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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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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; (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), New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20502. Commenters are encouraged to
submit their comments to OMB via
email to: 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 by July 28,
2014. 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
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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: Bio-refinery Assistance
Program for Guaranteed Loans.
OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0570–
0065.
SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: As
authorized under the Agricultural Act of
2014 (2014 Farm Bill) the Bio-refinery
Assistance Program will promote the
development and construction of
commercial-scale bio-refineries and the
retrofitting of existing facilities using
eligible technology. Consistent with
Congressional intent, the program will
promote the development of the first
commercial scale bio-refineries that do
not rely on corn kernel starch as the
feedstock or standard biodiesel
technology for the development of
advanced biofuels, giving preference to
projects where first-of-a-kind technology
will be deployed at viable commercialscale bio-refineries.
NEED AND USE OF THE
INFORMATION: The Agency will use
various forms and written evidence to
collect needed information to determine
lender and borrower eligibility for loan
guarantees, and to ensure the lender
protects the government’s financial
interests. Lenders provide the Agency
with quarterly construction progress
reports demonstrating that engineering
and financial criteria used in the review
and approval of the application
continue to be met during the
construction phase of the project. Postconstruction information will be
collected demonstrating that the biorefineries are operating and meeting all
financial criteria projected during the
application phase. If the information
were not collected, the Agency would
not be able to make prudent credit
decisions nor monitor the lenders
servicing activities.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:
Business or other for-profit.
NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 83.
FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 6,349.
TITLE: Repowering Assistance
Program, 7 CFR 4288–A.
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OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0570–
0066.
SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: The
Repowering Assistance Program is
authorized under section 9004 of the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008 (Pub. L. 110–246). The objective of
this program is to provide financial
incentives to bio-refineries in existence
on the date of the enactment of the 2008
Farm Bill; to replace the use of fossil
fuels used to produce heat or power at
their facilities by installing new systems
that use renewable biomass, or to
produce new energy from renewable
biomass.
NEED AND USE OF THE
INFORMATION: Information gathered
under this collection will be used to
determine the eligibility of bio-refineries
to participate in the program. The
Agency will determine the amount of
payments to be made to a bio-refinery
under this program with consideration
given to: (1) The quantity of fossil fuel
a renewable biomass system is
replacing; (2) the percentage reduction
in fossil fuel used by the bio-refinery
that will result from the installation of
the renewable biomass system; and (3)
the cost-effectiveness of the renewable
biomass system.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:
Business or other for-profit.
NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 7.
FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 602.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0047]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Self-Certification Medical Statement
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request extension of approval of an
information collection for selfcertification medical statements.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 25,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0047.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2014–0047, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0047 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on self-certification medical
statements, contact Ms. Carmen QueenHines, Branch Chief, Human Resources
Division, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit
21, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301)
851–2918. For copies of more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Self-Certification Medical
Statement.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0196.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Marketing and
Regulatory Programs (MRP) agencies of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
facilitate the domestic and international
marketing of U.S. agricultural products
and protect the health of domestic
animal and plant resources. The MRP
agencies are the Agricultural Marketing
Service, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), and the
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration. Resource
management and administrative
services, including human resource
management, for the three MRP agencies
are provided by the MRP Business
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Services unit of APHIS, which is the
lead agency in providing administrative
support for MRP.
In accordance with 5 CFR part 339,
Federal agencies are authorized to
obtain medical information from
applicants for positions that have
approved medical standards. Medical
standards may be established for
positions for which the duties are
arduous or hazardous or require a
certain level of health status or fitness.
Certain positions in MRP agencies
have medical standards. MRP hires
individuals each year who work under
dusty conditions, around moving
machinery and slippery surfaces, and in
areas with high noise levels. The MRP
agencies require a self-certification
medical statement (MRP Form 5–R)
from applicants for these positions
regarding their fitness for the positions.
The MRP agencies need this information
to determine whether the applicants can
perform the duties of the positions.
Inability to collect this information
would adversely affect the MRP
agencies’ ability to make employment
decisions and determinations regarding
an applicant’s physical fitness to safely
and efficiently perform assigned duties.
Since the last approval of this
collection activity, the number of
applicants for certain positions that
require medical standards has
decreased; therefore, the number of
respondents using the self-certification
medical statement has decreased. As a
result, the estimated annual number of
respondents has decreased from 524 to
322, and the estimated total annual
burden has decreased from 88 hours to
54 hours.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
collection activity for an additional 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, through use, as appropriate,
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of automated, electronic, mechanical,
and other collection technologies, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
0.167 hours per response.
Respondents: Applicants for MRP
positions with approved medical
standards.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 322.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 322.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 54 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–15018 Filed 6–25–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Resource Coordinating
Committee Meetings
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Forest Resource
Coordinating Committee (Committee)
will meet via teleconference. The
Committee is established consistent
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act of 1972 (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II),
and the Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008 (the Act) (Pub. L. 110–246).
Additional information concerning the
Committee can be found by visiting the
Committee’s Web site at: https://
www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/frcc/.
DATES: The teleconferences will be held
on the following dates:
• July 16, 2014.
• September 17, 2014.
• October 15, 2014.
• November 19, 2014.
• December 17, 2014.
The time of the meetings will be from
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time (EST). Each meeting is
subject to cancellation. For status of the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0047]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Self-Certification Medical Statement
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request extension of approval of an information collection
for self-certification medical statements.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0047.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0047, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-
0047 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on self-certification
medical statements, contact Ms. Carmen Queen-Hines, Branch Chief, Human
Resources Division, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 21, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 851-2918. For copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Self-Certification Medical Statement.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0196.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) agencies of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture facilitate the domestic and
international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and protect the
health of domestic animal and plant resources. The MRP agencies are the
Agricultural Marketing Service, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration. Resource management and administrative services,
including human resource management, for the three MRP agencies are
provided by the MRP Business Services unit of APHIS, which is the lead
agency in providing administrative support for MRP.
In accordance with 5 CFR part 339, Federal agencies are authorized
to obtain medical information from applicants for positions that have
approved medical standards. Medical standards may be established for
positions for which the duties are arduous or hazardous or require a
certain level of health status or fitness.
Certain positions in MRP agencies have medical standards. MRP hires
individuals each year who work under dusty conditions, around moving
machinery and slippery surfaces, and in areas with high noise levels.
The MRP agencies require a self-certification medical statement (MRP
Form 5-R) from applicants for these positions regarding their fitness
for the positions. The MRP agencies need this information to determine
whether the applicants can perform the duties of the positions.
Inability to collect this information would adversely affect the MRP
agencies' ability to make employment decisions and determinations
regarding an applicant's physical fitness to safely and efficiently
perform assigned duties.
Since the last approval of this collection activity, the number of
applicants for certain positions that require medical standards has
decreased; therefore, the number of respondents using the self-
certification medical statement has decreased. As a result, the
estimated annual number of respondents has decreased from 524 to 322,
and the estimated total annual burden has decreased from 88 hours to 54
hours.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity for an additional 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection technologies, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.167 hours per response.
Respondents: Applicants for MRP positions with approved medical
standards.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 322.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 322.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 54 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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