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and their resources. The information is 

collected on occasion, which is the 

minimum frequency necessary to 

comply with the statute. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 11 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 110. 

Comment Is Invited 

Comment is invited on: (1) whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, 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 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Christopher French, 

Deputy Chief for National Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24996 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Small Business 

Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; 

Appeal Procedures on Recomputation 

of Shares 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection, titled Small 

Business Timber Sale Set-Aside 

Program; Appeal Procedures on 

Recomputation of Shares. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before December 27, 2024 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Director, 

Forest Management, Mail Stop 1103, 

Forest Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20024. 

Comments also may be submitted by 

email to: SM.FS.WONFSSBAIC@

usda.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant websites and 

upon request. For this reason, please do 

not include in your comments 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as sensitive personal information 

or proprietary information. If you send 

an email comment, your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the internet. Please note 

that responses to this public comment 

request containing any routine notice 

about the confidentiality of the 

communication will be treated as public 

comments that may be made available to 

the public notwithstanding the 

inclusion of the routine notice. 

The public may inspect the draft 

supporting statement and/or comments 

received. The public may request an 

electronic copy of the draft supporting 

statement and/or any comments 

received be sent via return email. 

Requests should be emailed to 

SM.FS.WONFSSBAIC@usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Spisak, Natural Resources Staff, 

910–975–0114. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the 

hearing impaired may call 711 to reach 

the Telecommunications Relay Service, 

24 hours a day, every day of the year, 

including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program; Appeal Procedures on 

Recomputation of Shares. 

OMB Number: 0596–0141. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

28, 2025. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Forest Service adopted 

the Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program (Set-Aside Program) on 

July 26, 1990 (55 FR 30485). The agency 

administers the Set-Aside Program in 

cooperation with the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) under the 

authorities of the Small Business Act 

(15 U.S.C. 631), the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976, and SBA 

regulations in 13 CFR part 121. The SetAside Program is designed to ensure 

that small business timber purchasers 

have the opportunity to purchase a fair 

proportion of National Forest System 

timber offered for sale. Under the SetAside Program, the Forest Service must 

recompute the shares of timber sales to 

be set aside for qualifying small 

businesses every 5 years based on the 

actual volume of sawtimber that has 

been purchased by small businesses. 

Additionally, shares must be 

recomputed if there is a change in 

manufacturing capability, if the 

purchaser size class changes, or if 

certain purchasers discontinue 

operations. 

In 1992, the agency adopted new 

administrative appeal procedures (36 

CFR part 215), which excluded the SetAside Program. Prior to adoption of 36 

CFR part 215, the agency accepted 

appeals of recomputation decisions 

under 36 CFR part 217 and therefore 

decided to establish procedures for 

providing notice to affected purchasers 

offering an opportunity to comment on 

the recomputation of shares (61 FR 

7468). The Conference Report 

accompanying the 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriation Act (Pub. L. 104–208) 

directed the Forest Service to reinstate 

an appeals process for decisions 

concerning recomputation of Small 

Business Set-Aside shares, structural 

recomputations of SBA shares, or 

changes in policies impacting the SetAside Program prior to December 31, 

1996. The Small Business Timber Sale 

Set-Aside Program, Appeal Procedures 

on Recomputation of Shares (36 CFR 

223.118; 64 FR 411, January 5, 1999), 

outlines the types of decisions that are 

subject to appeal, who may appeal 

decisions, the procedures for appealing 

decisions, the timelines for appeal, and 

the contents of the notice of appeal. 

The Forest Service provides 

qualifying timber sale purchasers with 

30-days for pre-decisional review and 

comment on draft decisions to reallocate 

shares, including the data used in 

making the proposed recomputation 

decision. Within 15 days after the close 

of the 30-day pre-decisional review 

period, an agency official makes a 

decision on the shares to be set aside for 

small businesses and gives written 

notice of the decision to all parties on 

the national forest timber sale bidders 

list for the affected area. The written 

notice provides the date by which the 


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appeal may be filed and how to obtain 

information on appeal procedures. 

Only those timber sale purchasers, or 

their representatives, who are affected 

by small business share timber sale setaside recomputation decisions and who 

have submitted pre-decisional 

comments may appeal recomputation 

decisions. The appellant must file a 

notice of appeal with the appropriate 

Forest Service official within 20 days of 

the date on the notice of decision. The 

notice of appeal must include: 

1. The appellant’s name, mailing 

address, and daytime telephone 

number; 

2. The title or type of recomputation 

decision involved and date of the 

decision; 

3. The name of the responsible Forest 

Service official; 

4. A brief description and date of the 

decision being appealed; 

5. A statement of how the appellant 

is adversely affected by the decision 

being appealed; 

6. A statement of facts in dispute 

regarding the issue(s) raised by the 

appeal; 

7. Specific references to law, 

regulation, or policy that the appellant 

believes have been violated (if any) and 

the basis for such an allegation; 

8. A statement as to whether and how 

the appellant has tried to resolve the 

appeal issues with the responsible 

Forest Service official, including 

evidence of submission of written 

comments at the pre-decisional stage; 

and 

9. A statement of the relief the 

appellant seeks. 

The Appeal Deciding Officer shall 

review the decision and appeal record 

and issue a written appeal decision to 

the parties as required by 36 CFR 

223.118. The data gathered in this 

information collection is not available 

from other sources. 

Affected Public: Timber sale 

purchasers, or their representatives, 

who are affected by recomputations of 

small business share of timber sales. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 20 

hours, inclusive of pre-decisional 

comments and appeal. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 200 hours. 

Comment Is Invited 

Comment is invited on: (1) whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, 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 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Christopher French, 

Deputy Chief, National Forest System. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24995 Filed 10–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Application Materials for EDA 

Investment Assistance 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on August 28, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Commerce. 

Title: Application Materials for EDA 

Investment Assistance. 

OMB Control Number: 0610–0094. 

Form Number(s): ED–900, ED–900B, 

ED–900C, ED–900D, ED–900E, ED– 

900F. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: For 

construction projects, 977 estimated 

respondents, and for non-construction 

projects, 1,663 estimated respondents, 

for a total of 2,640 estimated 

respondents. 

Average Hours per Response: For 

construction projects, 43.0 estimated 

hours per response, and for nonconstruction projects, 17.1 estimated 

hours per response. 

Burden Hours: For construction 

projects, 42,011 estimated annual 

burden hours, and for non-construction 

projects, 28,437 estimated annual 

burden hours, for a total of 70,448 

estimated total annual burden hours. 

Needs and Uses: EDA must collect 

specific information from applicants for 

EDA investment assistance to evaluate 

whether proposed projects satisfy 

eligibility and programmatic 

requirements contained in EDA’s 

authorizing legislation, the Public 

Works and Economic Development Act 

of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3121 et 

seq.); EDA regulations at 13 CFR 

Chapter III; and applicable Notices of 

Funding Opportunity. 

EDA proposes to extend the following 

forms under this information collection: 

Forms ED–900 (General Application for 

EDA Programs), ED–900B (Beneficiary 

Information Form), ED–900C (EDA 

Application Supplement for 

Construction Programs), ED–900D 

(Requirements for Design and 

Engineering Assistance), ED–900E 

(Calculation of Estimated Relocation 

and Land Acquisition Expenses), and 

ED–900F (Additional EDA Assurances 

for Revolving Loan Fund Investments). 

Affected Public: Entities eligible for 

EDA financial assistance, including 

Federal, State, and local governments; 

Indian tribes; institutions of higher 

education; not-for-profit entities; and 

business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: During application for 

EDA investment assistance. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The Public Works 

and Economic Development Act of 1965 

(42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

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 


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