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to make the Forest Plan consistent with 

the Project. The USFS Responsible 

Official’s decisions will be separate 

from the decisions that BLM made in 

their November 17, 2017 Record of 

Decision. 

The FEIS and the USFS’s Draft Record 

of Decision (ROD) are available for 

public review. As required by 36 CFR 

218.7(c), the Wallowa-Whitman 

National Forest published a Legal 

Notice of the opportunity to object in 

the newspaper of record, the Baker City 

Herald. Eligible individuals and entities 

may file objections pursuant to 36 CFR 

218 Subparts A and B. The USFS 

previously notified the public that, 

pursuant to 36CFR 219.59(a), the agency 

would waive its administrative review 

procedures and adopt the BLM’s protest 

procedures for its decisions to issue a 

special use authorization and to amend 

the Forest Plan (NOA for the Draft EIS, 

79 FR 75834). Following further review 

of the scope of the decisions that the 

USFS will make and the applicable 

regulations, the USFS determined it 

must instead follow the project-level 

predecisional administrative review 

process described at 36 CFR 218 

Subparts A and B. 

Dated: May 9, 2018. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Notice of Intent To Revise Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) 

intention to revise a currently approved 

information collection, 0524–0039 

entitled, ‘‘NIFA Application Kit’’. NIFA 

does not plan to make any language 

changes to this information collection. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by August 6, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice and requests for 

copies of the information collection may 

be submitted by any of the following 

methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov; 

Fax: 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of 

Information Technology (OIT), NIFA, 

USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2216. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Martin; Email: rmartin@

nifa.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: NIFA Application Kit. 

OMB Number: 0524–0039. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

October 31, 2018. 

Type of Request: Intent to extend a 

currently approved information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: The National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture (NIFA) sponsors 

ongoing agricultural research, extension, 

and education programs under which 

competitive, formula, and special 

awards of a high-priority nature are 

made. Because competitive applications 

are submitted, many of which 

necessitate review by peer panelists, it 

is particularly important that applicants 

provide the information in a 

standardized fashion to ensure equitable 

treatment for all. Standardization is also 

important to applicants to other 

programs as it lends itself to a more 

efficient process and minimizes 

administrative burden. For this reason, 

NIFA uses standard forms in the SF–424 

Research and Related (R&R) form family 

which includes agency-specific forms 

for the application process. NIFA issues 

Requests for Applications (RFA) that 

includes the instructions for the 

preparation and submission of 

applications. These instructions 

provide, where appropriate, the 

necessary format for information in 

order to expedite, to the extent possible, 

the application review process. NIFA 

requires submission of applications 

electronically through Grants.gov. 

The forms and narrative information 

are mainly used for application 

evaluation and administration purposes. 

While some of the information is used 

to respond to inquiries from Congress 

and other government agencies, the 

forms are not designed to be statistical 

surveys. 

Also included in this information 

collection is one form which only 

applies to recipients of a NIFA 

fellowship/scholarship. The form is 

only used to document pertinent 

demographic data on the fellows/ 

scholars, documentation of the progress 

of the fellows/scholars under the 

program, and performance outcomes of 

the student beneficiaries. 

Respondents: Universities, non-profit 

institutions, State, local, or Tribal 

government, and a limited number of 

for-profit institutions and individuals. 

Estimated Number of Responses by 

Form: 

Letter of Intent: 2.739. 

Form NIFA–2008 Assurance 

Statement(s): 2,000. 

Supplemental Information: 5,377. 

Application Type: 2,200. 

Proposal Type Form: 2,687. 

NIFA–2010 Fellowships/Scholarships 

Entry/Exit: 150. 

The individual form burden is as 

follows (calculated based on a survey of 

grant applicants conducted by NIFA): 

Letter of Intent: 2 hours. 

Form NIFA–2008 Assurance 

Statement(s): 30 minutes. 

Supplemental Information: 2 hours. 

Proposal Type Form: 15 minutes. 

NIFA–2010 Fellowships/Scholarships 

Entry/Annual Update/Exit: 3 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: The annual total burden 

on the public for all forms is estimated 

to be 18,354 hours. 

Frequency of Respondents: Annually. 

Comments: 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 should be sent to the 

address stated in the preamble. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

May 2018. 

Thomas G. Shanower, 

Acting Director, National Institute of Food 

and Agriculture. 

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