83 FR 27309 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 113 (June 12, 2018)
Rural Utilities Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 113 (June 12, 2018)
| Page Range | 27309-27310 | |
| FR Document | 2018-12544 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 27309-27310] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-12544] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Information Collection Activity; Comment Request AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information collection for which the RUS intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 13, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, USDA Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164 South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Fax: (202) 720- 8435 or email to: Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS is submitting to OMB as extension to an existing collection with Agency adjustment. Comments are invited on: (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 including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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 appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522, Room 5164, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250- 1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492; Fax: (202) 720-8435. Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers and Grantees. OMB Control Number: 0572-0095. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service relies on the information provided by the borrowers in their financial [[Page 27310]] statements to make lending decisions as to borrowers' credit worthiness and to assure that loan funds are approved, advanced and disbursed for proper RE Act purposes. These financial statements are audited by a certified public accountant to provide independent assurance that the data being reported are properly measured and fairly presented. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 8.08 hours per response. Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions. Estimated Number of Respondents and Recordkeepers: 1,300. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.3746. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 14,439 hours. Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Telephone: (202) 205-3660, Fax: (202) 720-8435. 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. Kenneth L. Johnson, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. [FR Doc. 2018-12544 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE
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is the only agency responsible for approve our use of these information Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
collecting data on livestock health. collection activities for 3 years. comments on this information
Participation in any NAHMS study is The purpose of this notice is to solicit collection for which the RUS intends to
voluntary, and all data are confidential. comments from the public (as well as request approval from the Office of
APHIS plans to conduct the Goat 2019 affected agencies) concerning our Management and Budget (OMB).
Study as part of an ongoing series of information collection. These comments DATES: Comments on this notice must be
NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock will help us: received by August 13, 2018.
population. The purpose of the study is (1) Evaluate whether the collection of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
to collect information to describe information is necessary for the proper
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
changes in animal health, nutrition, and performance of the functions of the
Program Development and Regulatory
management practices in the U.S. goat Agency, including whether the
Analysis, USDA Rural Development,
industry from 2009–2019; describe information will have practical utility;
1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP
practices producers use to control (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
1522, Room 5164 South Building,
internal parasites and reduce estimate of the burden of the collection
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
anthelmintic resistance; describe of information, including the validity of
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Fax: (202)
antimicrobial stewardship on goat the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 720–8435 or email to: Thomas.Dickson@
operations and provide information on
clarity of the information to be wdc.usda.gov.
the prevalence of enteric pathogens and
antimicrobial resistance patterns; collected; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
describe management practices (4) Minimize the burden of the of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
associated with, and producer-reported collection of information on those who regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
occurrence of, economically important are to respond, through use, as implementing provisions of the
goat diseases; and provide a serologic appropriate, of automated, electronic, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
bank to meet the future research needs mechanical, and other collection L. 104–13) requires that interested
of the goat industry. technologies; e.g., permitting electronic members of the public and affected
The study will consist of two phases. submission of responses. agencies have an opportunity to
In Phase I, a National Agricultural Estimate of burden: The public comment on information collection and
Statistics Service (NASS) enumerator burden for this collection of information recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
will contact and conduct interviews is estimated to average 0.51 hours per 1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
with goat producers from 26 States who response. information collection that RUS is
have 5 or more goats. These respondents Respondents: Goat producers from 26 submitting to OMB as extension to an
will be asked to sign a consent form States who have 5 or more goats. existing collection with Agency
allowing NASS to present their names Estimated annual number of adjustment.
to APHIS-designated data collectors for respondents: 4,770. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
further consideration in the study. In Estimated annual number of the proposed collection of information
Phase II, which we consider the APHIS responses per respondent: 4. is necessary for the proper performance
phase, the respondents will complete Estimated annual number of of the functions of the Agency,
the producer agreement and up to three responses: 17,668. including whether the information will
on-farm questionnaires. In addition, Estimated total annual burden on have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
biologic sampling will be available to respondents: 8,947 hours. (Due to the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
selected participants that complete the averaging, the total annual burden hours the proposed collection of information
initial visit questionnaire. may not equal the product of the annual including the validity of the
The information collected through the number of responses multiplied by the methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Goat 2019 Study will be analyzed and reporting burden per response.) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
organized into descriptive reports. All responses to this notice will be clarity of the information to be
Several information sheets will be summarized and included in the request collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
derived from these reports and for OMB approval. All comments will burden of the collection of information
disseminated by APHIS to producers, also become a matter of public record. on those who are to respond, including
stakeholders, academia, veterinarians, Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of through the use of appropriate
and other interested parties. The June 2018. automated, electronic, mechanical, or
collected data will be used to establish Kevin Shea, other technological collection
national and regional production Administrator, Animal and Plant Health techniques or other forms of information
measures for producer, veterinary, and Inspection Service. technology. Comments may be sent to:
industry references; predict or detect [FR Doc. 2018–12589 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
national and regional trends in disease BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Program Development and Regulatory
emergence and movement; address Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
emerging issues; examine the economic Department of Agriculture, STOP 1522,
impact of health management practices; DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Room 5164, 1400 Independence Avenue
provide estimates of both outcome SW, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
(disease or other parameters) and Rural Utilities Service Telephone: (202) 690–4492; Fax: (202)
exposure (risks and components) 720–8435.
