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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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September 11, 2019.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Comments are requested regarding:
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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; 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 October 16, 2019
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.
Frequency Of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 156,090.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Rural Utilities Service
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Title: The Rural eConnectivity Pilot
Program (ReConnect Program).
OMB Control Number: 0572–0152.
Summary of Collection: Pursuant to
the Pilot Program authorization in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,
Public Law 115–141, 779 (2018), RUS is
to conduct a pilot broadband program
under the RE Act. Under Section
601(d)(1) of the RE Act applicants are
required to submit an application for
loans and loan guarantees containing
the information that the Secretary shall
require, and that the project meet the
minimum level of broadband in the
service area. Section 601(d)(8) sets out
the all of the reporting requirements,
and the Pilot Program specifically
requires that the Section 601(d)(8)
reporting requirements be followed.
Additionally, Section 601(h) requires
that the Secretary ensure the security of
any loan or guarantee.
Need And Use of the Information: On
March 23, 2018, Congress passed the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018
(the FY2018 Appropriations) (Pub. L.
115–141) which established a
broadband loan and grant pilot program,
the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program
(hereinafter the ReConnect Program).
One of the essential goals of the
ReConnect Program is to expand
broadband service to rural areas without
sufficient access to broadband, defined
as 10 megabits per second (Mbps)
downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. For
this purpose, Congress provided RUS
with $600 million and expanded its
existing authority to make loans and
grants. Loans and grants are limited to
the costs of the construction,
improvement, and acquisition of
facilities and equipment for broadband
service in eligible communities. The
FY2018 Appropriations also authorized
technical assistance to assist the agency
in expanding needed service to the most
rural communities.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit; State, local, and Tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents: 500.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 11, 2019.
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; 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 October 16, 2019
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), 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
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Federal Collection Methods for
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0446.
Summary of Collection: Section 13(b)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(The Act) and Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations
at 7 CFR 273.18 require State agencies
to refer delinquent debtors for SNAP
benefit over-issuance to the U.S.
Department of Treasury for collection.
The Debt Collection Improvement Act of
1996 (DCIA), 31 U.S.C. 3701, et seq.,
requires these debts to be referred to
Treasury for collection when they are
180 days or more delinquent. Through
the Treasury Offset Program (TOP), 31
CFR part 285, payments such as Federal
income tax refunds, Federal salaries and
other Federal payments payable to these
delinquent debtors will be offset and the
amount applied to the delinquent debt.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected is used by
individuals or households to obtain due
process before debts are referred to TOP
for offset. State agencies will use the
collected information to provide due
process to individuals/households; to
add and maintain debts in TOP; to
request addresses; and to certify to
Treasury the accuracy and legality of
debts that are submitted to TOP.
Without the information, compliance
with the DCIA would not be possible
and departmental participation in TOP
would be jeopardized.
Description of Respondents: 53 State,
Local, or Tribal Government; 305,020
Individual or households.
Number of Respondents: 305,073.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 56,653.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0055]
Notice of Availability of an Evaluation
of the Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza and Newcastle Disease
Status of Romania
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
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We are advising the public
that we are proposing to recognize
Romania as being free of highly
pathogenic avian influenza and
Newcastle disease. This proposed
recognition is based on a risk evaluation
we have prepared in connection with
this action, which we are making
available for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0055.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2019–0055, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0055 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Javier Vargas, Senior Staff Officer,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–3316; javier.vargas@
usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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SUMMARY:
The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of certain animals and
animal products into the United States
in order to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including
highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI) and Newcastle disease. Within
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part 94, § 94.6 contains requirements
governing the importation of carcasses,
meat, parts or products of carcasses, and
eggs (other than hatching eggs) of
poultry, game birds, or other birds from
regions where HPAI and Newcastle
disease is considered to exist.
In accordance with § 94.6(a)(1)(i) the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) maintains a list of
regions in which Newcastle disease is
not considered to exist. Paragraph
(a)(1)(ii) states that APHIS will add a
region to this list after it conducts an
evaluation of the region and finds that
Newcastle disease is not likely to be
present in its commercial bird or
poultry populations.
In accordance with § 94.6(a)(2)(i),
APHIS maintains a list of regions in
which HPAI is considered to exist.
Paragraph (a)(2)(ii) states that APHIS
will remove a region from this list only
after it conducts an evaluation of the
region and finds that HPAI is not likely
to be present in its commercial bird or
poultry populations.
The regulations in 9 CFR part 92,
§ 92.2, contain requirements for
requesting the recognition of the animal
health status of a region (as well as for
the approval of the export of a particular
type of animal or animal product to the
United States from a foreign region). If,
after review and evaluation of the
information submitted in support of the
request, APHIS believes the request can
be safely granted, APHIS will make its
evaluation available for public comment
through a document published in the
Federal Register. Following the close of
the comment period, APHIS will review
all comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
request that will be detailed in another
document published in the Federal
Register.
The Government of Romania has
requested that APHIS evaluate the HPAI
and Newcastle disease status of the
country. In response to Romania’s
request, we have prepared an
evaluation, titled ‘‘APHIS Evaluation of
the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
and Newcastle Disease Status of
Romania’’ (May 2019). Based on this
evaluation, we have determined that
Romania’s domestic poultry populations
are currently free of both HPAI and
Newcastle disease as defined in 9 CFR
94.0. APHIS acknowledges the
continuing risk posed by wild birds in
Romania and the European Union (EU);
however, Romania’s competent
veterinary authority takes effective
prevention and control measures
minimizing the risk of introduction to
commercial poultry, and these are
sufficient to minimize the likelihood of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 11, 2019.
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; 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 October
16, 2019 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),
[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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Federal Collection Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0446.
Summary of Collection: Section 13(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (The Act) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
regulations at 7 CFR 273.18 require State agencies to refer delinquent
debtors for SNAP benefit over-issuance to the U.S. Department of
Treasury for collection. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
(DCIA), 31 U.S.C. 3701, et seq., requires these debts to be referred to
Treasury for collection when they are 180 days or more delinquent.
Through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP), 31 CFR part 285, payments
such as Federal income tax refunds, Federal salaries and other Federal
payments payable to these delinquent debtors will be offset and the
amount applied to the delinquent debt.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is used
by individuals or households to obtain due process before debts are
referred to TOP for offset. State agencies will use the collected
information to provide due process to individuals/households; to add
and maintain debts in TOP; to request addresses; and to certify to
Treasury the accuracy and legality of debts that are submitted to TOP.
Without the information, compliance with the DCIA would not be possible
and departmental participation in TOP would be jeopardized.
Description of Respondents: 53 State, Local, or Tribal Government;
305,020 Individual or households.
Number of Respondents: 305,073.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 56,653.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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