81 FR 33207 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
Rural Utilities Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 101 (May 25, 2016)
| Page Range | 33207-33208 | |
| FR Document | 2016-12266 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 33207-33208] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12266] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Information Collection Activity; Comment Request AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will be requested. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 25, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522, Room 5159, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that the Agency is submitting to OMB for extension. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be [[Page 33208]] collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, South Building, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-1522. Title: Broadband Grant Program. OMB Control Number: 0572-0127. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The provision of broadband transmission service is vital to the economic development, education, health, and safety of rural Americans. To further this objective, RUS provides financial assistance in the form of grant to eligible entities that propose, on a ``community-oriented connectivity'' basis, to provide broadband transmission service that fosters economic growth and delivers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services to extremely rural, lower income communities. The Agency gives priority to rural areas that it believes have the greatest need for broadband transmission services. Grant authority is utilized to deploy broadband infrastructure to extremely rural, lower income communities on a ``community-oriented connectivity'' basis. The ``community-oriented connectivity'' concept integrates the deployment of broadband infrastructure with the practical, everyday uses and applications of the facilities. This broadband access is intended to promote economic development and provide enhanced educational and health care opportunities. The Agency provides financial assistance to eligible entities that are proposing to deploy broadband transmission service in rural communities where such service does not currently exist and who will connect the critical community facilities including the local schools, libraries, hospitals, police, fire and rescue services and who will operate a community center that provides free and open access to residents. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 130.11 hours per response. Respondents: Public bodies, commercial companies, cooperatives, nonprofits, Indian tribes, and limited dividend or mutual associations and must be incorporated or a limited liability company. Estimated Number of Respondents: 90. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 111. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,442. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Thomas P. Dickson, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service at (202) 690-4492. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record. Dated: May 18, 2016 Brandon McBride, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2016-12266 Filed 5-24-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P
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the unauthorized use or disclosure by telephone. If a potential winner cannot person [that is] privileged or
USDA NIFA or NSF of the intellectual be contacted, or if the notification is confidential’’) the Team will be
property, trade secrets, or confidential returned as undeliverable, the potential responsible for clearly marking the
business information of the Participant. winner forfeits. In the event that a page(s)/section(s) of information it
The Released Parties are not potential winner, or an announced believes are protected.
responsible for: (1) Any incorrect or winner, is found to be ineligible or is Done at Washington, DC, this 18th day of
inaccurate information, whether caused disqualified for any reason, USDA NIFA May, 2016.
by Teams, printing errors, or by any of may make award, instead, to the next Kim L. Hicks,
the equipment or programming runner up, as previously determined by Branch Chief, Grants and Agreements
associated with or used in the the Judging Panel. Management Branch, USDA, ARS, FMAD.
Competition; (2) technical failures of Prior to awarding the Prize Purse, [FR Doc. 2016–12265 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
any kind, including, but not limited to, USDA NIFA will verify that the
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malfunctions, interruptions, or potential winner(s) is/are not
disconnections in phone lines or suspended, debarred, or otherwise
network hardware or software; (3) excluded from doing business with the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
unauthorized human intervention in U.S. Federal Government. Suspended,
any part of the entry process for the debarred, or otherwise excluded parties Rural Utilities Service
Competition; (4) technical or human will not be eligible to win the
error that may occur in the Competition. Information Collection Activity;
administration of the Competition or the Comment Request
E. Intellectual Property
processing of entries; or (5) any injury Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
or damage to persons or property that By entering the Competition, each
Team warrants that it is the author and/ Notice and request for
ACTION:
may be caused, directly or indirectly, in
or authorized owner of its entry, and comments.
whole or in part, from Team’s
participation in the Competition or that the entry is wholly original with the SUMMARY: In accordance with the
receipt or use or misuse of the Prize Team (or is an improved version of an Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
Purse. If for any reason a Team’s entry existing project plan the Team is legally U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the
is confirmed to have been deleted authorized to enter into the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
erroneously, lost, or otherwise Competition), and that the submitted comments on this information
destroyed or corrupted, Team’s sole entry does not infringe on any collection for which approval from the
remedy is to submit another entry in the copyright, patent, or any other rights of Office of Management and Budget
Competition. any third party. Each Team agrees to (OMB) will be requested.
hold the Released Parties harmless for
C. Termination and Disqualification DATES: Comments on this notice must be
any infringement of copyright,
received by July 25, 2016.
