Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 95732-95733 [2024-28350]

Download as PDF 95732 Notices Federal Register Vol. 89, No. 232 Tuesday, December 3, 2024 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 January 2, 2025 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Dec 02, 2024 Jkt 265001 Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service Title: Unified website for Biotechnology Regulation; Contact Page. OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW. Summary: In 1986, the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology (Coordinated Framework) was published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and explained the regulatory roles for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (herein, the Agencies) and how Federal agencies use existing Federal statutes to ensure public health and environmental safety while maintaining regulatory flexibility to avoid impeding the growth of the biotechnology industry. The Coordinated Framework was subsequently updated in 1992 (57 FR 6753–6762; February 27, 1992) and 2017, taking into account advances that had occurred in the field of biotechnology. Within the USDA, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’) Biotechnology Regulatory Services unit is responsible for ensuring that organisms developed using genetic engineering, such as genetically modified plants, insects, and microbes do not pose a plant pest risk. APHIS derives its authority to promulgate its biotechnology regulations from provisions of the Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) and the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (VRTA, 21 U.S.C. 151–159). The EPA is charged with protecting human health and the environment through ensuring the safety of pesticides and other chemicals, including those developed using genetic engineering. The EPA derives its regulatory authority from provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation, which includes oversight of food and feed. FDA derives its regulatory authority from provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Act (FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 301–392). Together with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), FDA has oversight of certain chemicals modified using genetic engineering. FSIS derives its regulatory authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry Products Protection Act (PPIA, 21 U.S.C. ch.10, 451 et seq.). On September 12, 2022, Executive Order (E.O.) 14081, Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy, was published and directed the Agencies, among other things, to build on the Unified website for Biotechnology Regulation developed pursuant to E.O. 13874, Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, June 11, 2019, by including on the website the information developed under subsection (b) of section 8 of E.O. 14081, and by enabling developers of biotechnology products to submit inquiries about a particular product and promptly receive a single, coordinated response that provides, to the extent practicable, information and, when appropriate, informal guidance regarding the process that the developers must follow for Federal regulatory review. Need and Use of Information: The necessity for this information collection arises from E.O. 13874, Section 5, Unified Biotechnology Web-Based Platform, and E.O. 14081, Section 8(d). These provisions seek to ensure that innovators can easily navigate the Federal regulatory system for products of biotechnology by directing USDA, EPA, and FDA to jointly establish a web-based platform that contains and provides links to relevant United States Government regulatory information for biotechnology products. USDA–APHIS, EPA, and FDA will use a web-form on the contact page of the Unified website to enable site visitors to ask questions, make comments, or request a meeting with one or all of the sponsoring agencies. The web-form will collect basic contact information such as the name and email address of contact page respondents, as well as the respondents’ questions or comments and their meeting requests. Respondent use of the contact page is voluntary. Description of Respondents: Business. Number of Respondents: 30. E:\FR\FM\03DEN1.SGM 03DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 3, 2024 / Notices Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annual. Total Burden Hours: 15. Rachelle Ragland-Greene, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–28350 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Census Bureau lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program 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 Tuesday, July 2, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce. Title: Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data Program. OMB Control Number: 0607–1008. Form Number(s): Feedback Form. Type of Request: Regular submission, request for a revision of a currently approved collection. Number of Respondents: • Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 (500/year). • Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 750 (250/year). • Feedback: 75 (25/year). Average Hours per Response: • Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1 hour. • Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 1.5 hours. • Feedback: 1 hour. Burden Hours: 2,700 hours. • Census Bureau Contact with Respondents: 1,500 hours. • Census Bureau Acquisition of Respondent Geographic Data and Content Clarification: 1,125 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:09 Dec 02, 2024 Jkt 265001 • Feedback: 75 hours. Needs and Uses: The Spatial, Address, and Imagery Data (SAID) Program is one of many voluntary geographic partnership programs that collects data to update and maintain the U.S. Census Bureau’s geographic database, known as the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System. The MAF/TIGER System is vital for the Census Bureau to collect, process, tabulate, and disseminate data. The geographic framework within the MAF/TIGER System enables the Census Bureau field personnel to navigate to the appropriate locations for data collection. It enables the Census Bureau to define geographic boundaries, including census blocks, and accurately link demographic data from surveys and the decennial census to census blocks, locations, and areas, such as counties, cities, and school districts for data tabulation and dissemination. The SAID Program supports the Census Bureau’s ongoing demographic surveys and 2030 Census planning efforts by continuing to improve address coverage, collect and update street centerlines, and enhance the overall quality and integrity of the MAF/TIGER System after major census update programs have concluded. The SAID Program provides the Census Bureau with a continuous method to obtain current, accurate, and complete address, street centerline, and imagery data. Since its inception, the SAID Program has allowed the Census Bureau to update addresses and street centerlines across the country. Moving forward, the SAID Program will continue to acquire addresses, street centerlines, and imagery in areas identified with housing unit growth or change or where the Census Bureau has inadequate coverage or data, to continue updating and improving the MAF/TIGER System. The Census Bureau is adding a feedback component to its geographic partnership programs to improve the administration of the respective program and potentially reduce the future burden. Participants may be asked to provide their feedback on materials, method(s) of data collection, manner of communications, and the usability of the program applications and tools. The SAID Program follows the process below: • The Census Bureau invites partners in targeted areas to participate each fiscal year, including Tribal, State, county, and local governments; Federal agencies; and other authoritative organizations. PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 95733 • Partners are asked to provide a current address list with associated location points and attributes, a street centerline file, and/or imagery data for their jurisdiction that is no more than two years old. • Partners upload the requested data files using the Secure Web Incoming Module (SWIM) or equivalent file transfer module, deliver large imagery datasets on hard drives, or the Census Bureau acquires the files/data through direct download. If the data file size is too large to submit through SWIM, a hard drive will be sent to the participant for file upload and sent back to the Census Bureau. • The Census Bureau validates, then updates the MAF/TIGER System with the address and street centerline data provided by partners and uses the provided imagery for quality control and change detection. • The Census Bureau uses these updated addresses, streets, and imagery to support Census Bureau field operations, decennial census operations, ongoing demographic survey response collection, and data tabulation. • The Census Bureau provides partners feedback regarding the data they supplied. Affected Public: Tribal, State, county, and local governments, and organizations as well as other Federal agencies. Frequency: Annual. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: 13 U.S.C. 6, 16, 141, and 193. 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. 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0607–1008. Sheleen Dumas, Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2024–28269 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–07–P E:\FR\FM\03DEN1.SGM 03DEN1

