83 FR 59354 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 59354-59356] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-25499] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request November 19, 2018. 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 [[Page 59355]] collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments regarding this information collection received by December 24, 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: [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: Advance of Loan Funds and Budgetary Control and Related Burdens. OMB Control Number: 0572-0015. Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936, as amended, ``to make loans in several States and territories of the United States for rural electrification and for the purpose of furnishing and improving electric and telephone service in rural areas and to assist electric borrowers to implement demand side management, energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems.'' Borrowers will provide the agency with information that supports the use of the funds as well as identify the type of projects for which they will use the funds. Need and use of the Information: RUS electric borrowers will submit RUS form 595 and 219. Form 595, Financial Requirement & Expenditure Statement, to request an advance of loan funds remaining for an existing approved loan and to report on the expenditure of previously advanced loan funds. Form 219, Inventory of Work Orders, serves as a connecting line and provides an audit trail that verifies the evidence supporting the propriety of expenditures for construction of retirement projects that supports the advance of funds. The information collected will ensure that loan funds are expended and advanced for RUS approved budget process and amounts. Failure to collect proper information could result in improper determinations of eligibility or improper use of funds. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 574. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 13,959. Rural Utility Service Title: 7 CFR 1773, Policy on Audits of RUS Borrowers. OMB Control Number: 0572-0095. Summary of Collection: Under the authority of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (ACT), as amended 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., the Administrator is authorized and empowered to make loans under certain specified circumstances for rural electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas and for the purpose of furnishing and improving telephone service in rural areas. RUS, in representing the Federal Government as Mortgagee, relies on the information provided by the borrowers in their financial statements to make lending decisions as to borrowers' credit worthiness and to assure that loan funds are approved, advanced and disbursed for proper Act purposes. Borrowers are required to furnish a full and complete report of their financial condition, operations and cash flows, in form and substance satisfactory to RUS. Need and Use of the Information: RUS will collect information to evaluate borrowers' financial performance, determine whether current loans are at financial risk, and determine the credit worthiness of future losses. If information is not collected, it would delay RUS' analysis of the borrowers' financial strength, thereby adversely impacting current lending decisions. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 1,300. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 14,439. Rural Utility Service. Title: Substantially Underserved Trust Areas (SUTA), 7 CFR 1700, Subpart D. OMB Control Number: 0572-0147. Summary of Collection: The 2008 Farm Bill (P.L. 110-246) authorized the Substantially Underserved Trust Area (SUTA) initiative. The SUTA initiative identifies the need and improves the availability of Rural Utility Service (RUS) programs to reach trust areas. The initiative gives the Secretary of Agriculture certain discretionary authorities relating to financial assistance terms and conditions that can enhance the financing possibilities in areas that are underserved by certain RUS electric, water and waste, and telecom and broadband programs. Need and use of the Information: RUS provides loan, loan guarantee and grant programs for rural electric, water and waste, and telecommunications and broadband infrastructure. Eligible applicants notify RUS in writing, at the time of application, that it seeks consideration under the requirements of 7 CFR 1700, subpart D. The data covered by this collection are those materials necessary to allow the agency to determine applicant and community eligibility, and an explanation and documentation of the high need for the benefits of the SUTA provisions. Without this information RUS would not be able to make a prudent loan decision. Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 1. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 30. Rural Utility Service. Title: The Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) Program; 7 CFR part 1784. OMB Control Number: 0572-0150. Summary of Collection: The Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) Program is authorized under (Section 3061 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT), (7 U.S.C. 1926(d)), as amended. Governing regulations are codified in 7 CFR part 1784. Under the RAVG program, the Secretary may make grants to the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural or Native Villages in Alaska to provide for the development and construction of water and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in those villages. To be eligible to receive a grant under the RAVG program, the project must provide 25 percent in matching funds from the State of Alaska. The matching funds must come from non-Federal sources. Need and use of the Information: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will collect information using several forms. RUS state and field offices collect the information from applicants, grantees, and consultants. The collected information is used to determine applicant eligibility and project feasibility. RUS also uses the information to ensure that grantees [[Page 59356]] operate on a sound basis and use the grants funds for authorized purposes. Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 25. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 469. Kimble Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-25499 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-15-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Abstract: The information collection Animal and Plant Health Inspection
contains documents other than rules or activity will garner qualitative customer Service—0579–0377
proposed rules that are applicable to the and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Current Actions: Extension of
timely manner, in accordance with the Currently Approved Information
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Administration’s commitment to Collection.
