82 FR 57423 - Notice of Request for a Revision to and Extension of an Information Collection; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 232 (December 5, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 232 (December 5, 2017)
| Page Range | 57423-57424 | |
| FR Document | 2017-26109 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 57423-57424] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-26109] ======================================================================== 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. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2017 / Notices [[Page 57423]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notice of Request for a Revision to and Extension of an Information Collection; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of the Chief Information Officer, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the public to comment on the ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This collection was developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process for seeking feedback from the public on service delivery. This notice announces our intent to submit this collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and solicit comments on specific aspects for the proposed information collection. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 5, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:Web site: www.regulations.gov. Email: [email protected] and Fax: 202-692-0203. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available to the public. For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information (PII) or proprietary information. If you send an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. Please note that responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comments that may be made available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Brown, 202-720-8958. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improve service delivery. By qualitative feedback, we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population. This feedback will, (1) provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, (2) provide an early warning of issues with service and, (3) focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. This collection will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable. The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions: The collections are voluntary; The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies; Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future; Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained; Information gathered will be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency; Information gathered will not be used for substantially informing influential policy decisions; and Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data usage requires more rigorous designs that address the target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. [[Page 57424]] Current Actions: Revision/Extension of approval for a collection of information. Type of Review: Revision. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000. Below we provide projected average estimates for the next 3-years: Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 20. Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 1. Annual Responses: 30,000. Frequency of Response: Once per request. Average Minutes per Response: 30. Burden Hours: 15,000. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions to (1) develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; (2) train personnel and be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, (3) complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All written comments will be available for public inspection at Regulations.gov. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. Gary Washington, Acting Chief Information Officer. 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Current Actions: Revision/Extension currently valid Office of Management FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
of approval for a collection of and Budget control number. Colin D. Stewart, Assistant Director,
information. Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol
Gary Washington,
Type of Review: Revision. Permits, Permitting and Compliance
Acting Chief Information Officer. Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and [FR Doc. 2017–26109 Filed 12–4–17; 8:45 am] Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal BILLING CODE 3410–KR–P 1231; (301) 851–2237; email:
Government. Colin.Stewart@aphis.usda.gov.
Estimated Number of Respondents: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
30,000. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hoary cress species (Lepidium draba,
Below we provide projected average Animal and Plant Health Inspection L. appelianum, and L. chalapense) are
estimates for the next 3-years: Service herbaceous, perennial plants that grow
Average Expected Annual Number of in a variety of habitat and soil types.
Activities: 20. [Docket No. APHIS–2017–0086] The hoary cress complex of invasive
Average Number of Respondents per weeds is native to the Balkans, the
Activity: 1. Availability of an Environmental Caspian Sea region of southwestern
Annual Responses: 30,000. Assessment for Release of Aceria Asia, and the Middle East, and is found
Frequency of Response: Once per drabae for Biological Control of Hoary throughout Europe. Hoary cress was
request. Cress introduced into the United States from
Average Minutes per Response: 30. Europe in the late 19th century either
Burden Hours: 15,000. AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health with ship ballast or contaminated
Request for Comments: Comments Inspection Service, USDA. alfalfa, grass, or grain. Since then, hoary
submitted in response to this notice will ACTION: Notice of availability. cress has spread to all regions of the
be summarized and/or included in the United States except the Southeast.
request for OMB approval. Comments SUMMARY: We are advising the public Hoary cress is a perennial weed that
are invited on: (a) Whether the that the Animal and Plant Health reproduces from seeds and a spreading
collection of information is necessary Inspection Service has prepared an root system. The root system consists of
for the proper performance of the environmental assessment relative to vertical and lateral roots from which
functions of the agency, including permitting the release of Aceria drabae rosettes and shoots arise. Hoary cress
whether the information shall have for biological control of hoary cress in inhibits and diminishes recreational
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the the continental United States. The opportunities, directly impedes crop
agency’s estimate of the burden of the environmental assessment considers the production, minimizes grazing potential
collection of information; (c) ways to effects of, and alternatives to, the field of affected rangelands, degrades wildlife
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity release of a mite, Aceria drabae, into the habitat and native plant communities,
of the information to be collected; (d) contiguous United States for use as a and restricts waterfowl use of wetlands
ways to minimize the burden of the biological control agent to reduce the and stream banks. As a result, farmers,
collection of information on severity of hoary cress infestations. We ranchers, recreationists, sportsmen,
respondents, including through the use are making the environmental hunters, and the general public are
of automated collection techniques or assessment available to the public for adversely affected by hoary cress.
other forms of information technology; review and comment. Aceria drabae, a mite, was chosen as
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up DATES: We will consider all comments a potential biological control agent to
costs and costs of operation, that we receive on or before January 4, combat hoary cress due to its very
maintenance, and purchase of services 2018. narrow host range and impact on its
to provide information. Burden means ADDRESSES: You may submit comments host, and since the mite is relatively
the total time, effort, or financial by either of the following methods: widespread in Europe, it should adapt
resources expended by persons to • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to to varying environmental conditions in
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket North America. The applicant’s purpose
provide information to or for a Federal Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0086. for releasing A. drabae is to reduce the
agency. This includes the time needed • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: severity of infestations of invasive hoary
to review instructions to (1) develop, Send your comment to Docket No. cress in the contiguous United States.
acquire, install, and utilize technology APHIS–2017–0086, Regulatory Analysis The Animal and Plant Health
and systems for the purpose of and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station Inspection Service’s (APHIS’) review
collecting, validating and verifying 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, and analysis of the potential
information, processing and Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. environmental impacts associated with
maintaining information, and disclosing Supporting documents and any the proposed release are documented in
and providing information; (2) train comments we receive on this docket detail in an environmental assessment
personnel and be able to respond to a may be viewed at http:// (EA) entitled ‘‘Field release of the gall
collection of information, to search data www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= mite, Aceria drabae (Acari:
sources, (3) complete and review the APHIS-2017-0086 or in our reading Eriophyidae), for classical biological
collection of information; and to room, which is located in room 1141 of control of hoary cress (Lepidium draba
transmit or otherwise disclose the the USDA South Building, 14th Street L., Lepidium chalapense L., and
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
information. and Independence Avenue SW., Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz)
All written comments will be Washington, DC. Normal reading room (Brassicaceae), in the contiguous United
available for public inspection at hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday States’’ (September 2017). We are
Regulations.gov. An agency may not through Friday, except holidays. To be making the EA available to the public
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not sure someone is there to help you, for review and comment. We will
required to respond to, a collection of please call (202) 799–7039 before consider all comments that we receive
information unless it displays a coming. on or before the date listed under the
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| Contact | Ruth Brown, 202-720-8958. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 57423 |
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