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Notices Federal Register

51801 

Vol. 82, No. 215 

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—User Access 

Request Form FNS–674 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection. This is 

an extension of a currently approved 

collection. The purpose of this 

information collection request is to 

continue the use of the electronic form 

FNS–674, titled ‘‘User Access Request 

Form.’’ This form will continue to allow 

user access to current FNS systems, as 

well as allow modified access or remove 

user access. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before January 8, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Joseph Binns, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 317, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via email to 

Joseph.Binns@fns.usda.gov. Comments 

will also be accepted through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Joseph Binns at 

703–605–1181. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 shall 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 that were 

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 use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: User Access Request Form. 

Form Number: FNS–674. 

OMB Number: 0584–0532. 

Expiration Date: 3/31/2018. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Form FNS–674 is designed 

to collect user information required to 

gain access to FNS Information Systems. 

Affected Public: Contractors, State 

Agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,700. 

The respondents are State agencies, 

who are located in the 50 states and 

Trust Territories, staff contractors and 

Federal employees. Respondents who 

require access to the FNS systems are 

estimated at 3,600 annually (includes 

Federal, State and private) however, 

only 2,700 will account for the total 

public burden, excluding Federal 

employees. FNS estimates that it will 

receive an average of 300 requests per 

month (15 per day). Of the 300, 70 

percent (or 210) of the responses are 

State Agency users, 5 percent (or 15) are 

staff contractors and 25 percent (or 75) 

are Federal employees which is not 

included in the total number of 

responses. Annually, that results in 

2,700 respondents (210 State Agency 

users per month + 15 staff contractors 

per month × 12 months). 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.9. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

5,220. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.167 

of an hour. Each respondent takes 

approximately 0.167 of an hour, or 10 

minutes, to complete the required 

information on the online form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 870 hours. See the table 

below for estimated total annual burden 

for each type of respondent. 

REPORTING BURDEN

Affected public Form number Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimate of 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Contractors .................................................. FNS–674 ..... 180 1 180 0.16667 (10 

minutes).

30 

State Agency Users .................................... FNS–674 ..... 2,520 2 5,040 0.16667 (10 

minutes).

840 

Annualized Totals ................................ ..................... 2,700 1.9 5,220 10 minutes .... 870 


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51802 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2017 / Notices 

Dated: October 23, 2017. 

Brandon Lipps, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24348 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Notice of Availability of Draft Scientific 

Assessment for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

scientific assessment for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is 

publishing this notice on behalf of the 

Carbon Cycle Interagency Working 

Group (CCIWG)/U.S. Carbon Cycle 

Science Program and the United States 

Global Change Research Program 

(USGCRP) to announce the availability 

of a draft assessment, the 2nd State of 

the Carbon Cycle Science Report 

(SOCCR–2), for a 60-day public review. 

Collected comments will be carefully 

reviewed by the relevant chapter author 

teams. Following revision and further 

review, a revised draft will undergo 

final Federal interagency clearance. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by 11:59 p.m. on 

January 8, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Once released, the draft 

USGCRP 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle 

Report can be accessed via the USGCRP 

Open Notices page (http://

www.globalchange.gov/notices) or 

directly at the USGCRP Review and 

Comment System (https://

review.globalchange.gov/). Registration 

details can be found on the review site 

home page, and review instructions can 

be found on a dedicated special report 

page where comments from the public 

will be accepted electronically. 

Comments may be submitted only via 

this online mechanism. 

All comments received through this 

process will be considered by the 

relevant chapter authors without 

knowledge of the commenters’ 

identities. When the final assessment is 

issued, the comments and the 

commenters’ names, along with the 

authors’ responses, will become part of 

the public record and made available on 

http://www.globalchange.gov. 

Information submitted by a commenter 

as part of the registration process (such 

as an email address) will not be 

disclosed publicly. 

Instructions: Response to this notice 

is voluntary. Responses to this notice 

may be used by the government for 

program planning on a non-attribution 

basis. USDA therefore requests that no 

business proprietary information or 

copyrighted information be submitted in 

response to this notice. Please note that 

the U.S. Government will not pay for 

response preparation, or for the use of 

any information contained in the 

response. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

Carbon Cycle Science Program/CCIWG/ 

USGCRP Contact: Dr. Gyami Shrestha; 

email: gshrestha@usgcrp.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Context: 

The U.S. Global Change Research 

Program (USGCRP) is mandated under 

the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) 

of 1990 to conduct a quadrennial 

National Climate Assessment (NCA). 

Under its current decadal strategic plan 

(http://go.usa.gov/3qGU4), USGCRP is 

building sustained assessment capacity. 

The sustained assessment supports the 

Nation’s ability to understand, 

anticipate, and respond to risks and 

potential impacts brought about by 

global environmental change. As part of 

the ongoing NCA process, the 2nd State 

of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR–2) 

is being developed to inform the 

assessment. The last (3rd) NCA (2014) 

(NCA3: http://

nca2014.globalchange.gov) and the 

process to develop it provided a 

foundation for subsequent activities and 

reports. The SOCCR–2 assessment 

provides an update to the carbon cycle 

science information presented in the 

2014 NCA and the 2007 State of the 

Carbon Cycle Report, a Scientific 

Assessment Product (SAP 2.2) that 

directly informed the 2nd NCA. The 

SOCCR–2 assessment provides updated 

carbon cycle science findings and 

projections, and is an important input to 

the authors of the next quadrennial 

NCA, expected in 2018. 

The 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle 

Report (SOCCR–2) is a product of the 

U.S. Global Change Research Program 

(USGCRP), and is organized and led by 

an interagency team, the Carbon Cycle 

Interagency Working Group. The draft 

assessment was written by Federal and 

non-Federal authors identified via an 

Open Call for nominations 

(www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2016/02/12/2016-02927/request-forpublic-engagement-in-the-interagencyspecial-report-2nd-state-of-the-carboncycle-report). An interagency Federal 

Steering Committee selected authors 

based on their demonstrated subject 

matter expertise, relevant publications, 

and knowledge of specific topics 

designated in an outline included in the 

SOCCR–2 prospectus that can be found 

through a link on the SOCCR–2 (https:// 

www.carboncyclescience.us/statecarbon-cycle-report-soccr. This 

assessment responds to the 1990 

Congressional mandate to periodically 

produce National Climate Assessments 

and to assist the nation in 

understanding, assessing, predicting, 

and responding to global change. The 

report adheres to the Information 

Quality Act requirements (http://

www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/ 

info_quality.html) for quality, 

transparency, and accessibility as 

appropriate for a Highly Influential 

Scientific Assessment (HISA). 

Done at Washington, DC, on November 3, 

2017. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24347 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS) 

and Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

(RBS), USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 

requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

above-named Agencies to request an 

extension for the currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

servicing of Community and Direct 

Business Programs Loans and Grants. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 8, 2018 to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

inquiries on the Information Collection 

Package, contact Anita Outen, 

Community Programs, RHS, USDA, 

1400 Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop 

0787, Washington, DC 20250–0787, 

Telephone (202) 690–5273. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 7 CFR 1951–E, Servicing of 

Community and Direct Business 

Programs Loans and Grants. 

OMB Number: 0575–0066. 


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