[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70928-70929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27775]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 19, 2019.
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 are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; 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 January
27, 2020 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 20502. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] 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-
8958.
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.
[[Page 70929]]
30-Day Federal Register Notice
Rural Utility Service
Title: Rural Energy Savings Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0151.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural
Development agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides
Rural Energy Saving Program (RESP) loans to eligible entities that
agree to, in turn, make loans to qualified consumers for energy
efficiency measures, including cost effective energy and renewable
energy systems. Since its inception in 2016, the RESP has evolved. New
and clarifying authorities have been added to the program including
changes made by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub L. 115-
334) which reauthorized the implementation of the RESP. Title VI,
subtitle C, Section 6303 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
introduced several amendments to Section 6407 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a).
Need and Use of the Information: The application process consists
of two steps. Step 1: An applicant seeking financing must submit a
Letter of Intent to apply in an electronic Portable Document Format
(pdf). The Letter of Intent contains the tax identification number,
legal name and organization status; verification of rural status
(counties to be served and populations); financial status; point of
contact; description of program; implementation plan; and a list of
eligible energy efficiency measures to be implements. Step 2: RESP
application--after review of the letter of intent, RUS notifies the
eligible entity if it is invited to submit the loan application.
Required application information is used to determine a borrower's
ability to meet financial obligations, includes analyses and document
review of the applicant's historical, current, and projected costs,
revenues, cash flows, assets, and other factors that may be relevant on
a case by case basis. The collection of information is essential to the
mission of the agency and the RESP, and is necessary so that RUS can
establish applicant and project eligibility.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 17.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,046.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-27775 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-15-P