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Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
Rural Utilities Service, (Agency).
Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C.
1989 and Section 510 of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
1480) is the legislative authorities
requiring the use of supervised
accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The
agency’s state and field offices will
collect information from borrowers and
financial institutions. The Agency use
SBA’s as a mechanism to (1) ensure
correct disbursement and expenditure of
all funds designated for a project; (2)
help a borrower properly manage its
financial affairs; (3) ensure that the
Government’s security is protected
adequately from fraud, waste and abuse.
The consequence to Federal program
and policy activities if the collection of
information was not conducted would
be detrimental to both the Government
and to borrowers.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 23,626.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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February 4, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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.
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Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
March 11, 2021. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program—
Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0213.
Summary of Collection: General
authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code
Title 7, Section 2204 which specifies
that ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall
procure and preserve all information
concerning agriculture which he can
obtain . . . by the collection of statistics
. . .’’. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) is to provide data users with
timely and reliable agricultural
production and economic statistics, as
well as environmental and specialty
agricultural related statistics. To
accomplish this objective, NASS relies
on the use of diverse surveys that show
changes within the farming industry
over time.
The Agricultural Surveys Program is a
combination of surveys utilizing several
different sampling frames. Basic
agricultural data is collected from
farmers and ranchers throughout the
nation and used to prepare agricultural
estimates and forecasts of crop acreages,
yields, and production; stocks of grains
and oilseeds; hog and pig inventory;
sheep inventory and lamb crop; goat
and kid inventory; cattle inventory;
cattle on feed, and land values. The
surveys provide the basis for estimates
of the current season’s crop and
livestock production and supplies of
grain and oilseeds in storage. Survey
results provide the foundation for
setting livestock and poultry inventory
numbers. Estimates derived from these
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surveys supply information needed by
farmers to make decisions for both
short- and long-term planning.
Due to the COVID–19 virus, numerous
changes took place for the 2020 calendar
year. The June Area Survey was
suspended for 2020 and will be
conducted again in 2021 and 2022.
Normally, this survey relies on face to
face interviews with farmers and
ranchers. Instead the data from the 2019
survey was used to adjust for list
incompleteness in 2020.
The 2021 June Area Survey will have
the field level questions removed and
only tract and whole farm data will be
collected. This has been done so that the
questionnaire can be conducted by
telephone to allow for the continuation
of social distancing.
The overall annual, average sample
size for the Agricultural Surveys
Program will remain at 551,600. No
additional burden is being added for the
changes included in this submission.
A detailed listing of the questions that
have been updated are listed in the
Supporting Statement Part A.
Need and Use of the Information:
Uses of NASS statistical information are
extensive and varied. The producer is
the primary user; other users of
agricultural statistics are farm
organizations, agribusinesses, State and
national farm policy makers, foreign
buyers of agricultural products,
universities, and various researchers.
Federal farm programs require
information on acreages, production
potential, stocks, prices, and income.
Agricultural statistics are used to plan
and administer other related federal and
State programs in such areas as
consumer protection, conservation,
foreign trade, education, and recreation.
Estimates are used by producers to
determine production and marketing
strategies, by the agricultural industry to
assess markets and potential demand for
products, and by the federal government
to analyze potential and actual
production.
Some of the Federal agricultural
agencies that use information from these
surveys are the Economic Research
Service, Foreign Agricultural Service,
Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm
Service Agency and the Risk
Management Agency. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis in the Department of
Commerce is a major non-USDA agency
that uses data from this information
collection to prepare national and
regional estimates of farm income and
products. The Forest Service and
Department of Interior use data
collected on forage values to establish
public land grazing rates in Western
States.
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Several agricultural agencies utilize
NASS data to carry out programs
required by legislation. Examples are
the school lunch program,
administration of marketing orders,
grazing fee rates, and establishment of
foreign trade policies. The Secretary of
Agriculture uses information collected
to help determine agricultural policy.
Description of Respondents: Farms
and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 551,600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Two.
Total Burden Hours: 175,583.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021–02643 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–20–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Financial
Information Security Request Form
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the extension of a
currently approved information
collection, Financial Information
Security Request Form (0596–0204).
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before April 12, 2021 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to USDAForest Service, Attention: Stephen
Wills, Financial Policy, Sidney Yates
Federal Building: 201 14th St. SW,
Washington, DC 20250. Comments also
may be submitted via email to:
Stephen.wills@usda.gov.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites and
upon request. For this reason, please do
not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the internet. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
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communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Wills, Director of Financial
Policy, 703–605–4938. Individuals who
use telecommunications for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339, twenty-four hours a day, every
day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Financial Information Security
Request Form.
OMB Number: 0596–0204.
