82_FR_17476 82 FR 17408 - Office of Communications; Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection

82 FR 17408 - Office of Communications; Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 68 (April 11, 2017)

Page Range17408-17409
FR Document2017-07213

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Office of Communications to request approval for a new information collection for Event Appearance Requests for the Secretary or members of his staff.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17408-17409]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07213]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Office of Communications; Notice of Request for Approval of a New 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Communications, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the Office of Communications to 
request approval for a new information collection for Event Appearance 
Requests for the Secretary or members of his staff.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 12, 2017 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: The Office of the Secretary invites interested persons to 
submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by one of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This Web site provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this 
Web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
     Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications, Docket Clerk, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 412A, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
     Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to Docket 
Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications, Docket 
Clerk, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 412A, Washington, DC 20250-
3700.
    Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must 
include the Office of Communications and date and page number of this 
issue of the Federal Register. Comments received in response to this 
docket will be made available for public inspection and posted without 
change, including any personal information, to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go 
to the Office of Communications Docket Room at 1400 Independence Ave. 
SW., Room 412A, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tomasina Brown, Office of 
Communications U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. 
SW., Room 412A Washington, DC 20250 202-720-4623 and 202-720-5773 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Event Appearance Requests for the Secretary or members of 
his staff.
    OMB Number: 0506-New.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from approval date.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Abstract: A web form that collects information on events that the 
public would like the Secretary to participate in, or those in which 
the incoming Secretary may want to use to reach back

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out to interested parties to invite them to events. Information that 
will be collected is as follows: Organization, Address, Phone/Cell 
Number, First and last name of point of contact, Email Address, Type of 
event, Date of event, Event location, Secretary's role, Number of 
attendees, Press open or closed.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 15 min per response.
    Type of Respondents: Individual, Businesses, Not-for profit; State, 
Local or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000.
    Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Tomasina Brown, 
Office of Communications U.S. Department of Agriculture. All comments 
received will be available for public inspection during regular 
business hours at the same address. All responses to this notice will 
be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record.

