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Vol. 82, No. 207 

Friday, October 27, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 24, 2017. 

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 are 

requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by November 27, 

2017 will be considered. Written 

comments 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. 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program Case and Procedural 

Case Action Review Schedule. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0034. 

Summary of Collection: State agencies 

must complete and maintain the FNS– 

245 for each negative case in their SNAP 

Quality Control (QC) sample. The legal 

authority for SNAP QC can be found in 

Section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, as amended; the legislative 

requirement for the recordkeeping 

requirements is Section 11(a) of the Act. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

FNS–245, Negative Case Action Review 

Schedule, is designed to collect QC data 

and serve as the data entry form for 

negative case action QC reviews in the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP). 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 115,514.87. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) Connection 

Resource Sharing Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0625. 

Summary of Collection: The SNAP-Ed 

Library is an online database of SNAPEd-related materials. The SNAP-Ed 

Connection Resource Sharing Form 

gives SNAP-Ed instructors, as well as 

those who develop nutrition education 

materials, the opportunity to voluntarily 

share information about resources that 

can be used to administer, develop, 

implement, evaluate or showcase SNAPEd programs. SNAP-Ed is authorized 

under Section 28 of the Food and 

Nutrition Act (FNA) of 2008, as 

amended through P.L. 113–79. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information collected via this form 

enables the SNAP-Ed Connection staff 

to review materials for possible 

inclusion in the SNAP-Ed Library. By 

using this database, SNAP-Ed-funded 

programs can share resources with each 

other, reduce duplication of efforts, and 

improve program quality. 

Description of Respondents: Businessfor-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 25. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 20. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service. 

ACTION: Correction notice: replacement 

notice request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture published a document in 

the Federal Register on October 18, 

2017, page number 48476 concerning a 

request for comments on information 

collection 0535—New ‘‘Fast Track 

Generic Clearance for Qualitative 

Feedback on Customer Satisfaction 

Surveys.’’ That notice was missing the 

comment and contact information. The 

following replacement notice contains 

this information. 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Comments 

are requested regarding: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 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 


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49782 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Notices 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC; New Executive Office Building, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

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 by 

November 27, 2017. 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 

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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Customer Satisfaction Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535—New. 

Summary of Collection: Executive 

Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to 

provide service to the public that 

matches or exceeds the best service 

available in the private sector. 

Improving National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) programs 

requires ongoing assessment of service 

delivery, by which we mean systematic 

review of the operation of a program, 

the quality, usability, and ease of 

accessing our surveys and public 

information compared to a set of 

explicit or implicit standards, as a 

means of contributing to the continuous 

improvement of the program. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collection activity will 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between 

NASS and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will allow feedback to 

contribute directly to the improvement 

of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: The 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit; Not-forprofit Institutions and State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 120,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,375. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23364 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0073] 

Bayer CropScience LP; Availability of 

Petition for Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Cotton 

Genetically Engineered for Resistance 

to Glyphosate and Isoxaflutole 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has received a 

petition from Bayer CropScience LP 

seeking a determination of nonregulated 

status of cotton designated as event 

GHB811, which has been genetically 

engineered for dual resistance to the 

herbicides glyphosate and isoxaflutole. 

The petition has been submitted in 

accordance with our regulations 

concerning the introduction of certain 

genetically engineered organisms and 

products. We are making the Bayer 

CropScience LP petition available for 

review and comment to help us identify 

potential environmental and 

interrelated economic issues and 

impacts that the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service may 

determine should be considered in our 

evaluation of the petition. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

26, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0073. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2017–0073, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0073 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 7997039 

before coming. 

The petition is also available on the 

APHIS Web site at: http://

www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS petition 17–138–01p. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Turner, Director, Environmental 

Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–3954, email: 

john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain 

copies of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy 

Eck at (301) 851–3892, email: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 


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