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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Rights
Notice of Request for Approval of a
New Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights’ intention to
request approval for a new information
collection for the USDA Independent
Assessment of the Delivery of Technical
and Financial Assistance.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 23, 2010 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Stacy Porto, Esq., Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Mail Stop
0115, Washington, DC 20250; Fax: (202)
690–1782; E-mail:
stacy.porto@osec.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDA Independent Assessment
of the Delivery of Technical and
Financial Assistance.
OMB Number: 0503–New.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from approval date.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: USDA is interested in
conducting an independent assessment
of the delivery of programs of technical
and financial assistance by certain
agencies noted above. The project will
examine USDA’s program delivery at
the State and local levels. The purpose
of this project is to assess the
effectiveness of USDA’s programs in
reaching America’s diverse population
in a non-discriminatory manner. This
study will identify barriers to equal and
fair access for USDA customers and
provide recommendations to assist the
Secretary of Agriculture in transforming
USDA into a model organization.
As part of this assessment of the laws,
regulations, policies, practices, and
results achieved in administering key
programs administered by four entities
within USDA [the Farm Service Agency
(FSA), the Rural Development (RD)
mission area, the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), and the
Risk Management Agency (RMA)],
actual program delivery will be
reviewed. The activities to be
undertaken subject to this notice
include:
• Conducting multi-modal (e.g. paper,
Web, and telephone) survey of
approximately 21,400 USDA customers
and potential customers.
• Conducting in-depth in-person
interviews with a sub-sample of up to
100 USDA customers.
• Conducting an impact analysis.
These activities are described below:
• Multi-modal Survey. Surveys will
be administered to potential customers
and customers who applied for FSA,
RD, NRCS, or RMA financial or
technical programs, including those for
commodities, credit, conservation,
disaster relief, and any providing for
grants or loans, (as authorized by
Congress in 84 Counties across 14
States. A sample of 21,400 customers
including African American, Hispanic,
American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian
Annual
frequency per
response
Data collection activity
Respondents
Self administered survey/Telephone
survey.
In depth interviews ............................
USDA customers and potential customers.
USDA customers and potential customers.
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Pacific Islanders, persons with
disabilities, or women farm and ranch
operators will be drawn from USDA
databases.
• In-depth Interviews. After the
surveys are completed, a sub-sample
will be drawn from among the
customers who completed the surveys
and up to 100 in-depth interviews will
be conducted to delve deeper into the
experiences of the customers about the
process of application and services they
received.
• Impact Analysis. Actual practices,
and results, including those at USDA
Headquarters, agency Headquarters,
State/Regional/Local USDA and State/
County areas will be analyzed. The use
of statistical data (such as the percent of
low-resource farmers participating in a
specific loan program); the findings and
conclusions of internal and external
reports on USDA civil rights; other
sources, such as the existing minority/
female farmer lawsuits, and advocacy
organizations will be determined under
this task.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average twenty (20)
minutes per Self Administered Survey
(paper or Web)/Telephone Survey
response and two (2) hours per in-depth
interview response. See Table 1 below.
Type of Respondents: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Out of 21,400 USDA customers and
potential customers to be surveyed,
15,100 respondents, (15,000
respondents for the Self Administered
Survey/Telephone Survey and 100
respondents for the in-depth interview)
are expected to respond.
Estimated Number of Responses:
15,100.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 5,200 hours.
Estimated
number of
respondents
Estimated
burden per
respondent
(minutes)
Total burden
estimate
(hours)
1
15,000
20
5,000
1
100
120
200
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Respondents
Annual
frequency per
response
...........................................................
........................
Data collection activity
Total ...........................................
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed 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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information
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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All comments received will be available
for public inspection during regular
business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for the Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 8, 2010.
Joe Leonard, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, United
States Department of Agriculture.
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Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bars From Turkey: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With Final
Results of Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 19, 2010, the
United States Court of International
Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of
Commerce’s (the Department’s) results
of redetermination pursuant to the CIT’s
remand order in Nucor Corporation,
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, and
Commercial Metals Company v. United
States and Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve
Ulasim Sanayi A.S., Court No. 05–
00616, Slip Op. 10–6 (Jan. 19, 2010). See
Results of Redetermination Pursuant to
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Remand, dated November 6, 2009
(found at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/remands).
Consistent with the decision of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Timken Co. v.
United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken), the Department is
notifying the public that the final
judgment in this case is not in harmony
with the Department’s final results of
the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from
Turkey covering the period of review
(POR) of April 1, 2003, through March
31, 2004. See Certain Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final
Results, Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review in Part, and
Determination To Revoke in Part, 70 FR
67665 (Nov. 8, 2005) (Final Results).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 2, Import
Administration—International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–3874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 8, 2005, the Department
published the final results of the
administrative review. See Final
Results. In the final results, the
Department: (1) Reversed its
preliminary decision with respect to the
U.S. date of sale for ICDAS and used the
contract date as the date of sale for
ICDAS’s U.S. sales, rather than the
invoice date, because it determined that
the material terms of sale were
established at the contract date; (2)
computed ICDAS’s cost of production
(COP) using annual-average, rather than
quarterly, costs; and (3) defined the
universe of U.S. sales transactions
examined during the administrative
review to rely on the date that subject
merchandise entered the customs
territory of the United States, rather
than the date that subject merchandise
was sold here.
On November 18, 2005, the
Department requested a voluntary
remand in order to reconsider the dateof-sale issue. On December 15, 2005, the
CIT granted the Department’s request to
reconsider whether, based upon the
record evidence, the Department
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Estimated
number of
respondents
15,100
Estimated
burden per
respondent
(minutes)
........................
