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Vol. 79, No. 123 

Thursday, June 26, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 23, 2014. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (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 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. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received by July 28, 

2014. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

TITLE: Bio-refinery Assistance 

Program for Guaranteed Loans. 

OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0570– 

0065. 

SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: As 

authorized under the Agricultural Act of 

2014 (2014 Farm Bill) the Bio-refinery 

Assistance Program will promote the 

development and construction of 

commercial-scale bio-refineries and the 

retrofitting of existing facilities using 

eligible technology. Consistent with 

Congressional intent, the program will 

promote the development of the first 

commercial scale bio-refineries that do 

not rely on corn kernel starch as the 

feedstock or standard biodiesel 

technology for the development of 

advanced biofuels, giving preference to 

projects where first-of-a-kind technology 

will be deployed at viable commercialscale bio-refineries. 

NEED AND USE OF THE 

INFORMATION: The Agency will use 

various forms and written evidence to 

collect needed information to determine 

lender and borrower eligibility for loan 

guarantees, and to ensure the lender 

protects the government’s financial 

interests. Lenders provide the Agency 

with quarterly construction progress 

reports demonstrating that engineering 

and financial criteria used in the review 

and approval of the application 

continue to be met during the 

construction phase of the project. Postconstruction information will be 

collected demonstrating that the biorefineries are operating and meeting all 

financial criteria projected during the 

application phase. If the information 

were not collected, the Agency would 

not be able to make prudent credit 

decisions nor monitor the lenders 

servicing activities. 

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: 

Business or other for-profit. 

NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 83. 

FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 6,349. 

TITLE: Repowering Assistance 

Program, 7 CFR 4288–A. 

OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0570– 

0066. 

SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: The 

Repowering Assistance Program is 

authorized under section 9004 of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–246). The objective of 

this program is to provide financial 

incentives to bio-refineries in existence 

on the date of the enactment of the 2008 

Farm Bill; to replace the use of fossil 

fuels used to produce heat or power at 

their facilities by installing new systems 

that use renewable biomass, or to 

produce new energy from renewable 

biomass. 

NEED AND USE OF THE 

INFORMATION: Information gathered 

under this collection will be used to 

determine the eligibility of bio-refineries 

to participate in the program. The 

Agency will determine the amount of 

payments to be made to a bio-refinery 

under this program with consideration 

given to: (1) The quantity of fossil fuel 

a renewable biomass system is 

replacing; (2) the percentage reduction 

in fossil fuel used by the bio-refinery 

that will result from the installation of 

the renewable biomass system; and (3) 

the cost-effectiveness of the renewable 

biomass system. 

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: 

Business or other for-profit. 

NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 7. 

FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 602. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15023 Filed 6–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0047] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Self-Certification Medical Statement 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 


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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request extension of approval of an 

information collection for selfcertification medical statements. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 25, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0047. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0047, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0047 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on self-certification medical 

statements, contact Ms. Carmen QueenHines, Branch Chief, Human Resources 

Division, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 

21, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 

851–2918. 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: Self-Certification Medical 

Statement. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0196. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Marketing and 

Regulatory Programs (MRP) agencies of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

facilitate the domestic and international 

marketing of U.S. agricultural products 

and protect the health of domestic 

animal and plant resources. The MRP 

agencies are the Agricultural Marketing 

Service, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), and the 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. Resource 

management and administrative 

services, including human resource 

management, for the three MRP agencies 

are provided by the MRP Business 

Services unit of APHIS, which is the 

lead agency in providing administrative 

support for MRP. 

In accordance with 5 CFR part 339, 

Federal agencies are authorized to 

obtain medical information from 

applicants for positions that have 

approved medical standards. Medical 

standards may be established for 

positions for which the duties are 

arduous or hazardous or require a 

certain level of health status or fitness. 

Certain positions in MRP agencies 

have medical standards. MRP hires 

individuals each year who work under 

dusty conditions, around moving 

machinery and slippery surfaces, and in 

areas with high noise levels. The MRP 

agencies require a self-certification 

medical statement (MRP Form 5–R) 

from applicants for these positions 

regarding their fitness for the positions. 

The MRP agencies need this information 

to determine whether the applicants can 

perform the duties of the positions. 

Inability to collect this information 

would adversely affect the MRP 

agencies’ ability to make employment 

decisions and determinations regarding 

an applicant’s physical fitness to safely 

and efficiently perform assigned duties. 

Since the last approval of this 

collection activity, the number of 

applicants for certain positions that 

require medical standards has 

decreased; therefore, the number of 

respondents using the self-certification 

medical statement has decreased. As a 

result, the estimated annual number of 

respondents has decreased from 524 to 

322, and the estimated total annual 

burden has decreased from 88 hours to 

54 hours. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity 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 

0.167 hours per response. 

Respondents: Applicants for MRP 

positions with approved medical 

standards. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 322. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 322. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 54 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 20th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15018 Filed 6–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Forest Resource Coordinating 

Committee Meetings 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Resource 

Coordinating Committee (Committee) 

will meet via teleconference. The 

Committee is established consistent 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act of 1972 (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II), 

and the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 (the Act) (Pub. L. 110–246). 

Additional information concerning the 

Committee can be found by visiting the 

Committee’s Web site at: http://

www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/frcc/. 

DATES: The teleconferences will be held 

on the following dates: 

• July 16, 2014. 

• September 17, 2014. 

• October 15, 2014. 

• November 19, 2014. 

• December 17, 2014. 

The time of the meetings will be from 

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time (EST). Each meeting is 

subject to cancellation. For status of the 


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