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62593 

Vol. 79, No. 202 

Monday, October 20, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Foreign Travel 

Proposal 

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, Foreign Travel 

Proposal. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before December 19, 2014 

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: USDA, 

Forest Service, Attn: Sandra Farber, 

International Programs Staff, P.O. Box 

96090, Mail Stop 1127, Washington, DC 

20090–6090. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 540–659–4670, or by email 

to: sfarber@fs.fed.us. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites 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 comments 

received at One Thomas Circle NW., 

Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, 

during normal business hours. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 202– 

644–4600 to facilitate entry to the 

building. 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 sfarber@

fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Farber, U.S. Forest Service 

International Programs, 540–659–2973. 

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: Foreign Travel Proposal. 

OMB Number: 0596–216. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

01/31/2015. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection. 

Abstract 

Forest Service is seeking renewal of 

the OMB approval to collect information 

from private citizens (not Federal 

employees) traveling to foreign 

countries on behalf of the Agency. 

These private citizens are considered 

invitational travelers and can be 

volunteers or an individual 

intermittently in government service as 

an expert or consultant. Invitational 

travelers can be citizens of another 

country. The collection of this 

information is necessary to facilitate 

timely issuance of foreign travel 

authorizations, visas, and country 

clearances. 

Federal Travel Regulations—part 301– 

10 covers transportation expenses for 

those whose air travel is financed by 

U.S. Government funds. USDA 

Departmental regulation, DM 2300–1, is 

the primary source of USDA policy on 

managing temporary duty travel for 

private citizens (not Federal employees) 

traveling to foreign countries on behalf 

of the Forest Service. 

Information collected includes the 

traveler’s destination, purpose of trip, 

and dates of travel. Also collected are 

name, address, contact telephone 

numbers, passport information, Country 

of citizenship (as required by the State 

Department), security clearance, as well 

as contacts information at each 

destination and hotel information. 

Federal Government employees provide 

date and place of birth and the last four 

digits of the social security number; 

non-US government employees do not 

have to provide their date of birth or the 

last four digits of their social security 

number. The last four digits of their 

social security number and date of birth 

are for passport requests only. The 

Forest Service does not obtain or issue 

official passports for invitational 

travelers. 

Estimate of Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: U.S. 

Government invitees and/or contractors. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 200 individuals. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 67 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 toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: October 9, 2014. 

Valdis Mazainis, 

Director, International Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24804 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

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