# 2025-09252: USDA Seeks Feedback on Rural Co-op Forms: Standard Bureaucratic Check-In

2025-09252, Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department published 2025-05-23, effective Comments regarding this information collection received by June 23, 2025 will be considered. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09252
- Title: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department
- Citation: 90 FR 22056
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: Comments regarding this information collection received by June 23, 2025 will be considered.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

USDA Seeks Feedback on Rural Co-op Forms: Standard Bureaucratic Check-In

## Summary

The Department of Agriculture is asking for public feedback on a paperwork update related to rural business agreements. This affects folks involved in rural development who might need to fill out forms, but the goal is to make the process easier and clearer. Comments are open until June 23, 2025, so don’t miss your chance to weigh in!

## Effects PRIA read

- Paperwork burden for rural applicants: cost, medium. The USDA is collecting information under the Rural Development Cooperative Agreement (RDCA) program (OMB Control Number 0570-0074). The collection lists 64 respondents and a total burden of 1,056 hours, with responses recorded annually. Comments on this collection are due June 23, 2025.
- Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge funding: benefit, medium. The notice describes the Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge (RPIC), a competitive initiative under the RDCA program that provides planning support and technical assistance to rural communities. RPIC funds will help enhance broadband capacity, preserve cultural and historic structures, and suppo…
- Priority for Distressed Areas and broadband planning: benefit, medium. The scoring criteria for competitive RDCA solicitations (like RPIC) are targeted to applications that address Distressed Areas as defined by the Economic Innovation Group Distressed Communities Index (DCI) and that include Broadband Infrastructure Planning.
- Incomplete information can block assistance: cost, medium. The agency states that failure to collect proper information from applicants could result in improper determinations of servicing assistance, hinder the government's recovery of loans, and encumber customer service for applicants under RDCA activities.

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## Sources
- [2025-09252 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09252/submission-for-omb-review-comment-request)
- [2025-09252 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09252.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09252 (as of 2026-06-08).