81 FR 9420 - Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 37 (February 25, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-03975
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2016)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Submission for OMB Review; 
Comment Request

February 19, 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; (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 or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by March 
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 20502. Commenters 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-
8958.
    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 person are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    Title: Information Collection Request; Representations Regarding 
Felony Conviction and Tax Delinquent Status for Corporate Applicants 
and Awardees.
    OMB Control Number: 0505-0025.
    Summary of Collection: The appropriations restrictions contained in 
all of the respective appropriations acts since fiscal year (FY) 2012 
regarding financial transactions with corporations that have tax 
delinquencies or felony convictions were continued in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113. The restrictions are 
located in Division E, Title VII, sections 745 and 746, respectively. 
The restrictions apply to transactions with corporations that (1) have 
any ``unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which 
all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have 
lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax 
liability and (2) were ``convicted of a felony criminal violation under 
any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction. The restricted transactions include 
contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, cooperative agreements, and 
memoranda of understanding/agreement). The restrictions may not apply 
if a Federal agency considers suspension or debarment of the 
corporation and determines that such action is not necessary to protect 
the interests of the Government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's 
(USDA) agencies and staff offices must comply with the restrictions.
    During fiscal years 2012-2014, similar provisions were not uniform 
across the government. For USDA, one set of provisions applied to all 
agencies and staff offices except the Forest Service and a second set 
of slightly different provisions applied only to the Forest Service. To 
facilitate compliance with the appropriations restrictions, USDA 
created two sets of forms--one for use by all USDA agencies and staff 
offices (Forms AD-3030-Y and AD-3031-Y and one for use only by the 
Forest Service (Forms AD-3030 FS and AD-3031 FS). In FY 2015 Congress 
enacted slightly different government-wide provisions for all agencies 
and departments. In response, USDA created a new set of forms that 
adhered to the change for use by all of its agencies and staff offices 
including the Forest Service (Forms AD-3030 and AD-3031).
    USDA must also comply with prior year provisions issued between FY 
2012-2014 to the extent that carry over/no year funds provided by those 
years' appropriations were used in awards or award adjustments.
    Need and Use of the Information: To comply with the appropriations 
restrictions, the information collection requires corporate applicants 
and awardees for USDA programs to represent accurately whether they 
have or do not have qualifying tax delinquencies or convictions which 
would prevent USDA from entering into a proposed business transaction 
with the corporate applicant. For non-procurement programs and 
transactions, these representations will be submitted on the proposed 
information collection Forms AD-3030, AD-3031, AD-3030-Y, AD-3031-Y, 
AD-3030-FS and AD-3031-FS. This information collection, deals only with 
USDA non-procurement transactions. The categories of non-procurement 
transactions covered by this information collection are: non-
procurement contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, cooperative 
agreements, and some memoranda of understanding/agreement. Accordingly, 
this information collection is not intended for use with USDA 
procurement transactions. . For more specific information about whether 
a particular non-procurement program or transaction is included in this 
list please

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contact the USDA agency or staff office responsible for the program or 
transaction in question.
    Forms AD-3030, AD-3030-Y and AD-3030-FS will effectuate compliance 
with the appropriations restrictions by requiring all corporate 
applicants to represent, at the time of application for a non-
procurement program, whether they have tax delinquencies or felony 
convictions that would prevent USDA from doing business with them. 
Corporations include, but are not limited to, any entity that has filed 
articles of incorporation in one of the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, or the various territories of the United States. Corporations 
include both for profit and non-profit entities. Forms AD-3031, AD-
3031-Y and AD-3031-FS require an affirmative representation, at the 
time of the award, that corporate awardees for non-procurement 
transactions do not have tax delinquencies or felony convictions that 
would prevent USDA from doing business with them. If the application 
and award process are a single step, the agency or staff office may 
require both forms to be filed simultaneously. Collection of this 
information is necessary to ensure that USDA agencies and staff offices 
comply with the appropriations restrictions prohibiting the Government 
from doing business with corporations with tax delinquencies or felony 
convictions.
    The burden for each form will be accounted for within the 
individual USDA agency and staff office collection packages using the 
forms. The time required to complete this information collection is 
estimated to average 0.25 minutes per response, per form, including the 
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the collection of information.
    USDA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is requesting 
approval for one respondent and a one hour place holder for the forms. 
The total estimated burden for the OCFO's use of the forms is thus one 
hour, which will allow it to distribute the approved forms to USDA 
agencies and staff offices. USDA agencies and staff offices using the 
forms will reflect the approved OMB control number of the package and 
account for the burden within their individual collection packages when 
they seek Office of Management and Budget approval or re-authorization.
    Respondents: Corporate applicants and awardees for USDA non-
procurement programs, including grants, cooperative agreements, loans, 
loan guarantees, some memoranda of understanding/agreement, and non-
procurement contracts.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1.
