82_FR_31170 82 FR 31043 - Notice of Request for Revision of Currently Approved Information Collections

82 FR 31043 - Notice of Request for Revision of Currently Approved Information Collections

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 127 (July 5, 2017)

Page Range31043-31044
FR Document2017-14045

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) intention to request a revision for currently approved information collections in support of the foreign donation of agricultural commodities under the section 416(b) program, the Food for Progress Program, and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14045]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Notice of Request for Revision of Currently Approved Information 
Collections

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 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 Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) intention to 
request a revision for currently approved information collections in 
support of the foreign donation of agricultural commodities under the 
section 416(b) program, the Food for Progress Program, and the 
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by September 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments as requested in this 
document. In your comment, include the volume, date, and page number of 
this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail, hand delivery, or courier: Benjamin Muskovitz, 
Director, Food Assistance Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC 20250-1034;
     Email: [email protected]; or
     Telephone: (202) 720-0886.
    Comments will be available for inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov and at the mail address listed above between 8:00 
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
    Persons with disabilities who require an alternative means for 
communication of information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, 
etc.) should contact USDA's Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and 
TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin Muskovitz, Director, Food 
Assistance Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC 20250-1034; or by email at 
[email protected]; or by telephone at (202) 720-0886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Foreign Donation of Agricultural Commodities (section 416(b) 
and Food for Progress programs) and McGovern-Dole International Food 
for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
    OMB Number: 0551-0035.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2017.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved information 
collections.
    Abstract: Under the section 416(b) and Food for Progress programs 
(the ``Foreign Donation Programs'') and the McGovern-Dole International 
Food for Education and Child Nutrition (``McGovern-Dole'') Program, 
information will be gathered from applicants desiring to receive 
federal awards under the programs to determine the viability of 
requests for resources to implement activities in foreign countries. 
Recipients of awards under the programs must submit compliance reports 
until activities carried out with donated commodities or funds, or 
local currencies generated from the sale of donated commodities, are 
completed. Recipients that use the services of freight forwarders must 
submit certifications from the freight forwarders regarding their 
activities and affiliations. Documents are used to develop effective 
grant and cooperative agreements for awards under the programs and 
assure that statutory requirements and objectives are met.
    Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for each respondent 
resulting from information collections under the Foreign Donation 
Programs or the McGovern-Dole Program varies in direct relation to the 
number and type of agreements entered into by such respondent. The 
estimated average reporting burden for the Foreign Donation Programs is 
45.24 hours per response and for the McGovern-Dole Program is 45.24 
hours per response.
    Respondents: Private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, foreign 
governments, intergovernmental organizations, freight forwarders, ship 
owners and brokers, and survey companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 61 per annum.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 32 per annum.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden of Respondents: 88,308.5 hours.

