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Catherine E. Woteki,
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Economics.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Chief Financial Officer;
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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February 19, 2016.
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; (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
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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 28, 2016
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:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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
person are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Title: Information Collection Request;
Representations Regarding Felony
Conviction and Tax Delinquent Status
for Corporate Applicants and Awardees.
OMB Control Number: 0505–0025.
Summary of Collection: The
appropriations restrictions contained in
all of the respective appropriations acts
since fiscal year (FY) 2012 regarding
financial transactions with corporations
that have tax delinquencies or felony
convictions were continued in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
Public Law 114–113. The restrictions
are located in Division E, Title VII,
sections 745 and 746, respectively. The
restrictions apply to transactions with
corporations that (1) have any ‘‘unpaid
Federal tax liability that has been
assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been
exhausted or have lapsed, and that is
not being paid in a timely manner
pursuant to an agreement with the
authority responsible for collecting the
tax liability, where the awarding agency
is aware of the unpaid tax liability and
(2) were ‘‘convicted of a felony criminal
violation under any Federal law within
the preceding 24 months, where the
awarding agency is aware of the
conviction. The restricted transactions
include contracts, grants, loans, loan
guarantees, cooperative agreements, and
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memoranda of understanding/
agreement). The restrictions may not
apply if a Federal agency considers
suspension or debarment of the
corporation and determines that such
action is not necessary to protect the
interests of the Government. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
agencies and staff offices must comply
with the restrictions.
During fiscal years 2012–2014, similar
provisions were not uniform across the
government. For USDA, one set of
provisions applied to all agencies and
staff offices except the Forest Service
and a second set of slightly different
provisions applied only to the Forest
Service. To facilitate compliance with
the appropriations restrictions, USDA
created two sets of forms—one for use
by all USDA agencies and staff offices
(Forms AD–3030–Y and AD–3031–Y
and one for use only by the Forest
Service (Forms AD–3030 FS and AD–
3031 FS). In FY 2015 Congress enacted
slightly different government-wide
provisions for all agencies and
departments. In response, USDA created
a new set of forms that adhered to the
change for use by all of its agencies and
staff offices including the Forest Service
(Forms AD–3030 and AD–3031).
USDA must also comply with prior
year provisions issued between FY
2012–2014 to the extent that carry over/
no year funds provided by those years’
appropriations were used in awards or
award adjustments.
Need and Use of the Information: To
comply with the appropriations
restrictions, the information collection
requires corporate applicants and
awardees for USDA programs to
represent accurately whether they have
or do not have qualifying tax
delinquencies or convictions which
would prevent USDA from entering into
a proposed business transaction with
the corporate applicant. For nonprocurement programs and transactions,
these representations will be submitted
on the proposed information collection
Forms AD–3030, AD–3031, AD–3030–Y,
AD–3031–Y, AD–3030–FS and AD–
3031–FS. This information collection,
deals only with USDA non-procurement
transactions. The categories of nonprocurement transactions covered by
this information collection are: nonprocurement contracts, grants, loans,
loan guarantees, cooperative
agreements, and some memoranda of
understanding/agreement. Accordingly,
this information collection is not
intended for use with USDA
procurement transactions. . For more
specific information about whether a
particular non-procurement program or
transaction is included in this list please
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contact the USDA agency or staff office
responsible for the program or
transaction in question.
Forms AD–3030, AD–3030–Y and
AD–3030–FS will effectuate compliance
with the appropriations restrictions by
requiring all corporate applicants to
represent, at the time of application for
a non-procurement program, whether
they have tax delinquencies or felony
convictions that would prevent USDA
from doing business with them.
Corporations include, but are not
limited to, any entity that has filed
articles of incorporation in one of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, or the
various territories of the United States.
Corporations include both for profit and
non-profit entities. Forms AD–3031,
AD–3031–Y and AD–3031–FS require
an affirmative representation, at the
time of the award, that corporate
awardees for non-procurement
transactions do not have tax
delinquencies or felony convictions that
would prevent USDA from doing
business with them. If the application
and award process are a single step, the
agency or staff office may require both
forms to be filed simultaneously.
Collection of this information is
necessary to ensure that USDA agencies
and staff offices comply with the
appropriations restrictions prohibiting
the Government from doing business
with corporations with tax
delinquencies or felony convictions.
The burden for each form will be
accounted for within the individual
USDA agency and staff office collection
packages using the forms. The time
required to complete this information
collection is estimated to average 0.25
minutes per response, per form,
including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
USDA’s Office of the Chief Financial
Officer (OCFO) is requesting approval
for one respondent and a one hour place
holder for the forms. The total estimated
burden for the OCFO’s use of the forms
is thus one hour, which will allow it to
distribute the approved forms to USDA
agencies and staff offices. USDA
agencies and staff offices using the
forms will reflect the approved OMB
control number of the package and
account for the burden within their
individual collection packages when
they seek Office of Management and
Budget approval or re-authorization.
Respondents: Corporate applicants
and awardees for USDA nonprocurement programs, including
grants, cooperative agreements, loans,
loan guarantees, some memoranda of
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understanding/agreement, and nonprocurement contracts.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1.
Frequency of Collection: Other:
Corporations—each time they apply to
participate in a multitude of USDA nonprocurement programs; Awardees each
time they receive an award.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 1.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Land Between The Lakes Advisory
Board
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Land Between The Lakes
Advisory Board (Board) will meet in
Golden Pond, Kentucky. The Board is
authorized under Section 450 of the
Land Between The Lakes Protection Act
of 1998 (Act) and operates in
compliance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The purpose of the
Board is to advise the Secretary of
Agriculture on the means of promoting
public participation for the land and
resource management plan for the
recreation area; and environmental
education. Board information can be
found at the following Web site:
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/.
