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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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May 23, 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 and
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by June 28, 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 20503.
Commentors 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) 720–8681.
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.
Total Burden Hours: 40,139.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Forest Service
Title: Timber Sale Contract
Operations and Administration.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0225.
Summary of Collection: The Forest
Service (FS) is authorized under the
National Forest Management Act (16
U.S.C. 472a); Contract Disputes Act of
1978; Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008; Executive Order 11246, as
amended by E.O. 11375 and E.O. 12086;
36 CFR 223.30–60 and 36 CFR 223.110–
118; 40 CFR 112 and Forest Resources
Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of
1990, § 620d Monitoring and
Enforcement, as amended in 1997 by
Public Law 105–83 and current through
Public Law 110–450 and Agricultural
Act of 2014, Title VIII Forestry, to
collect information associated with
operations and administration of
bilateral contracts for the sale of timber
and other forest products.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information is needed by the FS for a
variety of uses associated with
operations and administration of
contracts for the sale and disposal of
National Forest System timber and other
forest products. The information
collected includes plans, inspections,
requests for action by the other party,
agreements, modifications, acceptance
of work, and notices necessary for
operations under the terms of the
contracts. Each contract specifies the
information the contractor will be
required to provide, including the
timing and frequency of the information
collection. The information is submitted
in a variety of formats including FS
forms; Government Standard forms;
forms developed by individual
contractors, charts, maps, email
messages and letters.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,400.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually; Semi-annually; Monthly; On
occasion.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Room 5164-South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492, FAX: (202)
720–8435 or email: Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for extension.
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
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
SUMMARY:
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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. Comments may be sent to:
Thomas P. Dickson, Director, Acting
Director, Program Development and
Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492, FAX: (202)
720–8435 or email Thomas.Dickson@
wdc.usda.gov.
Title: Rural Alaska Village Grant
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0150.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Alaska Village
Grant (RAVG) Program is authorized
under Section 305D of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act
(CONACT), (7 U.S.C. 1926(d)), as
amended. Governing regulations are
currently codified in 7 CFR 1780. Under
the RAVG program, the Secretary of
Agriculture may make grants to the
State of Alaska for the benefit of rural
or Native Villages in Alaska to provide
for the development and construction of
water and wastewater systems to
improve the health and sanitation
conditions in those Villages. To be
eligible to receive a grant under the
RAVG program, the project must
provide 25 percent in matching funds
from the State of Alaska. The matching
funds must come from non-Federal
sources. The Secretary shall consult
with the State of Alaska on a method of
prioritizing the allocation of grants
according to the needs of, and relative
health and sanitation conditions in,
each village.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.36 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 13.8.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 469.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt,
Program Development and Regulatory
Analysis, at (202) 205–3660, FAX: (202)
720–8435 or email: rebecca.hunt@
wdc.usda.gov. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included
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in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Kenneth L. Johnson,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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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: American Community Survey
Methods Panel Tests.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0936.
Form Number(s): ACS–1 and ACS–
1(GQ).
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
Number of Respondents: 455,500 per
year.
Average Hours per Response: 40
minutes.
Burden Hours: 266,168 per year.
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census
Bureau requests authorization from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the American Community
Survey (ACS) Methods Panel Tests.
An ongoing data collection effort with
an annual sample of the magnitude of
the ACS requires that the Census Bureau
continue research, testing, and
evaluations aimed at improving data
quality, achieving survey cost
efficiencies, reducing respondent
burden, and improving ACS
questionnaire content and related data
collection materials. The ACS Methods
Panel is a robust research program
focused on enhancing the quality of the
respondent experience, survey
operations, and data.
From 2018 to 2021, the ACS Methods
Panel program may include testing
methods for increasing survey
efficiencies, reducing survey cost,
improving the respondent experience,
increasing response rates, and
improving data quality. At this time,
plans are in place to propose several
tests:
• Mail Materials Test that will
explore ways to improve the respondent
experience and address respondent
concerns about the perceived
intrusiveness of the ACS balanced
against increasing self-response to the
survey.
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• Self-Response Mail Messaging Tests
that research various aspects of the mail
materials and contact strategy.
• Multilingual Testing that would
explore ways to engage respondents
with limited English proficiency during
the self-response portion of data
collection.
• Content Tests that will test new
and/or revised content.
• Respondent Burden Questions Test
that would incorporate questions about
respondents’ experience with the
survey.
• Respondent Comment/Feedback
Test which would add a comment field
to make it easy for respondents to give
feedback about the ACS.
• Administrative Data Use Test to
assess the potential for supplementing
or replacing survey content with
administrative data.
• Group Quarters Test to assess the
feasibility of making an internet selfresponse option available to noninstitutional GQ residents.
Since the ACS Methods Panel is
designed to address emerging issues, we
may conduct additional testing as
needed. Any additional testing would
focus on methods for reducing data
collection costs, improving data quality,
revising content, or testing new
questions that have an urgent need to be
included on the ACS. The tests may be
conducted on HUs, GQs, or both. As
more details are developed for the
additional tests, the Census Bureau will
submit a non-substantive change
request, (and Federal Register Notice, as
necessary) documenting the change or
revision.
The tests proposed allow the Census
Bureau to continue to examine
operational issues, research the data
quality, collect cost information and
make recommendations for
improvements to this annual data
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: Multiple one-time tests
over a 3-year period.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 141, 193, and 221.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites comments on this information
collection for which RUS intends to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director,
Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164-South Building,
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492, FAX: (202) 720-
8435 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an information collection that RUS
is submitting to OMB for extension.
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 including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and
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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. Comments may be sent to: Thomas
P. Dickson, Director, Acting Director, Program Development and
Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492, FAX: (202) 720-8435 or email
[email protected].
Title: Rural Alaska Village Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0150.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) Program is
authorized under Section 305D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (CONACT), (7 U.S.C. 1926(d)), as amended. Governing
regulations are currently codified in 7 CFR 1780. Under the RAVG
program, the Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to the State of
Alaska for the benefit of rural or Native Villages in Alaska to provide
for the development and construction of water and wastewater systems to
improve the health and sanitation conditions in those Villages. To be
eligible to receive a grant under the RAVG program, the project must
provide 25 percent in matching funds from the State of Alaska. The
matching funds must come from non-Federal sources. The Secretary shall
consult with the State of Alaska on a method of prioritizing the
allocation of grants according to the needs of, and relative health and
sanitation conditions in, each village.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.36 hours per response.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 13.8.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 469.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Rebecca
Hunt, Program Development and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 205-3660,
FAX: (202) 720-8435 or email: [email protected]. 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.
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Kenneth L. Johnson,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-11398 Filed 5-25-18; 8:45 am]
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