82 FR 32316 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 133 (July 13, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 133 (July 13, 2017)
| Page Range | 32316-32317 | |
| FR Document | 2017-14681 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 133 (Thursday, July 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 32316-32317] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-14681] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 133 / Thursday, July 13, 2017 / Notices [[Page 32316]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request July 10, 2017. The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and Budget (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 August 14, 2017 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 persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Rural Utilities Service Title: RUS Form 87, Request for Mail List Data. OMB Control Number: 0572-0051. Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency makes loans (direct and guaranteed) to finance electric and telecommunications facilities in rural areas in accordance with the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 as amended, (ReAct). RUS Electric Program provides support to the vast rural American electric infrastructure. RUS' Telecommunications Program makes loans to furnish and improve telephone services and other telecommunications purposes in rural areas. Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect information using RUS Form 87, Request for Mail List Data. The information is used for the RUS Electric and Telephone programs to obtain the name and addresses of the borrowers' officers/board of directors and corporate officials, who are authorized to sign official documents and/or to make official representations concerning borrower operations and management. RUS uses the information to assure that (1) accurate, current, and verifiable information is available; (2) correspondence with borrowers is properly directed; and (3) the appropriate officials have signed the official documents submitted. Failure to collect information from borrowers could result in failure to protect the government's security interest when determining eligibility and administering loan programs. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 980. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 245. Rural Utilities Service Title: Technical Assistance Program, 7 CFR part 1775. OMB Control Number: 0572-0112. Summary of Collection: Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926, authorizes Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make loans and grants to public agencies, American Indian tribes, and nonprofit corporations. The loans and grants fund the development of drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities in rural areas with populations of up to 10,000 residents. Nonprofit organizations receive Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) and Solid Waste Management (SWM) grants to help small rural communities or areas identify and solve problems relating to community drinking water, wastewater, or solid waste disposal systems. The technical assistance is intended to improve the management and operation of the systems and reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources. TAT and SWM are competitive grant programs administered by RUS. Need and Use of the Information: Nonprofit organizations applying for TAT and SWM grants must submit a pre-application, which includes an application form, narrative proposal, various other forms, certifications and supplemental information. RUS will collect information to determine applicant's eligibility, project feasibility, and the applicant's ability to meet the grant and regulatory requirements. RUS will review the information, evaluate it, and, if the applicant and project are eligible for further competition, invite the applicant to submit a formal application. Failure to collect proper information could result in improper determinations of eligibility, improper use of funds, or hindrances in making grants authorized by the TAT and SWM program. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments. Number of Respondents: 82. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Quarterly. Total Burden Hours: 6,369. Rural Utilities Service Title: Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program. OMB Control Number: 0572-0134. Summary of Collection: Beginning in 2003 the Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 108-7) provided grant funds in the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program budget, the [[Page 32317]] Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 108-199) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447) provided additional funds for public broadcasting systems to meet the digital transition. As part of the nation's transition to digital television, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required all television broadcasters to initiate the broadcast of a digital television signal and to cease analog television broadcasts on February 18, 2009. While stations must broadcast its main transmitter signal in digital, many rural stations often have translators serving small or isolated areas and some of these have not completed the transition to digital or fully converted its production and studio equipment to digital. Because the FCC deadline did not apply to translators, they are allowed to continue broadcasting in analog. The digital transition also created some service gaps where households receiving an analog signal cannot receive a digital signal. For these reasons the grant program has continued past the FCC digital transition deadline until 2014. The Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program is no longer funded. Need and Use of the Information: There are past awardees that remain in the program and the Agency continues to collect information from them. Awardees still in the program must complete SF-475 ``Federal Financial Report'' to submit financial information and SF-270 ``Request for Advance or Reimbursement'' to request payments. If this information is not collected, there would be no basis advancing grant funds to the grant recipients or for ensuring that the project funding is used for intended purposes. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions. Number of Respondents: 15. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 1 hour place holder. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-14681 Filed 7-12-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
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Consolidated Appropriations Act DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lilies
(Public Law 108–199) and the (Lillium spp.) and fritillaries (Fritillaria
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 Animal and Plant Health Inspection spp.) are prized for their blooms,
(Public Law 108–447) provided Service whether the showy and enormous
additional funds for public broadcasting [Docket No. APHIS–2017–0025] Asiatic hybrids or the subtle, fleeting
systems to meet the digital transition. flowers of fritillaries. The aesthetic
As part of the nation’s transition to Availability of an Environmental value of lilies and fritillaries extends to
digital television, the Federal Assessment for Release of Three wild lands, where the flowers are a
Communications Commission (FCC) Parasitoids for Biological Control of significant visual feature during their
the Lily Leaf Beetle bloom, adorning alpine ridges, swampy
required all television broadcasters to
bottomlands, and desert shrublands
initiate the broadcast of a digital AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health alike. The lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii
television signal and to cease analog Inspection Service, USDA. (Coleptera: Chrysomelidae), an
television broadcasts on February 18, ACTION: Notice of availability and aggressive pest of lilies and fritillaries,
2009. While stations must broadcast its request for comments. has expanded its range rapidly over the
main transmitter signal in digital, many past decade, and is now found in
rural stations often have translators SUMMARY: We are advising the public
several northeastern and central States,
serving small or isolated areas and some that the Animal and Plant Health
across Canada, and in Washington State.
