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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Request an
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations which implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the National Institute
of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA)
intention to request approval to extend
the currently approved information
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collection in support of authorizations
to use the 4–H Club Name and/or
Emblem.
Written comments on this notice
must be received by September 4, 2015
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning this notice and requests for
copies of the information collection may
be submitted by any of the following
methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov;
Fax: 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of
Information Technology (OIT), NIFA,
USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2216
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Martin, eGovernment Program
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Authorization to
Use the 4–H Club Name and/or Emblem.
OMB Number: 0524–0034.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
January 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval for the extension of a currently
approved information collection for
three years.
Abstract: Use of the 4–H Club Name
and/or Emblem is authorized by an Act
of Congress (18 U.S.C. 707). Use of the
4–H Club Name and/or Emblem by
anyone other than 4–H Clubs and those
duly authorized by them,
representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture, the land
grant colleges and universities, and
persons authorized by the Secretary of
Agriculture is prohibited by the
provisions of 18 U.S.C. 707. The
Secretary of Agriculture has delegated
authority to the Administrator of NIFA
to authorize others to use the 4–H Club
Name and Emblem. The Administrator
has promulgated regulations at 7 CFR
part 8 that govern such use. The
regulatory requirements for use of the 4–
H Club Name and/or Emblem reflect the
high standards of 4–H and its
educational goals and objectives.
Pursuant to provisions of 7 CFR part 8
anyone requesting authorization from
the Administrator to use the 4–H Club
Name and Emblem is asked to describe
the proposed use in a formal
application. The collection of this
information is used to determine
whether the applicant’s proposed use
will meet the regulatory requirements in
7 CFR part 8 and whether an
authorization for use should be granted.
Need and Use of the Information:
NIFA will collect information on the
name of the individual, partnership,
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corporation, or association; the
organizational address; the name of an
authorized representative; the telephone
number, fax number, and email address;
the proposed use of the 4–H Club Name
and/or Emblem; and the plan for sale or
distribution of the product bearing the
4–H Club Name and/or Emblem. The
information collected by NIFA will be
used to determine if those applying to
use the 4–H Name and/or Emblem meet
the regulatory requirements. If the
information is not collected, it would
not be possible to ensure that the
products, services, and materials meet
the regulatory requirements as well as
4–H educational goals and objectives.
Estimate of Burden: No changes have
been proposed to this collection and the
public reporting burden remains at the
estimated average of 0.5 hours per
response for 75 respondents.
Respondents: Individuals,
households, business or other for-profit
or not-for-profit institutions.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (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.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
to OMB for approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
June, 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015–16470 Filed 7–2–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Revise and Extend
a Currently Approved Information
Collection
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the National Institute
of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA)
intention to request Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the revision and extension
of a currently approved information
collection for the Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by September 4, 2015,
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning this notice and requests for
copies of the information collection may
be submitted by any of the following
methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov;
Fax: 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of
Information Technology (OIT), NIFA,
USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2216.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Martin, eGovernment Program
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Expanded Food and Nutrition
Education Program.
OMB Number: 0524–0044.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
January 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval for the revision and extension
of a currently approved information
collection for three years.
Abstract: NIFA’s Expanded Food and
Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is
a unique program that began in 1969
and is designed to reach limited
resource audiences, especially youth
and families with young children.
EFNEP is authorized under section 1425
of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175) and funded under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343(d)). Extension professionals
train and supervise paraprofessionals
and volunteers who teach food and
nutrition information and skills to
limited resource families and youth.
EFNEP operates through the 1862 and
1890 Land Grant Universities (LGU) in
all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
and in American Samoa, Guam,
Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The objectives of EFNEP are to assist
limited resource families and youth in
acquiring the knowledge, skills,
attitudes, and changed behaviors
necessary for nutritionally sound diets,
and to contribute to their personal
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development and the improvement of
the total family diet and nutritional
well-being.
NIFA sponsors an integrated data
collection process that is used at the
county, State, and Federal level. The
current data collection system, the Webbased Nutrition Education Evaluation
and Reporting System (WebNEERS),
captures EFNEP impacts. Its purpose is
to gauge if the Federal assistance
provided has had an impact on the
target audience. It also enables EFNEP
staff to make programmatic
improvements in delivering nutrition
education. Further, the data collected
provide information for program
management decisions and diagnostic
assessments of participant needs. In
order to capture all of EFNEP’s reporting
requirements in one place, EFNEP
program plans and budgetary data are
now submitted, reviewed, and approved
through WebNEERS. These EFNEP
specific reporting requirements are tied
to release of Federal EFNEP funds.
