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Vol. 80, No. 7 

Monday, January 12, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 5, 2015. 

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 

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, New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

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. This collection 

is primarily a recordkeeping 

requirement. 7 CFR parts 1767 and 1770 

set forth basic accounting requirements 

for maintaining financial accounting 

records on an accrual basis that are 

unique to RUS borrowers. The agency is 

requiring borrowers to establish an 

index of records. RUS does not own or 

operate rural electric facilities. Its 

function is to provide, through selfliquidating 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: 

Currently there are approximately 650 

active electric borrowers and 400 RUS 

telecommunications borrowers. 

Borrowers may utilize any information 

technology that meets their records 

management needs. RUS uses the 

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. 

Number of Respondents: 1,050. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On Occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 28,350. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00246 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 5, 2015. 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by February 11, 2015 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 


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1494 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 7 / Monday, January 12, 2015 / Notices 

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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Agricultural Labor Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0109. 

Summary of Collection: The 1938 

Agricultural Adjustment Act, as 

amended in 1948, requires USDA to 

compute parity prices of farm products. 

This computation uses an index of 

Prices Paid by Farmers which in turn is 

composed of five indexes, one of which 

is an index of wage rates. These 

estimates measure actual agricultural 

wage rates and the year-to-year changes. 

General authority for these data 

collection activities is granted under 

U.S. Code title 7, section 2204. 

Agricultural labor statistics are an 

integral part of National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) primary 

function of collecting, processing, and 

disseminating current state, regional, 

and national agricultural statistics. 

Comprehensive and reliable agricultural 

labor data are also needed by the 

Department of Labor in the 

administration of the ‘‘H–2A’’ program 

(non-immigrants who enter the United 

States for temporary or seasonal 

agricultural labor) and for setting 

‘‘Adverse Effect Wage Rates.’’ The 

Agricultural Labor Survey is the only 

timely and reliable source of 

information on the size of the farm 

worker population. NASS will collect 

information using a survey. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NASS will collect information on wage 

rate estimates and the year-to-year 

changes in these rates and how changes 

in wage rates help measure the changes 

in costs of production of major farm 

commodities. NASS will also collect 

Standard Occupational Classifications 

data information for field workers, 

livestock workers, supervisors and other 

workers to measure the availability of 

national farm workers. The information 

is used by farm worker organizations to 

help set wage rates and negotiate labor 

contracts as well as determine the need 

for additional workers and to help 

ensure federal assistance for farm 

worker assistance programs supported 

with government funding. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 13,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,634. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00245 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Sensors and Instrumentation 

Technical Advisory Committee; 

Meeting Notice 

The Sensors and Instrumentation 

Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) 

will meet on January 27, 2015, 9:30 

a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 

Room 6087B, 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues 

NW., Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration on 

technical questions that affect the level 

of export controls applicable to sensors 

and instrumentation equipment and 

technology. 

Agenda 

Public Session: 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Remarks from the Bureau of 

Industry and Security Management. 

3. Industry Presentations. 

4. New Business. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov no later than January 21, 

2015. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available during the public session of 

the meeting. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent that time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that the 

materials be forwarded before the 

meeting to Ms. Springer. 

For more information contact Yvette 

Springer on (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: January 6, 2015. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00240 Filed 1–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

THE COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE 

FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled is proposing to delete products 

from the Procurement List that were 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received on Or 

Before: 2/9/2015. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

For Further Information Or to Submit 

Comments Contact: Patricia Briscoe, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Deletions 

The following products are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Products: 

NSN: 7510–01–455–0020—Steno Pad Holder, 

Vinyl 

NPA: The Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind, 

Little Rock, AR 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 

NSN: 7520–01–454–7996—Pen, Ergonomic, 

Ballpoint, ‘‘The Constitution’’ 

NSN: 7520–01–454–7997—Pen, ‘‘Patriot’’ 

Ergonomic 

NSN: 7520–01–454–7998—Pen, Ball Point, 

Liberty Writer, Retractable, Cushion 

Grip, Black Ink, Fine Point 

NSN: 7520–01–454–7999—Pen, Ball Point, 

Liberty Writer, Retractable, Cushion 

Grip, Black Ink, Medium Point 

NSN: 7520–01–439–3393—Pen & Pencil Set, 

‘‘The Liberty’’ 

NSN: 7520–01–439–3407—Pen, Ball Point, 

Retractable, Stealth Writer, Woodland 

Green Camouflage, Black Ink, Medium 

Point 

NSN: 7520–01–439–3408—Pen, Ball Point, 

Retractable, Stealth Writer, Desert Tan 

Camouflage, Black Ink, Medium Point 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI 

Contracting Activity: General Services 

Administration, New York, NY 


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