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    Request for comments: Send comments regarding (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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from 
Connie Ehrhart, the Agency Information Collection Coordinator, at (202) 
690-1578 or email at [email protected].
    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: June 15, 2017.
Holly Higgins,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-14045 Filed 7-3-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2017 / Notices 31043 Office of Procurement and Property Total Burden Hours: 1,350. Assistance Division, Foreign Management Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Ruth Brown, Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC Title: Voluntary Labeling Program for Departmental Information Collection 20250–1034; or by email at Biobased Products. Clearance Officer. Benjamin.Muskovitz@fas.usda.gov; or [FR Doc. 2017–14031 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] OMB Control Number: 0503–0020. by telephone at (202) 720–0886. BILLING CODE 3410–TX–P Summary of Collection: Section SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 9002(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Title: Foreign Donation of Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Commodities (section amended by the Food, Conservation, 416(b) and Food for Progress programs) and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008 and the Foreign Agricultural Service and McGovern-Dole International Food Agricultural Act of 2014, requires the for Education and Child Nutrition Secretary of Agriculture to implement a Notice of Request for Revision of Program. voluntary labeling program that would Currently Approved Information OMB Number: 0551–0035. enable qualifying biobased products to Collections Expiration Date of Approval: be certified with a ‘‘USDA Certified AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, November 30, 2017. Biobased Product’’ label. The voluntary USDA. Type of Request: Revision of currently labeling program is required to be approved information collections. ACTION: Notice and request for consistent, where possible, with the Abstract: Under the section 416(b) comments. guidelines implementing the preferred and Food for Progress programs (the procurement of biobased products by SUMMARY: In accordance with the ‘‘Foreign Donation Programs’’) and the Federal agencies (referred to hereafter as Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this McGovern-Dole International Food for the preferred procurement program), notice announces the Foreign Education and Child Nutrition which is also authorized under section Agricultural Service’s (FAS) intention to (‘‘McGovern-Dole’’) Program, 9002 of FSRIA. Under the preferred request a revision for currently information will be gathered from procurement program, Federal agencies approved information collections in applicants desiring to receive federal are required to purchase with certain support of the foreign donation of awards under the programs to determine exceptions, biobased products that are agricultural commodities under the the viability of requests for resources to identified, by rulemaking, for preferred section 416(b) program, the Food for implement activities in foreign procurement. The BioPreferred Program Progress Program, and the McGovern- countries. Recipients of awards under is implemented by USDA’s Office of Dole International Food for Education the programs must submit compliance Procurement and Property Management and Child Nutrition Program. reports until activities carried out with (OPPM). DATES: Comments on this notice must be donated commodities or funds, or local received by September 5, 2017. currencies generated from the sale of Need and Use of the Information: donated commodities, are completed. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit Under the voluntary labeling program, Recipients that use the services of manufacturers and vendors must comments as requested in this document. In your comment, include freight forwarders must submit complete an application for each stand- certifications from the freight forwarders alone biobased product or biobased the volume, date, and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. You regarding their activities and product family for which they wish to affiliations. Documents are used to may submit comments by any of the use the label. The application process is develop effective grant and cooperative following methods: electronic and is accessible through the agreements for awards under the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to voluntary labeling program Web site. In http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the programs and assure that statutory addition manufacturers and vendors online instructions for submitting requirements and objectives are met. whose applications have been comments. Estimate of Burden: The public conditionally approved must provide to • Mail, hand delivery, or courier: reporting burden for each respondent OPPM certain information for posting Benjamin Muskovitz, Director, Food resulting from information collections by OPPM on the voluntary labeling Assistance Division, Foreign under the Foreign Donation Programs or program Web site. For each product Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of the McGovern-Dole Program varies in approved by the Agency for use of the Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC direct relation to the number and type label, the manufacturer or vendor must 20250–1034; of agreements entered into by such keep that information for each certified • Email: Benjamin.Muskovitz@ respondent. The estimated average product up-to-date. The information fas.usda.gov; or reporting burden for the Foreign requested for inclusion in the • Telephone: (202) 720–0886. Donation Programs is 45.24 hours per application are: (1) Contact information Comments will be available for response and for the McGovern-Dole (of the manufacturer or vendor and inspection online at http:// Program is 45.24 hours per response. preparer of application) and (2) product www.regulations.gov and at the mail Respondents: Private voluntary identification information, including address listed above between 8:00 a.m. organizations, cooperatives, foreign brand name(s), the applicable and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, governments, intergovernmental designated item category or categories or except holidays. organizations, freight forwarders, ship equivalent, and the biobased content of Persons with disabilities who require owners and brokers, and survey sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES the product. an alternative means for communication companies. of information (e.g., Braille, large print, Estimated Number of Respondents: 61 Description of Respondents: Business audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s per annum. or other for-profit. Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice Estimated Number of Responses per Number of Respondents: 150. and TDD). Respondent: 32 per annum. Frequency of Responses: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Estimated Total Annual Burden of Recordkeeping; Reporting: Other (once). Benjamin Muskovitz, Director, Food Respondents: 88,308.5 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:57 Jul 03, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1

