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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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March 6, 2018.
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; and (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 April 11, 2018
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
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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.
Office of Procurement and Property
Management
Title: Guidelines for Designating
Biobased Products for Federal
Procurement.
OMB Control Number: 0503–0011.
Summary of Collection: Section 9002
of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as
amended by the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008, and the
Agricultural Act of 2014 [7 U.S.C. 8102]
provides for a preferred procurement
program under which Federal agencies
are required to purchase biobased
products, with certain exceptions.
Product categories (which are generic
groupings of products) are designated by
rulemaking for preferred procurement.
To qualify product categories for
procurement under this program, the
statute requires that the Secretary of
Agriculture consider information on the
availability of biobased products, the
economic and technological feasibility
of using such products and the costs of
using such products. In addition, the
Secretary is required to provide
information on designated product
categories to Federal agencies about the
availability, price, performance, and
environmental and public health
benefits of such product categories, and
where appropriate shall recommend the
level of biobased material to be
contained in the procured product.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Office of Procurement and Property
Management (OPPM) and its contractors
will interact with manufacturers and
vendors to gather such information and
material for testing, as may be required
for designation of products categories
for preferred procurement by Federal
agencies. The information collected will
continue to be gathered using a variety
of methods, including face to face visits
with a manufacturer or vendor,
submission by manufacturers and
vendors of information electronically to
OPPM, and survey instruments filled
out by manufacturers and vendors and
submitted to OPPM.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 220.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 8,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: 2018 Survey of Compact of Free
Association (COFA) Migrants.
OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX.
Form Number(s): COFA–I (2018);
COFA–RI (2018); COFA–FAQ (2018);
COFA–NOV (2018); COFA–RL (2018);
COFA–ARC (2018).
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Respondents: 7100.
Average Hours per Response: 0.333.
Burden Hours: 2,449.
Needs and Uses: The Compact of Free
Association (COFA) is a joint
congressional-executive agreement that
states that the United States will
provide funds to Guam, CNMI, Hawaii,
and American Samoa for a range of
development programs and other
benefits that are necessary due to the inmigration of citizens from the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, and the Republic
of Palau. The COFA Amendments Act of
2003 stipulates that $30,000,000 will be
made available annually for grants to
help defray the costs to jurisdictions
whose health, educational, social, or
public safety services are affected by the
increase in COFA migrants from the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and the
Republic of Palau. The COFA
Amendments Act of 2003 requires that
an enumeration of COFA migrants be
conducted no less frequently than every
five years in Guam, CNMI, Hawaii, and
American Samoa to assist in the
distribution of the funds.
The proposed survey will collect data
on place of birth, age, date of birth, sex,
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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
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 6, 2018.
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; and (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 April
11, 2018 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:
[email protected] 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 persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Office of Procurement and Property Management
Title: Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal
Procurement.
OMB Control Number: 0503-0011.
Summary of Collection: Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as amended by the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008, and the Agricultural Act of 2014 [7
U.S.C. 8102] provides for a preferred procurement program under which
Federal agencies are required to purchase biobased products, with
certain exceptions. Product categories (which are generic groupings of
products) are designated by rulemaking for preferred procurement. To
qualify product categories for procurement under this program, the
statute requires that the Secretary of Agriculture consider information
on the availability of biobased products, the economic and
technological feasibility of using such products and the costs of using
such products. In addition, the Secretary is required to provide
information on designated product categories to Federal agencies about
the availability, price, performance, and environmental and public
health benefits of such product categories, and where appropriate shall
recommend the level of biobased material to be contained in the
procured product.
Need and Use of the Information: The Office of Procurement and
Property Management (OPPM) and its contractors will interact with
manufacturers and vendors to gather such information and material for
testing, as may be required for designation of products categories for
preferred procurement by Federal agencies. The information collected
will continue to be gathered using a variety of methods, including face
to face visits with a manufacturer or vendor, submission by
manufacturers and vendors of information electronically to OPPM, and
survey instruments filled out by manufacturers and vendors and
submitted to OPPM.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 220.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 8,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04833 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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