DATES: The meeting will be held at 9:00
a.m. on March 17, 2016.
All Board meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Land Between The Lakes
Administration Building, 100 Van
Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Land Between
The Lakes Adminstrative Building.
Please call ahead to facilitate entry into
the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Bombard, Board Coordinator,
by phone at 270–924–2002 or via email
at cabombard@fs.fed.us.
SUMMARY:
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Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Discuss Environmental Education;
and
2. Effectively communicate future
land management plan activities.
The meeting is open to the public.
Board discussion is limited to Forest
Service staff and Board members.
Written comments are invited and
should be sent to Tina Tilley, Area
Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes,
100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond,
Kentucky 42211; and must be received
by March 1, 2016, in order for copies to
be provided to the members for this
meeting. Board members will review
written comments received, and at their
request, oral clarification may be
requested for a future meeting.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
Dated: February 18, 2016.
Tina R. Tilley,
Area Supervisor, Land Between The Lakes.
[FR Doc. 2016–03840 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ketchikan Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Ketchikan Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Ketchikan, Alaska. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
February 19, 2016.
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; (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
28, 2016 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:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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 person are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Title: Information Collection Request; Representations Regarding
Felony Conviction and Tax Delinquent Status for Corporate Applicants
and Awardees.
OMB Control Number: 0505-0025.
Summary of Collection: The appropriations restrictions contained in
all of the respective appropriations acts since fiscal year (FY) 2012
regarding financial transactions with corporations that have tax
delinquencies or felony convictions were continued in the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113. The restrictions are
located in Division E, Title VII, sections 745 and 746, respectively.
The restrictions apply to transactions with corporations that (1) have
any ``unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which
all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have
lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax
liability and (2) were ``convicted of a felony criminal violation under
any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding
agency is aware of the conviction. The restricted transactions include
contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, cooperative agreements, and
memoranda of understanding/agreement). The restrictions may not apply
if a Federal agency considers suspension or debarment of the
corporation and determines that such action is not necessary to protect
the interests of the Government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's
(USDA) agencies and staff offices must comply with the restrictions.
During fiscal years 2012-2014, similar provisions were not uniform
across the government. For USDA, one set of provisions applied to all
agencies and staff offices except the Forest Service and a second set
of slightly different provisions applied only to the Forest Service. To
facilitate compliance with the appropriations restrictions, USDA
created two sets of forms--one for use by all USDA agencies and staff
offices (Forms AD-3030-Y and AD-3031-Y and one for use only by the
Forest Service (Forms AD-3030 FS and AD-3031 FS). In FY 2015 Congress
enacted slightly different government-wide provisions for all agencies
and departments. In response, USDA created a new set of forms that
adhered to the change for use by all of its agencies and staff offices
including the Forest Service (Forms AD-3030 and AD-3031).
USDA must also comply with prior year provisions issued between FY
2012-2014 to the extent that carry over/no year funds provided by those
years' appropriations were used in awards or award adjustments.
Need and Use of the Information: To comply with the appropriations
restrictions, the information collection requires corporate applicants
and awardees for USDA programs to represent accurately whether they
have or do not have qualifying tax delinquencies or convictions which
would prevent USDA from entering into a proposed business transaction
with the corporate applicant. For non-procurement programs and
transactions, these representations will be submitted on the proposed
information collection Forms AD-3030, AD-3031, AD-3030-Y, AD-3031-Y,
AD-3030-FS and AD-3031-FS. This information collection, deals only with
USDA non-procurement transactions. The categories of non-procurement
transactions covered by this information collection are: non-
procurement contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, cooperative
agreements, and some memoranda of understanding/agreement. Accordingly,
this information collection is not intended for use with USDA
procurement transactions. . For more specific information about whether
a particular non-procurement program or transaction is included in this
list please
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contact the USDA agency or staff office responsible for the program or
transaction in question.
Forms AD-3030, AD-3030-Y and AD-3030-FS will effectuate compliance
with the appropriations restrictions by requiring all corporate
applicants to represent, at the time of application for a non-
procurement program, whether they have tax delinquencies or felony
convictions that would prevent USDA from doing business with them.
Corporations include, but are not limited to, any entity that has filed
articles of incorporation in one of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, or the various territories of the United States. Corporations
include both for profit and non-profit entities. Forms AD-3031, AD-
3031-Y and AD-3031-FS require an affirmative representation, at the
time of the award, that corporate awardees for non-procurement
transactions do not have tax delinquencies or felony convictions that
would prevent USDA from doing business with them. If the application
and award process are a single step, the agency or staff office may
require both forms to be filed simultaneously. Collection of this
information is necessary to ensure that USDA agencies and staff offices
comply with the appropriations restrictions prohibiting the Government
from doing business with corporations with tax delinquencies or felony
convictions.
The burden for each form will be accounted for within the
individual USDA agency and staff office collection packages using the
forms. The time required to complete this information collection is
estimated to average 0.25 minutes per response, per form, including the
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing
the collection of information.
USDA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is requesting
approval for one respondent and a one hour place holder for the forms.
The total estimated burden for the OCFO's use of the forms is thus one
hour, which will allow it to distribute the approved forms to USDA
agencies and staff offices. USDA agencies and staff offices using the
forms will reflect the approved OMB control number of the package and
account for the burden within their individual collection packages when
they seek Office of Management and Budget approval or re-authorization.
Respondents: Corporate applicants and awardees for USDA non-
procurement programs, including grants, cooperative agreements, loans,
loan guarantees, some memoranda of understanding/agreement, and non-
procurement contracts.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1.
Frequency of Collection: Other: Corporations--each time they apply
to participate in a multitude of USDA non-procurement programs;
Awardees each time they receive an award.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-03975 Filed 2-24-16; 8:45 am]
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