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Notices Federal Register

71084 

Vol. 79, No. 230 

Monday, December 1, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Notice of Request for Approval of a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer to request approval for 

a new information collection for 

suspension and debarment and drugfree workplace certifications. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 30, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by either/one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send to Director, Transparency and 

Accountability Reporting Division, 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 

Room 3022–S, Stop Code 9011, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

All comments received will be 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http://

regulations.gov. or during regular 

business hours at the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyson P. Whitney, Director, 

Transparency and Accountability 

Reporting Division, Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer, Room 3027–S, Stop 

Code 9011, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250; (202) 720– 

8978; tyson.whitney@cfo.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), this notice announces the 

intention of the Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer to request approval for 

a new information collection for 

suspension and debarment and drugfree workplace certifications. 

Title: Suspension and Debarment and 

Drug-Free Workplace Certifications. 

OMB Number: 0505–New. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from approval date. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Abstract: The information will be 

collected by USDA Federal financial 

assistance agencies as certifying 

information concerning applicant 

suitability in compliance with Federal 

Suspension and Debarment and DrugFree Work Place regulations, as defined 

by 2 CFR parts 180, 417 and Pub. L. 

100–690, Title V, Subtitle D: 41 U.S.C. 

8101 et seq., 2 CFR parts 182 and 421. 

Suspension and debarment is a 

discretionary or statutory administrative 

action taken by Federal agencies to 

protect the government by excluding 

persons and entities who are not 

presently responsible from participating 

in Federal programs or activities. 

Federal agencies are also prohibited 

from awarding financial assistance 

unless conditions are met that speak to 

recipient awareness of the unlawful 

manufacture, distribution, dispensation, 

possession, or use of a controlled 

substance while conducting any activity 

with the use of Federal financial 

assistance. The five forms that USDA 

will use with its financial assistance 

applications to collect the data include: 

(1) AD–1047—Certification Regarding 

Debarment, Suspension, and Other 

Responsibility Matters—Primary 

Covered Transactions; (2) AD–1048— 

Certification Regarding Debarment, 

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary 

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered 

Transactions; (3) AD–1049— 

Certification Regarding Drug Free 

Workplace Requirements (Grants) 

Alternative 1 (For Grantees Other Than 

Individuals; (4) AD 1050—Certification 

Regarding Drug Free Workplace 

Requirements (Grants) Alternative 2 

(For Grantees Who Are Individuals); 

and (5) AD–1052—Certification 

Regarding Drug Free Workplace 

Requirements-State and State Agencies). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this total collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.25 

hours per response per individual form. 

This burden is assumed for all of the 

forms in the aggregate. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals or 

private entities; businesses or other for 

profit; not-for profit; Federal, state, local 

or tribal governments; institutions of 

higher education or other research 

organizations; foreign organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

34,159. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

68,318. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 17,080. 

Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per respondent 

Number of 

responses 

Average time 

to prepare 

(hrs) 

Total annual 

burden on 

respondents 

(hrs) 

AD–1047 .............................................................................. 10,441 2 20,883 0.25 5,221 

AD–1048 .............................................................................. 10,186 2 20,372 0.25 5,093 

AD–1049 .............................................................................. 6,156 2 12,311 0.25 3,078 

AD–1050 .............................................................................. 3,059 2 6,118 0.25 1,529 

AD–1052 .............................................................................. 4,317 2 8,635 0.25 2,159 

Total .............................................................................. 34,159 2 68,318 0.25 17,080 


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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 2014 / Notices 71085 

Comments from interested parties are 

invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed 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 those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Jon M. Holladay, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28181 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 141114970–4970–01] 

2014 Company Organization Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of determination. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) publishes this notice to 

announce that it is conducting the 2014 

Company Organization Survey. The 

survey’s data are needed, in part, to 

update the multilocation companies in 

the Business Register. We have 

determined that annual data collected 

from this survey have significant 

application to the needs of the public 

and industry and are needed to aid the 

efficient performance of essential 

governmental functions. The data 

derived from this survey are not 

available from any other source. 

ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will 

furnish report forms to organizations 

included in the survey, and additional 

copies are available upon written 

request to the Director, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–0101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony M. Caruso, Economy-Wide 

Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Room 6K153, Washington, DC 20233– 

6100 or by email at Anthony.M.Caruso@

census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

182, 224, and 225 of Title 13, United 

States Code (U.S.C.), authorize the 

Census Bureau to undertake surveys 

necessary to furnish current data on the 

subjects covered by the major censuses. 

Years that end in ‘‘2’’ and ‘‘7’’ are 

considered economic ‘‘census years.’’ 

All other years, other than the years 

when the economic censuses are 

conducted, are considered ‘‘noncensus’’ years. In non-census years, 

companies report only on basic 

company affiliation and operations of 

establishments. In these non-census 

years, all multi-establishment 

companies with 500 or more employees 

report survey information. Also, groups 

of smaller companies that are divided 

into panels may be selected to report 

information for one of the non-census 

years. Smaller companies may be 

selected if an organizational change 

within the company is indicated or if 

they have been selected through 

probability sampling. The next 

economic census will be conducted for 

2017. 

This notice announces that the 

Census Bureau is conducting the 2014 

Company Organization Survey. The 

survey is designed to collect 

information on the number of 

employees, payroll, geographic location, 

current operational status, and kind of 

business for each establishment of 

companies with more than one location. 

We have determined that annual data 

collected from this survey have 

significant application to the needs of 

the public and industry, and are needed 

to aid the efficient performance of 

essential governmental functions. The 

survey’s data are needed, in part, to 

update the multilocation companies in 

the Business Register. The data 

collected in the Company Organization 

Survey will be within the general scope, 

type, and character of those that are 

covered in the economic censuses. 

Forms NC–99001 (for multiestablishment companies) and NC– 

99007 (for single-location companies) 

will be used to collect the desired data. 

The data derived from this survey are 

not available from any other source. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to respond 

to, nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act unless that collection of 

information displays a current valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. In accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

OMB approved Forms NC–99001 and 

NC–99007 under OMB Control Number 

0607–0444. We will furnish report 

forms to organizations included in the 

survey, and additional copies are 

available upon written request to the 

Director, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Washington, DC 20233–0101. 

I have, therefore, directed that the 

2014 Company Organization Survey be 

conducted for the purpose of collecting 

these data. 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

John H. Thompson, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28264 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of National Advisory Council on 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Advisory 

Council on Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship (NACIE) will hold an 

organizational meeting on Friday, 

December 5, 2014. This notice revises 

the notice previously published on 

November 18, 2014. The meeting will be 

held from 8:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Eastern 

Standard Time (EST) and will be open 

to the public. During this time, the 

following agenda topics will be covered: 

Remarks from Secretary Pritizker, 

Commerce Co-Chairs, newly-elected 

NACIE co-chairs, member introductions, 

and former NACIE experiences (Steve 

Case). The meeting will take place at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4830, 

Washington, DC 20230. 

DATES: December 5, 2014. 

Time: 8:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 4830, Washington, DC 

20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council was chartered on November 10, 

2009 to advise the Secretary of 

Commerce on matters related to 

innovation and entrepreneurship in the 

United States. NACIE’s overarching 

focus is recommending transformational 

policies to the Secretary that will help 

U.S. communities, businesses, and the 

workforce become more globally 

competitive. The Council will operate as 

an independent entity within the Office 

of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

(OIE), which is housed within the U.S. 


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