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(d) Procedures for the Recipient to 

prevent any of its personnel, invitees, or 

agents or subrecipient at any tier and at 

any dollar value from engaging in or 

tolerating exploitation, sexual abuse, 

child abuse, and neglect. The Recipient 

must also have procedures to monitor, 

detect, and terminate, or take any other 

actions as may be appropriate, for any 

of its personnel, invitees, or agents, 

subrecipients or subrecipient personnel 

that have engaged in such activities. 

B. Annual Burden 

There will be a small, but measurable 

reporting burden for the notification of 

any credible information of exploitation, 

sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect 

and any actions taken in response by 

any Recipient. Information in the 

notifications should include: The award 

title and number, the location of the 

program, name of the organization, a 

point of contact, the type of allegation, 

and the position(s) of those involved, 

and if beneficiaries or minors were 

involved. The notification may also 

identify any actions taken to investigate 

or respond to the allegation, including 

referral to local authorities. If known or 

available, next steps to address the 

perpetrator and/or the survivor’s and 

whistleblower’s safety, resources and 

information available to the survivor, 

and any established organizational 

procedures or framework to respond 

may also be provided. The notifications 

should include: Any interim or final 

measures taken or planned to ensure 

accountability of the alleged perpetrator, 

as well as protective measures or 

reforms, such as changes to applicable 

policies and procedures, in order to 

assess, address, or mitigate factors that 

contributed to the incident. USAID 

expects reporting to increase as 

awareness for this requirement increases 

in the short-term. Therefore, the annual 

reporting burden for notification to 

USAID is estimated as follows: 

Respondents: 253. 

Responses per respondent: 2. 

Preparation hours per response: 4 

hours. 

Total response burden hours: 2,024. 

Public reporting and recordkeeping 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 24 hours to 

prepare a compliance plan, including 

the time for reviewing instructions, 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering and maintaining the data 

needed, and completing and reviewing 

the collection of information. The 

number below includes all grants and 

estimated subawards over $500,000 

required to be performed outside the 

United States. 

The annual recordkeeping burden for 

the compliance plan is estimated as 

follows: 

Recordkeepers: 2,365. 

Records per recordkeeper: 1. 

Preparation hours per response: 24. 

Total recordkeeping burden hours: 

56,760. 

For Recipients that meet the $500,000 

threshold to maintain a compliance 

plan, there will be a small but 

measurable reporting burden for 

submission of that compliance plan, but 

only when it is requested by the 

Agreement Officer. We anticipate that 

requests to submit the compliance plan 

will only occur in circumstances where 

the Agreement Officer has reason to 

believe that there may be exploitation, 

sexual abuse, child abuse, or neglect in 

USAID funded programming. Therefore, 

the annual reporting burden for 

submission of the compliance plan to 

USAID is estimated as follows: 

Respondents: 200. 

Responses per respondent: 1. 

Preparation hours per response: 1. 

Total response burden hours: 200. 

Keetah Salazar-Thompson, 

Coordinator, Action Alliance for Preventing 

Sexual Misconduct, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17340 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection: Forest 

Industries and Logging Operations 

Data Collection Systems 

AGENCY: Forest Service, 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, Forest Industries 

and Logging Operations Data Collection 

Systems. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 12, 2021 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: 

Email: consuelo.brandeis@usda.gov. 

Mail: Consuelo Brandeis, Southern 

Research Station, Forest Inventory and 

Analysis, Department of Agriculture, 

Forest Service, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, 

Knoxville, TN 37919. 

Telephone: 865–862–2028. 

Facsimile: 865–862–0262. 

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 any 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Consuelo Brandeis, Southern Research 

Station, at 865–862–2028. Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Forest Industries and Logging 

Operations Data Collection Systems. 

OMB Number: 0596–0010. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

28, 2022. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Forest and Range 

Renewable Resources Planning Act of 

1974 and the Forest and Rangeland 

Renewable Resources Research Act of 

1978 require the Forest Service to 

evaluate trends in the use of roundwood 

(logs in whole or chipped form), to 

forecast anticipated levels of 

roundwood use and availability, and to 

analyze changes in the harvest of these 

resources from the United States’ 

forests. This data collection effort has 

been conducted since the mid-1970s, 

with various adjustments through time 

to accommodate new questions, 

sampling approaches, and/or data 

collection needs. Data collection is 

performed by Forest Service personnel 

and cooperators from State natural 

resource agencies and universities. 

Currently, the data collection gathers 

information from two groups: Primary 

wood industry and logging operations. 

