4280 and thus 

requires a revision to the existing 7 CFR 

4280 regulation. 

The Rural Energy for America 

Program, which supersedes the 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 

Efficiency Improvements Program under 

Title IX, Section 9006 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002 (2002 Farm Bill) is designed to 

help agricultural producers and rural 

small business reduce energy cost and 

consumption, develop new income 

streams, and help meet the nation’s 

critical energy needs by requiring the 

Secretary of Agriculture to provide 

grants and/or loan guarantees for several 

types of projects as follows: 

• Grants and grants and loan 

guarantees (combined funding) to 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses to purchase renewable 

energy systems and make energy 

efficiency improvements. 

• Grants to eligible entities to provide 

energy audits and renewable energy 

development assistance to enable 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses to become more energy 

efficient and to use renewable energy 

technologies and resources. Entities 

eligible to receive grants under this 

program are State, tribal and local 

governments; land-grant colleges and 

universities or other institutions of 

higher learning; rural electric 

cooperatives; public power entities; 

Resource Conservation and 

Development Councils and 

instrumentalities of local, state, and 

federal governments. These grant funds 

may be used to conduct and promote 

energy audits; provide 

recommendations and information on 

how to improve the energy efficiency of 

the operations of the agricultural 

producers and rural small businesses; 

and provide recommendations and 

information on how to use renewable 

energy technologies and resources in the 

operations. No more than five (5) 

percent of the grant can be used for 

administrative purposes. Agricultural 

producers and rural small businesses for 

which a grantee is conducting an energy 

audit must pay at least 25 percent of the 

cost of the energy audit. 

Need and Use of the Information: For 

RES/EEI applications, this information 

will be used to determine applicant 

eligibility, to determine project 

eligibility and technical merit, and to 

ensure that grantees operate on a sound 

basis and use funds for authorized 

purposes. For EA/REDA applications, 

this information will be used to 

determine applicant and project 

eligibility and to ensure that funds are 

used for authorized purposes. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals; State, 

local government, or Tribal. 

Number of Respondents: 1,434. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 85,191. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16800 Filed 8–5–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 3, 2021. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 


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