USDA NIFA reserves the authority to trademark, patent, and/or other real or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
cancel, suspend, and/or modify the intellectual property right that may be
caused, directly or indirectly, in whole Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Competition, or any part of it, if any
or in part, from Team’s participation in Program Development and Regulatory
fraud, technical failures, or any other
the Competition. Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
factor beyond USDA NIFA’s reasonable
All legal rights in any materials Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522,
control impairs the integrity or proper
produced or submitted in entering the Room 5159, South Building,
functioning of the Competition, as
Competition are retained by the Team Washington, DC 20250–1522.
determined by USDA NIFA in its sole
and/or the legal holder of those rights. Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
discretion.
USDA NIFA reserves the right to Entry into the Competition constitutes thomas.dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
disqualify any Team it believes to be express authorization for USDA NIFA, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
tampering with the entry process or the NSF, and the Judging Panel to review of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
operation of the Competition or to be and analyze any and all aspects of regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
acting in violation of any applicable rule submitted entries, including any trade implementing provisions of the
or condition. secret or proprietary information Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
Any attempt by any person to contained in or evident from review of L. 104–13) requires that interested
undermine the legitimate operation of the submitted entries. members of the public and affected
the Competition may be a violation of agencies have an opportunity to
F. Privacy & Disclosure Under FOIA comment on information collection and
criminal and civil law, and, should such
an attempt be made, USDA NIFA Personal and contact information is recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
reserves the authority to seek damages not collected for commercial or 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
from any such person to the fullest marketing purposes. Information information collection that the Agency
extent permitted by law. submitted throughout the Competition is submitting to OMB for extension.
will be used only to communicate with Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
D. Verification of Potential Winner(s) Teams regarding entries and/or the the proposed collection of information
All potential Competition winners are Competition. is necessary for the proper performance
subject to verification by USDA NIFA Teams’ entries to the Competition of the functions of the Agency,
whose decisions are final and binding in may be subject to disclosure under the including whether the information will
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all matters related to the Competition. Freedom of Information Act (‘‘FOIA’’). If have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
Potential winner(s) must continue to a Team believes that all or part of its the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
comply with all terms and conditions of Competition entry is protected from the proposed collection of information
the Competition rules, and winning is release under FOIA (e.g., if the including the validity of the
contingent upon fulfilling all information falls under FOIA exemption methodology and assumptions used; (c)
requirements. The potential winner(s) #4 for ‘‘trade secrets and commercial or ways to enhance the quality, utility and
will be notified by email and/or financial information obtained from a clarity of the information to be
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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the must be incorporated or a limited Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@
burden of the collection of information liability company. bis.doc.gov no later than June 7, 2016.
on those who are to respond, including Estimated Number of Respondents: A limited number of seats will be
through the use of appropriate 90. available for the public session.
automated, electronic, mechanical, or Estimated Number of Responses per Reservations are not accepted. To the
other technological collection Respondent: 111. extent that time permits, members of the
techniques or other forms of information Estimated Total Annual Burden on public may present oral statements to
technology. Comments may be sent to: Respondents: 14,442. the Committee. The public may submit
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Copies of this information collection written statements at any time before or
Program Development and Regulatory can be obtained from Thomas P. after the meeting. However, to facilitate
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Dickson, Program Development and the distribution of public presentation
Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities materials to the Committee members,
South Building, 1400 Independence Service at (202) 690–4492. the Committee suggests that presenters
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. All responses to this notice will be forward the public presentation
Title: Broadband Grant Program. summarized and included in the request materials prior to the meeting to Ms.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0127. for OMB approval. All comments will Springer via email.
