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17103 

Vol. 76, No. 59 

Monday, March 28, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 22, 2011. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 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. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR Part 1744, Subpart B, 

Lien Accommodations and 

Subordination Policy. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0126. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). It makes mortgage loans and 

loan guarantees to finance electric, 

telecommunications, and water and 

waste facilities in rural areas. The 

Telecommunications Act of 1996 

mandates that universally available and 

affordable telecommunications services, 

including advanced services, be made 

available to all U.S. citizens—whether 

in rural areas or city centers, affluent, or 

poor communities. In support of this 

mandate, RUS is amending its 

regulation to ensure that, with the 

assistance of advanced 

telecommunications technology, rural 

citizens be provided the same economic, 

educational, and health care benefits 

available in the large metropolitan areas. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

This regulation will help RUS facilitate 

funding from non-RUS sources in order 

to meet the growing capital needs of 

rural Local Exchange Carriers and 

enable the providers to compete in an 

expanding number of 

telecommunications services. RUS will 

use the information to provide 

‘‘automatic’’ approval for borrowers 

requesting lien accommodations that 

meet the required financial tests. These 

tests are designed to ensure that the 

financial strength of the borrower is 

more than sufficient to protect the 

government’s loan security interests; 

hence, the lien accommodations will 

not adversely affect the government’s 

financial interests. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion 

Total Burden Hours: 23. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1783, Revolving Fund 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0138. 

Summary of Collection: Section 6002 

of the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 amended the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act by adding a grant 

program that established the Revolving 

Fund Program (RFP) to assist 

communities with water or wastewater 

systems. Qualified private non-profit 

organizations will receive RFP grant 

funds to establish a lending program for 

eligible entities. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

Non-profit organizations applying for 

the RFP grant(s) must submit an 

application package that includes an 

application form, narrative proposal 

(work plan), various other forms, 

certifications, and supplemental 

information. The Rural Development 

State Offices and the Rural Utilities 

Service National Office staff will use the 

information collected to determine 

applicant eligibility, project feasibility, 

and the applicant’s ability to meet the 

grant and regulatory requirements. 

Grant recipients will set up a revolving 

loan fund to provide loans to finance 

predevelopment costs of water or 

wastewater projects, or short-term small 

capital projects not part of the regular 

operation and maintenance of current 

water and wastewater systems. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 5. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 313. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1776, Household Water 

Well System Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0139. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) is authorized by 

Section 306E of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

1926e) to administer and make grants to 

qualified private non-profit 

organizations which will use the funds 

to establish lending programs for 

household water wells from which 

individuals may borrow money systems 

under the Household Water Well 

System program. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

The grant applicants will provide 

information to be collected as part of the 

application and grant process through 

certain documentation, certifications, 

and completed forms. Grant applicants 

must show that the project will provide 

technical and financial assistance to 

eligible individuals to remedy 


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household well problems. The grant 

recipients will establish a revolving loan 

fund lending program to provide water 

well loans to individuals who own or 

will own private wells in rural areas. 

The individual loan recipients may use 

the funds to construct, refurbish, and 

service their household well systems for 

an existing home. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,033. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: Electric System Emergency 

Restoration Plan. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0140. 

Summary of Collection: Electric 

power systems have been identified in 

Presidential Decision Directive 63, May 

1998, as one of the critical 

infrastructures of the United States. The 

term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ is defined 

in section 1016(e) of the USA Patriot 

Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). To 

ensure that the electric infrastructure in 

rural America is adequately protected, 

Rural Utilities Service requires that all 

current electric borrowers enhance an 

existing Emergency Restoration Plan 

(ERP) or, if none exists, develop and 

maintain an ERP. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

Rural Development Utilities Programs 

(RDUP) requires that all current electric 

borrowers conduct a Vulnerability and 

Risk Assessment (VRA) of its respective 

systems and utilize the results of this 

assessment to enhance an existing ERP 

or create an ERP if none exists. The ERP 

provides written procedures detailing 

response and restoration efforts in the 

event of a major system outage resulting 

from a natural or man made disaster. 

RDUP requires each electric borrower to 

provide annually a self-certification, in 

writing, that an ERP exists and that an 

initial VRA has been performed. If this 

information were not collected, 

vulnerabilities may exist in the electric 

system infrastructure. The result would 

be increased risk to public safety and 

may affect the Government loan 

security. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 676. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 338. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7160 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 22, 2011. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 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. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

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 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Lacey Act Declaration 

Requirements; Plants and Plant 

Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0349. 

Summary of Collection: The Lacey 

Act, enacted in 1900 and significantly 

amended in 1988, is the United States’ 

oldest Wildlife Protection Statute. The 

Act combats trafficking in ‘‘illegal’’ 

wildlife, fish, or plants. The Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, 

which took effect May 22, 2008, 

amended the Lacey Act by expanding its 

protection to a broader range of plants 

and plant products (Section 8204, 

Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Under the amended Lacey Act, 

importers are required to submit a 

declaration form (PPQ–505) for certain 

plants and plant products and PPQ– 

(505B) supplemental form to provide 

the declarer additional space to enter 

the required information, if needed. The 

declaration must contain, among other 

things, the scientific name of the plant, 

value of the importation, quantity of the 

plant, and name of the country from 

which the plant was harvested. If 

species varies or is unknown, importers 

will have to declare the name of each 

species that may have been used to 

produce the product. This information 

will be used to support investigations 

into illegal logging practices by the 

Justice Department and also acts as a 

deterrent to illegal logging practices 

worldwide. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 20,352. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 203,846. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7164 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Wrangell-Petersburg Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Wrangell-Petersburg 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

by video-teleconference. The committee 

is meeting as authorized under the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110– 

343) and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the meeting is to review project 

proposals and make project funding 

recommendations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 

Noon. 

ADDRESSES: Committee members will 

meet at the Wrangell Ranger District 

office at 525 Bennett Street in Wrangell, 

Alaska and at the Tongass National 


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