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Vol. 74, No. 98 

Friday, May 22, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 19, 2009. 

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), Pamela_Beverly_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. 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service 

Title: Reporting Requirements for 

State Plans of Work for Agricultural 

Research and Extension Formula Funds. 

OMB Control Number: 0524–0036. 

Summary of Collection: Section 202 

and 225 of the Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

1998 (AREERA) requires that a plan of 

work must be submitted by each 

institution and approved by the 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service (CSREES) before 

formula funds may be provided to the 

1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions. 

The plan of work must address critical 

agricultural issues in the State and 

describe the programs and project 

targeted to address these issues using 

the CSREES formula funds. The plan of 

work also must describe the institution’s 

multistate activities as well as their 

integrated research and extension 

activities. 

CSREES is requesting to continue to 

collect an update to the 5-Year Plan of 

Work which began with the Fiscal Year 

2007, and as a result no longer needs to 

collect the initial 5-Year Plan. Also, as 

required by the Food Conservation and 

Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) (Pub. L.110– 

246, Sec. 7505), CSREES is working 

with the university partners in 

extension and research to review and 

identify measures to streamline the 

submission, reporting under, and 

implementation of plan of work 

requirements. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Institutions are required to annually 

report to CSREES the following: (1) The 

actions taken to seek stakeholder input 

to encourage their participation; (2) a 

brief statement of the process used by 

the recipient institution to identify 

individuals or groups who are 

stakeholders and to collect input from 

them; and (3) a statement of how 

collected input was considered. CSREES 

uses the information to provide 

feedback to the institutions on their 

Plans of Work and Annual Reports of 

Accomplishments and Results in order 

for institutions to improve the conduct 

and the delivery of their programs. 

Failure to comply with the requirements 

may result in the withholding of a 

recipient institution’s formula funds 

and redistribution of its share of formula 

funds to other eligible institutions. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 48,600. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12015 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 19, 2009. 

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) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 


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