    Frequency of Collection: Other: Corporations--each time they apply 
to participate in a multitude of USDA non-procurement programs; 
Awardees each time they receive an award.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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Official, Office of the Deputy Secretary, respond, including through the use of memoranda of understanding/
USDA, 202B Jamie L. Whitten Federal appropriate automated, electronic, agreement). The restrictions may not
Building, 12th and Independence mechanical, or other technological apply if a Federal agency considers
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250; collection techniques or other forms of suspension or debarment of the
via fax to (202) 690–4265 or email to information technology. corporation and determines that such
AC21@ars.usda.gov. All written Comments regarding this information action is not necessary to protect the
comments must arrive by March 9, collection received by March 28, 2016 interests of the Government. The U.S.
2016. Oral comments are also accepted. will be considered. Written comments Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
To request to give oral comments, see should be addressed to: Desk Officer for agencies and staff offices must comply
instructions under ‘Register for the Agriculture, Office of Information and with the restrictions.
Meeting’ above. Regulatory Affairs, Office of During fiscal years 2012–2014, similar
Availability of Materials for the Management and Budget (OMB), New provisions were not uniform across the
Meeting: All written public comments Executive Office Building, 725 17th government. For USDA, one set of
will be compiled into a binder and Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. provisions applied to all agencies and
available for review at the meeting. Commenters are encouraged to submit staff offices except the Forest Service
Duplicate comments from multiple their comments to OMB via email to: and a second set of slightly different
individuals will appear as one OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or provisions applied only to the Forest
comment, with a notation that multiple fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Service. To facilitate compliance with
copies of the comment were received. Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail the appropriations restrictions, USDA
Please visit the Web site listed above to Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– created two sets of forms—one for use
learn more about the agenda for or 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may by all USDA agencies and staff offices
reports resulting from this meeting. be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. (Forms AD–3030–Y and AD–3031–Y
Meeting Accommodations: The An agency may not conduct or and one for use only by the Forest
meeting will be open to the public, but sponsor a collection of information Service (Forms AD–3030 FS and AD–
space is limited. USDA is committed to unless the collection of information 3031 FS). In FY 2015 Congress enacted
ensuring that all employees are displays a currently valid OMB control slightly different government-wide
included in our work environment, number and the agency informs provisions for all agencies and
programs and events. If you are a person potential persons who are to respond to departments. In response, USDA created
with a disability and request reasonable the collection of information that such a new set of forms that adhered to the
accommodations to participate in this person are not required to respond to change for use by all of its agencies and
meeting, please note the request in your the collection of information unless it staff offices including the Forest Service
registration. All reasonable displays a currently valid OMB control (Forms AD–3030 and AD–3031).
accommodation requests are managed number. USDA must also comply with prior
on a case by case basis. year provisions issued between FY
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Issued at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 2012–2014 to the extent that carry over/
February 2016.
Title: Information Collection Request; no year funds provided by those years’
Representations Regarding Felony appropriations were used in awards or
Catherine E. Woteki,
Conviction and Tax Delinquent Status award adjustments.
Under Secretary, Research, Education and
for Corporate Applicants and Awardees. Need and Use of the Information: To
Economics.
OMB Control Number: 0505–0025. comply with the appropriations
[FR Doc. 2016–04025 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am] Summary of Collection: The restrictions, the information collection
BILLING CODE 3410–03–P appropriations restrictions contained in requires corporate applicants and
all of the respective appropriations acts awardees for USDA programs to
since fiscal year (FY) 2012 regarding represent accurately whether they have
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE financial transactions with corporations or do not have qualifying tax
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; that have tax delinquencies or felony delinquencies or convictions which
Submission for OMB Review; convictions were continued in the would prevent USDA from entering into
Comment Request Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, a proposed business transaction with
Public Law 114–113. The restrictions the corporate applicant. For non-
February 19, 2016. are located in Division E, Title VII, procurement programs and transactions,
The Department of Agriculture has sections 745 and 746, respectively. The these representations will be submitted
submitted the following information restrictions apply to transactions with on the proposed information collection
collection requirement(s) to OMB for corporations that (1) have any ‘‘unpaid Forms AD–3030, AD–3031, AD–3030–Y,
review and clearance under the Federal tax liability that has been AD–3031–Y, AD–3030–FS and AD–
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, assessed, for which all judicial and 3031–FS. This information collection,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are administrative remedies have been deals only with USDA non-procurement
requested regarding (1) whether the exhausted or have lapsed, and that is transactions. The categories of non-
collection of information is necessary not being paid in a timely manner procurement transactions covered by
for the proper performance of the pursuant to an agreement with the this information collection are: non-
functions of the agency, including authority responsible for collecting the procurement contracts, grants, loans,
whether the information will have tax liability, where the awarding agency loan guarantees, cooperative
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practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the is aware of the unpaid tax liability and agreements, and some memoranda of
agency’s estimate of burden including (2) were ‘‘convicted of a felony criminal understanding/agreement. Accordingly,
the validity of the methodology and violation under any Federal law within this information collection is not
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the preceding 24 months, where the intended for use with USDA
the quality, utility and clarity of the awarding agency is aware of the procurement transactions. . For more
information to be collected; (4) ways to conviction. The restricted transactions specific information about whether a
minimize the burden of the collection of include contracts, grants, loans, loan particular non-procurement program or
information on those who are to guarantees, cooperative agreements, and transaction is included in this list please

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contact the USDA agency or staff office understanding/agreement, and non- Individuals who use
responsible for the program or procurement contracts. telecommunication devices for the deaf
transaction in question. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1. (TDD) may call the Federal Information
Forms AD–3030, AD–3030–Y and Frequency of Collection: Other: Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
AD–3030–FS will effectuate compliance Corporations—each time they apply to between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
with the appropriations restrictions by participate in a multitude of USDA non- Eastern Standard Time, Monday
requiring all corporate applicants to procurement programs; Awardees each through Friday.
