83_FR_10872 83 FR 10823 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

83 FR 10823 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 49 (March 13, 2018)

Page Range10823-10824
FR Document2018-05033

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10823-10824]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05033]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 8, 2018.
    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 required 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; and (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 April 
12, 2018 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: 
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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

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persons are not required to respond to the collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
    Summary of Collection: The Farm Service Agency (FSA), in 
cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Forest 
Service, and other agencies and organizations, provides eligible 
producers and landowners cost-share incentives and technical assistance 
through several conservation and environmental programs to help 
farmers, ranchers, and other eligible landowners and operators conserve 
soil, improve water quality, develop forests, and rehabilitate farmland 
severely damaged by natural disasters. The authorities to collect 
information for this collection are found under the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205), which provides emergency funds for 
sharing with agricultural producers the cost of rehabilitating farmland 
damaged by natural disaster, and for carrying out emergency water 
conservation measures during periods of severe drought. FSA is also 
managing the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) authorized by 
Section 9010 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79), which 
amends Title 1X of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 008. BCAP 
regulations outlined the legislations parameters, program definitions 
and process or: (1) Establishing BCAP project areas; (2) Matching 
payment opportunity for eligible material wners and qualifying biomass 
conversion facilities; (3) Contracting acreage for producers in BCAP 
project areas; and (4) Establishment and annual production payments for 
producers in CAP projects areas.
    Need and use of the Information: FSA will collect information using 
several forms. The collected information will be used to determine if 
the person, land, and practices are eligible for participation in the 
respective program and to receive cost-share assistance. Information 
collection from eligible biomass owners, biomass conversion facilities, 
and producers meeting the requirements for matching payments, annual 
production payment assistance, establishment payments and BCAP project 
area designation is necessary in order to ensure the financial 
accountability needed to operate and administer the BCAP. Without the 
information, FSA will not be able to make eligibility determinations 
and compute payments in a timely manner.
    Description of Respondents: Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 70,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total burden hours: 77,763.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-05033 Filed 3-12-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-05-P

10823 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 49 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER displays a currently valid OMB control Total Burden Hours: 5,110. contains documents other than rules or number. proposed rules that are applicable to the Ruth Brown, public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Food and Nutrition Service Departmental Information Collection committee meetings, agency decisions and Clearance Officer. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Title: Third National Survey of WIC [FR Doc. 2018–04982 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am] petitions and applications and agency Participants (NSWP–III). BILLING CODE 3410–30–P statements of organization and functions are OMB Control Number: 0584—New. examples of documents appearing in this section. Summary of Collection: The Third DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Survey of WIC Participants (NSWP–III) is designed to provide Submission for OMB Review; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE nationally representative estimates of Comment Request improper payments in the Special Submission for OMB Review; Supplemental Program for Women, March 8, 2018. Comment Request The Department of Agriculture has Infants, and Children (WIC) arising from March 8, 2018. errors in the certification or denial of submitted the following information The Department of Agriculture has WIC applicants, to investigate potential collection requirement(s) to OMB for submitted the following information State and local agency characteristics review and clearance under the collection requirement(s) to OMB for that may correlate with these errors, and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, review and clearance under the to assess WIC participants’ reasons for Public Law 104–13. Comments are Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, required regarding (1) whether the satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the Public Law 104–13. Comments are collection of information is necessary program. The NSWP–III builds on three requested regarding (1) whether the for the proper performance of the previous studies and reports spanning functions of the agency, including collection of information is necessary several decades. The Improper for the proper performance of the whether the information will have Payments Elimination and Recovery practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the functions of the agency, including Improvement Act (IPERIA) of 2012 (P.L. whether the information will have agency’s estimate of burden including 112–248); 2009 Executive Order the validity of the methodology and practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 13520—Reducing Improper Payments; assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) the quality, utility and clarity of the assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance USDA FY 2014 Compliance with information to be collected; and (4) the quality, utility and clarity of the Improper Payments Requirements; and ways to minimize the burden of the information to be collected; and (4) the Requirements for Effective collection of information on those who ways to minimize the burden of the Estimation and Remediation of are to respond, including through the collection of information on those who Improper Payments set forth the use of appropriate automated, are to respond, including through the priority, mandate, and requirements for electronic, mechanical, or other use of appropriate automated, the Food and Nutrition Service to technological collection techniques or electronic, mechanical, or other identify, estimate, and reduce erroneous other forms of information technology. technological collection techniques or payments in WIC. Comments regarding this information other forms of information technology. collection received by April 12, 2018 Need and use of the Information: The Comments regarding this information will be considered. Written comments NSWP–III will collect data from state collection received by April 12, 2018 should be addressed to: Desk Officer for and local WIC agency directors, current Agriculture, Office of Information and will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for and former WIC program participants, Regulatory Affairs, Office of Agriculture, Office of Information and and recently denied WIC program Management and Budget (OMB), New Regulatory Affairs, Office of participants. The surveys for the state Executive Office Building, 725—17th Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_ and local WIC agency directors are Street, NW, Washington, DC 20502. Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) mandatory, while the surveys for the Commenters are encouraged to submit 395–5806 and to Departmental WIC program participants are voluntary. their comments to OMB via email to: Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail The NSWP–III has two purposes: (1) To OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– obtain the data necessary to accomplish fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may the study objectives noted above and (2) Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. to pilot a new methodology for future Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– An agency may not conduct or annual estimates of improper payments 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may sponsor a collection of information in the WIC program. be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES unless the collection of information Description of Respondents: State, An agency may not conduct or displays a currently valid OMB control Local, or Tribal Government; sponsor a collection of information number and the agency informs Individuals or Households. unless the collection of information potential persons who are to respond to displays a currently valid OMB control the collection of information that such Number of Respondents: 6,588. number and the agency informs persons are not required to respond to Frequency of Responses: Reporting: potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information unless it On Occasion. the collection of information that such VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13MRN1.SGM 13MRN1

