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must, based on a review of a loan 

application, determine that an applicant 

complies with statutory, regulatory, and 

administrative eligibility requirements 

for loan assistance. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS will collect information to 

streamline procedures and allow 

borrowers the flexibility to meet new 

business challenges and opportunities. 

The information is necessary for RUS to 

conduct business with successor entity 

while protecting the security of 

Government loans and avoiding defaults 

and to grant merger approval when 

required. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 12. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 170. 

Rural Utility Service 

Title: 7 CFR part 1755, 

Telecommunications Standards and 

Specifications. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0132. 

Summary of Collection: 7 CFR part 

1755 establishes Agency policy that 

materials and equipment purchased by 

telecommunications borrowers or 

accepted as contractor-furnished 

material must conform to performance 

specifications where they have been 

established and, if included in IP 344– 

02, ‘‘List of Materials Acceptable for Use 

on Telecommunications Systems of RUS 

Borrowers’’, must be selected from that 

list or must have received technical 

acceptance from the Rural Utility 

Service (RUS). To protect the security of 

loans and to ensure that the 

telecommunications services provided 

to rural Americans are comparable to 

those offered in urban and suburban 

areas, RUS establishes the minimum 

acceptable performance criteria for 

materials and equipment to be 

employed on telecommunications 

system financed by the 

Telecommunications Program. 

Manufacturers, wishing to sell their 

products to Telecommunications 

borrowers, request consideration for 

acceptance of their products and submit 

data demonstrating their products’ 

compliance with—Telecommunications 

performance specifications or—selected 

industry specifications. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS will evaluate the data to determine 

that the quality of the products is 

acceptable and that their use will not 

jeopardize loan security. The 

information is closely reviewed to be 

certain that test data, product 

dimensions and product material 

compositions fully comply with RUS 

performance specifications or that have 

been established for the particular 

product. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 47. 

Frequency of Response: Reporting: On 

occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,700. 

Rural Utility Service 

Title: Telecommunications Field 

Trials. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0133. 

Summary of Collection: Title 7 CFR 

part 1755.3 prescribes the conditions 

and provision of a field trial. Field trials 

are contractual obligations that a 

manufacturer and Rural Utility Service 

(RUS) telecommunications borrower 

enter into. They consist of limited field 

installation of a qualifying product in 

closely monitored situations designed to 

determine, to RUS’ satisfaction, the 

products’ effectiveness under actual 

field conditions. RUS will use field 

trials as a means for determining the 

operational effectiveness of a new or 

revised product where such experience 

does not already exist. Field trial 

process allows: Manufacturers a means 

of immediate access to the RUS 

borrower market, RUS borrowers 

opportunity to immediately utilize 

advance products, and provides for RUS 

a means to safely obtain necessary 

information on technically advanced 

products which will address the 

products’ suitability for use in the harsh 

environment of rural America. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS will use various forms to enter into 

contractual obligations, to establish an 

agreement by RUS, the manufacturer 

and a borrower, or identify the 

product(s) that are under field trial. 

Telecommunication borrowers who 

participate in field trials do so on a 

voluntary basis. The information is 

closely reviewed to determine that the 

products comply with the established 

RUS standards and specifications and 

that the products are otherwise 

acceptable for use on rural 

telecommunications systems. Without 

this information, RUS has no means of 

determining the acceptability of 

advanced technology in a manner that is 

timely enough for RUS borrowers to 

take advantage of the improved benefits 

and promise that such products may 

provide for rural America. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondent: 14. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 378. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 15, 2009. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Regulations Governing 

Inspection, Certification, and Standards 

for Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Other 

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OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 as 

amended 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq. 

authorizes the Secretary to inspect and 

certify the quality of agricultural 

products and collect such fees as 

reasonable to cover the cost of services 

rendered. The Fresh Products Branch 

provides nationwide audit and 

inspection services for fresh fruits, 

vegetables, and other products to 

growers, shippers, importers, 

processors, sellers, buyers, and other 

financially interested parties on a ‘‘user 

fee’’ basis. The use of these services is 

voluntary and is made available only 

upon request. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information is needed to provide audit 

services. Agricultural Marketing Service 

will collect this information using forms 

FV–237A ‘‘Request for Audit Services’’, 

FV–651 ‘‘Agreement for Participation in 

Audit Verification Programs’’ and FV– 

652 ‘‘Logo Use Request for Audit 

Programs.’’ This information includes: 

Name and location of the person or 

company requesting the audit, the type 

and location of the product to be 

audited, the type of audit being 

requested and any information that will 

identify the product and/or the 

location(s) to be covered by the audit. 

As part of the audit process, an auditee’s 

documentation must be made available 

to the Fresh Products Branch personnel 

for review to show conformance to the 

specific audit program. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit; Not-forprofit Institutions and State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,080. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 15, 2009. 

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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Egg, Chicken, and Turkey 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0004. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

function of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare 

and issue current official State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production. Thousands of farmers, 

ranchers, agribusinesses and others 

voluntarily respond to nationwide 

surveys about crops, livestock, prices, 

and other agricultural activities. 

Estimates of egg, chicken, and turkey 

production are in an integral part of this 

program. General authority for these 

data collection activities is granted 

under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. 

This statue specifies the ‘‘The Secretary 

of Agriculture shall procure and 

preserve all information concerning 

agriculture which she can obtain * * * 

by the collection of statistics * * * and 

shall distribute them among 

agriculturists’’. Information published 

from the surveys in this docket is 

needed by USDA economists and 

government policy makers to ensure the 

orderly marketing of broilers, turkeys 

and eggs. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Statistics on these poultry products 

contribute to a comprehensive program 

of keeping the government and poultry 

industry abreast of anticipated changes. 

All of the poultry reports are used by 

producers, processors, feed dealers, and 

others in the marketing and supply 

channels as a basis for their production 

and marketing decisions. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 6,753. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Weekly; Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,512. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: List Sampling Frame Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0140. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objective of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide 

data users with timely and reliable 

agricultural production and economic 

statistics, as well as environmental and 

specialty agricultural related statistics. 

To accomplish this objective, NASS 

relies heavily on the use of sample 

surveys statistically drawn from ‘‘List 

Sampling Frame.’’ The List Sampling 

Frame is a database of names and 

addresses, with control data, that 

contains the components values from 

which these samples can be drawn. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data from criteria surveys are used to 

provide control data for new records on 

the list sampling frame this information 

is utilized to define the size of 

operation, define sample populations 

and establish eligibility for the Census 

of Agriculture. New names and 

addresses of potential farms are 

obtained on a regular basis from growers 

associations, other government agencies 

and various outside sources. This 

information is used to develop efficient 

sample designs, which allows NASS the 

ability to draw reduced sample sizes 

from the originally large universe 

populations. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 500,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 96,800. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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