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Vol. 83, No. 85
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
[Docket No. NIFA–2018–002]
Notice of Intent To Revise 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
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations, this notice
announces the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA’s)
intention to request approval for an
extension of the currently approved
information collection for the NIFA
proposal review process.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by July 2, 2018 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.usda.gov; Fax:
202–720–0857; Mail: Office of
Information Technology (OIT), NIFA,
USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
2216.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Martin, eGovernment Program
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: NIFA Proposal
Review Process.
OMB Control Number: 0524–0041.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
November 30, 2018.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection for three years.
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Abstract: The National Institute of
Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is
responsible for performing a review of
proposals submitted to NIFA
competitive award programs in
accordance with section 103(a) of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1998, 7 U.S.C.
7613(a). Reviews are undertaken to
ensure that projects supported by NIFA
are of high quality, and are consistent
with the goals and requirements of the
funding program. Proposals submitted
to NIFA undergo a programmatic
evaluation to determine worthiness of
Federal support. The evaluations consist
of a peer panel review and may also
entail an assessment by Federal
employees and electronically submitted
(ad-hoc) reviews in the Peer Review
System.
Need and Use of the Information: As
part of our panel process NIFA is
required to ‘‘maintain a balanced
composition of reviewers with regard to
minority and female representation and
an equitable age distribution’’, 7 CFR
3430.33. In addition, the information
collected from the form is necessary to
show compliance with
nondiscrimination laws such as 7 CFR
15. Currently, we do not have a vehicle
to collect this information for panelists,
as the approved Research & Related
Personal Data form, OMB number 4040–
0001, is specific to applicants. Thus, we
are seeking a revision of the currently
approved Research & Related Personal
Data form, OMB Number 4040–0001,
tailoring it for panelists.
Once collected, the information
would be stored in a secure data base
and referenced when recruiting
panelists to ensure panels meet
diversity requirements as stated in 7
CFR 3430.33. The information would
also be aggregated for use in an annual
report on the demographics of NIFA’s
applicants and panelists to ensure
compliance and referenced as needed in
cases of a discrimination complaint. The
data would remain strictly confidential
and would only be available to NIFA
staff.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA estimates
that between one minute to ten minutes
may be required to fill out the form. It
is estimated that approximately five
minutes are required to fill out the form
on average. NIFA estimates it has 2,000
panelists each year. The total annual
burden on panelists is 167 hours.
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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 at Washington, DC, this 25th day of
April, 2018.
Sonny Ramaswamy,
Director, National Institute of Food and
Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
National Advisory Committee
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee
charter renewal.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(U.S. Census Bureau) hereby gives
notice that the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Commerce has
determined that the charter renewal of
the National Advisory Committee on
Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations
(NAC) is necessary and in the public
interest. The renewed charter can be
found on the Census Advisory
Committee website at the following URL
link: https://www2.census.gov/cac/nac/
nac-charter.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara
Dunlop Jackson, Chief, Advisory
Committee Branch, U.S. Census Bureau,
4600 Silver Hill Road, Room 8H177,
Washington, DC 20233, 301–763–5222,
tara.dunlop.jackson@census.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The NAC
advises the Census Bureau’s Director on
the full range of Census Bureau
programs and activities. The NAC
provides expertise from the following
disciplines: Economic, housing,
demographic, socioeconomic, linguistic,
technological, methodological,
geographic, and behavioral and
operational variables affecting the cost,
accuracy, and implementation of Census
Bureau programs and surveys, including
the decennial census.
The NAC will function solely as an
advisory body and in compliance with
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Pursuant to subsection
9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C., App., as amended, copies
of this charter were furnished to the
Library of Congress and to the following
committees of Congress:
• Senate Committee on
Appropriations;
• Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transportation;
• Senate Committee on Finance;
• Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs;
• House Committee on
Appropriations; and,
• House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 26, 2018.
Ron S. Jarmin,
Associate Director for Economic Programs,
Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and
Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2018–09281 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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: Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity Utilization.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0175.
Form Number(s): MQ–C2.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 7,500.
Average Hours Per Response: 2 hours
and 5 minutes.