petitions and applications and agency improving service delivery. By Type of Review: Extension.
statements of organization and functions are qualitative feedback we mean Affected Public: Individuals and
examples of documents appearing in this information that provides useful Households; Businesses and
section. insights on perceptions and opinions, Organizations; State, Local or Tribal
but are not statistical surveys that yield governments; and foreign federal
quantitative results that can be governments.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE generalized to the population of study. Average Expected Annual Number of
Agency Information Collection This feedback will provide insights into Activities: 29.
Activities: Extension of Approved customer or stakeholder perceptions, Respondents: 70,000.
Collection; Comment Request; Generic experiences and expectations, provide Annual Responses: 70,000.
Clearance for the Collection of an early warning of issues with service, Frequency of Response: Once per
Qualitative Feedback on Agency or focus attention on areas where request.
Service Delivery communication, training or changes in Average Minutes per Response: 0.25.
operations might improve delivery of Burden Hours: 17,500.
November 19, 2018. products or services. These collections An agency may not conduct or
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health will allow for ongoing, collaborative and sponsor, and a person is not required to
Inspection Service, Department of actionable communications between the respond to, a collection of information
Agriculture. Agency and its customers and unless it displays a currently valid
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of stakeholders. It will also allow feedback Office of Management and Budget
information collection approval from to contribute directly to the control number.
the Office of Management and Budget improvement of program management.
and request for comments. Ruth Brown,
Feedback collected under this generic
Departmental Information Collection
SUMMARY: As part of a Federal clearance will provide useful Clearance Officer.
Government-wide effort to streamline information, but it will not yield data
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the process to seek feedback from the that can be generalized to the overall
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public on service delivery, the population. This type of generic
Department of Agriculture (USDA), clearance for qualitative information
Animal and Plant Health Inspection will not be used for quantitative DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Service (APHIS) has submitted a information collections that are
Generic Information Collection Request designed to yield reliably actionable Submission for OMB Review;
(Generic ICR): ‘‘Generic Clearance for results, such as monitoring trends over Comment Request
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require November 19, 2018.
on Agency Service Delivery’’ to OMB for
approval under the Paperwork more rigorous designs that address: The The Department of Agriculture has
Reduction Act (PRA). target population to which submitted the following information
generalizations will be made, the collection requirement(s) to Office of
DATES: Comments must be submitted
sampling frame, the sample design Management and Budget (OMB) for
December 24, 2018.
(including stratification and clustering), review and clearance under the
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
submitted to the Desk Officer for the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed Public Law 104–13. Comments are
Agriculture, Office of Information and requested regarding (1) whether the
Regulatory Affairs, Office of sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential non- collection of information is necessary
Management and Budget, New for the proper performance of the
Executive Office Building, Washington, response bias, the protocols for data
functions of the agency, including
DC 20503; OIRA_Submission@ collection, and any testing procedures
whether the information will have
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 that were or will be undertaken prior
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
and to Departmental Clearance Office, fielding the study. Depending on the
agency’s estimate of burden including
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, degree of influence the results are likely
the validity of the methodology and
Washington, DC 20250–7602. to have, such collections may still be
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To eligible for submission for other generic the quality, utility and clarity of the
request additional information, please mechanisms that are designed to yield information to be collected; (4) ways to
contact Ruth Brown (202) 720–8958. quantitative results. minimize the burden of the collection of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency received one comment in information on those who are to
Title: Generic Clearance for the response to the 60-day notice published respond, including through the use of
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on in the Federal Register of August 22, appropriate automated, electronic,
Agency Service Delivery. 2018 (83 FR 42459). mechanical, or other technological
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operate on a sound basis and use the potential persons who are to respond to ACTION: Extension of approval of an
grants funds for authorized purposes. the collection of information that such information collection; comment
Description of Respondents: Not-for- persons are not required to respond to request.
