83 FR 62835 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

Page Range		62835-62836
FR Document		2018-26435

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business- Cooperative Service's (RBS) invites comments on this information collection of the Intermediary Relending Program (IRP), for which the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-
Cooperative Service's (RBS) invites comments on this information 
collection of the Intermediary Relending Program (IRP), for which the 
Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 4, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development 
Innovation Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, 
South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
regulation (5 CFR 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 information collections that RUS is 
submitting to OMB for revision. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
this 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 
respondents, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments may be sent by any of the following methods:
     Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development Innovation 
Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South 
Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email: 
[email protected].
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Title: Intermediary Relending Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0570-0021.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The regulations contain various requirements for 
information from the intermediaries, and some requirements may cause 
the intermediary to seek information from

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ultimate recipients. The information requested is necessary for RBS to 
be able to process applications in a responsible manner, make prudent 
credit and program decisions, and effectively monitor the 
intermediaries' activities to protect the Government's financial 
interest and ensure that funds obtained from the Government are used 
appropriately. It includes information to identify the intermediary; 
describe the intermediary's experience and expertise; describe how the 
intermediary will operate its revolving loan fund; provide for debt 
instruments, loan agreements, and security; and other material 
necessary for prudent credit decisions and reasonable program 
monitoring.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 7.5 hours per response.
    Respondents: Non-profit corporations, public agencies, Indian 
tribes and cooperatives.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 240.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 13.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 3,566.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24,580 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Robin M. 
Jones, Innovation Center, at (202) 772-1172, Email: 
[email protected].
    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.

    Dated: November 26, 2018.
Bette B. Brand,
Administrator, Rural Business--Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-26435 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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and individuals to provide its services. performance of the functions of the this information collection of the
Through its technical assistance Agency, including whether the Intermediary Relending Program (IRP),
approach, WS offers advice through information will have practical utility; for which the Agency intends to request
telephone or onsite consultations, (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our approval from the Office of Management
training sessions, demonstration estimate of the burden of the collection and Budget (OMB).
projects, and other means. Mitigation of information, including the validity of DATES: Comments on this notice must be
activities are then performed by the the methodology and assumptions used; received by February 4, 2019.
requester. WS also provides a (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
cooperative direct control approach clarity of the information to be Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
where goods, services, and expertise are collected; and Innovation Center, 1400 Independence
provided on a cost reimbursable basis. (4) Minimize the burden of the Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164,
WS collects only information needed to collection of information on those who South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
determine appropriate courses of action are to respond, through use, as 1522. Telephone: (202) 690–4492.
for providing effective services. appropriate, of automated, electronic, Email: Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
Information is used by the agency to: mechanical, and other collection
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
• Identify cooperators appropriately; technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
• Identify lands on which WS of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
submission of responses.
personnel will work; Estimate of burden: The public regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
• Differentiate between cooperators burden for this collection of information provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
(i.e., property owners, land managers, or is estimated to average 0.05 hours per Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
resource owners) who request assistance response. that interested members of the public
to manage damage caused by wildlife; Respondents: State, local, and Tribal and affected agencies have an
• Identify the land areas on which governments; businesses, not-for-profits, opportunity to comment on information
wildlife damage management activities and other public sector organizations; collection and recordkeeping activities
would be conducted; and individuals who request services [see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. This notice
• Identify the relationship between from WS or engage in wildlife damage identifies information collections that
resources or property, WS’ protection of management projects with WS. RUS is submitting to OMB for revision.
such resources or property, and the Estimated annual number of Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
damage caused by wildlife; respondents: 98,906. this collection of information is
• Determine the methods or damage Estimated annual number of necessary for the proper performance of
management activities to deal with the responses per respondent: 1.123. the functions of the agency, including
damage; Estimated annual number of whether the information will have
• Establish a record that a cooperative responses: 111,120. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agreement has been entered into with a Estimated total annual burden on agency’s estimate of the burden of the
cooperator; respondents: 5,503 hours. (Due to proposed collection of information
• Document that permission has been averaging, the total annual burden hours including the validity of the
obtained from landowners to go on the may not equal the product of the annual methodology and assumptions used; (c)
cooperator’s property; number of responses multiplied by the ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
• Record wildlife damage occurrences reporting burden per response.) clarity of the information to be
on cooperator’s property and steps to All responses to this notice will be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
address them; summarized and included in the request burden of the collection of information
• Record occurrences which may for OMB approval. All comments will on respondents, including through the
have affected non-target species or also become a matter of public record. use of appropriate automated,
humans during, or related to, WS electronic, mechanical or other
project actions; and Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of technological collection techniques or
• Determine satisfaction with service November 2018.
other forms of information technology.
to help WS evaluate, modify, and Kevin Shea, Comments may be sent by any of the
improve its programs. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health following methods:
Information collection activities Inspection Service. • Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural
include work initiation documents, [FR Doc. 2018–26434 Filed 12–4–18; 8:45 am] Development Innovation Center, 1400
assistance requests, protected resource BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
queries, project reports, order forms and Room 5164, South Building,
sales records, equipment issuances, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
migratory bird damage reports, permits, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
reports of injury or death to non-target Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
animals, accident reports, pilot Rural Business-Cooperative Service • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
proficiency reviews, and invoice Information Collection Activity; https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
transmittals. Comment Request instructions for submitting comments.
We are asking the Office of Title: Intermediary Relending
Management and Budget (OMB) to AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Program.
approve our use of these information Service, USDA. OMB Control Number: 0570–0021.
Type of Request: Revision of a
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collection activities for 3 years. ACTION: Notice and request for
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments. currently approved information
comments from the public (as well as collection.
affected agencies) concerning our SUMMARY: In accordance with the Abstract: The regulations contain
information collection. These comments Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the various requirements for information
will help us: United States Department of Agriculture from the intermediaries, and some
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative requirements may cause the
information is necessary for the proper Service’s (RBS) invites comments on intermediary to seek information from

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Comments on this notice must be received by February 4, 2019.
Contact		Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development Innovation Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 62835

83 FR 62835 - Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURERural Business-Cooperative Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 234 (December 6, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service