Burden Hours: 62,500.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau, on behalf of the Federal Reserve
Board (FRB) and the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), within the Department of
Defense (DOD), requests an extension of
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approval for the Quarterly Survey of
Plant Capacity Utilization (QPC). The
survey provides information on use of
industrial capacity in manufacturing
and publishing plants as defined by the
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). The survey is the only
governmental source of capacity
utilization rates at industry levels.
Changes in capacity utilization are
considered important indicators of
investment demand and inflationary
pressure. For these reasons, the
estimates of capacity utilization are
closely monitored by government policy
makers and private sector decision
makers.
The survey collects the value of
quarterly production, the value of
production that could be achieved if
operating under ‘‘full production’’
capability, and the value of production
that could be achieved if operating
under ‘‘emergency production’’
capability. The ratio of the actual to the
full is the basis of the estimates for full
capacity utilization rates and similarly,
the actual to the emergency for the
emergency capacity utilization rates.
The survey also collects information by
shift, on work patterns at the actual
production level.
The FRB is the primary user of the
current QPC data and expressed the
need for these quarterly data. FRB
publishes measures of industrial
production (IP), capacity, and capacity
utilization in its G.17 statistical release,
which has been designated by the
federal government as a Principal
Federal Economic Indicator. Utilization
rates from the QPC survey are a
principle source for the measures of
capacity and capacity utilization. The
indexes of IP are either estimated from
physical product data or estimated from
monthly data on inputs to the
production process, specifically
production worker hours and an
indicator of capital input. For many
years, data on electric power use was
used as the indicator of industry capital
input. The deregulation of electricity
markets led to the deterioration in the
coverage and quality of the electricity
data. As a result, in November 2005, the
FRB discontinued its use of the
industrial electric power data in the
current estimates of IP. In order to
maintain the quality of the IP index, the
collection of these quarterly data,
including the utilization rate data and
the workweek of capital, is critical to
the indicators of capital input use and
industry output.
The FRB uses these data in several
ways. First, the QPC data are the
primary source of information for the
capacity indexes and utilization rates
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published by the FRB. Second, the QPC
utilization rate data are used as
indicators of output for some industries
in the estimation of monthly IP. Third,
the QPC utilization rate data and the
workweek data are used to improve the
projections of labor productivity that are
used to align IP with comprehensive
benchmark information from the
Economic Census covering the
Manufacturing sector and the Annual
Survey of Manufactures. Finally,
utilization rate data will assist in the
assessment of recent changes in IP, as
most of the high-frequency movement in
utilization rates reflect production
changes rather than capacity changes.
The DLA uses the data to assess
industrial base readiness and ramp-up
time to meet demand for goods under
selected national emergency scenarios.
In addition to the FRB and DLA uses,
these data are published on the Census
Bureau’s website, https://
www.census.gov/programs-surveys/
qpc.html.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Section 8(b) (Census
authority); 50 U.S.C., Section 98, et seq.
(FRB authority); and 12 U.S.C., Section
244 (DOD authority).
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202)395–5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Census Scientific Advisory Committee
Charter Renewal
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee
charter renewal.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(U.S. Census Bureau) hereby gives
notice that the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Commerce has
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
National Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee charter renewal.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) hereby gives
notice that the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce has
determined that the charter renewal of the National Advisory Committee
on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations (NAC) is necessary and in the
public interest. The renewed charter can be found on the Census
Advisory Committee website at the following URL link: https://www2.census.gov/cac/nac/nac-charter.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Dunlop Jackson, Chief, Advisory
Committee Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Room
8H177, Washington, DC 20233, 301-763-5222,
[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NAC advises the Census Bureau's Director
on the full range of Census Bureau programs and activities. The NAC
provides expertise from the following disciplines: Economic, housing,
demographic, socioeconomic, linguistic, technological, methodological,
geographic, and behavioral and operational variables affecting the
cost, accuracy, and implementation of Census Bureau programs and
surveys, including the decennial census.
The NAC will function solely as an advisory body and in compliance
with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Pursuant to
subsection 9(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App.,
as amended, copies of this charter were furnished to the Library of
Congress and to the following committees of Congress:
Senate Committee on Appropriations;
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation;
Senate Committee on Finance;
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs;
House Committee on Appropriations; and,
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Dated: April 26, 2018.
Ron S. Jarmin,
Associate Director for Economic Programs, Performing the Non-Exclusive
Functions and Duties of the Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2018-09281 Filed 5-1-18; 8:45 am]
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