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Vol. 74, No. 151 

Friday, August 7, 2009 

RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND 

TRANSPARENCY BOARD 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activities 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Recovery Accountability 

and Transparency Board (Board) invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection request as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

6, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to 

Jennifer Dure, Office of General 

Counsel, Recovery Accountability and 

Transparency Board, 1717 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Suite 700, Washington, 

DC 20006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, section 2, 

109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised 

at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60 days’ notice to the public for 

comment on information collection 

activities before seeking approval of 

such activities by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

Specifically, the Board invites interested 

respondents to comment on the 

following summary of proposed 

information collection activities 

regarding (i) Whether the information 

collection activities are necessary for the 

Board to properly execute its functions; 

(ii) the accuracy of the Board’s estimates 

of the burden of the information 

collection activities; (iii) ways for the 

Board to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information being 

collected; and (iv) ways for the Board to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public. 

Below is a brief summary of the 

proposed information collection: 

Title of Collection: Section 1512 Data 

Standards. 

OMB Control No.: 0430–0001. 

Description: The American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 

111–5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009)) (the 

Recovery Act) established the Board and 

required that the Board establish and 

maintain a public-facing website to 

track covered funds. Section 1512 of the 

Recovery Act requires recipients of 

Federal financial assistance—namely, 

grants, cooperative agreements, 

contracts and loans—to report on the 

use of funds. These reports are to be 

submitted to FederalReporting.gov, and 

certain information from these reports 

will later be posted on the public-facing 

Web site Recovery.gov. More 

specifically, as set forth in OMB’s June 

22, 2009, Implementing Guidance for 

the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant 

to the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (OMB 

Guidance): 

Prime Recipients: The prime recipient 

is ultimately responsible for the 

reporting of all data required by section 

1512 of the Recovery Act and the OMB 

Guidance, including the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act (FFATA) data 

elements for the sub-recipients of the 

prime recipient required under section 

1512(c)(4). In addition, the prime 

recipient must report three additional 

data elements associated with any 

vendors receiving funds from the prime 

recipient for any payments greater than 

$25,000. Specifically, the prime 

recipient must report the identity of the 

vendor by reporting the DUNS number, 

the amount of the payment, and a 

description of what was obtained in 

exchange for the payment. If the vendor 

does not have a DUNS number, then the 

name and zip code of the vendor’s 

headquarters will be used for 

identification. 

Sub-Recipients of the Prime Recipient: 

The sub-recipients of the prime 

recipient may be required by the prime 

recipient to report the FFATA data 

elements required under section 

1512(c)(4) for payments from the prime 

recipient to the sub-recipient. The 

reporting sub-recipients must also 

report one data element associated with 

any vendors receiving funds from that 

sub-recipient. Specifically, the subrecipient must report, for any payments 

greater than $25,000, the identity of the 

vendor by reporting the DUNS number, 

if available, or otherwise the name and 

zip code of the vendor’s headquarters. 

Required Data: Below are the basic 

reporting requirements to be reported on 

prime recipients, recipient vendors, subrecipients, and sub-recipient vendors. 

Prime Recipient 

1. Federal Funding Agency Name 

2. Award identification 

3. Recipient DUNS 

4. Parent DUNS 

5. Recipient CCR information 

6. CFDA number, if applicable 

7. Recipient account number 

8. Project/grant period 

9. Award type, date, description, and 

amount 

10. Amount of Federal Recovery Act 

funds expended to projects/ 

activities 

11. Activity code and description 

12. Project description and status 

13. Job creation narrative and number 

14. Infrastructure expenditures and 

rationale, if applicable 

15. Recipient primary place of 

performance 

16. Recipient area of benefit 

17. Recipient officer names and 

compensation (Top 5) 

18. Total number and amount of small 

sub-awards; less than $25,000 

Recipient Vendor 

1. DUNS or Name and zip code of 

Headquarters (HQ) 

2. Expenditure amount 

3. Expenditure description 

Sub-Recipient (also referred to as 

FFATA Data Elements) 

1. Sub-recipient DUNS 

2. Sub-recipient CCR information 

3. Sub-recipient type 

4. Amount received by sub-recipient 

5. Amount awarded to sub-recipient 

6. Sub-award date 

7. Sub-award period 

8. Sub-recipient place of performance 

9. Sub-recipient area of benefit 

10. Sub-recipient officer names and 

compensation (Top 5) 

Sub-Recipient Vendor 

1. DUNS or Name and zip code of HQ 

Affected Public: All recipients of 

Recovery funds, as defined in section 

1512(b)(1) of the Recovery Act. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 248,275. 

Frequency of Responses: Quarterly. 


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39606 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,489,650. 

Ivan Flores, 

Paralegal Specialist, Recovery Accountability 

and Transparency Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–18933 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0051] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Irradiation Phytosanitary Treatment of 

Imported Fruits and Vegetables 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the use of irradiation as 

a phytosanitary treatment of imported 

fruits and vegetables. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 6, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS– 

2009–0051 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0051, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0051. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding regulations for 

irradiation as a phytosanitary treatment 

of imported fruits and vegetables, 

contact Dr. Inder P. Gadh, Senior Risk 

Manager–Treatments, Regulations, 

Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 734–0627. For copies 

of more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Irradiation Phytosanitary Treatment of 

Imported Fruits and Vegetables. 

OMB Number: 0579–0155. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) is authorized, among other 

things, to regulate the importation of 

plants, plant products, including fruits 

and vegetables, and other articles to 

prevent the introduction of plant pests 

and noxious weeds into the United 

States. 

Regulations governing the importation 

of fruits and vegetables are set out in 7 

CFR part 319. In accordance with the 

regulations, some fruits and vegetables 

from certain regions of the world must 

be treated for insect pests in order to be 

eligible for entry into the United States. 

The regulations in 7 CFR part 305 

provide for the use of irradiation as a 

phytosanitary treatment for fruits and 

vegetables imported into the United 

States. The irradiation treatment 

provides protection against all insect 

pests including fruit flies, the mango 

seed weevil, and others. It may be used 

as an alternative to other approved 

treatments for these pests in fruits and 

vegetables, such as fumigation, cold 

treatment, heat treatment, and other 

techniques. 

The regulations concerning 

irradiation treatment involve the 

collection of information, including a 

compliance agreement, 24-hour 

notification, labeling, dosimetry 

recordings, requests for dosimetry 

device approval, requests for facility 

approval, trust fund agreement, and 

annual work plan, as well as 

recordkeeping. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, through use, as appropriate, 

of automated, electronic, mechanical, 

and other collection technologies, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.0015369 hours per response. 

Respondents: Foreign plant protection 

services, irradiation facility personnel, 

importers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 93. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 433.76344. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 40,340. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 62 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

August 2009. 

William H. Clay, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–18987 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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