Information Collection Activity;
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variables that can be used in analytic Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of
studies in the future by APHIS; provide Comment Request RUS Borrowers and Grantees.
input into the design of surveillance Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
AGENCY: OMB Control Number: 0572–0095.
systems for specific diseases; and Notice and request for
ACTION: Type of Request: Extension of a
provide parameters for animal disease comments. currently approved collection.
spread models. Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service
We are asking the Office of SUMMARY: In accordance with the relies on the information provided by
Management and Budget (OMB) to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the the borrowers in their financial
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statements to make lending decisions as Background 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
to borrowers’ credit worthiness and to Commerce initiated an administrative amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
assure that loan funds are approved, review of the CVD order on wind towers Dated: June 7, 2018.
advanced and disbursed for proper RE from China with respect to 56 James Maeder,
Act purposes. These financial companies for the period January 1, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
statements are audited by a certified 2016, through December 31, 2016,1 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
public accountant to provide based on a request by the petitioner.2 Operations, performing the duties of Deputy
independent assurance that the data On May 31, 2017, the petitioner timely Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
being reported are properly measured withdrew its request for an Countervailing Duty Operations.
and fairly presented. administrative review of all 56 [FR Doc. 2018–12595 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am]
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting companies.3 No other party requested a BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
burden for this collection of information review.
is estimated to average 8.08 hours per
response. Rescission of Review DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Respondents: Business or other for- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
profit, Not-for-profit institutions. Commerce will rescind an International Trade Administration
Estimated Number of Respondents administrative review in whole or in [C–552–813]
and Recordkeepers: 1,300. part, if the party that requested a review
Estimated Number of Responses per withdraws its request within 90 days of Steel Wire Garment Hangers From the
Respondent: 1.3746. the date of publication of the notice of Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Estimated Total Annual Burden on initiation of the requested review. In Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Respondents: 14,439 hours. this case, the petitioner withdrew its Administrative Review; 2017
Copies of this information collection request for review within the 90-day
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt, deadline, and no other party requested
International Trade Administration,
Program Development and Regulatory an administrative review of the CVD
Department of Commerce.
Analysis, Telephone: (202) 205–3660, order. Therefore, in accordance with 19
Fax: (202) 720–8435. CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
All responses to this notice will be this review in its entirety. (Commerce) is rescinding the
summarized and included in the request administrative review of the
Assessment countervailing duty order (CVD) on steel
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record. Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs wire garment hangers from the Socialist
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) for the
Kenneth L. Johnson, CVDs on all entries of wind towers from period January 1, 2017 through
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. China during the period January 1, December 31, 2017.
[FR Doc. 2018–12544 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] 2016, through December 31, 2016, at DATES: Applicable June 12, 2018.
BILLING CODE rates equal to the cash deposit of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
estimated CVDs required at the time of Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, Enforcement and Compliance,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE for consumption, in accordance with 19 International Trade Administration,
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends Department of Commerce, 1401
International Trade Administration to issue appropriate assessment Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
instructions to CBP 15 days after the DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1009.
[C–570–982]
publication of this notice in the Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Utility Scale Wind Towers From the Register.
Background
People’s Republic of China: Notifications
Rescission of Countervailing Duty On April 16, 2018, based on a timely
This notice serves as a final reminder request for review by M&B Metal
Administrative Review; 2016
to parties subject to administrative Products Company, Inc. (the
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, protective order (APO) of their petitioner),1 Commerce published in the
International Trade Administration, responsibility concerning the return or Federal Register a notice of initiation of
Department of Commerce. destruction of proprietary information an administrative review of the CVD
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce disclosed under APO, in accordance order on steel wire garment hangers
(Commerce) is rescinding its with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely from Vietnam covering the period
administrative review of the written notification of the return or January 1, 2017, through December 31,
countervailing duty (CVD) order on destruction of APO materials or 2017.2 On April 24, 2018, the petitioner
utility scale wind towers (wind towers) conversion to judicial protective order is withdrew its request for all companies
from the People’s Republic of China hereby requested. Failure to comply listed in its request and the Initiation
(China) for the period January 1, 2016, with the regulations and the terms of an Notice.3 No other party requested a
through December 31, 2016. APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction. 1 See Letter from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
DATES: Applicable June 12, 2018.
This notice is issued and published in LLP to the U.S. Department of Commerce, regarding
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Vietnam: Request
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accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, for Fifth Administrative Review,’’ dated February
28, 2018.
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 1 See Initiation of Antidumping and 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
International Trade Administration, Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 17188 (April 10, 2017) (Initiation Notice). 16,298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
2 The petitioner is the Wind Tower Trade 3 See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Fifth
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
Coalition. Administrative Review of Steel Wire Garment
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4793. 3 See Petitioner’s May 31, 2017 Withdrawal of Hangers from Vietnam—Petitioner’s Withdrawal of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Administrative Review. Review Request,’’ dated April 24, 2018.
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| Contact | Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, USDA Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164 South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Fax: (202) 720- 8435 or email to: [email protected] | |
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