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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Reinstatement
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and reinstatement 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 and other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by April 11, 2024
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
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
Qualitative Feedback on Customer
Satisfaction Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0261.
Summary of Collection: Executive
Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to
provide service to the public that
matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order
to ensure that our programs are effective
and meet our users’ needs, the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
seeks to obtain OMB approval for the
renewal of this generic clearance to
collect qualitative feedback on our
products and services. The qualitative
information to be collected is intended
to provide useful insights on user
perceptions and opinions. It is not
intended to yield quantitative results
that are statistically generalizable to any
larger populations.
Annual requests from the Illinois
Department of Agriculture (IDOA) to
establish numerical measurements of
the general level of satisfaction felt by
IDOA’s customers and clients will be
included in this generic information
collection request when funded by the
IDOA. The results are used by some
Bureaus in the IDOA as part of a Public
Accountability Report that is submitted
to the Illinois Comptroller. In addition,
the Bureaus are using the results to help
guide their operational management
decisions, in particular for training staff
Need and Use of the Information:
This collection of information is
necessary to enable NASS to obtain
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with our commitment to
improving the quality, usability, and
ease of accessing our surveys and public
information. This feedback will provide
insights into user perceptions,
experiences, expectations, and provide
an early warning of issues with service;
and focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products and services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between NASS and its customers and
stakeholders. The feedback will also
contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
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Description of Respondents: Farmers,
ranchers, agri-businesses and data users.
Number of Respondents: 120,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 8,375.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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 April 11, 2024
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Food Donation Programs (Food
for Progress & Section 416(b)) and
McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education & Child Nutrition Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551–0035.
Summary of Collection: The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) provides
U.S. agricultural commodities to feed
millions of hungry people in needy
countries through direct donations and
concessional programs. USDA food aid
may be provided through four program
authorities: Food for Progress, section
416(b), the McGovern-Dole International
Food for Education and Child Nutrition
Program, and Public Law 480 (Pub. L.
480). Of these, only Food for Progress
and McGovern-Dole are currently
utilized.
Under the section 416(b) and Food for
Progress programs (the ‘‘Foreign
Donation Programs’’) and the
McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition
(‘‘McGovern-Dole’’) Program,
information is gathered from applicants
desiring to receive federal awards under
the programs to determine the viability
of requests for resources to implement
activities in foreign countries.
Recipients of awards under the
programs must submit compliance
reports and other information until
activities carried out with donated
commodities or funds, or local
currencies generated from the sale of
donated commodities, are completed.
Need and Use of the Information:
Information is collected from Recipients
to determine its ability to carry out a
food aid program, to establish the terms
under which commodities will be
provided, to monitor the progress of
commodity distribution (including how
transportation is procured), to monitor
the progress of expenditure of
monetization funds, and to evaluate
both the program’s success and the
Recipient’s effectiveness in meeting
intended results.
Description of Respondents: Businessfor-not-for-Profit; Private voluntary
organizations, cooperatives, colleges
and universities, foreign governments,
intergovernmental organizations, freight
forwarders, ship owners and brokers,
and survey companies.
Number of Respondents: 61.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 88,548.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Revolving Loan Fund
Financial Report, Form ED–209
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on 12/11/2023
during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments.
Agency: Economic Development
Administration (EDA), Department of
Commerce.
Title: Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
Financial Report.
OMB Control Number: 0610–0095.
Form Number(s): ED–209.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
Burden Hours: 3,000 hours.
Needs and Uses: The EDA Revolving
Loan Fund (RLF) Program, authorized
under section 209 of the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of
1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3149), has
served as an important pillar of EDA
investment programs since the
establishment of the RLF Program in
1975. The purpose of the RLF Program
is to provide regions with a flexible and
continuing source of capital, to be used
with other economic development tools,
for creating and retaining jobs and
inducing private investment that will
contribute to long-term economic
stability and growth. EDA provides RLF
grants to eligible recipients (RLF
recipients), which include State and
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local governments, Indian Tribes, and
non-profit organizations, to operate a
lending program that offers loans with
flexible repayment terms, primarily to
small businesses in distressed
communities that are unable to obtain
traditional bank financing. These loans
enable small businesses to expand and
lead to new employment opportunities
that pay competitive wages and benefits.
RLF recipients must submit to EDA
RLF Financial Report (Form ED–209),
which collects limited performance
information that EDA uses to oversee
and monitor RLF awards (13 CFR
307.14(a)) and monitor the health of
their lending portfolio. EDA currently
requires Form ED–209 to be submitted
on an annual basis for high-performing
RLF awards and on a semi-annual basis
for other RLF awards.
Since 2020, when PRA approval for
Form ED–209 was last extended, the
number of RLF recipients required to
report to EDA changed substantially
resulting in a net decrease in
respondents and hour burden associated
with Form ED–209. On March 27, 2020,
Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub.
L. 116–136), appropriating
$1,500,000,000 in supplemental funds
to EDA to ‘‘prevent, prepare for, and
respond to coronavirus . . . including
for necessary expenses for responding to
economic injury as a result of
coronavirus.’’ EDA used a significant
portion of those funds to fund over 350
RLF grants. As a result, the number of
respondents required to submit Form
ED–209 increased substantially.
However, the RLF Act enacted on
October 30, 2020, allowed for EDA to
release the Federal interest in awards 7
years after final disbursement. The RLF
Act has allowed over 380 RLFs to be
released from their Federal reporting
requirements. Although Form ED–209 is
being extended without change, and the
estimated amount of time required to
complete Form ED–209 remains
unchanged at three hours, while the
estimated annual burden hours for Form
ED–209 is decreasing because of the
number of RLF grants and respondents
no longer required to complete Form
ED–209 following the release of EDA
oversight.
Affected Public: EDA RLF grant
recipients: State and local governments,
Indian Tribes, and non-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Semi-annual and Annual.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 April
11, 2024 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
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the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Food Donation Programs (Food for Progress & Section 416(b))
and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0035.
Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) provides U.S. agricultural commodities to
feed millions of hungry people in needy countries through direct
donations and concessional programs. USDA food aid may be provided
through four program authorities: Food for Progress, section 416(b),
the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition
Program, and Public Law 480 (Pub. L. 480). Of these, only Food for
Progress and McGovern-Dole are currently utilized.
Under the section 416(b) and Food for Progress programs (the
``Foreign Donation Programs'') and the McGovern-Dole International Food
for Education and Child Nutrition (``McGovern-Dole'') Program,
information is gathered from applicants desiring to receive federal
awards under the programs to determine the viability of requests for
resources to implement activities in foreign countries. Recipients of
awards under the programs must submit compliance reports and other
information until activities carried out with donated commodities or
funds, or local currencies generated from the sale of donated
commodities, are completed.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is collected from
Recipients to determine its ability to carry out a food aid program, to
establish the terms under which commodities will be provided, to
monitor the progress of commodity distribution (including how
transportation is procured), to monitor the progress of expenditure of
monetization funds, and to evaluate both the program's success and the
Recipient's effectiveness in meeting intended results.
Description of Respondents: Business-for-not-for-Profit; Private
voluntary organizations, cooperatives, colleges and universities,
foreign governments, intergovernmental organizations, freight
forwarders, ship owners and brokers, and survey companies.
Number of Respondents: 61.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 88,548.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-05239 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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