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Jackson (north of IL–3, IL–149, IL–13 

and east of US–51)), Jasper, Jefferson, 

Jersey, Lawrence (west of IL–33 south to 

US–50), Madison, Marion, Monroe, 

Montgomery (south of IL–16, west and 

south of CR 6 to CR 7, east of CR 7, and 

south of CR 15), Perry, Randolph (north 

of IL–150 and northeast of IL–3), 

Richland, Saline, St. Clair, Wabash, 

Washington, Wayne, White, and 

Williamson Counties. 

In Indiana: Adams, Allen, 

Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, 

Carroll, Cass, Clinton, DeKalb, 

Delaware, Fayette, Fountain (east of U.S. 

Route 41), Fulton, Grant, Hamilton, 

Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, 

Huntington, Jay, Johnson, Kosciusko, 

LaGrange, Madison, Marion, Miami, 

Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Noble, 

Randolph, Rush (north of State Route 

244), Shelby, Stueben, Tippecanoe, 

Tipton, Union, Wabash, Wayne, Wells, 

and Whitley Counties. 

In Michigan: Clinton (east of US–127), 

Genesee, Huron (east of MI–53), Ingham 

(east of US–127), Jackson (east of US– 

127), Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, 

Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Sanilac 

(east of MI–53 and south of MI–46), 

Shiawassee (south of MI–21 and east of 

MI–52), St. Clair, Tuscola (south of MI– 

46, east of Sheridan Road, south of 

Barnes Road, and east of MI–15), 

Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. 

In Minnesota: Aitkin, Becker, Carlton, 

Cass, Clay, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, 

Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Mahnomen, 

Norman, Otter Tail, St. Louis, Wadena, 

and Wilkin Counties. 

In North Dakota: Barnes (east of ND– 

1 north and south of I–94), Cass, Dickey 

(east of ND–1), Griggs (south and east of 

ND–45, east of ND–1 and south of ND– 

200), LaMoure (east of ND–1), Ransom, 

Richland, Sargent, Steele, and Traill 

Counties. 

In Ohio: Adams (northeast of OH–73), 

Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, 

Carroll, Champaign (east of Valley Pike 

Road, east of OH–560 and north of US– 

36), Clark (east of US–68), Clinton (east 

of OH–73, north of US–22, east of US– 

68), Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, 

Cuyahoga, Darke, Delaware, Erie, 

Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, 

Geauga, Greene (east of US–68), 

Guernsey, Hancock, Hardin (east of US– 

68), Harrison, Highland (east of OH–73), 

Hocking, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, 

Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Lawrence, 

Licking, Logan (south of OH–47, east of 

US–68), Lorain, Lucas, Madison, 

Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Meigs, 

Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, 

Noble, Ottawa, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, 

Portage, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, 

Scioto, Seneca, Shelby (east of I–75, 

southeast of OH–47, includes all of 

Sidney, OH), Stark, Summit, Trumbull, 

Tuscarawas, Union, Vinton, 

Washington, Wayne, Wood, and 

Wyandot Counties. 

Amendment to the Geographic 

Description of the Fargo, North Dakota 

Area 

The foregoing description of the 

Fargo, North Dakota area, currently 

assigned to North Dakota Grain 

Inspection Service, reflects an amended 

description of the area as it was offered 

for designation in the July 18, 2024 

edition of the Federal Register (89 FR 

58327). On August 1, 2024, North 

Dakota Grain Inspection Service 

purchased Detroit Grain Inspection 

Service, Inc. With that purchase, North 

Dakota Grain Inspection Service 

requested and AMS authorized the 

assignment of the geographic area 

previously serviced by Detroit Grain 

Inspection Service to be included in the 

geographic description of the Fargo, 

North Dakota area. 

Deadlines for Comments and 

Applications 

The table below lists the dates the 

USGSA designations for Ohio Valley 

Grain Inspection and North Dakota 

Grain Inspection Service will end. The 

table also lists the open periods for 

submitting applications to provide 

official services in the designated areas 

or comments about the agencies. 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation 

end 

Applications/comments open 

period 

Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc .................... Evansville, Indiana, 812–423–9010 ................ 07/31/2025 03/01/2025–03/31/2025 

North Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc .... Fargo, North Dakota, 701–293–7420 .............. 12/31/2025 08/01/2025–08/31/2025 

