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Vol. 83, No. 122 

Monday, June 25, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 20, 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 July 25, 2018 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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host 

Materials from Canada. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0142. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is responsible for preventing 

plant diseases or insect pests from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported pests when 

eradication is feasible. Under the Plant 

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

the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to regulate the importation of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

to prevent the introduction of injurious 

plant pests. The Plant Protection and 

Quarantine program within USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is responsible for 

ensuring that these regulations are 

enforced. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

individuals both within and outside the 

United States using phytosanitary 

certificates, certificates of origin, a 

written statement, a compliance 

agreement and an emergency Action 

notice. Information collected will 

ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, 

shrubs, and other articles do not harbor 

plant or insect pests such as the gypsy 

moth. Failing to collect this information 

would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure 

that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of 

other items imported from Canada do 

not harbor gypsy moths. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals or 

households; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,526. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 212. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Clementines 

from Spain. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0203. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to regulate the importation of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

to prevent the introduction of injurious 

plant pests. The regulations in 

‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables,’’ 

7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56–81, 

prohibits or restrict the importation of 

certain fruits and vegetables into the 

United States from certain parts of the 

world to prevent the introduction and 

dissemination of plant pest, including 

fruit flies. Under the regulations, 

clementines from Spain are subject to 

certain conditions before entering the 

United States to ensure that exotic plant 

pest, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, 

are not introduced into the United 

States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the following information 

collection activities to allow the 

importation of Clementines from Spain 

when the requirements include: 

Provisions that the Clementines be 

grown in accordance with a 

Mediterranean fruit fly management 

program established by the Government 

of Spain; Trapping and Control Records; 

Phytosanitary Certificate; Labeling and 

Traceback; Cold Treatment Data for 

Consignments; Trust Fund Agreement; 

Grower Registration and Agreement; 

Management Program Mediterranean 

Fruit Fly Monitoring; Cold Treatment 

Facility/Carrier Certification; Workplan, 

Advance Reservations for Cold 

Treatment Port Space; and Emergency 

Action Notification. 

Failure to collect this information 

would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure 

that clementines from Spain are not 

carrying fruit flies. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 23. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,774. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Longan from 

Taiwan. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0351. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C 7701), the 

Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

carry out operations or measures to 

detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 

prevent, or retard the spread of plant 

pests new to the United States or not 

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throughout the United States. The fruits 

and vegetables regulations allow the 

importation of commercial shipments of 

fresh longan with stems from Taiwan 

into the United States. As a condition of 

entry, the longan will be subject to cold 

treatment and special port-of-arrival 

inspection procedures for certain 

quarantine pests. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will use the following 

information collection activities to 

allow the import of commercial 

shipment of fresh longan with stems 

from Taiwan into the United States: 

Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by 

NPPOs in Taiwan, Stamping of Boxes 

and Emergency Action Notification. 

Failing to collect this information would 

cripple APHIS ability to ensure that 

longan from Taiwan are not carrying 

plant pests. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profits; Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 33. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Fresh Pitaya 

Fruit from Central America into the 

Continental United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0378. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to carry out operations or 

measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 

control, prevent, or retard the spread of 

plant pests new to the United States or 

not known to be widely distributed 

throughout the United States. The 

regulations ‘‘Subpart-Fruit and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319 56–71), prohibit or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests that are 

not widely distributed within the 

United States. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

allows the importation of fresh pitaya 

fruit from Central America into the 

continental United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service uses the following activities to 

collect information: Production Site 

Certification, Production Site 

Registration, Review and Maintain 

Documents, Registration of 

Packinghouses, Packinghouse 

Inspections and Investigations, Bilateral 

Workplans, Records of Fruit Fly 

Detections and Update Records, 

Shipping Documents Identifying the 

Places of Production, Phytosanitary 

Certificates with Additional 

Declarations, Box Markings, Production 

Site Training Program, Emergency 

Action Notifications, and Notices of 

Arrival. If the information is not 

collected, APHIS’ ability to protect the 

United States from plant pest would be 

severely compromised. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 66. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting, 

Recordkeeping, Third-party disclosure: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,289. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13551 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for the Section 533 Housing 

Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year 

2018 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS), an Agency within Rural 

Development, announces that it is 

soliciting competitive applications 

under its Housing Preservation Grant 

(HPG) program. This action is taken to 

comply with Agency regulations which 

requires the Agency to announce the 

opening and closing dates for receipt of 

pre-applications for HPG funds from 

eligible applicants. 

The Agency has published the 

amount of funding received in the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–141, March 23, 2018) on its 

website at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

newsroom/notices-solicitationapplications-nosas. Expenses incurred 

in developing applications will be at the 

applicant’s risk. 

DATES: The closing deadline for receipt 

of all pre-applications in response to 

this Notice is 5:00 p.m., local time for 

each Rural Development State Office on 

August 9, 2018 regardless of delivery 

method (hand delivered, electronic, 

mail, or a combination thereof). Rural 

Development State Office locations can 

be found at: http://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

contact-us/state-offices. RHS will not 

consider any application that is received 

after the closing deadline. Applicants 

intending to mail applications must 

provide sufficient time to permit 

delivery on or before the closing 

deadline date and time. Acceptance by 

the United States Postal Service or 

private mailer does not constitute 

delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and postage 

due applications will not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information, applicants may 

contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, 

Finance and Loan Analyst, MultiFamily Housing Preservation and Direct 

Loan Division, USDA Rural 

Development, STOP 0781, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–0781, telephone (202) 690– 

0759 (voice) (this is not a toll-free 

number) or (800) 877–8339 (TDDFederal Information Relay Service) or 

via email at, bonnie.edwards@

wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Preface 

The Agency encourages applications 

that will help improve life in rural 

America. See information on the 

Interagency Task Force on Agriculture 

and Rural Prosperity found at 

www.usda.gov/ruralprosperity. 

Applicants are encouraged to consider 

projects that provide measurable results 

in helping rural communities build 

robust and sustainable economies 

through strategic investments in 

infrastructure, partnerships and 

innovation. Key strategies include: 

• Achieving e-Connectivity for Rural 

America 

• Developing the Rural Economy 

• Harnessing Technological Innovation 

• Supporting a Rural Workforce 

• Improving Quality of Life 

Overview 

Federal Agency Name: USDA Rural 

Housing Service. 

Funding Opportunity Title: Housing 

Preservation Grants. 

Announcement Type: Notice. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 10.433. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The reporting requirements contained 

in this Notice have been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under Control Number 0575–0115. 

A. Program Description 

The HPG program is a grant program, 

authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1490m and 

implemented at 7 CFR part 1944, 

subpart N, which provides qualified 

public agencies, private non-profit 

organizations including, but not limited 

to, Faith-Based and neighborhood 

partnerships, and other eligible entities, 


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