of these have not completed the Inspection Service has prepared a draft
Further expansion is expected based on
transition to digital or fully converted environmental assessment relative to
its historical distribution in nearly all of
the release of three parasitoids,
its production and studio equipment to Europe and parts of North Africa. The
Diaparsis jucunda, Lemophagus
digital. Because the FCC deadline did Washington State Department of
errabundus, and Tetrastichus setifer for
not apply to translators, they are Agriculture is proposing to release three
the biological control of the lily leaf
allowed to continue broadcasting in insect parasitoid species for the
beetle. The environmental assessment
analog. The digital transition also biological control of the lily leaf beetle;
considers the effects of, and alternatives
created some service gaps where none of these species have been
to, the field release of the parasitoids
households receiving an analog signal previously released or established in
into the contiguous United States for
cannot receive a digital signal. For these Washington State. The Animal and
use as a biological control agent to
reasons the grant program has continued Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
reduce the severity of infestations of lily
past the FCC digital transition deadline is proposing to issue permits for the
leaf beetle. We are making the
field release of the parasitoids Diaparsis
until 2014. The Public Television environmental assessment available to
jucunda, Lemophagus errabundus, and
Digital Transition Grant Program is no the public for review and comment.
Tetrastichus setifer into the continental
longer funded. DATES: We will consider all comments
United States to reduce the severity of
Need and Use of the Information: that we receive on or before August 14, lily leaf beetle infestations.
There are past awardees that remain in 2017. APHIS’ review and analysis of the
the program and the Agency continues ADDRESSES: You may submit comments proposed action are documented in
to collect information from them. by either of the following methods: detail in a draft environmental
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to assessment (EA) entitled ‘‘Field release
Awardees still in the program must
http://www.regulations.gov/ of Diaparsis jucunda (Hymenoptera:
complete SF–475 ‘‘Federal Financial
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0025. Ichneumonidae), Lemophagus
Report’’ to submit financial information • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
and SF–270 ‘‘Request for Advance or errabundus (Hymenoptera:
Send your comment to Docket No. Ichneumonidae), and Tetrastichus
Reimbursement’’ to request payments. If APHIS–2017–0025, Regulatory Analysis
this information is not collected, there setifer (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) for
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station biological control of the lily leaf beetle,
would be no basis advancing grant 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Lilioceris lilii (Coleoptera:
funds to the grant recipients or for Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Chrysomelidae) in the Contiguous
ensuring that the project funding is used Supporting documents and any United States’’ (January 2017). We are
for intended purposes. comments we receive on this docket making the EA available to the public
Description of Respondents: Not-for- may be viewed at http:// for review and comment. We will
profit institutions. www.regulations.gov/ consider all comments that we receive
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0025 or on or before the date listed under the
Number of Respondents: 15. in our reading room, which is located in heading DATES at the beginning of this
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: room 1141 of the USDA South Building, notice.
On occasion. 14th Street and Independence Avenue The EA may be viewed on the
Total Burden Hours: 1 hour place SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading Regulations.gov Web site or in our
holder. room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., reading room (see ADDRESSES above for
Monday through Friday, except a link to Regulations.gov and
Ruth Brown, holidays. To be sure someone is there to information on the location and hours of
Departmental Information Collection help you, please call (202) 799–7039 the reading room). You may request
Clearance Officer. before coming. paper copies of the EA by calling or
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
[FR Doc. 2017–14681 Filed 7–12–17; 8:45 am] writing to the person listed under FOR
BILLING CODE 3410–15–P Colin D. Stewart, Assistant Director, FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please
Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol refer to the title of the EA when
Permits Permitting and Compliance requesting copies.
Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River The EA has been prepared in
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– accordance with: (1) The National
1231; (301) 851–2327, email: Environmental Policy Act of 1969
Colin.Stewart@aphis.usda.gov. (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
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