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1Caputo, Jesse; Butler, Brett; Hartsell, Andy. 

2017. How large is large? Identifying large corporate 

ownerships in FIA datasets. Res. Pap. NRS–29. 

Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research 

Station. P. 1. 

similarly identifies NIPF landowners 

with respect to their mill status but are 

also collecting information about 

whether corporate owners are 

‘‘industrial’’ irrespective of mill status 

based on size of the landowner’s forest 

holdings. Based on a series of analyses 

the Forest Service conducted, they 

looked at owner behavior as a function 

of size of holdings. The Forest Service 

identified that holdings greater than 

45,000 acres are associated with large 

corporate forest owners and that this 

acreage threshold provides a 

quantitative measure that assists with 

identification of industrial landowners 

in the FIA database. Specifically, the 

Forest Service analysis observed: 

Many of the largest industrial forest 

owners, including many established timber 

companies, can be easily identified based on 

expert knowledge. However, many cannot be 

so readily identified, particularly many 

holding companies and some TIMOs/REITs 

[timberland investment management 

organizations and real estate investment 

trusts]. Therefore, the most practical way to 

define large corporate forest owners using 

consistent methodology is to determine an 

acreage threshold above which a corporate 

forest owner will be considered to be a large 

corporate owner.1

NIPF Guidance 

Therefore, from a practical manner in 

which to identify NIPF landowners 

consistently with both FSA and the 

Forest Service, NRCS intends to clarify 

in its conservation program manual the 

following guidance: 

Nonindustrial private landowner 

means a private individual, group, 

association, corporation, Indian Tribe, 

or other private entity. NRCS will 

identify someone as a nonindustrial 

private landowner if they: 

(1)(i) Own fewer than 45,000 acres of 

forest land in the United States; and 

(ii) Do not own or operate an 

industrial mill for the primary 

processing of raw wood products as 

determined by NRCS in consultation 

with the State Technical Committees; or 

(2) Meet criteria established for a 

nonindustrial private landowner by 

NRCS in a State in consultation the 

State Technical Committee. 

NRCS believes that item (1)(i) will 

ensure consistency with the Forest 

Service identification of owners of 

industrial private forest lands under its 

FIA. NRCS believes that item (1)(ii) will 

ensure continued consistency with both 

the Forest Service and FSA with respect 

to the role that the primary processing 

of raw wood products serves for 

identification of industrial landowners. 

However, NRCS is aware that with the 

advent of portable mills common among 

family forestry operations, a strict mill 

criterion may inadvertently exclude 

assistance to the very operations that 

conservation assistance for NIPF lands 

is intended to reach. Therefore, NRCS 

intends to incorporate in its guidance 

that such determinations about whether 

a mill is of industrial scale should be 

made in light of more localized criteria 

identified by the State Conservationist, 

in consultation with the State Technical 

Committee. 

NRCS believes that incorporation of 

item (2) will ensure that NRCS national 

guidance does not supersede more 

localized expert knowledge that may 

exist for identification of NIPF 

landowners. In particular, NRCS 

believes that it should coordinate at the 

State level with FSA, Forest Service, the 

State Forester, and other members of the 

State Technical Committee in 

circumstances where the national 

criteria do not encompass adequately 

the nature of NIPF operations within the 

State. 

Public Comments Requested 

NRCS requests public comment on 

these technical criteria for the 

identification of NIPF eligibility for its 

conservation programs. In particular, 

NRCS seeks input about how these 

criteria may either exclude lands that 

should be considered NIPF or include 

lands that should not be considered 

NIPF. NRCS also welcomes input about 

what alternative criteria should be 

considered in its technical guidance. 

The guidance for identification of 

NIPF will be adopted after the close of 

the 30-day period, and after 

consideration of all comments. 

Kevin Norton 

Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27703 Filed 12–15–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

[RHS–20–CF–0028] 

Notice of Request for Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural Housing 

Service’s (RHS) intention to request a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

Rural Community Development 

Initiative (RCDI) grant program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 16, 2021 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Bennett, Rural Development 

Innovation Center, Regulations 

Management Division, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, STOP 0793, Room 4015 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250– 

0793. Telephone: (202) 720–9639. 

Email: pamela.bennett@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RHS is 

submitting to OMB for approval. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed 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 the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (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. 

