81_FR_42053 81 FR 41929 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

81 FR 41929 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 124 (June 28, 2016)

Page Range41929-41929
FR Document2016-15198

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 41929]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15198]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 23, 2016.

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 
and other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by July 28, 
2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commentors are encouraged to 
submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] 
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Copies of the submission(s) 
may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Forest Service

    Title: Secure Rural Schools Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0220.
    Summary of Collection: The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (the Act) reauthorized in Public Law 110-343, 
requires the appropriate official of a county that receives funds under 
Title III of the Act to submit to the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, an annual certification that 
the funds have been expended for the uses authorized under section 
302(a) of the Act. Participating counties will also report amounts not 
obligated by September 30 of the previous year. The information will be 
collected annually in the form of conventional correspondence such as a 
letter and, at the respondent's option, attached tables or similar 
graphic display. At the respondent's discretion, the information may be 
submitted by hard copy and/or electronically scanned and included as an 
attachment to electronic mail.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected will 
identify the participating county and the year in which the 
expenditures were made and will include amounts not obligated by 
September 30 of the previous year. Information includes the name, 
title, and signature of the official certifying that the expenditures 
were for uses authorized under section 302(a) of the Act, and the date 
of the certification. Information will also be collected including the 
amount of funds expended in the applicable year and the uses for which 
the amount were expended referencing the authorized categories: (1) 
Carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program; (2) 
reimburse the participating county for emergency services performed on 
Federal land and paid for by the participating county; and (3) to 
develop community wildfire protection plans in coordination with the 
appropriate Secretary or designee. The information will be used to 
verify that participating counties have certified that funds were 
expended as authorized in the Act.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 360.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,640.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-15198 Filed 6-27-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 28, 2016 / Notices 41929 quantity and quality; verification and Total Burden Hours: 315. Forest Service auditing; and developing standards for Ruth Brown, Title: Secure Rural Schools Act. grades of products. Departmental Information Collection OMB Control Number: 0596–0220. Description of Respondents: Business Clearance Officer. or other for profit. Summary of Collection: The Secure [FR Doc. 2016–15199 Filed 6–27–16; 8:45 am] Rural Schools and Community Self- Number of Respondents: 58,314. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: BILLING CODE 3410–02–P Determination Act of 2000 (the Act) On occasion. reauthorized in Public Law 110–343, Total Burden Hours: 25,283. requires the appropriate official of a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE county that receives funds under Title Agricultural Marketing Service III of the Act to submit to the Secretary Forest Service Title: Seed Service Testing Program. of Agriculture or the Secretary of the OMB Control Number: 0581–0140. Submission for OMB Review; Interior, as appropriate, an annual Summary of Collection: The Comment Request certification that the funds have been Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of expended for the uses authorized under 1946, as amended by 7 U.S.C. 1621 June 23, 2016. section 302(a) of the Act. Participating authorizes the Secretary to inspect and counties will also report amounts not The Department of Agriculture has obligated by September 30 of the certify the quality of agricultural submitted the following information products and collect such fees as previous year. The information will be collection requirement(s) to OMB for collected annually in the form of reasonable to cover the cost of service review and clearance under the rendered. The purpose of the voluntary conventional correspondence such as a Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, letter and, at the respondent’s option, program is to promote efficient, orderly Public Law 104–13. Comments are marketing of seeds and assist in the attached tables or similar graphic requested regarding (1) whether the display. At the respondent’s discretion, development of new and expanding collection of information is necessary markets. Under the program, samples of the information may be submitted by for the proper performance of the hard copy and/or electronically scanned agricultural and vegetable seeds functions of the agency, including submitted to the Agricultural Marketing and included as an attachment to whether the information will have electronic mail. Service (AMS) are tested for factors such practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the as purity and germination at the request agency’s estimate of burden including Need and Use of the Information: The of the applicant for the service. The the validity of the methodology and information collected will identify the Testing Section of the Seed Regulatory assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance participating county and the year in and Testing Branch of AMS that test the the quality, utility and clarity of the which the expenditures were made and seed and issues the certificates is the information to be collected; and (4) will include amounts not obligated by only Federal seed testing facility that ways to minimize the burden of the September 30 of the previous year. can issue the Federal Seed Analysis collection of information on those who Information includes the name, title, Certificate. are to respond, including through the and signature of the official certifying Need and Use of the Information: use of appropriate automated, that the expenditures were for uses Applicants generally are seed firms who electronic, mechanical, or other authorized under section 302(a) of the use the seed analysis certificates to technological collection techniques and Act, and the date of the certification. represent the quality of seed lots to other forms of information technology. Information will also be collected foreign customers according to the terms Comments regarding this information including the amount of funds specified in contracts of trade. The only collection received by July 28, 2016 will expended in the applicable year and the information collected is information be considered. Written comments uses for which the amount were needed to provide the service requested should be addressed to: Desk Officer for expended referencing the authorized by the applicant. Applicants must Agriculture, Office of Information and categories: (1) Carry out activities under provide information such as the kind Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Firewise Communities program; (2) and quantity of seed, tests to be Management and Budget (OMB), New reimburse the participating county for performed, and seed treatment if Executive Office Building, 725 17th emergency services performed on present, along with a sample of seed in Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Federal land and paid for by the order for AMS to provide the service. A Commentors are encouraged to submit participating county; and (3) to develop Seed Analysis Certificate-Sample their comments to OMB via email to: community wildfire protection plans in Inspection LS–375 or ISTA Orange OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax coordination with the appropriate International Seed Lot Certificate is (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Secretary or designee. The information issued by AMS giving the test results. Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail will be used to verify that participating Only authorized AMS employees will Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– counties have certified that funds were use the information collected to track, 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may expended as authorized in the Act. test, and report test results to the be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. Description of Respondents: State, applicant. If the information were not An agency may not conduct or Local or Tribal Government. collected, AMS would not know which sponsor a collection of information Number of Respondents: 360. test to conduct or would not be able to unless the collection of information asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Frequency of Responses: Reporting: relate the test results with a specific lot displays a currently valid OMB control Annually. of seed. number and the agency informs Total Burden Hours: 8,640. Description of Respondents: Business potential persons who are to respond to or other for-profit; Farms; State, Local or the collection of information that such Ruth Brown, Tribal Government. persons are not required to respond to Departmental Information Collection Number of Respondents: 55. the collection of information unless it Clearance Officer. Frequency of Responses: Reporting; displays a currently valid OMB control [FR Doc. 2016–15198 Filed 6–27–16; 8:45 am] On occasion. number. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation81 FR 41929 
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