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Vol. 86, No. 154 

Friday, August 13, 2021 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Information Collection; Safeguarding 

Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, 

Child Abuse, and Neglect 

AGENCY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the following information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for sustaining USAID-funded 

programming; the accuracy of USAID’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 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 

respondents. This notice provides 60 

days for public comment preceding 

submission of the collection to OMB. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: USAID invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

collection through the following 

methods: 

1. Web: Through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. This website 

provides instructions and includes the 

ability to type short comments directly 

into the comment field or attach a file 

for lengthier comments. 

2. Email: For comments sent via 

email, please address them to aapsm@

usaid.gov and cite OMB Control 

Number XXXX–XXXX Safeguarding 

Against Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, 

Child Abuse, and Neglect in the subject 

line of the email. Email submissions 

must be received before the close of the 

comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keetah Salazar-Thompson via email to 

aapsm@usaid.gov. 

Instructions: Comments received 

generally will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal and/or business 

confidential information provided. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Need and Uses 

The purpose of this collection is to 

enable the U.S. Agency for International 

Development to respond to allegations 

of exploitation, sexual abuse, child 

abuse, and neglect and institute 

appropriate standards of behavior. 

Submissions will be required from 

Recipients to comply with pending 

award requirements to safeguard against 

exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, 

and neglect in USAID-funded 

programming. Information submitted by 

Recipients as part of this collection will 

be presumed to be confidential. USAID 

takes the protection of personally 

identifiable information (PII) seriously 

and takes precautions to ensure the 

confidentiality and security of PII, 

consistent with USAID’s Automated 

Directives System (ADS) Chapter 508. 

Notification. A pending standard 

provision for assistance awards will 

require Recipients to immediately 

notify, in writing, the Agreement Officer 

and the USAID Office of the Inspector 

General of— 

(1) Any credible information it 

receives from any source (including host 

country law enforcement) that alleges 

the Recipient or subrecipient, or 

personnel, invitee, or agent of the 

Recipient or a subrecipient has engaged 

in or tolerated exploitation, sexual 

abuse, child abuse, or neglect. 

(2) Any actions planned or taken 

against a subrecipient, personnel, 

invitee, or agent of the Recipient or a 

subrecipient pursuant to this provision. 

(3) Any actions planned or taken by 

the Recipient or subrecipient to assess, 

address, or mitigate factors that 

contributed to the incident occurring. 

Compliance Plan. If the estimated 

value of services required to be 

performed under the award outside the 

United States exceeds $500,000, the 

Recipients will maintain a 

‘‘Safeguarding Against Exploitation, 

Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, and Neglect 

Compliance Plan,’’ either in conjunction 

with or separate from the Trafficking in 

Persons Compliance Plan, that details 

risk analysis and mitigation measures 

that will be implemented during the 

course of the award to prevent and 

address exploitation, sexual abuse, child 

abuse, and neglect, consistent with the 

minimum set of policies and internal 

controls necessary to prevent, detect, 

address, and respond to allegations of 

exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, 

and neglect, and take appropriate action 

against, personnel, invitees, 

subrecipients, and agents that commit 

exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, 

or neglect or those who fail to take 

reasonable steps to prevent it. The 

Recipient’s compliance plan must be 

appropriate to the size and complexity 

of the award and to the nature and 

scope of the activities, including the 

particular risks presented by the 

operating context and the assistance, 

services or supplies provided. 

Recipients will be required to provide 

the compliance plan to the Agreement 

Officer upon request. The plan must 

include, at a minimum, the following: 

(a) An awareness program to inform 

its personnel, invitees, or agents about 

USAID’s zero tolerance policy for 

inaction regarding exploitation, sexual 

abuse, child abuse, and neglect and the 

minimum set of policies and internal 

controls necessary to prevent, detect, 

address, and resolve allegations of 

exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, 

and neglect, and take appropriate action 

against subrecipients, personnel, 

invitees, and agents that commit 

exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse, 

or neglect or those who fail to take 

reasonable steps to prevent it, including 

the activities prohibited and the action 

that will be taken in response to 

violations; 

(b) A description of how project 

beneficiaries are made aware that 

engaging in or tolerating exploitation, 

sexual abuse, child abuse, and neglect is 

prohibited, the Recipient’s survivorcentered approach for response, and 

how beneficiaries can report allegations 

of exploitation, sexual abuse, child 

abuse, and neglect; 

(c) Accessible reporting processes for 

anyone to report, without fear of 

retaliation, exploitation, sexual abuse, 

child abuse, and neglect; and 


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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 

wood-using mills, including small, parttime mills, as well as large corporate 


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