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• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions. 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does 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 to 

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. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Current Actions: Processing 

Information Collection as Fast Track 

Generic. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; Business or Other ForProfit; Not-For-Profit Institutions; 

Farms; Federal Government; State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10,000. 

Below we provide projected average 

burden estimates for the next three 

years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 100. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 1,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 10,000. 

Average Minutes per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 10,000 hours. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (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 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget Control Number. 

Dated: October 16, 2017. 

Paulette Murray, 

Supervisory Records Information 

Management Specialist, Bureau for 

Management, Office of Management Services, 

Information and Records Division. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23018 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 19, 2017. 

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 

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 24, 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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Plan for Estimating Daily 

Livestock Slaughter under Federal 

Inspection. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0050. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621–1627) Section 203(g), 

directs and authorizes the collection 

and dissemination of marketing 

information, including adequate outlook 

information on a market area basis, for 

the purpose of anticipating and meeting 

consumer requirements aiding in the 

maintenance of farm income and to 

bring about a balance between 


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production and utilization. Livestock, 

Poultry, and Grain market news 

provides a timely exchange of accurate 

and unbiased information on current 

marketing conditions (supply, demand, 

prices, trends, movement, and other 

information) affecting trade in livestock, 

poultry, meats, eggs, grain, hay and 

wool. Administered by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 

this nationwide market news program is 

conducted in cooperation with 

approximately 28 State departments of 

agriculture. Need and Use of the Information: 

AMS will collect information on 

estimation of the current day’s slaughter 

at their plant(s) and the actual slaughter 

of the previous day. The report is used 

to make market outlook projections and 

maintain statistical data. The up-to-theminute reports collected and 

disseminated by professional market 

reporters are intended to provide both 

buyers and sellers with the information 

necessary for making intelligent, 

informed marketing decisions, thus 

putting everyone in the marketing 

system in an equal bargaining position. 

Since the government is a large 

purchaser of meat, a system to monitor 

the collection and reporting of data is 

needed. Collecting this information less 

frequently would hinder the timely use 

of this data. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals or 

households; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 58. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

Weekly; Other: Daily. Total Burden Hours: 502. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22991 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 19, 2017. 

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 

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 24, 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: Honey and Honey Bee Surveys. OMB Control Number: 0535–0153. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 

primary function is to prepare and issue 

State and national estimates of crop and 

livestock production, products, prices 

and disposition. General authority for 

these data collection activities is granted 

under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. 

Domestic honeybees are critical to the 

pollination of U.S. crops, especially 

fruits, some nuts, vegetables and some 

specialty crops. Africanized bees, 

colony collapse disorder, parasites, 

diseases, and pesticides threaten the 

survival of bees. Programs are provided 

by federal, State and local governments 

to assist in the survival of bees and to 

encourage beekeepers to maintain bee 

colonies. 

With this renewal NASS is 

incorporating the two surveys 

(operations with fewer than 5 colonies 

and operations with 5 or more colonies) 

conducted under the 0535–0255 Colony 

Loss collection with the honey 

production surveys included in this 

docket. NASS is also revising the title of 

this collection to Honey and Honey Bee 

Surveys. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NASS will collect information on the 

number of colonies, honey production, 

stocks, and prices from beekeepers with 

five or more honey bee colonies and 

from a sampling of beekeepers that have 

less than five colonies. The survey will 

provide data needed by the Department 

and other government agencies to 

administer programs and to set trade 

quotas and tariffs. Without the 

information agricultural industry would 

not be aware of changes at the State and 

national level. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 19,025. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,274. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22990 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Montana Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Montana Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene at 11:00 a.m. 

(MDT) on Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 

via teleconference. The purpose of the 

meeting is continue to plan to hear 

testimony on border town 

discrimination issues in Montana. 

DATES: Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at 

11:00 a.m. (MDT). 

ADDRESSES: To be held via 

teleconference: 

Conference Call Toll-Free Number: 1– 

877–419–6600, Conference ID: 5627103. 

TDD: Dial Federal Relay Service 1– 

800–977–8339 and give the operator the 

above conference call number and 

conference ID. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evelyn Bohor, ebohor@usccr.gov, 303– 

866–1040. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to the 


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