31044 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 5, 2017 / Notices Request for comments: Send Dated: June 29, 2017. ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ comments regarding (a) whether the Elizabeth Whiteman, Board’s Web site, which is accessible proposed collection of information is Acting Executive Secretary. via www.trade.gov/ftz. necessary for the proper performance of [FR Doc. 2017–14051 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] For further information, contact the functions of the agency, including BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Elizabeth Whiteman at whether the information will have Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 482–0473. agency’s estimate of the burden of the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Dated: June 29, 2017. proposed collection of information; (c) Elizabeth Whiteman, ways to enhance the quality, utility and Foreign-Trade Zones Board Acting Executive Secretary. clarity of the information to be [S–101–2017] [FR Doc. 2017–14052 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Foreign-Trade Zone 29—Louisville, on those who are to respond, including Kentucky; Application for Subzone through the use of automated, Expansion; Hitachi Automotive DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE electronic, mechanical, or other Systems Americas, Inc.; Berea, technological collection techniques or Kentucky Foreign-Trade Zones Board other forms of information technology. Copies of this information collection An application has been submitted to [S–99–2017] can be obtained from Connie Ehrhart, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by the Agency Information Collection the Louisville & Jefferson County Foreign-Trade Zone 283—West Coordinator, at (202) 690–1578 or email Riverport Authority, grantee of FTZ 29, Tennessee Area Application for at Connie.Ehrhart@fas.usda.gov. requesting an expansion of Subzone 29F Subzone, MTD Consumer Group Inc., All responses to this notice will be on behalf of Hitachi Automotive Martin, Tennessee summarized and included in the request Systems Americas, Inc., in Berea, Kentucky. The application was An application has been submitted to for OMB approval. All comments will the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the also become a matter of public record. submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as Board) by the Northwest Tennessee Dated: June 15, 2017. amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the Regional Port Authority, grantee of FTZ Holly Higgins, regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 283, requesting subzone status for the Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural part 400). It was formally docketed on facility of MTD Consumer Group Inc. Service. June 29, 2017. (MTD), located in Martin, Tennessee. [FR Doc. 2017–14045 Filed 7–3–17; 8:45 am] The subzone currently consists of the The application was submitted pursuant BILLING CODE 3410–10–P following sites in Harrodsburg, to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Kentucky: Site 1 (50 acres) 955 Warwick Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– Road; Site 2 (1.56 acres) 601 Robinson 81u), and the regulations of the Board Road; and, Site 3 (1.4 acres) 110 Morgan (15 CFR part 400). It was formally DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Soaper Road. docketed on June 29, 2017. The applicant is now requesting The proposed subzone (89 acres) is Foreign-Trade Zones Board located at 116, 136 and 181 Industrial authority to include an additional site: Proposed Site 4 (20 acres), 1150 Mayde Park Drive, Martin, Tennessee. A [B–15–2017] notification of proposed production Road, Berea. No additional production Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 265— authority is being requested at this time. activity has been submitted and is being Conroe, Texas; Authorization of As requested, the entire subzone would processed under 15 CFR 400.37 (Doc. B– Production Activity; Bauer be subject to the existing activation limit 41–2017). The proposed subzone would Manufacturing LLC dba NEORig; of FTZ 29. be subject to the existing activation limit (Stationary Oil/Gas Drilling Rigs); In accordance with the FTZ Board’s of FTZ 283. Conroe, Texas regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the In accordance with the Board’s FTZ Staff is designated examiner to regulations, Kathleen Boyce of the FTZ On February 24, 2017, the City of review the application and make Staff is designated examiner to review Conroe, Texas, grantee of FTZ 265, recommendations to the Executive the application and make submitted a notification of proposed Secretary. recommendations to the Executive production activity to the FTZ Board on Public comment is invited from Secretary. behalf of Bauer Manufacturing LLC dba interested parties. Submissions shall be Public comment is invited from NEORig, within Site 1, in Conroe, addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive interested parties. Submissions shall be Texas. Secretary at the address below. The addressed to the Board’s Executive The notification was processed in closing period for their receipt is August Secretary at the address below. The accordance with the regulations of the 14, 2017. Rebuttal comments in closing period for their receipt is August FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including response to material submitted during 14, 2017. Rebuttal comments in notice in the Federal Register inviting the foregoing period may be submitted response to material submitted during public comment (82 FR 12788–12789, during the subsequent 15-day period to the foregoing period may be submitted March 7, 2017). On June 26, 2017, the during the subsequent 15-day period to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES August 29, 2017. applicant was notified of the FTZ A copy of the application will be August 29, 2017. Board’s decision that no further review available for public inspection at the A copy of the application will be of the activity is warranted at this time. Office of the Executive Secretary, available for public inspection at the The production activity described in the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room Office of the Executive Secretary, notification was authorized, subject to 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, regulations, including Section 400.14. Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:57 Jul 03, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1


Document Created: 2017-07-04 02:00:36
Document Modified: 2017-07-04 02:00:36
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 September 5, 2017.
ContactBenjamin Muskovitz, Director, Food Assistance Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC 20250-1034; or by email at [email protected]; or by telephone at (202) 720-0886.
FR Citation82 FR 31043 
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