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collect debts and overpayments owed to 

Federal, State, or local governments and 

their components; 

(35) To an agency or organization for 

the purpose of performing audit or 

oversight operations as authorized by 

law, but only such information as is 

necessary and relevant to such audit or 

oversight function. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICIES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Electronic records are stored at the 

USDA Office of the Chief Information 

Officer (OCIO), Digital Infrastructure 

Services Center (DISC) Data Center, and 

Iron Mountain Digital Records Center. 

All other record formats are stored at the 

Federal Records Centers. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

These records are retrieved by various 

combinations of name, agency, birth 

date, social security number, or 

identification number of the individual 

on whom they are maintained. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are retained and disposed of 

in accordance with approved NARA 

guidance, NFC Records Control 

Schedule N1–016–10–7. 

Pursuant to this records schedule, 

records are retained for 56 years. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper or microfiche/microfilmed 

records are located at the Federal 

Records Centers. Access to 

computerized records is limited, 

through use of user logins and 

passwords, access codes, and entry logs, 

to those whose official duties require 

access. 

Computerized records systems are 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Federal Information Security 

Management Act (Pub. L. 107–296), and 

associated OMB policies, standards and 

guidance from the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to gain access to 

a record in this system of records 

maycontact the NFC Director at the 

address listed above. Provide the NFC 

Director with the necessary particulars 

such as full legal name, date of birth, 

work address, country of citizenship. 

Requesters must also reasonably specify 

the record contents sought. The request 

must meet the requirements of the 

regulations at 34 CFR 5b.5, including 

proof of identity. All requests for access 

to records must be in writing and 

should be submitted to the NFC Director 

at the address listed above. A 

determination whether a record may be 

accessed will be made at the time a 

request is received. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to contest or 

amend information maintained in the 

system should direct their request to the 

above listed NFC Director and should 

include the reason for contesting it and 

the proposed amendment to the 

information with supporting 

information to show how the record is 

inaccurate. A request for contesting 

records should contain: Name, address 

including zip code, name of the system 

of records, year of records in question, 

and any other pertinent information to 

help identify the data requested. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Any individual may request 

information regarding this system of 

records, or information as to whether 

the system contains records pertaining 

to the individual, from the NFC Director 

listed above. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

Federal Register, Vol. 40, No. 167, 

August 27, 1975, page 38986–38989; 

Federal Register, Vol. 63, No 18, 

Wednesday, January 18, 1998. 

Trudy Sandefer, 

Deputy Director, GESD/NFC/OCFO/USDA. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01680 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–68–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 February 28, 2024 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

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: APHIS Credit Account and User 

Fee Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0055. 

Summary of Collection: The Food, 

Agriculture, Conservation and Trade 

Act of 1990, as amended, authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) to prescribe and collect fees to 

cover the costs of providing certain 

agricultural quarantine, inspection, and 

veterinary diagnostics services. 

Reimbursable overtime fees may also be 

assessed for inspection services 

requested during non-duty hours. The 

Secretary is authorized to use the 

revenue to provide reimbursements to 

any appropriation accounts that incur 

costs associated with the services 

provided. The Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996 authorizes the 

Agency to collect information from 

person(s) requesting to establish credit 

accounts with the U.S. government. 

APHIS charges the appropriate fees to 

respondents using billing information 

obtained from several APHIS 

documents. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

requests to establish credit accounts to 

conduct credit checks and to ensure 

credit worthiness prior to extending 

credit services. APHIS will also collect 

information required to identify fees 

associated with provided services, and 

to ensure that the correct amounts are 

collected and remitted in full in a timely 

manner. Without the information, 


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APHIS would not be able to ensure 

substantial compliance with the statute. 

Noncompliance with the statute could 

result in misappropriation of public 

funds and lost revenue to the Federal 

Government. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 144,209. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 95,310. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01666 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Urban and 

Community Forestry Advisory Council 

will hold a public meeting according to 

the details shown below. The Council is 

authorized under the Cooperative 

Forestry Assistance Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

purpose of the Council is to develop a 

national urban and community forestry 

ten-year action plan, evaluate and report 

annually on the implementation of that 

plan to the Secretary, and develop 

criteria for and submit 

recommendations to the Forest Service’s 

National Urban and Community 

Forestry Challenge Cost-share Grant 

Program. 

DATES: An in-person and virtual meeting 

will be held on February 28, 2024, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m., Mountain Standard Time 

(MST) and February 29, 2024, 8:30 

a.m.–1 p.m. MST. 

Written and Oral Comments: Anyone 

wishing to provide in-person and/or 

virtual oral comments must pre-register 

by 11:59 p.m. MST on February 21, 

2024. Written public comments will be 

accepted up to 11:59 p.m. MST on 

February 21, 2024. Comments submitted 

after this date will be provided to the 

Forest Service, but the Council may not 

have adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to the meeting. 

All Council meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meetings 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

in person and virtually at the Valle de 

Oro National Wildlife Refuge located at 

7851 Second Street Southwest, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105. 

Council information and meeting details 

can be found at the following website: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managingland/urban-forests/ucf or by contacting 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written Comments: Written comments 

must be sent by email to 

nancy.stremple@usda.gov or via mail 

(i.e., postmarked) to Nancy Stremple, 

201 Fourteenth Street, South West, 

Sidney Yates Building 3SC–01B, 

Washington, DC 20024. 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. MST February 21, 2024, and 

speakers can only register for one 

speaking slot. Oral comments must be 

sent by email to nancy.stremple@

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

to Nancy Stremple, 201 Fourteenth 

Street, South West, Sidney Yates 

Building 3SC–01B, Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Stremple, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), by email at 

nancy.stremple@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Introduce National Urban and 

Community Forestry Council members; 

2. Present about Valle de Oro National 

Urban Wildlife Refuge and community 

engagement; 

3. Discuss National Ten Year Action 

Plan, its Five Year Benchmark, 

Accomplishment Report, and process in 

Preparation for the Next Ten Year 

Action Plan (2027–2037); 

4. Receive Presentation on Extreme 

Heat and site tour Thursday; 

5. Schedule future meetings; and 

6. Other Council related items. 

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 

three days prior to the meeting date to 

be scheduled on the agenda. Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Forest Service up to 5 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 

Council. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Council have 

considered 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: January 23, 2024. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01614 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Library 

Notice of Second Interested Party 

Feedback Period Regarding Increasing 

Public Access to the Results of USDAFunded Research 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Library, 

Agricultural Research Service, 

Department of Agriculture. 


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