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hatching) into the United States, as well 

as from foreign countries and States to 

support these imports. Some of the 

information collection activities include 

agreements, permits, application and 

space reservation requests, inspections, 

registers, declarations of importation, 

requests for hearings, daily logs, 

additional requirements, application for 

permits, import health certificates, 

letters, written notices, daily record of 

horse activities, written requests, 

opportunities to present views, 

reporting, applications for approval of 

facilities, certifications, arrival notices, 

on-hold shipment notifications, reports, 

test submission forms, quarantine 

documents, affidavits, animal 

identification, written plans, checklists, 

specimen submissions, emergency 

action notifications, refusal of entry and 

order to dispose of fish, premises 

information, recordkeeping, and 

application of seals. 

In addition, APHIS evaluates the 

animal health statuses of foreign regions 

and evaluates the risk of disease 

introduction via commodities to allow 

for the importation of animals and 

animal-related commodities into the 

United States by receiving and 

evaluating information collection 

activities. These information collection 

activities include recognition of the 

animal health status of a region, 

applications for recognition of the 

animal health status of a region, 

applications for recognition of a region 

as historically free of a disease, requests 

for additional information about the 

region, appeals of classifications of 

animal health status, and written 

recommendations and proof of 

implementation from foreign animal 

health authorities seeking to engage in 

the regionalization process. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities, as described, 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 collection 

of information, 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 

collection of information 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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.76 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Foreign animal health 

authorities; U.S. importers; foreign 

exporters; veterinarians and animal 

health technicians in other countries; 

State animal health authorities; 

shippers, owners and operators of 

foreign processing plants and farms; 

USDA-approved zoos, laboratories, and 

feedlots; private quarantine facilities; 

and other entities involved (directly or 

indirectly) in the importation of animals 

and poultry, animal and poultry 

products, zoological animals, and 

animal germplasm. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 73,769. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 11. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 795,301. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 600,320 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 16th day of 

October 2023. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23450 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Land Between the Lakes Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Land Between the Lakes 

(LBL) Advisory Board (Board) will hold 

a public meeting according to the details 

shown below. The Board is authorized 

under the Charter for the Land Between 

the Lakes Advisory Board and managed 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

purpose of the Board is to advise the 

Secretary of Agriculture on means of 

promoting public participation for the 

land and resource management plan for 

the Recreation Area; environmental 

education; an annual work plan for 

recreation and environment education 

areas in the Recreation Area, including 

the heritage program, with the nonappropriated amounts in the Land 

Between the Lakes Management Fund; 

an annual forest management and 

harvest plan for the Recreation Area; 

and the Land Between the Lakes 

Management Fund. 

DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting 

will be held on November 8, 2023, 9 

a.m.–4 p.m., Central Standard Time 

(CST). 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person or virtual 

oral comments must pre-register by 

11:59 p.m., CST on November 3, 2023. 

Written public comments will be 

accepted through 11:59 p.m., CST on 

November 3, 2023. Comments submitted 

after this date will be provided to the 

Forest Service, but the Board may not 

have adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to the meeting. 

All board meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

in-person at the Land Between the Lakes 

National Recreation Area 

Administration Building located at 100 

Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, 

Kentucky 42211. The public may also 

join virtually via Microsoft Teams. 

Board information is located at: https:// 

landbetweenthelakes.us/about/workingtogether/advisory-board/or by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to SM.FS.LBL_

AdBoard@usda.gov or via mail (i.e., 

postmarked) to Land Between the Lakes 

National Recreation Area, Attention: 

Christine Bombard, 100 Van Morgan 

Drive, Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211. 

The Forest Service strongly prefers 

comments be submitted electronically. 

Oral Comments: Persons or 

organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. CST November 3, 2023, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to SM.FS.LBL_AdBoard@

usda.gov or via mail (i.e., postmarked) 

to Land Between the Lakes National 

Recreation Area, Attention: Christine 

Bombard, 100 Van Morgan Drive, 

Golden Pond, Kentucky 42211. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Bombard, Board Liaison, by 

email at SM.FS.LBL_AdBoard@usda.gov 

or by phone at 270–924–2002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to discuss: 

1. Recreation Enhancement Act; 

2. Great American Outdoors Act 

Projects; 

3. Heritage; and 

4. Environmental Stewardship. 

The agenda will include time for 

individuals to make oral statements of 

three minutes or less. Individuals 

wishing to make an oral statement 

should make a request in writing at least 

one week prior to the meeting date to be 

scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Forest Service up to 7 days after the 

meeting date listed under DATES. 

Please contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, by 

or before the deadline, for all questions 

related to the meeting. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received upon request. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting location is compliant with the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, and the 

USDA provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpretation, assistive listening 

devices, or other reasonable 

accommodation to the person listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section or contact USDA’s 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY) or USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

USDA programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. 

Equal opportunity practices in 

accordance with USDA’s policies will 

be followed in all appointments to the 

Board. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

taken in account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include to the extent 

possible, individuals with demonstrated 

ability to represent minorities, women, 

and persons with disabilities. USDA is 

an equal opportunity provider, 

employer, and lender. 

Dated: October 13, 2023. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23480 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No.: RBS–23–BUSINESS–0022] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Rural Economic 

Development Loan and Grant Program; 

OMB Control No.: 0570–0035 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of, the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service (RBCS) announces its’ intention 

to request a revision of a currently 

approved information collection and 

invites comments on this information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 26, 2023, to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and, in the ‘‘Search Field’’ box, labeled 

‘‘Search for dockets and documents on 

agency actions,’’ enter the following 

docket number: (RBS–23–BUSINESS– 

0022), and click ‘‘Search.’’ To submit 

public comments, select the ‘‘Comment’’ 

button. Before inputting your 

comments, you may also review the 

‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ (optional). 

Insert your comments under the 

‘‘Comment’’ title, click ‘‘Browse’’ to 

attach files (if applicable). Input your 

email address and select an identity 

category then click ‘‘Submit Comment.’’ 

Information on using Regulations.gov, 

including instructions for accessing 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket after the close of the 

comment period, is available through 

the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimble Brown, Rural Development 

Innovation Center—Regulations 

Management Division, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250– 

1522. Telephone: (202) 720–6780. Email 

Kimble.Brown@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR 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 

RBCS is submitting to OMB as a 

revision to an existing collection. 

Title: Rural Economic Development 

Loan and Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0035. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.26 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

120. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 17. 

Estimated Annual Reporting Number 

of Responses: 2,012. 

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden 

on Respondents: 4,562. 

Estimated Annual Recordkeeping 

Number of Responses: 90. 

Estimated Annual Recordkeeping 

Burden on Respondents: 180. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Responses: 2,102. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,742. 

Abstract: Under this program, loans 

and grants are provided to electric and 

telecommunications utilities that have 

borrowed funds from the Agency. The 

purpose of the program is to encourage 

these electric and telecommunications 

utilities to promote rural economic 

development and job creation projects 

such as business start-up costs, business 

expansion, community development, 

and business incubator projects. The 

utilities must use program loan funds to 

make a pass-through loan to an ultimate 

recipient such as a business. The utility 

is responsible for fully repaying its loan 

to the Government, even if the ultimate 

recipient does not repay its loan. The 

intermediary must use program grant 

funds, along with its required 

contribution, to create a revolving loan 


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