Total burden
estimate
(hours)
5,200
reasonably applied its date-of-sale
methodology to the facts at issue.
On January 31, 2006, the Department
issued its final results of
redetermination pursuant to the CIT’s
December 15, 2005, ruling. In its
remand results, the Department
determined that the invoice date is the
appropriate date of sale for ICDAS’s U.S.
sales in the 2003–2004 administrative
review.
On March 24, 2009, the CIT again
remanded this issue to the Department,
requiring that the Department provide a
more in-depth analysis as to why the
use of invoice date as U.S. date of sale
was appropriate. In addition, the CIT
remanded two additional issues, at the
Department’s request, related to the
calculation of ICDAS’s COP and an
explanation for the methodology used to
determine the universe of U.S. sales
examined in the review.
On November 6, 2009, the Department
issued its final results of
redetermination pursuant to the CIT’s
March 24, 2009, ruling. In its remand
redetermination the Department
explained that, in accordance with the
CIT’s instructions, it reconsidered the
issues contained in the CIT’s March 24,
2009, ruling and determined that it was
appropriate to: (1) Base ICDAS’s
universe of sales on entry date; (2) use
invoice date as the date of sale for
ICDAS’s U.S. sales; and (3) use ICDAS’s
quarterly-average costs in its margin
calculations. On January 19, 2010, the
CIT affirmed the Department’s
November 6, 2009, remand
redetermination.
The Department’s redetermination
resulted in changes to the Final Results
weighted-average margin for ICDAS
from 0.16 percent to 0.70 percent.
Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at
341, the CAFC held that, pursuant to
section 516A(e) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), the
Department must publish a notice of a
court decision that is not ‘‘in harmony’’
with a Department determination and
must suspend liquidation of entries
pending a ‘‘conclusive’’ court decision.
The CIT’s decision on January 19,
2010, constitutes a final decision of that
Court that is not in harmony with the
Department’s Final Results.
Accordingly, this notice is published in
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights' intention to request approval for a new
information collection for the USDA Independent Assessment of the
Delivery of Technical and Financial Assistance.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 23, 2010 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Stacy Porto, Esq., Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Mail Stop 0115, Washington,
DC 20250; Fax: (202) 690-1782; E-mail: stacy.porto@osec.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDA Independent Assessment of the Delivery of Technical and
Financial Assistance.
OMB Number: 0503-New.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from approval date.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Abstract: USDA is interested in conducting an independent
assessment of the delivery of programs of technical and financial
assistance by certain agencies noted above. The project will examine
USDA's program delivery at the State and local levels. The purpose of
this project is to assess the effectiveness of USDA's programs in
reaching America's diverse population in a non-discriminatory manner.
This study will identify barriers to equal and fair access for USDA
customers and provide recommendations to assist the Secretary of
Agriculture in transforming USDA into a model organization.
As part of this assessment of the laws, regulations, policies,
practices, and results achieved in administering key programs
administered by four entities within USDA [the Farm Service Agency
(FSA), the Rural Development (RD) mission area, the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Risk Management Agency (RMA)],
actual program delivery will be reviewed. The activities to be
undertaken subject to this notice include:
Conducting multi-modal (e.g. paper, Web, and telephone)
survey of approximately 21,400 USDA customers and potential customers.
Conducting in-depth in-person interviews with a sub-sample
of up to 100 USDA customers.
Conducting an impact analysis.
These activities are described below:
Multi-modal Survey. Surveys will be administered to
potential customers and customers who applied for FSA, RD, NRCS, or RMA
financial or technical programs, including those for commodities,
credit, conservation, disaster relief, and any providing for grants or
loans, (as authorized by Congress in 84 Counties across 14 States. A
sample of 21,400 customers including African American, Hispanic,
American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islanders, persons with
disabilities, or women farm and ranch operators will be drawn from USDA
databases.
In-depth Interviews. After the surveys are completed, a
sub-sample will be drawn from among the customers who completed the
surveys and up to 100 in-depth interviews will be conducted to delve
deeper into the experiences of the customers about the process of
application and services they received.
Impact Analysis. Actual practices, and results, including
those at USDA Headquarters, agency Headquarters, State/Regional/Local
USDA and State/County areas will be analyzed. The use of statistical
data (such as the percent of low-resource farmers participating in a
specific loan program); the findings and conclusions of internal and
external reports on USDA civil rights; other sources, such as the
existing minority/female farmer lawsuits, and advocacy organizations
will be determined under this task.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average twenty (20) minutes per Self
Administered Survey (paper or Web)/Telephone Survey response and two
(2) hours per in-depth interview response. See Table 1 below.
Type of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Out of 21,400 USDA customers and
potential customers to be surveyed, 15,100 respondents, (15,000
respondents for the Self Administered Survey/Telephone Survey and 100
respondents for the in-depth interview) are expected to respond.
Estimated Number of Responses: 15,100.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 5,200 hours.
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Estimated
Annual Estimated burden per Total burden
Data collection activity Respondents frequency per number of respondent estimate
response respondents (minutes) (hours)
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Self administered survey/ USDA customers 1 15,000 20 5,000
Telephone survey. and potential
customers.
In depth interviews........... USDA customers 1 100 120 200
and potential
customers.
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Total..................... ................ .............. 15,100 .............. 5,200
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Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. All comments received will be available for
public inspection during regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for the Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 8, 2010.
Joe Leonard, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, United States Department of
Agriculture.
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