10824 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2018 / Notices persons are not required to respond to information, FSA will not be able to the collection of information that such the collection of information unless it make eligibility determinations and persons are not required to respond to displays a currently valid OMB control compute payments in a timely manner. the collection of information unless it number. Description of Respondents: Farms. displays a currently valid OMB control Number of Respondents: 70,000. number. Farm Service Agency Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Title: Emergency Conservation Annually. Rural Utilities Service Program and Biomass Crop Assistance Total burden hours: 77,763. Title: 7 CFR 1726, Electric System Program. Ruth Brown, Construction Policies and Procedures— OMB Control Number: 0560–0082. Electric. Summary of Collection: The Farm Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. OMB Control Number: 0572–0107. Service Agency (FSA), in cooperation [FR Doc. 2018–05033 Filed 3–12–18; 8:45 am] Summary of Collection: The Rural with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Forest BILLING CODE 3410–05–P Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 Service, and other agencies and et.seq., as amended, (RE ACT) in Sec. 4 organizations, provides eligible (7 U.S.C. 904) authorizes and empowers producers and landowners cost-share DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE the Administrator of the Rural Utilities incentives and technical assistance Service (RUS) to make loans in the Submission for OMB Review; through several conservation and several States and Territories of the Comment Request environmental programs to help United States for rural electrification farmers, ranchers, and other eligible March 8, 2018. and the furnishing and improving of landowners and operators conserve soil, The Department of Agriculture has electric energy to persons in rural areas. improve water quality, develop forests, submitted the following information These loans are for a term of up to 35 and rehabilitate farmland severely collection requirement(s) to Office of years and are secured by a first mortgage damaged by natural disasters. The Management and Budget (OMB) for on the borrower’s electric system. In the authorities to collect information for review and clearance under the interest of protecting loan security and this collection are found under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, accomplishing the statutory objective of Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 Public Law 104–13. Comments are a sound program of rural electrification, U.S.C. 2201–2205), which provides requested regarding (1) whether the Section 4 of the RE Act further requires emergency funds for sharing with collection of information is necessary that RUS make or guarantee a loan only agricultural producers the cost of for the proper performance of the if there is reasonable assurance that the rehabilitating farmland damaged by functions of the agency, including loan, together with all outstanding loans natural disaster, and for carrying out whether the information will have and obligations of the borrower, will be emergency water conservation measures practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the repaid in full within the time agreed. during periods of severe drought. FSA is agency’s estimate of burden including RUS will collect information using also managing the Biomass Crop the validity of the methodology and various RUS forms. Assistance Program (BCAP) authorized assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance Need and Use of the Information: by Section 9010 of the Agricultural Act the quality, utility and clarity of the RUS will collect information to of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–79), which amends information to be collected; (4) ways to implement certain provisions of the Title 1X of the Food, Conservation and minimize the burden of the collection of RUS standard form of loan documents Energy Act of 008. BCAP regulations information on those who are to regarding the borrower’s purchase of outlined the legislations parameters, respond, including through the use of materials and equipment and the program definitions and process or: (1) appropriate automated, electronic, construction of its electric system by Establishing BCAP project areas; (2) mechanical, or other technological contract or force account. The use of Matching payment opportunity for collection techniques or other forms of standard forms and procurement eligible material wners and qualifying information technology. procedures helps assure RUS that biomass conversion facilities; (3) Comments regarding this information appropriate standards and specifications Contracting acreage for producers in collection received by April 12, 2018 are maintained; agency loan security is BCAP project areas; and (4) will be considered. Written comments not adversely affected; and loan and Establishment and annual production should be addressed to: Desk Officer for loan guarantee funds are used payments for producers in CAP projects Agriculture, Office of Information and effectively and for the intended areas. Regulatory Affairs, Office of purposes. The information will be used Need and use of the Information: FSA Management and Budget (OMB), New by RUS electric borrowers, their will collect information using several Executive Office Building, 725 17th contractors and by RUS. If standard forms. The collected information will be Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. forms were not used, borrowers would used to determine if the person, land, Commenters are encouraged to submit need to prepare their own documents at and practices are eligible for their comments to OMB via email to: a significant expense; and each participation in the respective program OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or document submitted by a borrower and to receive cost-share assistance. fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental would require extensive and costly Information collection from eligible Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail review by both RUS and the Office of biomass owners, biomass conversion Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– the General Counsel. facilities, and producers meeting the 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may Description of Respondents: Not-for- amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES requirements for matching payments, be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. profit institutions; Business or other for- annual production payment assistance, An agency may not conduct or profit. establishment payments and BCAP sponsor a collection of information project area designation is necessary in unless the collection of information Number of Respondents: 817. order to ensure the financial displays a currently valid OMB control Frequency of Responses: Reporting: accountability needed to operate and number and the agency informs On occasion. administer the BCAP. Without the potential persons who are to respond to Total Burden Hours: 78. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Mar 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13MRN1.SGM 13MRN1


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FR Citation83 FR 10823 
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