David Black,
Acting Director of Communications.
[FR Doc. 2017-07213 Filed 4-10-17; 8:45 am]
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17408 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 68 / Tuesday, April 11, 2017 / Notices the collection of information unless it Summary of Collection: Under the collection for Event Appearance displays a currently valid OMB control Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et Requests for the Secretary or members number. seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is of his staff. authorized to carry out operations or DATES: Comments on this notice must be Animal Plant and Health Inspection measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, received by June 12, 2017 to be assured Service control, prevent, or retard the spread of of consideration. Title: Importation of Fresh Citrus plant pests new to the United States or ADDRESSES: The Office of the Secretary Fruit from Uruguay into the United not known to be widely distributed invites interested persons to submit States. throughout the United States. The comments on this notice. Comments OMB Control Number: 0579–0401. regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and may be submitted by one of the Summary of Collection: Under the Vegetables’’ (Title 7, Code of Federal following methods: Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is the regulations), prohibit or restrict the Web site provides the ability to type authorized to carry out operations or importation of fruits and vegetables into short comments directly into the measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, the United States from certain parts of comment field on this Web page or control, prevent, or retard the spread of the world to prevent the introduction attach a file for lengthier comments. Go plant pests new to the United States or and dissemination of plant pests that are to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow not known to be widely distributed new to or not widely distributed with the on-line instructions at that site for throughout the United States. The the United States. The fruits and submitting comments. regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and vegetables regulations allow the • Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: Vegetables’’ (Title 7, Code of Federal importation of commercial shipments of Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as fresh beans, shelled or in pods (French, of Agriculture, Office of the regulations), prohibit or restrict the green, snap, and string) from Jordan into Communications, Docket Clerk, 1400 importation of fruits and vegetables into the continental United States. As a Independence Avenue SW., Room the United States from certain parts of condition of entry, the beans have to be 412A, Washington, DC 20250–3700. the world to prevent the introduction produced in accordance with a system • Hand- or courier-delivered and dissemination of plant pests that are approach that includes requirements for submittals: Deliver to Docket Clerk, U.S. new to or not widely distributed with packing, washing, and processing. Department of Agriculture, Office of the United States. APHIS’ fruits and Need and Use of the Information: Communications, Docket Clerk, 1400 vegetables regulations allow, under APHIS uses the following information Independence Avenue SW., Room certain conditions, the importation into activities to verify that fresh beans from 412A, Washington, DC 20250–3700. the United States of commercial Jordan are grown in production areas Instructions: All items submitted by consignments of fresh citrus fruit from that are registered and monitored by the mail or electronic mail must include the Uruguay North American Plant Protection Office of Communications and date and Need and Use of the Information: Organization (NPPO) of Jordan: (1) page number of this issue of the Federal APHIS uses the following information Phytosanitary Certificate with/ Register. Comments received in activities to verify that citrus fruit from Declaration, (2) Packinghouse response to this docket will be made Uruguay is grown in production areas Registration, (3) Box Labeling, and (4) available for public inspection and that are registered and monitored by the Inspections. posted without change, including any North American Plant Protection Description of Respondents: Business personal information, to http:// Organization (NPPO) and to verify or other for-profit and Federal www.regulations.gov. consignments have been produced with Government. Docket: For access to background a systems approach: Bilateral Workplan, Number of Respondents: 5. documents or comments received, go to Production Site Registration, Frequency of Responses: Reporting: the Office of Communications Docket Phytosanitary Certificate, Labeling On occasion. Room at 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Total Burden Hours: 58. Room 412A, Washington, DC 20250– Boxes, Monitoring and Inspection, Investigation and Appropriate Remedial Ruth Brown, 3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Action, Recordkeeping, Registration of Departmental Information Collection Monday through Friday. Packinghouses, Certified Facility, and Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monitoring. Failure to collect the [FR Doc. 2017–07244 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am] Tomasina Brown, Office of information would cause millions of BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Communications U.S. Department of dollars in losses and cripple APHIS’ Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. ability to ensure that fresh citrus from SW., Room 412A Washington, DC 20250 Uruguay is not carrying plant pests. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 202–720–4623 and 202–720–5773 or Description of Respondents: Business Tomasina.brown@oc.usda.gov. or other for-profit and Federal Office of Communications; Notice of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Government. Request for Approval of a New Title: Event Appearance Requests for Number of Respondents: 16. Information Collection the Secretary or members of his staff. Frequency of Responses: AGENCY: Office of Communications, OMB Number: 0506–New. Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. USDA. Expiration Date of Approval: Three Total Burden Hours: 1,351. srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Notice and request for years from approval date. comments. Type of Request: New information Animal Plant and Health Inspection collection. Service SUMMARY: In accordance with the Abstract: A web form that collects Title: Importation of Fresh Beans, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this information on events that the public Shelled or in Pods from Jordan into the notice announces the intention of the would like the Secretary to participate Continental United States. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 68 / Tuesday, April 11, 2017 / Notices 17409 out to interested parties to invite them Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. iterations, and information on how the to events. Information that will be chapter 35). data can benefit their community, will collected is as follows: Organization, Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. encourage response. Higher response Address, Phone/Cell Number, First and Title: National Survey of Children’s can reduce follow-up costs and last name of point of contact, Email Health. nonresponse bias. The first additional Address, Type of event, Date of event, OMB Control Number: 0607–0990. non-experimental design element is a $2 Event location, Secretary’s role, Number Form Number(s): screener cash incentive mailed to 90% of attendees, Press open or closed. English survey forms include: of sampled addresses; the remaining Estimate of Burden: Public reporting NSCH–S1 (English Screener), 10% (the control) will receive no burden for this collection of information NSCH–T1 (English Topical for 0- to 5- incentive to monitor the effectiveness of is estimated to average 15 min per year-old children), the cash incentive. This incentive is response. NSCH–T2 (English Topical for 6- to designed to increase response and Type of Respondents: Individual, 11-year-old children), reduce nonresponse bias. The incentive Businesses, Not-for profit; State, Local NSCH–T3 (English Topical for 12- to amount was chosen following an or Tribal governments. 17-year-old children). incentive test in the 2016 NSCH. From Estimated Number of Respondents: Spanish survey forms include: this test, we concluded that the $2 5,000. NSCH–S–S1 (Spanish Screener), incentive significantly increased Estimated Number of Responses: NSCH–S–T1 (Spanish Topical for 0- response over no incentive, particularly 10,000. to 5-year-old children), among low-response groups, and was NSCH–S–T2 (Spanish Topical for 6- Estimated Number of Responses per more cost effective than the $5 to 11-year-old children), and Respondent: 2. incentive. The second additional non- NSCH–S–T3 (Spanish Topical for 12- Estimated Total Annual Burden on experimental design element is a to 17-year-old children). Respondents: 1,000. modification to data collection Type of Request: Regular submission. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether Number of Respondents: 58,345 for procedures based on the block group- the proposed collection of information the Screener and 23,460 for the Topical. level paper-only response probability to is necessary for the proper performance Average Hours per Response: 0.083 identify households (30% of the sample) of the functions of the agency, including for the screener and 0.5 for the topical. that would be more likely to respond by whether the information will have Burden Hours: 16,573. paper and send them a paper practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Needs and Uses: The National Survey questionnaire from the initial mailing. agency’s estimate of the burden of the of Children’s Health (NSCH) enables the Affected Public: Parents, researchers, proposed collection of information Maternal and Child Health Bureau policymakers, and family advocates. including the validity of the (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Frequency: This 2017 collection is the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Services Administration (HRSA) of the second administration of the NSCH. It is ways to enhance the quality, utility, and U.S. Department of Health and Human expected that this will become an clarity of the information to be Services (HHS) to produce national and annual or biennial survey, with a new collected; and (4) ways to minimize the state-based estimates on the health and sample drawn for each administration. burden of the collection of information well-being of children, their families, Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. on those who are to respond, including and their communities as well as Legal Authority: Census Authority: 13 the use of appropriate automated, estimates of the prevalence and impact U.S.C. Section 8(b). electronic, mechanical, or other of children with special health care HRSA MCHB Authority: Section technological collection techniques or needs. 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 other forms of information technology. Data will be collected using one of U.S.C. 701). Comments may be sent to Tomasina two modes. The first mode is a web USDA Authority: The Healthy, Brown, Office of Communications U.S. instrument (Centurion) survey that Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Department of Agriculture. All contains the screener and topical Law 111–296. In particular, 42 U.S.C. comments received will be available for instruments. The web instrument first 1769d(a) authorizes USDA to conduct public inspection during regular will take the respondent through the research on the causes and business hours at the same address. All screener questions. If the household consequences of childhood hunger responses to this notice will be screens into the study, the respondent included in 1769d(a)(4)(B), the summarized and included in the request will be taken directly into one of the geographic dispersion of childhood for OMB approval. All comments will three age-based topical sets of questions. hunger and food insecurity. become a matter of public record. The second mode is a mailout/mailback CDC/NCBDDD Authority: Public David Black, of a self-administered paper-and-pencil Health Service Act, Section 301, 42 interviewing (PAPI) screener instrument U.S.C. 241. Acting Director of Communications. followed by a separate mailout/mailback EPA Authority: FIFRA: Section 20(a); [FR Doc. 2017–07213 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am] of a PAPI age-based topical instrument. Toxic Substances Control Act: Section BILLING CODE 3410–13–P 10; 15 U.S.C. 2609. The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) is a large-scale (sample Confidentiality: The U.S. Census Bureau is size is 156,054 addresses) national required by law to protect your information. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE survey. The survey will consist of one The Census Bureau is not permitted to experiment to test the efficacy of an publicly release your responses in a way that srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Submission for OMB Review; could identify you or your household. Comment Request infographic in the initial package as Federal law protects your privacy and keeps well as two key, non-experimental your answers confidential (Title 13, United The Department of Commerce will design elements. It is anticipated that States Code, Section 9). Per the Federal submit to the Office of Management and the infographic will provide Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, Budget (OMB) for clearance the respondents with a visually pleasant your data are protected from cybersecurity following proposal for collection of overview of the survey, including risks through screening of the systems that information under the provisions of the survey design, key estimates from past transmit your data. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:18 Apr 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1


Document Created: 2017-04-11 00:48:32
Document Modified: 2017-04-11 00:48:32
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments on this notice must be received by June 12, 2017 to be assured of consideration.
ContactTomasina Brown, Office of Communications U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room 412A Washington, DC 20250 202-720-4623 and 202-720-5773 or [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 17408 
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