represent, at the time of application for time they receive an award. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
a non-procurement program, whether Estimated Total Annual Burden purpose of the meeting is to:
they have tax delinquencies or felony Hours on Respondents: 1. 1. Discuss Environmental Education;
convictions that would prevent USDA Charlene Parker, and
from doing business with them. Departmental Information Collection 2. Effectively communicate future
Corporations include, but are not Clearance Officer. land management plan activities.
limited to, any entity that has filed The meeting is open to the public.
[FR Doc. 2016–03975 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
articles of incorporation in one of the 50 Board discussion is limited to Forest
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States, the District of Columbia, or the Service staff and Board members.
various territories of the United States. Written comments are invited and
Corporations include both for profit and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE should be sent to Tina Tilley, Area
non-profit entities. Forms AD–3031, Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes,
AD–3031–Y and AD–3031–FS require Forest Service 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond,
an affirmative representation, at the Kentucky 42211; and must be received
time of the award, that corporate Land Between The Lakes Advisory by March 1, 2016, in order for copies to
awardees for non-procurement Board be provided to the members for this
transactions do not have tax meeting. Board members will review
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
delinquencies or felony convictions that written comments received, and at their
would prevent USDA from doing ACTION: Notice of meeting.
request, oral clarification may be
business with them. If the application SUMMARY: The Land Between The Lakes requested for a future meeting.
and award process are a single step, the Advisory Board (Board) will meet in Meeting Accommodations: If you are
agency or staff office may require both Golden Pond, Kentucky. The Board is a person requiring reasonable
forms to be filed simultaneously. authorized under Section 450 of the accommodation, please make requests
Collection of this information is Land Between The Lakes Protection Act in advance for sign language
necessary to ensure that USDA agencies of 1998 (Act) and operates in interpreting, assistive listening devices,
and staff offices comply with the compliance with the Federal Advisory or other reasonable accommodation. For
appropriations restrictions prohibiting Committee Act. The purpose of the access to the facility or proceedings,
the Government from doing business Board is to advise the Secretary of please contact the person listed in the
with corporations with tax Agriculture on the means of promoting section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
delinquencies or felony convictions. public participation for the land and CONTACT. All reasonable
The burden for each form will be resource management plan for the accommodation requests are managed
accounted for within the individual recreation area; and environmental on a case by case basis.
USDA agency and staff office collection education. Board information can be
packages using the forms. The time Dated: February 18, 2016.
found at the following Web site: Tina R. Tilley,
required to complete this information http://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/.
collection is estimated to average 0.25 Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes.
DATES: The meeting will be held at 9:00
minutes per response, per form, [FR Doc. 2016–03840 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
a.m. on March 17, 2016.
including the time for reviewing All Board meetings are subject to BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
instructions, searching existing data cancellation. For status of meeting prior
sources, gathering and maintaining the to attendance, please contact the person
data needed, and completing and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
reviewing the collection of information.
CONTACT. Forest Service
USDA’s Office of the Chief Financial
Officer (OCFO) is requesting approval ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
for one respondent and a one hour place the Land Between The Lakes Ketchikan Resource Advisory
holder for the forms. The total estimated Administration Building, 100 Van Committee
burden for the OCFO’s use of the forms Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky. AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
is thus one hour, which will allow it to Written comments may be submitted
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
distribute the approved forms to USDA as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
agencies and staff offices. USDA INFORMATION. All comments, including SUMMARY: The Ketchikan Resource
agencies and staff offices using the names and addresses when provided, Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
forms will reflect the approved OMB are placed in the record and are Ketchikan, Alaska. The committee is
control number of the package and available for public inspection and authorized under the Secure Rural
account for the burden within their copying. The public may inspect Schools and Community Self-
comments received at Land Between
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individual collection packages when Determination Act (the Act) and
they seek Office of Management and The Lakes Adminstrative Building. operates in compliance with the Federal
Budget approval or re-authorization. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
Respondents: Corporate applicants the building. of the committee is to improve
and awardees for USDA non- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: collaborative relationships and to
procurement programs, including Christine Bombard, Board Coordinator, provide advice and recommendations to
grants, cooperative agreements, loans, by phone at 270–924–2002 or via email the Forest Service concerning projects
loan guarantees, some memoranda of at cabombard@fs.fed.us. and funding consistent with Title II of

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		81 FR 9420