Expiration Date of Approval:
Type of Request: Extension without
Revision.
Abstract: The majority of Forest
Service’s financial records are in
databases stored at the National Finance
Center (NFC). The Forest Service uses
employees and contractors to maintain
these financial records. The employees
and contractors must have access to
NFC to perform their duties.
The Forest Service uses an electronic
form FS–6500–214, Financial
Information Security Request Form, to
apply to NFC for access for a specific
employee or contractor. Due to program
management decisions and budget
constraints, it has been determined that
contractors will need to complete and
submit the form.
The contractor and the Forest Service
systems provide the information
necessary to complete form FS–6500–
214. The contractor verifies completion
of two courses within the last year:
Privacy Act Basics and IT (Information
Technology) Security. The contractor
then enters their short name assigned by
the Forest Service. Using the short
name, the screen is populated with
information that the contractor can
change if incorrect. The information
includes: Name, work email, work
telephone number, and job title. The
contractor checks the box for a nonfederal employee and provides the
expiration date of the contract. The
contractor then selects the databases
and actions needed. Based on the
database(s) selected, the contractor
provides additional information
regarding the financial systems, work
location, access scope, etc. Once the
form is submitted to the client security
officer, a one-page agreement
automatically prints, which the
contractor and client security officer
sign. The agreement is a certification
statement that acknowledges the
contractor’s recognition of the sensitive
nature of the information and agrees to
use the information only for authorized
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purposes. The information collected is
shared with those managing or
overseeing the financial systems used by
the Forest Service. This includes
auditors.
Estimate of Burden per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 9,549.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,774 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, 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
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission request for approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Antoine L. Dixon,
Chief Financial Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket Number: RUS–21–WATER–0002]
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 the following 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 April 12, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Taylor Marable, Community Program
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 4, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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 these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by March 11, 2021. Written
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program--Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0213.
Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over
time.
The Agricultural Surveys Program is a combination of surveys
utilizing several different sampling frames. Basic agricultural data is
collected from farmers and ranchers throughout the nation and used to
prepare agricultural estimates and forecasts of crop acreages, yields,
and production; stocks of grains and oilseeds; hog and pig inventory;
sheep inventory and lamb crop; goat and kid inventory; cattle
inventory; cattle on feed, and land values. The surveys provide the
basis for estimates of the current season's crop and livestock
production and supplies of grain and oilseeds in storage. Survey
results provide the foundation for setting livestock and poultry
inventory numbers. Estimates derived from these surveys supply
information needed by farmers to make decisions for both short- and
long-term planning.
Due to the COVID-19 virus, numerous changes took place for the 2020
calendar year. The June Area Survey was suspended for 2020 and will be
conducted again in 2021 and 2022. Normally, this survey relies on face
to face interviews with farmers and ranchers. Instead the data from the
2019 survey was used to adjust for list incompleteness in 2020.
The 2021 June Area Survey will have the field level questions
removed and only tract and whole farm data will be collected. This has
been done so that the questionnaire can be conducted by telephone to
allow for the continuation of social distancing.
The overall annual, average sample size for the Agricultural
Surveys Program will remain at 551,600. No additional burden is being
added for the changes included in this submission.
A detailed listing of the questions that have been updated are
listed in the Supporting Statement Part A.
Need and Use of the Information: Uses of NASS statistical
information are extensive and varied. The producer is the primary user;
other users of agricultural statistics are farm organizations,
agribusinesses, State and national farm policy makers, foreign buyers
of agricultural products, universities, and various researchers.
Federal farm programs require information on acreages, production
potential, stocks, prices, and income. Agricultural statistics are used
to plan and administer other related federal and State programs in such
areas as consumer protection, conservation, foreign trade, education,
and recreation. Estimates are used by producers to determine production
and marketing strategies, by the agricultural industry to assess
markets and potential demand for products, and by the federal
government to analyze potential and actual production.
Some of the Federal agricultural agencies that use information from
these surveys are the Economic Research Service, Foreign Agricultural
Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm Service Agency and the
Risk Management Agency. The Bureau of Economic Analysis in the
Department of Commerce is a major non-USDA agency that uses data from
this information collection to prepare national and regional estimates
of farm income and products. The Forest Service and Department of
Interior use data collected on forage values to establish public land
grazing rates in Western States.
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Several agricultural agencies utilize NASS data to carry out
programs required by legislation. Examples are the school lunch
program, administration of marketing orders, grazing fee rates, and
establishment of foreign trade policies. The Secretary of Agriculture
uses information collected to help determine agricultural policy.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 551,600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Two.
Total Burden Hours: 175,583.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-02643 Filed 2-8-21; 8:45 am]
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