74 FR 170 pgs. 45608-45609 - Publication of Depreciation Rates
Type: NOTICEVolume: 74Number: 170Pages: 45608 - 45609
FR document: [FR Doc. E9-21235 Filed 9-2-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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 of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces the depreciation rates for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2008.
DATES:
These rates are effective immediately and will remain in effect until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan P. Claffey, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 1590-Room 5151, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1590. Telephone: (202) 720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In the Rural Utilities Service regulation, 7 CFR part 1737, Pre-Loan Policies and Procedures Common to Insured and Guaranteed Telecommunications Loans, § 1737.70(e) explains the depreciation rates that are used by RUS in its feasibility studies. Section 1737.70(e)(2) refers to median depreciation rates published by RUS for all borrowers. The following chart provides those rates, compiled by RUS for the reporting period ending December 31, 2008:
| Telecommunications plant category | Depreciation rate |
|---|---|
| 1. Land and Support Assets: | |
| a. Motor vehicles | 16.00 |
| b. Aircraft | 11.25 |
| c. Special purpose vehicles | 12.00 |
| d. Garage and other work equipment | 10.00 |
| e. Buildings | 3.28 |
| f. Furniture and office equipment | 10.00 |
| g. General purpose computers | 20.00 |
| 2. Central Office Switching: | |
| a. Digital | 8.83 |
| b. Analog Electro-mechanical | 9.66 |
| c. Operator Systems | 9.00 |
| 3. Central Office Transmission: | |
| a. Radio Systems | 9.42 |
| b. Circuit equipment | 10.00 |
| 4. Information origination/termination: | |
| a. Station apparatus | 11.90 |
| b. Customer premises wiring | 10.00 |
| c. Large private branch exchanges | 11.65 |
| d. Public telephone terminal equipment | 11.00 |
| e. Other terminal equipment | 10.20 |
| 5. Cable and wire facilities: | |
| a. Aerial cable-poles | 6.25 |
| 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 | 3.50 |
| i. Other | 6.00 |
Dated: August 7, 2009.
Jonathan Adelstein,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. E9-21235 Filed 9-2-09; 8:45 am]
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