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal the collection of information unless it
Government. displays a currently valid OMB control SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Number of Respondents: 25. number. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: notice announces the Animal and Plant
On occasion. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Health Inspection Service’s intention to
Total Burden Hours: 469. Service request an extension of approval of an
Title: Contract Pilot and Aircraft information collection associated with
Kimble Brown,
Acceptance. training related to animal diseases.
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer. OMB Control Number: 0579–0298. DATES: We will consider all comments
Summary of Collection: The Plant that we receive on or before January 22,
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Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 2019.
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authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
either independently or in cooperation by either of the following methods:
with States, to carry out operations or • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Submission for OMB Review; control, prevent, or retard the spread of Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0072.
Comment Request plant pests and noxious weeds that are • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
new to or not widely distributed within Send your comment to Docket No.
November 19, 2018. the United States. This authority has APHIS–2018–0072, Regulatory Analysis
The Department of Agriculture has been delegated to the Administrator, and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
submitted the following information Animal and Plant Health Inspection 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
collection requirement(s) to OMB for Service (APHIS). APHIS carries out this Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
review and clearance under the program primarily by treating infested Supporting documents and any
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, lands by aerial spraying of pesticides comments we receive on this docket
Public Law 104–13. Comments are from aircraft. may be viewed at http://
requested regarding (1) whether the Need and Use of the Information: www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
collection of information is necessary Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance D=APHIS-2018-0072 or in our reading
for the proper performance of the Form (PPQ–816) and SIT Pilot and room, which is located in room 1141 of
functions of the agency, including Aircraft Cheek-In Sheet (PPQ Form 818) the USDA South Building, 14th Street
whether the information will have are used by the Plant Protection and and Independence Avenue SW,
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Quarantine personnel who are involved Washington, DC. Normal reading room
agency’s estimate of burden including with contracts for aerial application hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
the validity of the methodology and services for emergency pest outbreaks. through Friday, except holidays. To be
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance The forms are used to document that the sure someone is there to help you,
the quality, utility and clarity of the pilot and aircraft meet contract please call (202) 799–7039 before
information to be collected; and (4) specifications. If APHIS did not collect coming.
ways to minimize the burden of the this information or collected it less
collection of information on those who FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
frequently, APHIS would not be able to
are to respond, including through the verify if APHIS contracts for aerial information on training related to
use of appropriate automated, application services met specifications. animal diseases, contact Ms. Alicia D.
electronic, mechanical, or other Description of Respondents: Love, Program Specialist, Professional
technological collection techniques or Businesses. Development Services Branch, VS,
other forms of information technology. Number of Respondents: 15. APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 27,
Comments regarding this information Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3425.
collection received by December 24, On occasion. For more detailed information on the
2018 will be considered. Written Total Burden Hours: 8. information collection, contact Ms.
comments should be addressed to: Desk Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
Ruth Brown, Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Departmental Information Collection 2483.
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Clearance Officer.
Office of Management and Budget SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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(OMB), New Executive Office Building, Title: Nomination Request Form;
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725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC Animal Disease Training.
20502. Commenters are encouraged to OMB Control Number: 0579–0353.
submit their comments to OMB via DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Type of Request: Extension of
email to: OIRA_Submission@ approval of an information collection.
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Abstract: Under the Animal Health
and to Departmental Clearance Office, Service Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of [Docket No. APHIS–2018–0072] Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
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the submission(s) may be obtained by of Agriculture is authorized, among
Notice of Request for an Extension of
calling (202) 720–8958. other things, to protect the health of
Approval of an Information Collection;
An agency may not conduct or U.S. livestock and poultry populations
Nomination Request Form; Animal
sponsor a collection of information by preventing the introduction and
Disease Training
unless the collection of information interstate spread of serious diseases and
displays a currently valid OMB control AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health pests of livestock and by eradicating
number and the agency informs Inspection Service, USDA. such diseases from the United States
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