Specifications for this system were
developed by a committee of
representatives from across the United
States and are in compliance with
Federal standards for maintaining,
collecting, and presenting data on race
and ethnicity and protecting personally
identifiable information.
WebNEERS stores information on: (1)
Adult program participants, their family
structure, and dietary practices; (2)
youth group participants; (3) staff; (4)
annual budgets; and (5) annual program
plans. WebNEERS is one web-based
system which operates on three levels:
The Region level (County), Institution
level (university), and the Federal level.
Data are entered at the regional level.
They are available in aggregated form at
the Institution level in real time.
University staff generates State-level
reports for State-level stakeholders and
to guide program management decisions
(State also refers to the District of
Columbia and the insular areas; in
States that have both 1862 and 1890
LGUs, it refers to the individual
universities). Data are not available to
the Federal level until the university
staff submits them. This process allows
for State and National assessments of
the program’s impact. The National data
are used to create National reports
which are made available to the public.
There are revisions to the currently
approved collection. WebNEERS is an
update to the currently approved
NEERS5 system. WebNEERS is a secure
online system designed, hosted, and
maintained by Clemson University.
WebNEERS is accessed through the
Internet via Internet Explorer, Firefox,
Google Chrome, and Safari web
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browsers. It can also be accessed
through mobile devices and tablets. It
incorporates local, university, and
Federal components from the NEERS5
system as well as new elements such as
the EFNEP 5-Year Plan/Annual Update
(program plan), the EFNEP budget and
budget justification, and the social
ecological framework of the Community
Nutrition Education (CNE) logic model.
Only approved users can access
WebNEERS and each user can only
access data based on his/her defined
permissions. The updated system also
has the capability to export raw data for
external analysis. Data exported from
WebNEERS do not include personally
identifiable information. Several
stakeholder groups provided input on
the updated system to ensure that
EFNEP continues to collect only those
data which it needs for evaluation and
reporting. These groups also gave
feedback to improve user interfaces and
to improve functionality and
capabilities of the system.
The evaluation processes of EFNEP
remain consistent with the requirements
of Congressional legislation and OMB.
The Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L.
103–62), the GPRA Modernization Act
of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–352), the Federal
Agriculture Improvement Reform (FAIR)
Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–127), and the
Agricultural Research, Extension and
Education Reform Act (AREERA) of
1998 (Pub. L. 105–185), together with
OMB requirements, support the
reporting requirements requested in this
information collection. Section 804 of
the FAIR act requires the development
and implementation of a system to
monitor and evaluate agricultural
research and extension activities in
order to measure the impact and
effectiveness of research, extension, and
education programs. AREERA requires a
performance evaluation to be conducted
to determine whether Federally funded
agricultural research, extension, and
education programs result in public
goods that have national or multistate
significance.
Estimate of Burden: The total annual
estimated burden for WebNEERS is
86,826 hours for this data collection
process—for participant education and
data entry, aggregation, and reporting;
and for preparation, review, and
submission of EFNEP program plans
and budgetary information. The burden
for respondents was estimated through
feedback from a survey sent by Clemson
University to nine EFNEP Coordinators
and their data managers. Seven surveys
were returned. The estimate was 1,158
hours per response and annually there
are 75 total responses. Burden estimates
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are seven percent lower than they were
for NEERS5 even with the inclusion of
the new reporting elements (EFNEP
program plans and budgets). This
indicates that even though additional
reporting requirements were included in
the updated system, the overall burden
to the users was reduced.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
June, 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015–16472 Filed 7–2–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for the Biorefinery, Renewable
Chemical, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing Assistance Program
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This Notice announces the
solicitation of applications for funds
available under the Biorefinery,
Renewable Chemical, and Biobased
Product Manufacturing Assistance
Program (the Program), formerly the
Biorefinery Assistance Program, to
provide guaranteed loans to fund the
development, construction, and
Retrofitting of Commercial Scale
biorefineries using Eligible Technology
and of Biobased Product Manufacturing
facilities that use Technologically New
Commercial Scale processing and
manufacturing equipment to convert
Renewable Chemicals and other
biobased outputs of biorefineries into
end-user products, on a Commercial
Scale.
