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Notices Federal Register

43932 

Vol. 82, No. 181 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection: Public Lands 

Corps Participant Tracking Sheet 

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 a new information 

collection request through the Public 

Lands Corps Participant Tracking Sheet. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before November 20, 2017 

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 

Volunteers & Service Program Manager, 

USDA Forest Service, Attn: Recreation, 

Heritage and Volunteer Resources, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Mailstop Code: 

1125, Washington, DC 20250–1125. 

Comments also may be submitted via 

facsimile to 703–605–5131 or by email 

to: 21CSC@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the Office of the Director, 

Recreation, Heritage and Volunteer 

Resources, 5th Floor South West, 

Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, 201 

14th Street SW., Washington, DC, 

during normal business hours. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 202– 

205–0560 to facilitate entry to the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Merlene Mazyck, Volunteers & Service, 

202–205–0560. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Public Lands Corps Participant 

Tracking Sheet. 

OMB Number: 0596–NEW. 

Type of Request: New Information 

Collection Request. 

Abstract: The Public Lands Corps is a 

work and education program involving 

the nation’s land management agencies, 

conservation and service corps, and 

environmental organizations that 

contribute to the rehabilitation, 

restoration, and repair of public lands 

resources and infrastructures. Public 

Lands Corps projects provide 

opportunities for community and 

national public service, work experience 

and training for young people who are 

unemployed or underemployed persons, 

students, recent graduates, and others 

with an interest in natural and cultural 

resources careers. The law authorizing 

this program includes 16 U.S.C. 1721– 

1726, Chapter 37—Public Lands Corps 

and Resource Assistants Program 

(Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests 

Restoration Act of 2005 [Pub. L. 109– 

154] as amended in 1993, hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act.’’) 

The Agency has developed a tracking 

sheet (FS–1800–0026, Public Lands 

Corps Participant Tracking Sheet) to 

support the effective management of the 

Public Lands Corps Program. The 

utilization of the Public Lands Corps 

Tracking Sheet will assist the Agency in 

ensuring qualified program participants 

lawfully receive a certificate of noncompetitive hiring eligibility, which can 

be used to apply to Forest Service merit 

announcements on USAJobs. All 

partners managing Public Lands Corps 

projects are required to submit a Public 

Lands Corps Participant Tracking Sheet 

to Merlene Mazyck by electronic forms 

through secure email to 21CSC@

fs.fed.us. This email address is 

monitored daily. In the future, it is 

intended that partners will be required 

to electronically submit tracking sheets 

through a Federal Land Management 

agency web-based project management 

system. Public Lands Corps submission 

is requested on a quarterly basis unless 

otherwise defined. 

The use of the Public Lands Corps 

Participant Tracking Sheet ensures 

uniform collection of information 

regarding tracking and monitoring 

participant engagement in order to 

determine adherence to requirements 

for non-competitive hiring eligibility as 

defined in the Act. The data—such as 

participant demographic information, 

and project information—collected will 

allow the Forest Service, and other 

Federal Land Management Agencies, to 

monitor the effectiveness of Agency 

efforts to meet the intent of the Act, and 

engage under-represented populations 

in natural and cultural resource 

conservation, development and 

scientific research work, and education 

on public lands. This information 

collection request will ensure that 

partners maintain a record of all Public 

Lands Corps agreements established 

with Federal Land Management 

Agencies, participant demographics and 

education, project information and work 

hours, project locations and dates, and 

status of noncompetitive eligibility 

certification. 

Type of Respondents: Non-profit 

Organizations and Non-Federal 

Governmental entities. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 350. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 4; quarterly 

submission. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours 

per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,400 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 methods 

or 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 of the information collection 

request to Office of Management and 

Budget. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 20, 2017 / Notices 43933 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Glenn Casamassa, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20001 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural Housing 

Service’s intention to request an 

extension for a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

program of the Agency’s use of 

Supervised Bank Accounts (SBA). 

DATES: Comments on this Notice must 

be received by November 20, 2017 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Rogers, Financial Loan Analyst, 

Multi-Family Housing Portfolio 

Management Division, STOP 0782- 

Room 1263S, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0782. 

Telephone: (202) 720–1609. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank 

Accounts. 

OMB Number: 0575–0158. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2018. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The Agency extends 

financial assistance to applicants that do 

not qualify for loans under commercial 

rates and terms. 

The Agency use SBAs as a mechanism 

to (1) ensure correct disbursement and 

expenditure of all funds designated for 

a project; (2) help a borrower properly 

manage its financial affairs; (3) ensure 

that the Government’s security is 

protected adequately from fraud, waste 

and abuse. 

SBAs are mandatory for Multi-Family 

Housing (MFH) reserve accounts. The 

MFH funds must be kept in the SBA for 

the full term of a loan. Any funds 

withdrawn for disbursement for an 

authorized purpose require a 

countersignature from an Agency 

official. 

This regulation prescribes the policies 

and responsibilities for the use of SBAs. 

In carrying out the mission as a 

supervised credit Agency, this 

regulation authorizes the use of 

supervised accounts for the 

disbursement of funds. The use may be 

necessitated to disburse Government 

funds consistent with the various stages 

of any development (construction) work 

actually achieved. On limited occasions, 

a supervised account is used to provide 

temporary credit counseling and 

oversight of those being assisted who 

demonstrate an inability to handle their 

financial affairs responsibly. Another 

use is for depositing MFH reserve 

account funds in a manner requiring 

Agency co-signature for withdrawals. 

MFH reserve account funds are held in 

a reserve account for the future capital 

improvement needs for apartment 

properties. Supervised accounts are 

established to ensure Government 

security is adequately protected against 

fraud, waste and abuse. 

The legislative authority for requiring 

the use of supervised accounts is 

contained in section 510 of the Housing 

Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

1480). These provisions authorize the 

Secretary of Agriculture to make such 

rules and regulations as deemed 

necessary to carry out the 

responsibilities and duties the 

Government is charged with 

administering. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average .44 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Small Business. 

Estimated Average Number of 

Respondents: 15,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

60,292. 

Estimated Total Number of Man 

Hours: 26,169. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0040. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) 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; 

(b) 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; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (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. 

Comments may be sent to Jeanne Jacobs, 

Regulations and Paperwork 

Management Branch, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Rural Development, 

STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0742. 

All responses to this Notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: September 11, 2017. 

Richard A. Davis, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19942 Filed 9–19–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

National Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Census Bureau is 

giving notice of a meeting of the 

National Advisory Committee on Racial, 

Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC). 

The NAC addresses policy, research, 

and technical issues relating to all 

Census Bureau programs and activities. 

These activities include the production 

and dissemination of detailed 

demographic and economic statistics 

across all program areas, including the 

Decennial Census programs. The NAC 

will meet in a plenary session on 

November 2–3, 2017. Last minute 

changes to the schedule are possible, 

which could prevent us from giving 

advance public notice of schedule 

adjustments. Planned topics of 

discussion include the following items: 

• 2020 Census Program updates 

• 2020 Census Operations: Integrated 

Communications Plan 

• Undercount of Young Children 

Working Group update 

• Integrated Partnership and 

Communications Working Group update 

Please visit the Census Advisory 

Committees Web site for the most 

current meeting agenda at: http://

www.census.gov/about/cac.html. The 

meeting will be available via webcast at: 

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/ 

census-live.html. 

DATES: November 2–3, 2017. On 

Thursday, November 2, the meeting will 

begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and 

end at approximately 5:00 p.m. On 

Friday, November 3, the meeting will 


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