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RUS Electric Loan Application and Related Reporting Burdens

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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) was established in 1994 by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178, 7 U.S.C. 6941 et. seq.) as successor to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) with respect to certain programs, including the electric loan and loan guarantee program authorized under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended) (RE Act). The RE Act authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make and guarantee loans to furnish and improve electric service in rural areas. These loans are amortized over a period of up to 35 years and secured by the borrower's electric assets and/or revenue. In the interest of protecting loan security, monitoring compliance with debt covenants, and ensuring that RUS loan funds are used for purposes authorized by law, RUS requires that borrowers prepare and submit for RUS evaluation certain studies and reports. Some of these studies and reports are required only once for each loan application; others must be submitted periodically until the loan is completely repaid. The RE Act also authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and reports concerning the condition and progress of the electrification of several States and Territories; and to publish and disseminate information with respect thereto. Information supplied by borrowers forms the basis of many of these reports.

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Authorizing Statutes

7 USC 901	View Law

7 USC 6941	View Law

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Telecommunications System Construction Policies and Procedures

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In order to facilitate the programmatic interest of the RE act, and, to assure that loans made or guaranteed by RUS are adequately secured, RUS, as a secured lender, has established certain forms for materials, equipment and construction of telecommunications systems. The use of standard forms, construction contracts, and procurement procedures help assure RUS that appropriate standards and specifications are maintained, RUS' loan security is not adversely affected; and the loan and loan guarantee funds are used effectively and for the intended purposes.

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7 USC 901	View Law

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RHS-Finance Office Forms

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Forms will be used by the Agency to obtain bank routing information from the borrower's financial institutions to establish an electronic loan payment plan. The form titles that will be used to obtain this information are: RD 3550-28, "Authorization Agreement for Preauthorization Payments", RD 1951-65, "Customer Initiated Payments (CIP)" and RD 1951-66, "Fedwire Worksheet."

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15 USC 1601	View Law

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Special Authority to Enable Funding of Broadband and Smart Utility Facilities Across Select Rural Development Programs (Smart Utility)

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The Rural Utilities Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural Housing Service, agencies that comprise the Rural Development Mission Area within the United States Department of Agriculture, are issuing a final rule to establish the authority authorized by Section 6210 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which will assist rural families and small businesses in gaining access to broadband service by permitting recipients of a loan, grant, or loan guarantee from RD to use up to 10 percent of the amount provided to construct broadband infrastructure in areas not served by minimum acceptable level of broadband service. The collection of information described in this package is necessary for the identified RD programs that have established their respective programs requirements, to determine an applicant’s ability to borrow under the terms of Sec. 6210 of the 2018 Farm Bill and comply with statutory, regulatory, and administrative eligibility requirements for loan assistance. Applicants for RD programs that wish to will apply under the appropriate program regulation and follow the application requirements of that specific regulation. As part of that submission, applicants are required to provide a service area map, where applicable, of their entire service territory.

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Authorizing Statutes

7 USC 1981 (e)	View Law

7 USC 908	View Law

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Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative

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The Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative is an assistance program established by Congress in 1995 that is intended to bring about the protection, preservation, and interpretation of significant natural, cultural, and recreational resources with the Lower Mississippi Delta by assisting small, emerging, minority and rural museums with planning grants.

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54 USC 100101	View Law

54 USC 10072	View Law

Pub.L. 103 - 433 1101	View Law

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Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)

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The Rural Community Development Initiative's intent is to develop the capacity and ability of rural area recipients through a program of technical assistance provided by qualified intermediary organizations.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 106 - 78 306	View Law

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Servicing of Water Programs Loans and Grants, 7 CFR 1782

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7 CFR 1782 contains regulations outlining the procedures available for borrowers to follow in order for the Agency to determine borrower qualifications for varying service options. This collection of information covers the various material required for servicing actions related to water programs loan servicing.

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7 USC 1981	View Law

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Application for Survivor Insurance Annuities

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Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act, monthly survivor annuities are payable to surviving widow(er)s, parents, unmarried children, and in certain cases, divorced wives (husbands), mothers (fathers), remarried widow(er)s and grandchildren of deceased railroad employees. The collection obtains information needed by the RRB to determine entitlement to and the amount of the annuity applied for.

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Authorizing Statutes

45 USC 231f	View Law

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HydroAdd3d

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This is a renewal, with revisions, for the Hydrography Addressing Tool (HydroAdd), a website developed by the USGS National Geospatial Program, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC).

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7 CFR 1942-C, "Fire and Rescue Loans"

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Regulation promulgates the policies and procedures for processing and servicing community facility loans for fire and rescue facilities.

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7 USC 1926 Section 306	View Law

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Environmental Justice Grants CPS Program and Environmental Justice G2G Program: Post-Award Reporting and Public Outreach Information Collections (NEW)

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. This is accomplished by working directly with community-based organizations (CBOs) and state, local, territorial, and tribal governments that have strong ties to the communities in which they are working. EPA fosters a collaborative approach to tackling some of the most critical challenges in the most overburdened communities by encouraging projects that involve multiple stakeholders including States, local governments, and tribal governments. To help get resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities EPA offers Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) and Environmental Justice Government to Government (EJG2G) cooperative agreement programs. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks authorization to collect post-award information in the form of semi-annual progress reports and final reports from each grantee to track their progress, with respect to effectiveness (e.g., the extent to which projects achieved their objectives, goals, and targets), efficiency (e.g., the extent to which projects delivered activities and outputs on schedule and within budget), and equity (e.g., the extent to which investments and benefits flowed to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution). Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the EJCPS and EJG2G programs, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public.

