83 FR 47124 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 181 (September 18, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-20281
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2018)
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[FR Doc No: 2018-20281]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 13, 2018.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. 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; 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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC; New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503. 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.
    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by October 18, 2018. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: United States Warehouse Act (USWA).
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0305.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is 
responsible, as required by the USWA, 7 U.S.C. 241 et seq., to license 
public warehouse operators that are in the business of storing 
agricultural products; to examine such federally-licensed warehouses 
and to license qualified persons to sample, inspect, weight, and 
classify agricultural products. The AMS licenses under the USWA cover 
approximately half of all commercial grain and cotton warehouse 
capacities in the United States. The regulations that implement the 
USWA governs the establishment and maintenance of systems under which 
documents, including documents of title on shipment, payment, and 
financing, may be issued, or transferred for agricultural products.
    Need and Use of the Information: AMS will collect information as a 
basis to (1) determine whether or not the warehouse and the warehouse 
operator making application for licensing and/or approval meets 
applicable standards; (2) issue such license or approvals; and (3) 
determine, once licensed or approved, that the licensee or warehouse 
operator continues to meet such standards and is conforming to 
regulatory or contractual obligations. The information collected allows 
AMS to effectively administer the regulations, licensing, and 
electronic provider agreements and related reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements as specified in the USWA.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Weekly.
    Total Burden Hours: 40,587.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER An agency may not conduct or Total Burden Hours: 40,587.
contains documents other than rules or sponsor a collection of information
proposed rules that are applicable to the Ruth Brown,
unless the collection of information
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, displays a currently valid OMB control Departmental Information Collection
committee meetings, agency decisions and Clearance Officer.
number and the agency informs
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of [FR Doc. 2018–20281 Filed 9–17–18; 8:45 am]
petitions and applications and agency
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this persons are not required to respond to
section. the collection of information unless it
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Natural Resources Conservation
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Service
Agricultural Marketing Service
Submission for OMB Review; Title: United States Warehouse Act [Docket No. NRCS–2018–0008]
Comment Request (USWA). Notice of Availability of the Alabama
September 13, 2018. OMB Control Number: 0581–0305. Trustee Implementation Group Final
The Department of Agriculture will Summary of Collection: The Restoration Plan II and Environmental
submit the following information Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is Assessment: Restoration of Wetlands,
collection requirement(s) to OMB for responsible, as required by the USWA, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats;
review and clearance under the 7 U.S.C. 241 et seq., to license public Habitat Projects on Federally Managed
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, warehouse operators that are in the Lands; Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date business of storing agricultural Source); Sea Turtles; Marine
of publication of this notice. Comments products; to examine such federally- Mammals; Birds; and Oysters and
are requested regarding: (1) Whether the licensed warehouses and to license Finding of No Significant Impact
collection of information is necessary qualified persons to sample, inspect, AGENCY: Natural Resources
for the proper performance of the weight, and classify agricultural Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
functions of the agency, including products. The AMS licenses under the Department of Agriculture.
whether the information will have USWA cover approximately half of all
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the commercial grain and cotton warehouse
agency’s estimate of burden including Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
capacities in the United States. The
the validity of the methodology and Final Restoration Plan II and
regulations that implement the USWA
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance Environmental Assessment: Restoration
governs the establishment and
the quality, utility and clarity of the of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore
maintenance of systems under which
information to be collected; and (4) Habitats; Habitat Projects on Federally
documents, including documents of title
ways to minimize the burden of the Managed Lands; Nutrient Reduction
on shipment, payment, and financing,
collection of information on those who (Nonpoint Source); Sea Turtles; Marine
may be issued, or transferred for
are to respond, including through the Mammals; Birds; and Oysters and
agricultural products.
use of appropriate automated, Finding of No Significant Impact.
Need and Use of the Information:
electronic, mechanical, or other AMS will collect information as a basis SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil
technological collection techniques or to (1) determine whether or not the Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the
other forms of information technology warehouse and the warehouse operator National Environmental Policy Act
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for making application for licensing and/or (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon Federal
Agriculture, Office of Information and approval meets applicable standards; (2) and State natural resource trustee
Regulatory Affairs, Office of issue such license or approvals; and (3) agencies for the Alabama Trustee
Management and Budget (OMB), New determine, once licensed or approved, Implementation Group (AL TIG) have
Executive Office Building, Washington, that the licensee or warehouse operator prepared a Final Restoration Plan II and
DC; New Executive Office Building, 725 continues to meet such standards and is Environmental Assessment (Final RP II/
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. conforming to regulatory or contractual EA) and Finding of No Significant
Commenters are encouraged to submit obligations. The information collected Impact (FONSI). The Final RP II/EA
their comments to OMB via email to: allows AMS to effectively administer describes the restoration project
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax the regulations, licensing, and electronic alternatives considered by the AL TIG to
(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental provider agreements and related meet the Trustees’ goals to restore and
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail reporting and recordkeeping conserve habitat, replenish and protect
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– requirements as specified in the USWA. living coastal and marine resources,
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7602. restore water quality, and provide for
Description of Respondents: Business
Comments regarding these or other for-profit. Farms. monitoring and adaptive management.
information collections are best assured The AL TIG evaluated these alternatives
of having their full effect if received by Number of Respondents: 3,000. under criteria set forth in the OPA
October 18, 2018. Copies of the Frequency of Responses: natural resource damage assessment
submission(s) may be obtained by Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; (NRDA) regulations and evaluated the
calling (202) 720–8681. Weekly. environmental consequences of the

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FR Citation		83 FR 47124