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Notices Federal Register

49504 

Vol. 86, No. 169 

Friday, September 3, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Missouri River Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Missouri River Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 

virtual meeting. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with Title II of 

the Act as well as make 

recommendations on recreation fee 

proposals for sites on the Helena— 

Lewis and Clark National Forest within 

Broadwater, Lewis & Clark, and Teton 

Counties, consistent with the Federal 

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. 

RAC information and virtual meeting 

information can be found at the 

following website: https://

www.fs.usda.gov/hlcnf/. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 23, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., 

Mountain Daylight Time. 

All RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually and tenatively planned to 

occur via Zoom video conference. 

Details regarding individual 

participation/invitation to the meeting 

can be found on the website listed 

under SUMMARY. Additionally, 

individuals may contact the person 

listed in the below section titled FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT with any 

questions or concerns. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chiara Cipriano, Acting RAC 

Coordinator, by phone at (406) 594– 

6497 or email at chiara.cipriano@

usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the 

hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339, 24 hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Hear from Title II project 

proponents and discuss project 

proposals; 

2. Make funding recommendations on 

Title II projects; and 

3. Discuss the schedule for the next 

round of project solicitations and 

meeting. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by September 17, 2021, to be scheduled 

on the agenda. Anyone who would like 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the committee may file written 

statements with the committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and requests for time for oral 

comments must be sent to Chiara 

Cipriano, 2880 Skyway Drive, Helena 

Montana, 59602 or by email to 

chiara.cipriano@usda.gov. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices, 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19077 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

[RUS–21–TELECOM–0015] 

Publication of Depreciation Rates 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, 

Department of Agriculture. 

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, 2020. 

DATES: These rates are effective 

immediately and will remain in effect 

until rates are available for the period 

ending December 31, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel Leverrier, Assistant 

Administrator, Telecommunications 

Program, Rural Utilities Service, Mail 

Stop 1590—Room 4121, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–1590. Telephone: (202) 720– 

9556, laurel.leverrier@usda.gov. 

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. Given that approved 

depreciation rates per § 1737.70(e)(1) do 

not exist, RUS is publishing its annual 

median depreciation rates for all 

borrowers, in accordance with 

§ 1737.70(e)(2). RUS also notes that the 

rates have changed only minimally from 

the previous year. The following chart 

provides those rates, compiled by RUS, 

for the reporting period ending 

December 31, 2020: 


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MEDIAN DEPRECIATION RATES OF

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE BORROWERS BY EQUIPMENT CATEGORY

FOR PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 

2020 

Telecommunications plant 

category 

Depreciation 

rate 

1. Land and Support Assets: 

a. Motor vehicles ............... 18.00 

b. Aircraft ........................... 11.13 

c. Special purpose vehicles ................................ 12.00 

d. Garage and other work 

equipment ...................... 10.00 

e. Buildings ....................... 3.25 

f. Furniture and office 

equipment ...................... 10.00 

g. General purpose computers ............................. 20.00 

2. Central Office Switching: 

a. Digital ............................ 10.00 

b. Analog & Electro-mechanical ......................... 10.00 

c. Operator Systems ......... 10.00 

3. Central Office Transmission: 

a. Radio Systems .............. 10.00 

b. Circuit equipment .......... 10.00 

4. Information origination/termination: 

a. Station apparatus .......... 12.25 

b. Customer premises wiring .................................. 10.00 

c. Large private branch exchanges ......................... 11.90 

d. Public telephone terminal equipment ............ 12.00 

e. Other terminal equipment ............................... 10.15 

5. Cable and wire facilities: 

a. Aerial cable—poles ....... 6.00 

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 McLean, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19018 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Tennessee Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the Tennessee 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene by conference call on 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, at 12:00 

p.m. (CT). The purpose is to consider 

topics for their next project. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on: 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 12:00 

p.m. CT. 

Join via Webex: https://

civilrights.webex.com/civilrights/ 

j.php?MTID=m266086828fecf71c42

baa6329432e1c3. 

Join via phone: 800–360–9505 USA 

Toll Free; Access Code: 199 769 7332#. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Moreno at vmoreno@usccr.gov 

or by phone at 434–515–0204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the WebEx link above. If joining 

only via phone, callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and 

hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the call-in 

number found through registering at the 

web link provided above for the 

meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the respective 

meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Victoria Moreno at 

vmoreno@usccr.gov. All written 

comments received will be available to 

the public. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the Regional 

Programs Unit at (202) 809–9618. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at the www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

at the above phone number or email 

address. 

Agenda: Thursday, September 16, 

2021; 12:00 p.m. (CT). 

1. Welcome & Roll Call 

2. Chair’s Comments 

3. Committee Discussion 

4. Next Steps 

5. Public Comment 

6. Other Business 

7. Adjourn 

Dated: August 31, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19115 Filed 9–2–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Business Enterprise 

Research and Development Survey 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on June 28, 

2021 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Department of Commerce. 

Title: Business Enterprise Research 

and Development Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0912. 

Form Number(s): BRD–1. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for a Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 47,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 2 hours 

and 37 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 124,450. 

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau 

is requesting clearance to conduct the 

Business Enterprise Research and 

Development Survey (BERD) for the 

2021–2023 survey years with the 

revisions outlined in this document. 

Companies are the major performers of 

research and development (R&D) in the 

United States, accounting for over 70 

percent of total U.S. R&D expenditures 

each year. A consistent business R&D 

information base is essential to 

government officials formulating public 

policy, industry personnel involved in 

corporate planning, and members of the 

academic community conducting 

research. To develop policies designed 

to promote and enhance science and 

technology, past trends and the present 


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