DATES: With this Notice, the Agency is
announcing two separate application
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cycles, which are established in
accordance with 7 CFR 4279.260(b),
with application deadlines of October 1,
2015, and April 1, 2016.
The first application cycle begins with
publication of this Notice and extends
no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, October 1, 2015. The second
application cycle begins at the close of
the first application cycle and extends
no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time, April 1, 2016. Applications
received after the close of the second
application cycle will be considered in
the subsequent application cycle. All
applications received prior to October 1,
2015, will be evaluated under 7 CFR
part 4279, subpart B, published in the
Federal Register on June 24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may
be obtained from:
• USDA, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, Energy Division, Attention:
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and
Biobased Product Manufacturing
Assistance Program, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 3225, Washington,
DC 20250–3225.
• Agency Web site: https://
forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms. Follow
instructions for obtaining the
application and forms. Application
materials can also be obtained from the
Agency’s Web site. https://
www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
biorefinery-assistance-program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Hubbell, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, Energy Division,
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and
Biobased Product Manufacturing
Assistance Program, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop
3225, Washington, DC 20250–3225.
Telephone: 202–690–2516. Email:
Todd.Hubbell@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the information
collection requirements associated with
the Program, as covered in this Notice,
have been submitted to the Office of
Management Budget (OMB) under OMB
Control Number 0570–0065, for OMB
approval.
Overview
Federal Agency Name: Rural
Business-Cooperative Service (an
Agency of USDA in the Rural
Development mission area).
Solicitation Opportunity Title:
Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and
Biobased Product Manufacturing
Assistance Program.
Announcement Type: Notice of
Solicitation of Applications.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: The CFDA
number for this Notice is 10.865.
Dates: To receive Program funds for
the first application cycle, applications
must be received in the USDA Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, Energy
Division no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time on October 1, 2015, to
compete for program funds. To receive
Program funds for the second
application cycle, applications must be
received in the USDA Rural BusinessCooperative Service, Energy Division no
later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on April 1, 2016. Any application
received after 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time on April 1, 2016, will be
considered for the subsequent
application cycle for the Program.
Availability of Notice and Rule: This
Notice and the interim rule for the
Program are available on the USDA
Rural Development Web site at https://
www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
biorefinery-assistance-program and at
https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Purpose of the Program. The
purpose of the Biorefinery, Renewable
Chemical, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing Program is to assist in
the development of new and emerging
technologies for the development of
Advanced Biofuels, Renewable
Chemicals, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing. This is achieved
through guarantees for loans made to
fund the development, construction,
and Retrofitting of Commercial Scale
biorefineries using Eligible Technology
and of Biobased Product Manufacturing
facilities that use Technologically New
Commercial Scale processing and
manufacturing equipment and required
facilities to convert Renewable
Chemicals and other biobased outputs
of biorefineries into end-user products
on a Commercial Scale.
B. Statutory Authority. This Program
is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 8103.
Regulations are contained in 7 CFR part
4279, subpart C and in 7 CFR part 4287,
subpart D.
C. Definition of Terms. The
definitions applicable to this Notice are
published at 7 CFR 4279.202 and 7 CFR
4287.302.
D. Application Awards. The Agency
will review, evaluate, score, and award
applications received in response to this
Notice based on the provisions found in
7 CFR part 4279, subpart C and as
indicated in this Notice.
II. Award Information
A. Available Funds. This Notice is a
solicitation for applications that will be
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Revise and Extend a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations that implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's
(NIFA) intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the revision and extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education
Program (EFNEP).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by September 4,
2015, to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning this notice and requests for
copies of the information collection may be submitted by any of the
following methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov; Fax: 202-720-0857;
Mail: Office of Information Technology (OIT), NIFA, USDA, STOP 2216,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-2216.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Martin, eGovernment Program
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program.
OMB Number: 0524-0044.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: January 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval for the revision and
extension of a currently approved information collection for three
years.
