71 FR 191 pg. 58371 - Publication of Depreciation Rates
Type: NOTICEVolume: 71Number: 191Page: 58371
FR document: [FR Doc. 06-8323 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Rural Utilities Service
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Publication of Depreciation Rates
AGENCY:
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereby announces the depreciation rates for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2005.
DATES:
These rates are effective immediately and will remain in effect until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan P. Claffey, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Development Utilities Programs, STOP 1590-Room 5151, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1590. Telephone: (202) 720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In the USDA Rural Development regulation 7 CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans, section 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation rates that are used by USDA Rural Development in its feasibility studies. Section 1737.70(e)(2) refers to median depreciation rates published by USDA Rural Development for all borrowers. The following chart provides those rates, compiled by USDA Rural Development, for the reporting period ending December 31, 2005:
| Telecommunications plant category | Depreciation rate |
|---|---|
| 1. Land and Support Assets: | |
| a. Motor Vehicles | 16.00 |
| b. Aircraft | 10.00 |
| c. Special purpose vehicles | 12.00 |
| d. Garage and other work equipment | 10.00 |
| e. Buildings | 3.20 |
| f. Furniture and Office equipment | 10.00 |
| g. General purpose computers | 20.00 |
| 2. Central Office Switching: | |
| a. Digital | 8.45 |
| b. Analog Electro-mechanical | 10.00 |
| c. Operator Systems | 10.00 |
| 3. Central Office Transmission: | |
| a. Radio Systems | 9.24 |
| b. Circuit equipment | 10.00 |
| 4. Information origination/termination: | |
| a. Station apparatus | 12.00 |
| b. Customer premises wiring | 10.00 |
| c. Large private branch exchanges | 12.50 |
| d. Public telephone terminal equipment | 11.40 |
| e. Other terminal equipment | 10.35 |
| 5. Cable and wire facilities: | |
| a. Aerial cable-Poles | 6.37 |
| b. Aerial cable-Metal | 5.90 |
| c. Aerial cable-Fiber | 5.10 |
| d. Underground cable-Metal | 5.00 |
| e. Underground cable-Fiber | 5.00 |
| f. Buried cable-Metal | 5.00 |
| g. Buried cable-Fiber | 5.00 |
| h. Conduit systems | 3.33 |
| i. Other | 8.34 |
Dated: September 22, 2006.
James M. Andrew,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 06-8323 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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