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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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June 15, 2010.
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
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden 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 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806
and to Departmental Clearance Office,
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Washington, DC 20250–7602.
Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 30
days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Business Cooperative Service
Title: Rural Cooperative Development
Grants—7 CFR 4284–F.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0006.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Cooperative Development Grants
(RCDG) program is administered
through State Rural Development
Offices on behalf of the Rural Business
Cooperative Service (RBS). The primary
objective of the program is to improve
the economic condition of rural areas
through cooperative development. Grant
funds are awarded on a competitive
basis using a scoring system that gives
preference to applications that
demonstrate a proven track record. The
applicants, who are non-profit
corporations or institutions of higher
education, will provide information
using various forms and supporting
documentation.
Need and Use of the Information: RBS
will use the information collected to
evaluate the applicant’s ability to carry
out the purposes of the program. If this
information were not collected, RBS
would have no basis on which to
evaluate the relative merit of each
application.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Frequency of Responses: Record
keeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9,325.
Rural Business Cooperative Service
Title: Annual Survey of Farmer
Cooperatives.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0007.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Business Cooperative Service (RBS) was
mandated the responsibility to acquire
and disseminate information pertaining
to agricultural cooperatives under the
Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926: 7
U.S.C. 451–457 and Public Law 450.
The primary objective of RBS is to
promote understanding, use and
development of the cooperative form of
business as a viable option for
enhancing the income of agricultural
producers and other rural residents. The
annual survey collects basic statistics on
cooperative business volume, net
income, members, financial status,
employees, and other selected
information to support RBS’ objective
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and role. RBS will use a variety of forms
to collect information.
Need and Use of the Information: RBS
uses the information collected to
summarize for program planning,
evaluation service work and cooperative
analysis and education. The information
collected and published in the annual
report on farmer cooperatives supports
and enhances most of the major
functions of RBS. By not collecting this
information, the RBS would have
difficulties in carrying out its policy on
farmer cooperatives.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,504.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,461.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 15, 2010.
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
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden 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 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806
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and to Departmental Clearance Office,
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Washington, DC 20250–7602.
Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 30
days of this notification. 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.
National Appeals Division
Title: National Appeals Division
Customer Service Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0503–0007.
Summary of Collection: The Secretary
of Agriculture established the National
Appeals Division (NAD) on October 20,
1994, by Secretary’s Memorandum
1010–1, pursuant to the Federal Crop
Insurance Reform and Department of
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994.
The Act consolidated the appellate
functions and staff of several USDA
agencies and provided for independent
hearings and reviews of adverse
decisions of Agencies within USDA.
Hearing Officers conduct evidentiary
hearings on adverse decisions or, when
the appellant requests they review the
Agency’s record of the adverse decision
without a hearing. Although NAD
maintains a database to track appeal
requests, the database contains only
information necessary to process the
appeal request, such as the name,
address, filing results etc. NAD will
collect information using a survey.
Need and Use of the Information:
NAD plans to use the information
collected in the survey to determine
who is and who is not aware of its
services. NAD also wants to know of the
groups who are aware of its services,
just exactly how complete this
awareness is. NAD also wants to gather
current data to measure the appellant’s
perception of the quality of how easy
the determination was to read; how
intently the Hearing Officer listened to
the appellant; and if the appellant
would be willing to have the same
Hearing Officer hear a future appeal.
This data will be used to either alter
current or establish new training for
Hearing and Appeals Officers.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 429.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
Notice of Revision of Privacy
Act Systems of Records.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is revising one
Privacy Act (PA) system of records and
deleting two systems of records
maintained by the Agricultural Research
Service (ARS).
EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice will be
adopted without further publication in
the Federal Register on July 28, 2010
unless modified by a subsequent notice
to incorporate comments received from
the public. Comments must be received
by the contact person listed below on or
before July 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stasia Hutchison, FOIA/PA Officer,
ARS, REE, USDA, 5601 Sunnyside
Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705–5128;
Telephone (301) 504–1655; Facsimile
(301) 504–1647; Electronic Mail
stasia.hutchison@ars.usda.gov.
Pursuant
to the PA, 5 U.S.C. 552a, USDA hereby
takes the following action:
I. One system of records is being
revised for the following reasons:
1. USDA/ARS–2, Research Medical
Records System on Patients and Human
Volunteers Participating in Research at
the ARS Human Nutrition Research
Centers in Grand Forks, Beltsville, and
San Francisco, USDA/ARS is being
revised. The purpose of this revision to
the system of records is to change the
system designation from USDA/ARS–2
to USDA/ARS–1; identify changes in the
system name, system location, and
categories of individuals covered by the
system; update the purpose, safeguards,
retention and disposal, system manager
and address, and record access
procedures; modify the routine uses by
adding three relating to security
breaches, disclosure to National
Archives and Records Administration,
and disclosure to contractors; and to
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add the following sections: security
classification, agency official
responsible for system of records,
disclosure to consumer reporting
agencies, and exemptions claimed for
the system.
II. Two systems are being deleted as
follows:
1. USDA/ARS–1, Solicitation of Bids
or Proposals for Procurement Contracts,
is being deleted as the records no longer
meet the requirements for a Privacy Act
system of records. USDA/ARS–5, ARS
Health and Fitness Center, is being
deleted as the records are no longer
relevant and necessary to accomplish a
purpose of the Agency. The records no
longer exist. A Privacy Act Systems
Report relating to the proposed changes
was sent to the Administrator, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget;
Chairman, Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs,
United States Senate; and Chairman,
Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, U.S. House of
Representatives on June 9, 2010.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 9, 2010.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2010–14714 Filed 6–17–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Ch. 35, as amended), the Rural
Housing Service (RHS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) will be requested. The intention
is to request a revision for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the program for 7 CFR part
1927–B, Real Estate Title Clearance and
Loan Closing.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 17, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shantelle C. Gordon, Program Analyst,
USDA Rural Housing Service, Single
Family Housing, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., STOP 0783, Washington,
DC 20250–0783, Telephone: (202) 205–
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 15, 2010.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden 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 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395-5806
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and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602,
Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification. 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.
National Appeals Division
Title: National Appeals Division Customer Service Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0503-0007.
Summary of Collection: The Secretary of Agriculture established the
National Appeals Division (NAD) on October 20, 1994, by Secretary's
Memorandum 1010-1, pursuant to the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. The Act
consolidated the appellate functions and staff of several USDA agencies
and provided for independent hearings and reviews of adverse decisions
of Agencies within USDA. Hearing Officers conduct evidentiary hearings
on adverse decisions or, when the appellant requests they review the
Agency's record of the adverse decision without a hearing. Although NAD
maintains a database to track appeal requests, the database contains
only information necessary to process the appeal request, such as the
name, address, filing results etc. NAD will collect information using a
survey.
Need and Use of the Information: NAD plans to use the information
collected in the survey to determine who is and who is not aware of its
services. NAD also wants to know of the groups who are aware of its
services, just exactly how complete this awareness is. NAD also wants
to gather current data to measure the appellant's perception of the
quality of how easy the determination was to read; how intently the
Hearing Officer listened to the appellant; and if the appellant would
be willing to have the same Hearing Officer hear a future appeal. This
data will be used to either alter current or establish new training for
Hearing and Appeals Officers.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 429.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-14789 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45 am]
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