83_FR_63383 83 FR 63148 - Information Collection Request; Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report

83 FR 63148 - Information Collection Request; Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 235 (December 7, 2018)

Page Range63148-63149
FR Document2018-26504

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on an extension of a currently approved information collection request associated with the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) of 1978.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 235 (Friday, December 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63148-63149]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26504]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection Request; Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Act Report

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension of a currently approved 
information collection request associated with the Agricultural Foreign 
Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) of 1978.

DATES:  We will consider comments that we receive by February 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on the notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Philip Sronce, Branch Chief, Agricultural Foreign 
Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA), Data Analysis Branch, Economic and 
Policy Analysis Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0508, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0531.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may 
be requested by contacting Philip Sronce at the above addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Sronce, (202) 720-2711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0097.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 2019.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: AFIDA requires foreign persons who hold, acquire, or 
dispose of any interest in U.S. agricultural land to report the 
transactions and holdings to FSA on an AFIDA report (FSA-153). The 
information collected is made available to States. Also, although not 
required by law, the information collected from the AFIDA reports is 
used to prepare an annual report to Congress and the President 
concerning the effect of foreign investment upon family farms and rural 
communities so that Congress may review the annual report and decide if 
further regulatory action is required. There is no change to the 
numbers in the collection.
    For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the 
formula used to calculate the total burden hour is the estimated 
average time per responses hours multiplied by the estimated total 
annual responses.
    Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for the 
information collection is estimated to average 0.476 hours per 
response.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other for 
profit farms.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 5,525.
    Estimated Number of Reponses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 5,525.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.476 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,631.25 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the FSA, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA's estimate of burden including 
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

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    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (4) 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.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office 
of Management and Budget approval.

Steve Peterson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2018-26504 Filed 12-6-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-05-P

