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Vol. 83, No. 152 

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 2, 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 September 6, 

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: Foreign Quarantine Notices. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0049. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (PPA) (Title IV, 

Pub. L. 106–224, 114 Stat. 438, 7 U.S.C. 

7701–7772), the Secretary of Agriculture 

is authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, exportation, or 

movement in interstate commerce of 

plants and plant products to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States. Regulations governing the 

importation of fruits, vegetables, plants 

for planting, logs, lumber, unprocessed 

wood products, cotton, corn, rice, sugar 

cane, and coffee are contained in 7 CFR 

part 319 and part 352. Implementing the 

laws through regulations is necessary to 

prevent injurious plant and insect pests 

from entering the United States and 

creating serious physical and economic 

consequences for U.S. agriculture. 

The regulations and subsequent 

requirements are enforced by the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) and require the 

collection of information verifying 

oversight and inspection of the growing, 

handling, packing, transporting, and 

importing of fruits, vegetables, plants for 

planting, logs, lumber, unprocessed 

wood products, cotton, corn, rice, sugar 

cane, and coffee into the United States. 

The information is collected from 

businesses, individuals, and foreign 

government officials, via forms, labels, 

certifications, and other formats. On a 

quarterly basis, APHIS will submit a 

report to the Office of Management and 

Budget that documents the burden 

imposed by import requirements for 

commodities covered by this 

information collection (fruits, 

vegetables, plants for planting, logs, 

lumber, unprocessed wood products, 

cotton, corn, rice, sugar cane, and 

coffee) that have been finalized within 

that quarterly period. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information such as 

operational workplans; cooperative 

service agreements; trust funds; 

production or processing site/facility 

registrations; foreign site certification of 

inspection and/or treatment; 

applications for permits; appeals of 

denial or revocation of permits; requests 

for additional mailing labels; 

compliance agreements; phytosanitary 

certificates; labeling; importer 

documents; agreements for post entry 

quarantine State screening notices; 30- 

day article notifications; requests for 

emergency transshipment or diversion; 

notices of arrival; emergency action 

notifications; and monitoring/ 

recordkeeping from responsible entities. 

In addition, APHIS will collect required 

information from national plant 

protection organizations as part of the 

commodity import approval process. If 

this information is not collected, APHIS’ 

ability to safeguard the United States 

from injurious plant and insect pests 

from entering the country would be 

severely compromised. 

Description of Respondents: 

Businesses, Individuals and 

Households, National and State 

Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 22,353. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting, 

Recordkeeping, Third-Party Disclosure: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 550,363. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 2, 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) 


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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 September 6, 

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. 

Agricultural Research Service 

Title: U.S. National Arboretum Use of 

the Grounds and Facilities as well as 

Commercial Photography and 

Cinematography. 

OMB Control Number: 0518–0024. 

Summary of Collection: The mission 

of the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA) 

is to conduct research, provide 

education, and conserve and display 

trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plans to 

enhance the environment. The USNA is 

a 446-acre public facility. The grounds 

of the USNA are available to the general 

public for purposes of education and 

passive recreation. The USNA has many 

spectacular feature and garden displays 

which are very popular to visitors and 

photographers. Section 890(b) of the 

Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

Reform Act of 1996, Public Law 

104–107 (‘‘FAIR ACT’’) provided 

statutory authorities regarding the 

USNA. These authorities include the 

ability to charge fees for temporary use 

by individuals or groups of USNA 

facilities and grounds for any purpose 

consistent with the mission of USNA. 

Also, the authority was provided to 

charge fees for the use of the USNA for 

commercial photography and 

cinematography. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

USNA officials will collect the 

information using applications in the 

form of questionnaires. The collected 

information is used by USNA 

management to determine if a 

requestor’s needs can be met and the 

request is consistent with the mission 

and goals of the USNA uses of the 

information. If the basic information is 

not collected, USNA officials will not be 

able to determine if a requestor’s needs 

are met. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Individuals or households; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 302. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total burden Hours: 151. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16849 Filed 8–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for 

the Conservation Reserve Program 

(CRP) Forest Inventory Analysis Pilot 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA), on behalf of Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC), is republishing this 

announcement to extend the application 

deadline for the availability of 

competitive grants to conduct a forest 

inventory analysis, forest management, 

and economic outcomes modelling, for 

certain currently enrolled Conservation 

Reserve Program (CRP) land. The 

analysis is focused on lands enrolled in 

CRP for at least 8 years and located in 

areas with a substantial concentration of 

acres enrolled under the following 

conservation practices devoted to 

multiple bottomland hardwood tree 

species: General tree planting, 

hardwood tree planting, vegetative 

cover on previously established tree 

stands, riparian buffers, bottomland 

timber establishments, and farmable and 

aquaculture wetlands. Qualified 

applicants must be non-profit 

organizations dedicated to conservation, 

forestry, and wildlife habitats that have 

experience in conducting accurate forest 

inventory analysis through the use of 

advanced, cost-effective technology, as 

determined by FSA. 

DATES: Application Deadline: August 

25, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted in the following method: 

Grants Portal: Go to www.grants.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting grants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Iovanna, telephone (202) 720– 

5291. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

When the NOFA was initially 

published on July 19, 2018, (83 FR 

34098–34100), the application deadline 

was August 15, 2018. FSA is 

republishing the NOFA to extend the 

application deadline to August 25, 2018. 

No other changes have been made to the 

announcement. 

Section 743 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115– 

141) requires that the USDA enter into 

grant agreements for forest inventory 

analysis, and forest management, and 

economic outcomes modelling of certain 

CRP land. Under this authority, the CCC 

will make available not more than $1 

million in grants to non-profit 

organizations. The CRP Forest Inventory 

Analysis Pilot will be administered 

under the general supervision of FSA on 

behalf of CCC, in accordance with the 

provisions of 2 CFR part 200. 

Description 

The CRP Forest Inventory Analysis 

Pilot is focused on lands enrolled in 

CRP for at least 8 years and located in 

areas with a substantial concentration of 

acres enrolled under certain 

conservation practices devoted to 

multiple bottomland hardwood tree 

species, including conservation 

practices for general tree planting, 

hardwood tree planting, vegetative 

cover on previously established tree 

stands, riparian buffers, bottomland 

timber establishments, and farmable and 

aquaculture wetlands. Qualified 

applicants must be non-profit 

organizations dedicated to conservation, 

forestry, and wildlife habitats that have 

experience in conducting accurate forest 

inventory analysis through the use of 

advanced, cost-effective technology. 

Comprehensive data analysis using 

advanced, cost-effective technology on 

land enrolled in CRP with certain 

bottomland hardwood practices is 

important for several reasons. Such data 

will provide the FSA CRP program 

manager with the information needed to 

more effectively manage enrollment. For 

example, the inventory may find that 


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