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please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

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Dated: June 4, 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12123 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

[RUS–21–ELECTRIC–0006] 

Notice of Request for Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural Utilities 

Service’s (RUS) intention to request a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection package and 

invites comments. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by August 9, 2021 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Bennett, Rural Development 

Innovation Center, Regulations 

Management Division, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, STOP 0793, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–0793. 

Telephone: (202) 720–9639. Email: 

pamela.bennett@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for approval. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 may be sent by the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and, in the lower 

‘‘Search Regulations and Federal 

Actions’’ box, select ‘‘Rural Housing 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click on ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select RUS–21– 

ELECTRIC–0006 to submit or view 

public comments and to view 

supporting and related materials 

available electronically. Information on 

using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing documents, 

submitting comments, and viewing the 

docket after the close of the comment 

period, is available through the site’s 

‘‘User Tips’’ link. 

Title: Advance of Loan Funds and 

Budgetary Control and Other Related 

Burdens. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0015. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

28, 2022. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service, 

an Agency with the United States 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, administers the electric 

loan and loan guarantee program 

authorized under the Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 

et seq). In order to protect and ensure 

the Government’s security interest in 

loans, and in exercise of due diligence, 

electric borrowers furnish information 

to RUS regarding the condition, 

financial or otherwise, related to 

expenditure of loan funds. This 

information collection is necessary to 

comply with applicable provisions of 

the RUS loan contract. RUS borrowers 

submit requisitions to RUS for funds for 

project costs incurred. Insured loan 

funds will be advanced only for projects 

which are included in the RUS 

approved borrowers workplan or 

approved amendment and in an 

approved loan, as amended. The process 

of loan advances establishes the 

beginning of the audit trail of the use of 

loan funds which is required for 

subsequent RUS compliance audits. 

There are two official forms included in 

this information collection, RUS Forms 

595 and 219. 

The RUS Form 595 is used as a 

requisition for advances of funds. The 

form helps to assure that loan funds are 

advanced only for the budget purposes 

and amount approved by RUS. 

According to the applicable provisions 

of the RUS loan contract, borrowers 

must certify with each request for funds 

to be approved for advance, which 

funds are for projects previously 

approved. When a prospective borrower 

requests and is granted a RUS loan, a 

loan contract is established between the 

Federal government, acting through the 

RUS Administrator, and the borrower. 

At the time this contract is entered into, 

the borrower must provide RUS with a 

list of projects for which loan funds will 

be spent, along with an itemized list of 

the estimated costs of these projects. 

Thus, the borrower receives a loan 

based upon estimated cost figures. 

The RUS Form 219, Inventory of 

Work Orders, is one of the documents 

the borrower submits to RUS to support 

actual expenditures and an advance of 

loan funds. The form also serves as a 

connecting link and provides an audit 

trail that originates with the advance of 

funds and terminates with evidence 

supporting the propriety of 

expenditures for construction or 

retirement projects. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.56 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; Business or other for profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

598. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 15.54. 

Estimated Number of Total 

Responses: 9,292. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 14,523 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Pamela Bennett, 

Rural Development Innovation Center, 

Regulations Management Division, at 

(202) 720–9639. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Christopher A. McLean, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12146 Filed 6–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the 

Tennessee Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 


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