Designation Timelines 

Interested private entities or state 

governmental agencies may apply for 

designation to provide official services 

in the geographic areas noted above 

under the provisions of section 7(f) of 

the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and 7 CFR 

800.196. Designations in the specified 

geographic area of Evansville, Indiana 

will occur no sooner than August 1, 

2025. Designations in the specified 

geographic area of Fargo, North Dakota 

will occur no sooner than January 1, 

2026. To request assistance with the 

designation application process or more 

information on the geographic areas 

serviced by these official agencies, 

please contact FGISQACD@usda.gov. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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 these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

February 10, 2025. 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 


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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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Quick Response for Cooperatorfunded Surveys Generic Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0264. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objectives of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare 

and issue official State and national 

estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition and prices, 

economic statistics, and environmental 

statistics related to agriculture and to 

conduct the Census of Agriculture and 

its follow-on surveys. In addition to the 

many statistical activities directly 

related to its mission, the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 

will lend technical expertise to other 

Federal agencies, State governments, 

land grant universities, and other 

organizations which have a 

Memorandum of Understanding with 

NASS. These entities will be referred to 

as cooperators. NASS provides support 

and assistance in the areas of 

questionnaire & sample design as well 

as analysis of survey results. NASS 

would like to include data collection to 

its list of services, utilizing the existing 

Cooperative Agreement with the 

National State Departments of 

Agriculture (NASDA). The data 

collection activities in this generic 

clearance request would be conducted 

through cooperative agreements with 

Federal agencies, State departments of 

agriculture, land-grant universities, or 

other organizations with which NASS 

has a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU). The surveys will be conducted 

under a full-cost recovery basis. These 

cooperators have sought out NASS’s 

assistance to provide statistics beneficial 

to agriculture, but are not covered by 

NASS’s annual Congressional 

appropriation. General authority for 

conducting cooperative projects is 

granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 

450a which states that USDA officials 

may, ‘‘enter into agreements with and 

receive funds . . . for the purpose of 

conducting cooperative research 

projects . . .’’ This authority has been 

delegated to NASS. Response to all 

surveys collected under this generic 

clearance is voluntary. 

NASS benefits from these cooperative 

agreements by: (1) Obtaining additional 

data to update its list of farm operators; 

(2) encouraging both parties to 

coordinate Federal survey activities and 

activities funded under a cooperative 

agreement to reduce the need for 

overlapping data collection and/or 

spread-out respondent burden; and (3) 

facilitating additional promotion of 

NASS surveys and statistical reports 

funded by annual Congressional 

appropriations. Respondents benefit 

from these cooperative agreements by: 

(1) Having their reported data protected 

by Federal Law (U.S. Code title 18, 

section 1905; U.S. Code title 7, section 

2276; and title III of Pub. L. 115–435 

codified in 44 U.S.C. ch. 35 and other 

applicable Federal laws, (CIPSEA)); (2) 

having data collection activities for 

Federal and Cooperative surveys 

coordinated to minimize respondent 

burden; and (3) having high-quality 

agricultural data that are important to a 

state or region be collected and 

published. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NASS would like to conduct up to 10 

surveys each year in response to 

requests from cooperators who have 

data needs that cannot be met through 

NASS’s annual Congressional 

appropriations. 

NASS would like to include surveys 

that would cover topics such as: 

—Farm management practices, 

—Food safety, 

—Workplace safety, 

—Conservation and land use practices, 

—Chemical use management practices, 

—Crop quality, 

—Agri-tourism, local foods, or other 

specific agricultural promotion 

programs. 

The summarized and published 

information will be analyzed by the 

sponsoring cooperators and 

stakeholders in agriculture. Results will 

be used to study 

—production agriculture as well as 

—various programs and policies to 

determine their impact on agricultural 

producers and consumers. 

Description of Respondents: Private 

Sector; Businesses or other for-profits; 

Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 225,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 111,512. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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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 and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by February 10, 2025 

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. 

Forest Service 

Title: Bid for Advertised Timber. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0066. 

Summary of Collection: This 

information collection is necessary to 

implement the various statutes, 

regulations, and policies designed to 

ensure that: (1) National Forest System 

timber is sold at not less than appraised 

value; (2) bidders meet specific criteria 

when submitting a bid; and 3) anti-trust 

violations do not occur during the 

bidding process. 

Individuals, large and small 

businesses, and corporations wishing to 

purchase timber or forest products from 

national forests must enter into a timber 

sale or forest product contract with the 

Forest Service. Several statutes, 

regulations, and policies impose 

requirements on the Government and 

purchasers involved in the bidding 


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