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Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) (Renewal)

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The information that EPA will collect under this rule fulfills the statutory requirements of 1445(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, 2018, and 2019. The data describe the source of the water, location, and test results for samples taken from PWSs. The information collected will support EPAs decisions as to whether or not to regulate particular contaminants under the SDWA. Reporting is mandatory. The data are not subject to confidentiality protection.

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Pub.L. 104 - 182 1445(a)(2)	View Law

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Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (New)

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. Historically, these investments have not reached communities and groups who are overburdened by the effects of pollution, environmental hazards, and climate change. To help get resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program (ECJP)the largest investment in environmental and climate justice in U.S. historywhen it was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. The Community Change Grants (CCG) are the final and most comprehensive piece of EPAs implementation of ECJP IRA funding. The CCG program will provide funding to communities and their partners to design, develop, and implement multi-faceted, community-driven projects to protect public health and the environment. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks approval to collect performance information from CCG grantees via progress reports and final reports. Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the CCG program, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public.

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TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management - Generic ICR for Surveys (Renewal)

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The purpose of this ICR is to help fill data gaps for EPAs risk evaluations and risk management of existing chemicals under section 6 of TSCA. In accordance with TSCA section 26, EPA must make TSCA section 6 risk evaluation and risk management decisions consistent with the best available science and based on the weight of the scientific evidence. To carry out its statutory obligations, EPA needs sufficient information about chemicals undergoing risk evaluation and risk management, including information related to the chemicals conditions of use, hazards, exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other information. The collection of such information is subject to TSCAs strict statutory timeframes (set forth in section 6). Therefore, EPA is seeking approval for a generic information collection request (ICR) to conduct surveys of chemical users, processors, distributors, manufacturers (including importers), and recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers of chemical-containing products, employees who may be exposed to the chemical evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations) related to information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and risk management. Surveys are defined as the collection of information from a common group through interviews or the application of questionnaires to a representative sample of that group. These information collection efforts are intended to supplement other reasonably available information on chemicals in commerce and will provide support for the Agencys policy and regulatory activities regarding existing chemicals under TSCA section 6. By learning more about the conditions of use, hazards, exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other information for chemicals being evaluated or regulated, EPA would be able to more precisely and effectively carry out its risk evaluation and risk management obligations under TSCA.

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15 USC 2601 et seq.	View Law

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USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) Chapter 303 Standard Provisions

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This ICR covers the information that USAID assistance awards recipients must submit to comply with the terms and conditions of the "Standard Provisions for U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations," “Standard Provisions for Non-U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations,” and “Standard Provisions for Fixed Amount Awards to Nongovernmental Organizations" identified within ADS Chapter 303. Agreement officers (AOs) insert these standard provisions as required (provisions beginning with “M”) or as applicable (provisions beginning with “RAA”). ** This revision updates the Reporting Host Government Taxes (RAA13) standard provision to the December 2022 text and adjusts its associated burden calculation. ** This revision updates new standard provisions in ADS 303

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Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Grant Reporting and National Materials Management Survey

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The Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division (RCSD) requires the ability to collect consistent and timely information from grant recipients receiving EPA funding originating from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)). Additionally, in order to carry out the Agency’s obligations under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), RCSD needs broad-based national information on waste streams and materials management practices. This ICR covers two related information collections that are essential for RCSD to properly understand current conditions and promote interventions that can lead to a more sustainable future. One is based on the collection of progress and final reports from Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) and Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grant recipients. The reports provide the Agency with necessary administrative information, documentation of grant outputs and outcomes, and for many grantees, data on the volume of materials and types of waste management methods they employ. EPA plans to use a web-based data management system to facilitate the collection and processing of these reports from grantees. The second proposed information collection is a voluntary annual survey to gather detailed information from all U.S. states and territories about their existing waste management programs, capacities, and throughputs. Survey respondents will also be grant recipients and the same electronic data management system can be used to collect and process survey results.

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42 USC 6983	View Law

42 USC 6966(d)	View Law

33 USC 302(a)	View Law

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Family Member Travel Screening

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The FMTS forms are used during the DoD FMTS process when active duty Service members with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders request Command sponsorship for accompanied travel to remote or OCONUS installations. These forms document any special medical, dental, and/or educational needs of dependents to assist in determining the availability of care at a new installation.

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10 USC 136	View Law

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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures

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The information is used by Respondents to support their compliance with Title VII; by the EEOC in investigating, conciliating and litigating employment discrimination charges; and by individuals to establish violations of Federal EEO law.

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42 USC 20000e	View Law

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Audit Reports under the International Safety Management Code

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This information is used to determine the compliance status of U.S. vessels, subject to SOLAS 74, engaged in international trade. Organizations recognized by the Coast Guard conduct ongoing audits of vessels' and companies' safety management systems. Respondents are vessel owners and operators and recognized organizations. The statutory authority for the requirement is in 46 U.S. Code 3203.

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46 USC 3203	View Law

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