Comments may be sent by the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and, in the lower 

‘‘Search Regulations and Federal 

Actions’’ box, select ‘‘Rural Housing 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click on ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select RHS–20–CF– 

0028 to submit or view public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 243 / Thursday, December 17, 2020 / Notices 81873 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. 

Title: Rural Community Development 

Initiative. 

OMB Number: 0575–0180. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2021. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: RHS, an Agency within the 

USDA Rural Development mission area, 

will administer the RCDI grant program 

through their Community Facilities 

Division. The intent of the RCDI grant 

program is to develop the capacity and 

ability of rural area recipients to 

undertake projects through a program of 

technical assistance provided by 

qualified intermediary organizations. 

The eligible recipients are nonprofit 

organizations, low-income rural 

communities, or federally recognized 

Indian tribes. The intermediary may be 

a qualified private, nonprofit, or public 

(including tribal) organization. The 

intermediary is the applicant. The 

intermediary must have been organized 

a minimum of 3 years at the time of 

application. The intermediary will be 

required to provide matching funds, in 

the form of cash or committed funding, 

in an amount at least equal to the RCDI 

grant. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.34 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Intermediaries and 

recipients. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

90. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 34.78. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

3,130. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,194. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Pamela Bennett, 

Rural Development Innovation Center, 

Regulations Management Division, at 

(202) 720–9639. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Elizabeth Green, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27775 Filed 12–16–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

[Docket No. ATBCB–2020–0005] 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board (Access Board) invites comment 

on the proposed extension of its existing 

generic clearance for the collection of 

qualitative feedback on agency service 

delivery, which was developed as part 

of a Federal Government-wide effort to 

streamline the process for seeking 

feedback from the public expires in 

January 2021. (OMB Control No. 3014– 

0011). This information collection on 

service delivery. With this notice, the 

Access Board solicits comments on 

extension of its existing generic 

clearance without change. Following 

review of comments received in 

response to this 60-day notice, the 

Access Board intends to submit a 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to renew its generic 

clearance for collection of qualitative 

feedback for another three-year term. 

DATES: Submit comments by February 

16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

directions for sending comments. 

• Email: spiegel@access-board.gov. 

Include ATBCB–2020–0005 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Notice (ATBCB– 

2020–0005). All comments received, 

including any personal information 

provided, will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include 

information of a confidential nature in 

your comments, such as sensitive 

personal or proprietary information. For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified below for 

availability information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Spiegel, Attorney Advisor, 

Office of General Counsel, U.S. Access 

Board, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20004–1111. Phone: 

202–272–0041 (voice). Email: spiegel@

access-board.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Under the PRA and its implementing 

regulations (5 CFR part 1320), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor (e.g., 

contractually-required information 

collection by a third-party). ‘‘Collection 

of information,’’ within the meaning of 

the PRA, includes agency requests that 

pose identical questions to, or impose 

reporting or recording keeping 

obligations on, ten or more persons, 

regardless of whether response to such 

request is mandatory or voluntary. See 

5 CFR 1320.3(c); see also 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3). Before seeking clearance from 

OMB, agencies are generally required, 

among other things, to publish a 60-day 

notice in the Federal Register 

concerning any proposed information 

collection—including extension of a 

previously-approved collection—and 

provide an opportunity for comment. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1). 

B. Proposed Renewal of Information 

Collection Request 

The Access Board is providing notice 

of its intent to seek renewal of its 

existing generic clearance for the 

collection of qualitative feedback with 

regard to agency services delivered by 

its Office of Technical and Information 

Services (OTIS) and Architectural 

Barriers Act (ABA) compliance and 

enforcement program. To date, we have 

found the feedback garnered through 

qualitative customer satisfaction surveys 

(and similar information collections) to 

be beneficial, by providing useful 

insights in experiences, perceptions, 

opinions, and expectations regarding 

Access Board services or focusing 

attention on areas in need of 

improvement. We thus intend to seek 

approval to continue our current efforts 

to solicit qualitative customer feedback 

by seeking input from customers across 

our agency programs and services. 

Online surveys will be used unless the 

customer contacts the agency by phone 

for technical assistance or an individual 

otherwise expresses a preference for 

another survey format (i.e., fillable form 

in portable document format or paper 

survey). In addition, paper surveys may 

be used to garner feedback from 

participants at in-person trainings or 

similar events. 

OMB Control Number: 3014–0011.