Primary Wood Industry 

Questionnaire: This questionnaire is 

used by the Forest Service to collect and 

evaluate information from primary 

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entities. Primary wood-using mills are 

facilities that use roundwood to 

manufacture a primary product, such as 

lumber, wood pulp, veneer, etc. Forest 

Service personnel evaluate the 

information collected and use it to 

monitor volume of roundwood 

harvested throughout the Nation by 

primary product type, tree species, and 

origin. The information gathered is not 

available from other sources and 

provides baseline data for resource 

analyses, which are a key component in 

the formulation of forestry programs, 

industrial expansion decisions, and 

forest policy. Primary wood industry 

questionnaires are delivered to mills via 

regular mail or through email. 

Responses are collected through email, 

regular mail, phone interviews, or 

personal mill visits. 

Logging Operations Questionnaire: 

This questionnaire is used by the Forest 

Service to collect and evaluate 

information from logging operations to 

help characterize the logging industry 

and its response to outside influences. 

The information is used to measure the 

‘health’ of the logging industry as well 

as to provide background information 

for decision-making. The logging 

operations questionnaire is 

administered in person by field 

personnel during tree utilization data 

collection at sampled logging sites. 

For this extension, we are proposing 

to revise the questionnaire for the 

primary wood industry survey to 

simplify the format and eliminate 

questions that are no longer needed. At 

the same time, we propose to test a few 

survey mechanisms that could help 

improve survey response and lower 

respondents’ burden by piloting various 

survey structures including different 

questionnaire lengths (e.g., a threequestion post-card or a short version of 

the traditional survey). We also propose 

using a cognitive survey to assess 

respondent’s understanding of the 

survey questions and to identify areas of 

potential clarification. These proposed 

tests are in direct response to comments 

from data users, state partners, and 

other stakeholders indicating the need 

to adopt new approaches to motivate 

higher response rates. The logging 

operations survey will remain 

unchanged from the currently approved 

version. 

In summary, this information 

collection will generate scientifically 

based, statistically reliable, up-to-date 

information about utilization of timber 

resources of the United States. Our 

testing efforts will allow us to improve 

the quality of data obtained. The results 

of these efforts contribute to the 

availability of reliable information on 

timber resource use, facilitating more 

complete and accurate assessments of 

forest resources at state, regional, and 

national levels. 

Affected Public: Individuals and the 

Private Sector (Businesses). In 

particular, mill owners and 

representatives, procurement foresters 

and loggers. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 

Accounting for the proposed tests, the 

primary wood industry questionnaire’s 

estimated burdens are 41 minutes for 

the traditional format, to be delivered to 

a sample of 2,500 mills; 25 minutes for 

the short-form test version going to a 

sample of 98 mills; five minutes for the 

three-question post-card test to be sent 

to a sample of 2,500 mills; five minutes 

to a sample of 500 mills which will be 

screened for the cognitive interview; 

and 60 minutes for the cognitive 

interviews to be conducted for 20 mills 

identified during the screening process. 

Estimated time burden for the logging 

operations questionnaire is 11 minutes 

to be distributed to a sample of 150 

logging operations. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 5,768. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,060 hours. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

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 

information collection, including 

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 

information collection 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 toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Alexander L. Friend, 

Deputy Chief, Research and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17319 Filed 8–12–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Request for Applications: The 

Community Forest and Open Space 

Conservation Program 

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Request for applications. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

State and Private Forestry, and 

Cooperative Forestry staff requests 

applications for the Community Forest 

and Open Space Conservation Program 

(Community Forest Program or CFP). 

This is a competitive grant program 

whereby local governments, qualified 

nonprofit organizations, and Indian 

tribes are eligible to apply for grants to 

establish community forests through fee 

simple acquisition of private forest land 

from a willing seller. The purpose of the 

program is to establish community 

forests by protecting forest land from 

conversion to non-forest uses and 

provide community benefits such as 

sustainable forest management; 

environmental benefits including clean 

air, water, and wildlife habitat; benefits 

from forest-based educational programs; 

benefits from serving as models of 

effective forest stewardship; and 

recreational benefits secured with 

public access. 

DATES: Interested local government and 

nonprofit applicants must submit 

applications to the State Forester. Tribal 

applicants must submit applications to 

the appropriate Tribal government 

officials. All applications, either 

hardcopy or electronic, must be 

received by State Foresters or Tribal 

governments by January 10th, 2022. 

State Foresters or Tribal government 

officials must forward applications to 

the appropriate Forest Service Regional 

office or International Institute of 

Tropical Forestry by February 7th, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: All local government and 

qualified nonprofit organization 

applications must be submitted to the 

State Forester of the State where the 

property is located. All Tribal 

applications must be submitted to the 

equivalent Tribal government official. 

Applicants are encouraged to contact 

and work with the Forest Service Region 

or International Institute of Tropical 

Forestry, and State Forester or 

equivalent Tribal government official 

when developing their proposal. 

Applicants must consult with the State 

Forester and equivalent Tribal 

government official prior to requesting 

technical assistance for a project. The 


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