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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 170 

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 27, 2008. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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: Accounting Requirements for 

RUS Electric and Telecommunications 

Borrowers. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0003. 

Summary of Collection: Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS) is a credit agency of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture that 

makes loans (direct and guaranteed) to 

finance electric and telecommunications 

facilities in rural areas. Currently, there 

are approximately 685 active electric 

borrowers and 737 RUS 

telecommunications borrowers. RUS 

does not own or operate rural electric 

facilities. Its function is to provide, 

through self-liquidating loans and 

technical assistance, adequate and 

dependable electric and 

telecommunications service to rural 

people under rates and conditions that 

permit productive use of these utility 

services. RUS borrowers, as all 

businesses, need accounting systems for 

their own internal use as well as 

external use. Such records are 

maintained as part of normal business 

practices. Without systems, no records 

would exist, for example, or what they 

own or what they owe. Such records 

systems provide borrowers with 

information that is required by the 

manager and board of directors to 

operate on a daily basis, to complete 

their tax returns, and to support 

requests to state regulatory commissions 

for rate approvals. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS collects information to evaluate a 

borrower’s financial performance, to 

determine whether current loans are at 

risk, and to determine the credit 

worthiness of future loans. If basic 

financial records were not maintained, 

the borrower, its investors, and RUS 

would be unable to evaluate a 

borrower’s financial performance. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,176. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On Occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 31,752. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–20244 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0091] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Citrus From Peru 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the importation of citrus 

from Peru. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS– 

2008–0091 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0091, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2008–0091. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 


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