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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 3, 2024 / 
Notices

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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 January 
2, 2025 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.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Unified website for Biotechnology Regulation; Contact Page.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
    Summary: In 1986, the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of 
Biotechnology (Coordinated Framework) was published by the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy and explained the regulatory roles for 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (herein, 
the Agencies) and how Federal agencies use existing Federal statutes to 
ensure public health and environmental safety while maintaining 
regulatory flexibility to avoid impeding the growth of the 
biotechnology industry. The Coordinated Framework was subsequently 
updated in 1992 (57 FR 6753-6762; February 27, 1992) and 2017, taking 
into account advances that had occurred in the field of biotechnology.
    Within the USDA, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's 
(APHIS') Biotechnology Regulatory Services unit is responsible for 
ensuring that organisms developed using genetic engineering, such as 
genetically modified plants, insects, and microbes do not pose a plant 
pest risk. APHIS derives its authority to promulgate its biotechnology 
regulations from provisions of the Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.) and the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (VRTA, 21 U.S.C. 151-159). 
The EPA is charged with protecting human health and the environment 
through ensuring the safety of pesticides and other chemicals, 
including those developed using genetic engineering. The EPA derives 
its regulatory authority from provisions of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.) and the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). The FDA is 
responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, 
efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological 
products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our 
nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation, 
which includes oversight of food and feed. FDA derives its regulatory 
authority from provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 
(FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 301-392). Together with the USDA's Food Safety and 
Inspection Service (FSIS), FDA has oversight of certain chemicals 
modified using genetic engineering. FSIS derives its regulatory 
authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.) and the Poultry Products Protection Act (PPIA, 21 U.S.C. ch.10, 
451 et seq.).
    On September 12, 2022, Executive Order (E.O.) 14081, Advancing 
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, 
and Secure American Bioeconomy, was published and directed the 
Agencies, among other things, to build on the Unified website for 
Biotechnology Regulation developed pursuant to E.O. 13874, Modernizing 
the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, June 
11, 2019, by including on the website the information developed under 
subsection (b) of section 8 of E.O. 14081, and by enabling developers 
of biotechnology products to submit inquiries about a particular 
product and promptly receive a single, coordinated response that 
provides, to the extent practicable, information and, when appropriate, 
informal guidance regarding the process that the developers must follow 
for Federal regulatory review.
    Need and Use of Information: The necessity for this information 
collection arises from E.O. 13874, Section 5, Unified Biotechnology 
Web-Based Platform, and E.O. 14081, Section 8(d). These provisions seek 
to ensure that innovators can easily navigate the Federal regulatory 
system for products of biotechnology by directing USDA, EPA, and FDA to 
jointly establish a web-based platform that contains and provides links 
to relevant United States Government regulatory information for 
biotechnology products. USDA-APHIS, EPA, and FDA will use a web-form on 
the contact page of the Unified website to enable site visitors to ask 
questions, make comments, or request a meeting with one or all of the 
sponsoring agencies. The web-form will collect basic contact 
information such as the name and email address of contact page 
respondents, as well as the respondents' questions or comments and 
their meeting requests. Respondent use of the contact page is 
voluntary.
    Description of Respondents: Business.
    Number of Respondents: 30.

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    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annual.
    Total Burden Hours: 15.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-28350 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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