Abstract: NIFA's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
(EFNEP) is a unique program that began in 1969 and is designed to reach
limited resource audiences, especially youth and families with young
children. EFNEP is authorized under section 1425 of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3175) and funded under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343(d)). Extension professionals train and supervise
paraprofessionals and volunteers who teach food and nutrition
information and skills to limited resource families and youth. EFNEP
operates through the 1862 and 1890 Land Grant Universities (LGU) in all
50 States, the District of Columbia, and in American Samoa, Guam,
Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The objectives of EFNEP are to assist limited resource families and
youth in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed
behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to
their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet
and nutritional well-being.
NIFA sponsors an integrated data collection process that is used at
the county, State, and Federal level. The current data collection
system, the Web-based Nutrition Education Evaluation and Reporting
System (WebNEERS), captures EFNEP impacts. Its purpose is to gauge if
the Federal assistance provided has had an impact on the target
audience. It also enables EFNEP staff to make programmatic improvements
in delivering nutrition education. Further, the data collected provide
information for program management decisions and diagnostic assessments
of participant needs. In order to capture all of EFNEP's reporting
requirements in one place, EFNEP program plans and budgetary data are
now submitted, reviewed, and approved through WebNEERS. These EFNEP
specific reporting requirements are tied to release of Federal EFNEP
funds.
Specifications for this system were developed by a committee of
representatives from across the United States and are in compliance
with Federal standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data
on race and ethnicity and protecting personally identifiable
information.
WebNEERS stores information on: (1) Adult program participants,
their family structure, and dietary practices; (2) youth group
participants; (3) staff; (4) annual budgets; and (5) annual program
plans. WebNEERS is one web-based system which operates on three levels:
The Region level (County), Institution level (university), and the
Federal level. Data are entered at the regional level. They are
available in aggregated form at the Institution level in real time.
University staff generates State-level reports for State-level
stakeholders and to guide program management decisions (State also
refers to the District of Columbia and the insular areas; in States
that have both 1862 and 1890 LGUs, it refers to the individual
universities). Data are not available to the Federal level until the
university staff submits them. This process allows for State and
National assessments of the program's impact. The National data are
used to create National reports which are made available to the public.
There are revisions to the currently approved collection. WebNEERS
is an update to the currently approved NEERS5 system. WebNEERS is a
secure online system designed, hosted, and maintained by Clemson
University. WebNEERS is accessed through the Internet via Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari web browsers. It can also
be accessed through mobile devices and tablets. It incorporates local,
university, and Federal components from the NEERS5 system as well as
new elements such as the EFNEP 5-Year Plan/Annual Update (program
plan), the EFNEP budget and budget justification, and the social
ecological framework of the Community Nutrition Education (CNE) logic
model. Only approved users can access WebNEERS and each user can only
access data based on his/her defined permissions. The updated system
also has the capability to export raw data for external analysis. Data
exported from WebNEERS do not include personally identifiable
information. Several stakeholder groups provided input on the updated
system to ensure that EFNEP continues to collect only those data which
it needs for evaluation and reporting. These groups also gave feedback
to improve user interfaces and to improve functionality and
capabilities of the system.
The evaluation processes of EFNEP remain consistent with the
requirements of Congressional legislation and OMB. The Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-62), the GPRA
Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-352), the Federal Agriculture
Improvement Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-127), and the
Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act (AREERA) of
1998 (Pub. L. 105-185), together with OMB requirements, support the
reporting requirements requested in this information collection.
Section 804 of the FAIR act requires the development and implementation
of a system to monitor and evaluate agricultural research and extension
activities in order to measure the impact and effectiveness of
research, extension, and education programs. AREERA requires a
performance evaluation to be conducted to determine whether Federally
funded agricultural research, extension, and education programs result
in public goods that have national or multistate significance.
Estimate of Burden: The total annual estimated burden for WebNEERS
is 86,826 hours for this data collection process--for participant
education and data entry, aggregation, and reporting; and for
preparation, review, and submission of EFNEP program plans and
budgetary information. The burden for respondents was estimated through
feedback from a survey sent by Clemson University to nine EFNEP
Coordinators and their data managers. Seven surveys were returned. The
estimate was 1,158 hours per response and annually there are 75 total
responses. Burden estimates
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are seven percent lower than they were for NEERS5 even with the
inclusion of the new reporting elements (EFNEP program plans and
budgets). This indicates that even though additional reporting
requirements were included in the updated system, the overall burden to
the users was reduced.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of June, 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-16472 Filed 7-2-15; 8:45 am]
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