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engineered organism will pose a risk to 

agriculture or the environment if grown 

in the absence of regulations by APHIS. 

The information is also provided to 

State departments of agriculture for 

review, and made available to the public 

and private sectors on the Internet to 

ensure that all sectors are kept informed 

concerning any potential risks posed 

through the use of genetic engineering 

technology. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 121. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,308. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27861 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 19, 2014. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 

and to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Economic Research Service 

Title: A Pilot Generic Clearance To 

Conduct Experimental Economic 

Research. 

OMB Control Number: 0536–0070. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

function of the Economic Research 

Service (ERS) is to provide economic 

and social science research, analysis for 

public and private decisions on 

agriculture, food, natural resources, and 

rural America, and to disseminate data 

under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a) 

and 7 U.S.C. 2026(a)(1). ERS envisions 

to conduct experimental economic 

research to further an ongoing initiative 

that would use insight from behavioral 

economic to provide economic 

intelligence, research, and analysis to 

inform agricultural resource and 

conservation policies. ERS plans on 

using a number of research techniques 

including laboratory and field 

techniques, exploratory interviews, pilot 

experiments, and respondent debriefing 

to develop and implement state-of-theart research methodologies to better 

inform and advance scientific 

understanding for its customers in 

response to both specific requests and in 

anticipation of future need. This request 

is being sought as a continuing pilot of 

the concept of using a generic approval 

mechanism for the type of experiments 

listed above. As such, experiments will 

be limited to two topic areas: 

Conservation and nutrition. ERS does 

not intend to use the information 

collected under this approval for 

purposes of developing or evaluating 

policy. ERS does not intend to invoke 

CIPSEA for the collection, but instead 

intends to protect respondent 

information under the Privacy Act of 

1974 and the E-Government Act of 2002. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information collected from experiments 

will allow ERS to develop and 

implement state-of-the-art research 

methodologies to better inform and 

advance scientific understanding for its 

customers in response to both specific 

request and to anticipation of future 

need. ERS will use a number of research 

techniques, as appropriate to the 

individual investigation. These include 

laboratory and field techniques, 

exploratory interviews, pilot 

experiments, and respondent debriefing. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 6,900. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 7,025. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27862 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 19, 2014. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 

and to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. 

Comments regarding these information 

collections are best assured of having 

their full effect if received within 30 

days of this notification. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8958. 

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 


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