7074 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 12 / Tuesday, January 21, 2025 / Notices 

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 20, 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. 

Title: Web Forms for Research Data, 

Models, Materials, and Publications as 

Well as Study and Event Registration. 

OMB Control Number: 0518–0032. 

Summary of Collection: OMB Circular 

130 Management of Federal Information 

Resources, establishes that ‘‘agencies 

will use electronic media and formats 

. . . in order to make government 

information more easily accessible and 

useful to the public’’ In order to provide 

information and services related to its 

program responsibilities defined at 7 

CFR 2.65, the Agricultural Research 

Service (ARS) needs to obtain certain 

basic information from the public. 

Online forms allow the public to request 

from ARS research data, models, 

materials, and publications as well as 

registration for scientific studies and 

events. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

ARS will use the information to respond 

to requests for specific services. The 

information will be collected 

electronically. If this collection is not 

conducted, ARS will be hindered from 

reducing the burden on its customers by 

providing them the most timely and 

efficient way to request services. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 14,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 720. 

Rachelle Ragland-Greene, 

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 or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by February 20, 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. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1901–E, Civil Rights 

Compliance Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0018. 

Summary of Collection: Rural 

Development (RD) is required to provide 

Federal financial assistance through its 

housing and community and business 

programs on an equal opportunity basis. 

The information collection requirements 

in this request are needed to comply 

with civil rights laws and Executive 

Orders that provide protection and 

prohibit discrimination on the basis of 

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, reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity. 

Need and Use of the Information: RD 

will use the information to monitor a 

recipient’s compliance with the civil 

rights laws, and to determine whether or 

not service and benefits are being 

provided to beneficiaries on an equal 

opportunity basis. This information is 

made available to USDA officials, 

officials of other Federal agencies and to 

Congress for reporting purposes. 

Without the required information, RD 

and its recipient will lack the necessary 

documentation to demonstrate that their 

programs are being administered in a 

nondiscriminatory manner and in full 

compliance with the civil rights laws. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 27,000. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 458,363. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: Fire and Rescue Loans—7 CFR 

1942, Subpart C. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0120. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is authorized by 

Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

1926) to make loans to public agencies, 

nonprofit corporations, and Indian 

tribes for the development of essential 

community facilities primarily serving 


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