Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 66270 [2021-25435]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 222 (Monday, November 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 66270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25435]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 17, 2021.
    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 December 22, 2021 will be 
considered. 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.

Agricultural Research Service

    Title: Information Collection for Document Delivery Services.
    OMB Control Number: 0518-0027.
    Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Library (NAL) 
accepts requests from libraries and other organizations in accordance 
with the national and international interlibrary loan code and 
guidelines. In its national role, NAL collects, and supplies copies or 
loans of agricultural materials not found elsewhere. 7 U.S.C. 3125a and 
7 CFR 505 gives NAL the authority to collect this information. NAL 
provides photocopies and loans of materials directly to USDA staff, 
other Federal agencies, libraries, and other institutions, and 
indirectly to the public through their libraries. The Library charges 
for some of these activities through a fee schedule. To fill a request 
for reproduction or loan of items the library must have the name, 
mailing address, phone number of the respondent initiating the request, 
and may require an email address. The respondent must also provide a 
brief statement acknowledging copyright compliance, required by Title 
17 of the United States Code. The collected information is used to 
deliver the material to the respondent, monitor the return to NAL of 
loaned material, and identify and locate the requested material in NAL 
collections.
    Need and Use of the Information: The NAL document delivery staff 
uses the information collected to identify the protocol for processing 
the request. The staff also uses the information provided to process/
package the reproduction or loan for delivery. All collected 
information is confidential and only used by staff that need to process 
the request. Without the requested information NAL has no way to locate 
and deliver the loan or reproduction to the respondent, and thus cannot 
meet its mandate to supply agricultural material.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government; Business or other for-
profit.
    Number of Respondents: 198.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 29.

Agricultural Research Service

    Title: Web Forms for Research Data, Models, Materials, and 
Publications as Well as Study and Event Registration.
    OMB Control Number: 0518-0032.
    Summary of Collection: OMB Circular 130 Management of Federal 
Information Resources, establishes that ``agencies will use electronic 
media and formats. . . in order to make government information more 
easily accessible and useful to the public'' In order to provide 
information and services related to its program responsibilities 
defined at 7 CFR 2.65, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) needs to 
obtain certain basic information from the public. Online forms allow 
the public to request from ARS research data, models, materials, and 
publications as well as registration for scientific studies and events.
    Need and Use of the Information: ARS will use the information to 
respond to requests for specific services. The information will be 
collected electronically. If this collection is not conducted, ARS will 
be hindered from reducing the burden on its customers by providing them 
the most timely and efficient way to request services.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 11,600.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 580.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25435 Filed 11-19-21; 8:45 am]
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