83 FR 8240 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 38 (February 26, 2018)

Page Range		8240-8240
FR Document		2018-03797

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 21, 2018.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to 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; 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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by March 
26, 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 Business--Cooperative Service

    Title: Rural Energy for America Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0570-0067.
    Summary of Collection: The collection of this information is 
required pursuant to the passing of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill), which established the Rural Energy for 
America Program (REAP) under Title IX, Section 9007. The Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) continued this authority except that the 
ability to make grants for feasibility studies has been removed from 
REAP. REAP provides grants and loan guarantees to eligible agricultural 
producers and rural small businesses for the purchase of renewable 
energy systems and the implementation of energy efficiency 
improvements. REAP also provides grants for eligible entities to 
conduct energy audits and provide renewable energy development 
assistance.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information will be collected 
using several forms and non-forms. The information will be used to 
determine applicant eligibility and feasibility, and to ensure that 
grantees/borrowers operate on a sound basis and use funds for 
authorized purposes. Failure to collect proper information could result 
in improper determinations of eligibility or improper use of funds.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals; State, local government, or Tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 1,918.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 109,986.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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persons are not required to respond to information regarding ethnicity and their comments to OMB via email to:
the collection of information unless it race, and responses on: Helpfulness of OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
displays a currently valid OMB control information provided by the FS at career fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
number. fairs, whether information received was Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
what the respondents was seeking, and Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
30-Day Federal Register Notice whether application procedures were 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
Forest Service clear and simple. be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
Title: Financial Information Security Need and Use of the Information: The An agency may not conduct or
information will be used to evaluate sponsor a collection of information
Request Form.
effectiveness of the Civil Rights unless the collection of information
OMB Control Number: 0596–0204.
Outreach Programs conducted by the displays a currently valid OMB control
Summary of Collection: The majority
Northeastern Research Service Center. number and the agency informs
of Forest Service’s (FS) financial records
The information will also be used to potential persons who are to respond to
are in databases stored at the National
determine the effectiveness of career the collection of information that such
Finance Center (NFC). The Federal
days and to track outreach efforts at persons are not required to respond to
Information Security Reform Act of
career fairs. the collection of information unless it
2002 (Pub. L. 107–347) and Information Description of Respondents:
Technology Management Reform Act of displays a currently valid OMB control
Individuals or households. number.
1996 (Pub. L. 104–106) authorize the Number of Respondents: 675.
Forest Service to obtain information Frequency of Reponses: Reporting: Rural Business—Cooperative Service
necessary for contracted employees to Yearly. Title: Rural Energy for America
access and maintain these records. Total Burden Hours: 44. Program.
Need and use of the Information: The OMB Control Number: 0570–0067.
Forest Service uses a paper and Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Summary of Collection: The
electronic version of its form FS–6500– collection of this information is required
214 to gather name, work email, work Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–03826 Filed 2–23–18; 8:45 am] pursuant to the passing of the Food,
telephone number, job title etc. for a Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
specific contracted employee to apply to BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
(2008 Farm Bill), which established the
NFC for access. Prior to filling out the Rural Energy for America Program
firm, contractors must first complete (REAP) under Title IX, Section 9007.
specific training before a user may DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014
request access to certain financial Submission for OMB Review; Farm Bill) continued this authority
systems. NFC grants access to users only Comment Request except that the ability to make grants for
at the request of Client Security Officers. feasibility studies has been removed
The unit’s Client Security Officer is February 21, 2018.
from REAP. REAP provides grants and
responsible for management of access to The Department of Agriculture has loan guarantees to eligible agricultural
computers and coordinates all requests submitted the following information producers and rural small businesses for
for NFC. The information collected is collection requirement(s) to OMB for the purchase of renewable energy
shared with those managing or review and clearance under the systems and the implementation of
overseeing the financial systems used by Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, energy efficiency improvements. REAP
the FS, this includes auditors. Public Law 104–13. Comments are also provides grants for eligible entities
Description of Respondents: requested regarding (1) whether the to conduct energy audits and provide
Contracted Employees. collection of information is necessary renewable energy development
Number of Respondents: 209. for the proper performance of the assistance.
Frequency of Reponses: Reporting: functions of the agency, including Need and Use of the Information:
Yearly. whether the information will have Information will be collected using
Total Burden Hours: 315. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the several forms and non-forms. The
agency’s estimate of burden including information will be used to determine
Forest Service
the validity of the methodology and applicant eligibility and feasibility, and
Title: Outreach Opportunity assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance to ensure that grantees/borrowers
Questionnaire. the quality, utility and clarity of the operate on a sound basis and use funds
OMB Control Number: 0596–0207. information to be collected; and (4) for authorized purposes. Failure to
Summary of Collection: Title VI of the ways to minimize the burden of the collect proper information could result
Civil Rights Act prohibits collection of information on those who in improper determinations of eligibility
discrimination based on race, color, or are to respond, including through the or improper use of funds.
national origin in federally assisted or use of appropriate automated, Description of Respondents: Business
direct programs of the Federal electronic, mechanical, or other or other for-profit; Individuals; State,
Government. Section 703 in Title VII of technological collection techniques or local government, or Tribal.
the Civil Rights Act prohibits other forms of information technology. Number of Respondents: 1,918.
discrimination in employment based on Comments regarding this information Frequency of Responses:
race, color, religion, sex, or national collection received by March 26, 2018 Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
origin in actions affecting employees or will be considered. Written comments Monthly; Annually.
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applicants for employment. The Forest should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Total Burden Hours: 109,986.
Service (FS) requires outreach and Agriculture, Office of Information and
recruitment of diverse candidates as a Regulatory Affairs, Office of Ruth Brown,
strategy to create a diverse and Management and Budget (OMB), New Departmental Information Collection
multicultural workforce within the Executive Office Building, 725 17th Clearance Officer.
agency. FS will the Outreach Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. [FR Doc. 2018–03797 Filed 2–23–18; 8:45 am]
Opportunity Questionnaire to collect Commenters are encouraged to submit BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		83 FR 8240