Type of Request: Extension of a also become a matter of public record. The Assistant Secretary for
currently approved information Administration, with the concurrence of
Dated: May 18, 2016
collection. the delegate of the General Counsel,
Brandon McBride, formally determined on March 9, 2016,
Abstract: The provision of broadband Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal
transmission service is vital to the [FR Doc. 2016–12266 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am] Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
economic development, education,
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health, and safety of rural Americans.
of the meeting dealing with pre-
To further this objective, RUS provides
decisional changes to the Commerce
financial assistance in the form of grant
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Control List and the U.S. export control
to eligible entities that propose, on a
policies shall be exempt from the
‘‘community-oriented connectivity’’ Bureau of Industry and Security provisions relating to public meetings
basis, to provide broadband found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § § 10(a)(1) and
transmission service that fosters Regulations and Procedures Technical 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the
economic growth and delivers enhanced Advisory Committee; Notice of meeting will be open to the public.
educational, health care, and public Partially Closed Meeting For more information, call Yvette
safety services to extremely rural, lower Springer at (202) 482–2813.
income communities. The Agency gives The Regulations and Procedures
priority to rural areas that it believes Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) Dated: May 19, 2016.
have the greatest need for broadband will meet June 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Yvette Springer,
transmission services. Grant authority is Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover Committee Liaison Officer.
utilized to deploy broadband Building, 14th Street between [FR Doc. 2016–12300 Filed 5–24–16; 8:45 am]
infrastructure to extremely rural, lower Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P
income communities on a ‘‘community- NW., Washington, DC. The Committee
oriented connectivity’’ basis. The advises the Office of the Assistant
‘‘community-oriented connectivity’’ Secretary for Export Administration on DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
concept integrates the deployment of implementation of the Export
broadband infrastructure with the Administration Regulations (EAR) and Bureau of Industry and Security
practical, everyday uses and provides for continuing review to
update the EAR as needed. Emerging Technology and Research
applications of the facilities. This Advisory Committee; Notice of
broadband access is intended to Agenda Partially Closed Meeting
promote economic development and
provide enhanced educational and Public Session The Emerging Technology and
health care opportunities. The Agency 1. Opening remarks by the Chairman Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC)
provides financial assistance to eligible 2. Opening remarks by the Bureau of will meet on June 9, 2016, 8:30 a.m.,
entities that are proposing to deploy Industry and Security Room 3884, at the Herbert C. Hoover
broadband transmission service in rural 3. Presentation of papers or comments Building, 14th Street between
communities where such service does by the Public Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues
not currently exist and who will 4. Export Enforcement update NW., Washington, DC. The Committee
connect the critical community facilities 5. Regulations update advises the Office of the Assistant
including the local schools, libraries, 6. Working group reports Secretary for Export Administration on
hospitals, police, fire and rescue 7. Automated Export System update emerging technology and research
services and who will operate a activities, including those related to
Closed Session deemed exports.
community center that provides free
and open access to residents. 8. Discussion of matters determined to
Agenda
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting be exempt from the provisions
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burden for this collection of information relating to public meetings found in Open Session
is estimated to average 130.11 hours per 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
response. 10(a)(3) 2. Issues for Discussion: Atom-based
Respondents: Public bodies, The open session will be accessible sensing; International Summit on
commercial companies, cooperatives, via teleconference to 25 participants on Human Gene Editing; Nanotechnology;
nonprofits, Indian tribes, and limited a first come, first serve basis. To join the Advanced Materials-Graphene Center-
dividend or mutual associations and conference, submit inquiries to Ms. China; EAR–4E001.e; Sanctions and the
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| Contact | Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., STOP 1522, Room 5159, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email: [email protected] | |
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