63148 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 235 Friday, December 7, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER McMichael, Stanley; Morris, Erin; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: contains documents other than rules or Ponti-Lazaruk, Jacqueline; Ricci, Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment proposed rules that are applicable to the Carrie; Wear, David; Williams, Duane; Disclosure Act Report. public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Zakarka, Christine; and Zehren, OMB Control Number: 0560–0097. committee meetings, agency decisions and Christopher J. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, petitions and applications and agency Mary Pletcher Rice, 2019. statements of organization and functions are Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Type of Request: Extension of a examples of documents appearing in this Human Resources Management. currently approved information section. collection. [FR Doc. 2018–26255 Filed 12–6–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–96–P Abstract: AFIDA requires foreign persons who hold, acquire, or dispose of DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE any interest in U.S. agricultural land to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE report the transactions and holdings to Performance Review Board FSA on an AFIDA report (FSA–153). Membership Farm Service Agency The information collected is made AGENCY: Office of Human Resource available to States. Also, although not Management, Departmental Information Collection Request; required by law, the information Administration, USDA. Agricultural Foreign Investment collected from the AFIDA reports is ACTION: Notice of Performance Review Disclosure Act Report used to prepare an annual report to Board appointments. AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. Congress and the President concerning the effect of foreign investment upon SUMMARY: This notice announces the ACTION: Notice; request for comments. family farms and rural communities so members of the Senior Executive SUMMARY: In accordance with the that Congress may review the annual Service (SES) and Senior Level (SL) and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the report and decide if further regulatory Scientific or Professional (ST) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is action is required. There is no change to Performance Review Board. Agriculture requesting comments from all interested the numbers in the collection. has two PRBs that are represented by individuals and organizations on an For the following estimated total each Mission Area. The PRB is extension of a currently approved annual burden on respondents, the comprised of a Chairperson and a mix information collection request formula used to calculate the total of career and noncareer senior associated with the Agricultural Foreign burden hour is the estimated average executives and senior professionals that Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) of time per responses hours multiplied by meet annually to review and evaluate 1978. the estimated total annual responses. performance appraisal documents and Estimate of Respondent Burden: provides a written recommendation to DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by February 5, 2019. Public reporting burden for the the Secretary for final approval of each information collection is estimated to executive’s performance rating, ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit average 0.476 hours per response. performance-based pay adjustment, and comments on the notice. In your Respondents: Individuals or performance award. comments, include date, volume, and households, businesses or other for DATES: The board membership is page number of this issue of the Federal profit farms. applicable beginning on November 20, Register. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Estimated Annual Number of 2018. Respondents: 5,525. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the Estimated Number of Reponses per Mary Pletcher Rice, Chief Human online instructions for submitting Respondent: 1. Capital Officer, Office of Human comments. Estimated Total Annual Responses: Resources Management, telephone: • Mail: Philip Sronce, Branch Chief, 5,525. (202) 756–7149, or Natalie Duncan, Agricultural Foreign Investment Estimated Average Time per Executive Director, Executive Resources Disclosure Act (AFIDA), Data Analysis Response: 0.476 hours. Management Division, telephone: (202) Branch, Economic and Policy Analysis Estimated Total Annual Burden on 720–8629. Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0508, 1400 Respondents: 2,631.25 hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Independence Avenue SW, Washington, We are requesting comments on all accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the DC 20250–0531. aspects of this information collection to USDA PRB members are named below: You may also send comments to the help us to: Adcock, Rebeckah; Bucknall, Janet; Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of (1) Evaluate whether the collection of Christensen, Thomas; Dixon, Antoine; Information and Regulatory Affairs, information is necessary for the proper amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES Fontinato, Jessica; Hafemeister, Jason; Office of Management and Budget, performance of the functions of the Hamer Jr., Hubert; Harwood, Joy; Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the FSA, including whether the information Hohenstein, William; Jacobs-Young, information collection may be requested will have practical utility; Chavonda; Jiron, Daniel; Kiecker, by contacting Philip Sronce at the above (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA’s Paul; Kriviski, Diane; Leland, Arlean; addresses. estimate of burden including the Liu, Simon; Lyons, Margaret; Mattoo, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: validity of the methodology and Autar; McLean, Christopher; Philip Sronce, (202) 720–2711. assumptions used; VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Dec 06, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 235 / Friday, December 7, 2018 / Notices 63149 (3) Enhance the quality, utility and You may also send comments to the Respondents: Individuals, businesses, clarity of the information to be Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of and agencies with responsibilities for collected; Information and Regulatory Affairs, emergency preparedness and response. (4) Minimize the burden of the Office of Management and Budget, Estimated Annual Number of collection of information on those who Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the Respondents: 100. are to respond, including through the information collection may be requested Estimated Number of Reponses per use of appropriate automated, by contacting Lesa A. Johnson at the Respondent: 0.95. electronic, mechanical, or other above addresses. Estimated Total Annual Responses: technological collection techniques or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 95. other forms of information technology. Estimated Average Time per David Wechsler, (202) 720–2929. All comments received in response to Response: 0.5 hours. this notice, including names and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Estimated Total Annual Burden on addresses when provided, will be a Title: Request for Special Priorities Respondents: 50 hours. matter of public record. Comments will Assistance for APAS. We are requesting comments on all be summarized and included in the OMB Control Number: 0560–0280. aspects of this information collection to submission for Office of Management Expiration Date of Approval: March help us to: and Budget approval. 31, 2019. (1) Evaluate whether the collection of Type of Request: Extension of a information is necessary for the proper Steve Peterson, currently approved information performance of the functions of the Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. collection. FSA, including whether the information [FR Doc. 2018–26504 Filed 12–6–18; 8:45 am] will have practical utility; Abstract: APAS would efficiently BILLING CODE 3410–05–P place priority ratings on contracts or (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA’s orders of agriculture commodities up estimate of burden including the through the wholesale levels, validity of the methodology and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE assumptions used; agriculture production equipment, Farm Service Agency allocate resources, and handle food (3) Enhance the quality, utility and claims within its authority as specified clarity of the information to be Information Collection Request; in the Defense Production Act (DPA) of collected; Request for Special Priorities 1950, as amended, when necessary to (4) Minimize the burden of the Assistance promote national defense. It was collection of information on those who determined that food is a scarce and are to respond, including through the AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. use of appropriate automated, critical commodity essential to the ACTION: Notice; request for comments. electronic, mechanical, or other national defense (including civil emergency preparedness and response). technological collection techniques or SUMMARY: In accordance with the Unless its production, processing, other forms of information technology. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the All comments received in response to Farm Service Agency (FSA) is storage, and wholesale distribution are this notice, including names and requesting comments from all interested regulated during times of emergencies, addresses when provided, will be a individuals and organizations on an the national defense requirement for matter of public record. Comments will extension of a currently approved food and food production may not be be summarized and included in the information collection request met without creating hardship in the submission for Office of Management associated with the Request for Special civilian marketplace. Applicants and Budget approval. Priorities Assistance. The information (Government agencies or private collection established by the Agriculture individuals with a role in emergency Steven Peterson, Priorities and Allocations System preparedness, response, and recovery Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. (APAS) regulation is necessary for the functions) will request authorization [FR Doc. 2018–26505 Filed 12–6–18; 8:45 am] program applicant (person) to request from USDA to place a rating on a BILLING CODE 3410–05–P prioritizing of a contract above all other contract for items to support national contracts. The purpose of the priority defense activities. Priority rating request rating is to obtain item(s) in support of procedures and forms can be found on DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE national defense programs that they are USDA’s website. Applicants must not able to obtain in time through supply, at time of request, their name, Rural Utilities Service normal market channels. location, contact information, items for which the applicant is requesting Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345-kV DATES: We will consider comments that assistance on, quantity, and delivery Transmission Line Project we receive by February 5, 2019. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit date. Applicants can submit the request AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. comments on the notice. In your by mail or fax. There are no changes to ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft comments, include date, volume, and the burden hours since the last OMB environmental impact statement; notice page number of this issue of the Federal approval. of public meetings; and section 106 Register. You may submit comments by For the following estimated total notification to the public. any of the following methods: annual burden on respondents, the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to formula used to calculate the total SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the burden hour is the estimated average the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has online instructions for submitting time per responses hours multiplied by prepared a Draft Environmental Impact comments. the estimated total annual responses. Statement (EIS) to meet its • Mail: David Weschsler, USDA/ Estimate of Respondent Burden: responsibilities under the National FPAC/HS, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Public reporting burden for the Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Room 0092–S, Mail Stop 0560, information collection is estimated to environmental policies and procedures Washington, DC 20250–0567. average 30 minutes (0.50) per response. related to providing financial assistance VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Dec 06, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1


Document Created: 2018-12-07 01:52:42
Document Modified: 2018-12-07 01:52:42
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comments.
DatesWe will consider comments that we receive by February 5, 2019.
ContactPhilip Sronce, (202) 720-2711.
FR Citation83 FR 63148 
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