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Vol. 83, No. 247 

Thursday, December 27, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 19, 2018. 

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 (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 this information 

collection received by January 28, 2019 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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. 

Rural Business Cooperative Service 

Title: Strategic Economic and 

Community Development. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0068. 

Summary of Collection: As authorized 

under the Agricultural Act of 2014 

(2014 Farm Bill), Section 6025, Strategic 

Economic and Community Development 

enables the Secretary of Agriculture to 

provide priority to projects that support 

Strategic Economic and Community 

Development plans. The Agency will 

reserve up to 10 percent of the funds 

appropriated to the following seven 

Rural Development programs (which are 

referred to as the ‘‘underlying 

programs’’): Community Facility Grants; 

Community Facility Guaranteed Loans; 

Community Facility Direct Loans; Water 

and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants; 

Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed 

Loans; Business and Industry 

Guaranteed Loans and Rural Business 

Development Grants each fiscal year. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

be eligible for the reserved funds a 

project must meet three criteria: Projects 

must first be eligible for funding under 

the underlying program from which 

funds are reserved; carried out solely in 

rural areas and that the project support 

the implementation of a strategic 

economic development or community 

development plan on a multijurisdictional basis as defined in 7 CFR 

1980.1005. Applicants will submit 

information on the Application Form 

1980–88, the Plan that the project 

supports, and the project’s measures, 

metrics and outcome. The collection of 

information is necessary for the Agency 

to identify projects eligible for the 

reserved funding under the Section 

6025 program and to prioritize eligible 

applications. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 339. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,040. 

Kimble Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27973 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

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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 (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 this information 

collection received by January 28, 2019 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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 


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