76 FR 26 pg. 6762 - Publication of Depreciation Rates
Type: NOTICEVolume: 76Number: 26Page: 6762
FR document: [FR Doc. 2011-2652 Filed 2-7-11; 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 of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces the depreciation rates for telecommunications plant for the period ending December 31, 2009.
DATES:
These rates are effective immediately and will remain in effect until rates are available for the period ending December 31, 2010.
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. § 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, 2009:
| Telecommunications plant category | Depreciation rate |
|---|---|
| 1. Land and Support Assets: | |
| a. Motor vehicles | 16.00 |
| b. Aircraft | 11.70 |
| c. Special purpose vehicles | 12.50 |
| d. Garage and other work equipment | 10.00 |
| e. Buildings | 3.30 |
| f. Furniture and office equipment | 10.00 |
| g. General purpose computers | 20.00 |
| 2. Central Office Switching: | |
| a. Digital | 8.80 |
| b. Analog & Electro-mechanical | 9.56 |
| c. Operator Systems | 8.69 |
| 3. Central Office Transmission: | |
| a. Radio Systems | 9.21 |
| 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 | 11.20 |
| d. Public telephone terminal equipment | 10.82 |
| e. Other terminal equipment | 10.10 |
| 5. Cable and wire facilities: | |
| a. Aerial cable-poles | 6.19 |
| b. Aerial cable-metal | 5.80 |
| 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: January 7, 2011.
Jonathan Adelstein,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2652 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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