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commenters provide relevant 

information regarding specific localities 

or regions as soybean growth, crop 

management, and crop utilization may 

vary considerably by geographic region. 

After the comment period closes, 

APHIS will review all written comments 

received during the comment period 

and any other relevant information; any 

substantive issues identified by APHIS 

based on our review of the petition and 

our evaluation and analysis of 

comments will be considered in the 

development of our decisionmaking 

documents. 

As part of our decisionmaking process 

regarding a genetically engineered 

organism’s regulatory status, APHIS 

prepares a plant pest risk assessment 

(PPRA) to assess its plant pest risk and 

the appropriate environmental 

documentation—either an 

environmental assessment (EA) or an 

environmental impact statement (EIS)— 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to 

provide the Agency with a review and 

analysis of any potential environmental 

impacts associated with the petition 

request. For petitions for which APHIS 

prepares an EA, APHIS will publish a 

separate notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the EA 

and PPRA. Should we determine that an 

EIS is necessary, APHIS will complete 

the NEPA EIS process in accordance 

with Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR part 1500–1508) 

and APHIS’ NEPA implementing 

regulations (7 CFR part 372). 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

November 2017. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24634 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection Request, 

Volunteer Program 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

the Volunteer Program. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by January 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comment, include the volume, date, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail, Hand-Delivery or Courier: Ms. 

Shannon (Logan) Morrison, USDA, FSA, 

Human Resources Division, HCSPIB, 

355 E Street SW., 12th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Comments will 

be available for inspection online at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Copies of the information collection 

may be requested by contacting 

Shannon (Logan) Morrison at the above 

address. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means of 

communications should contact the 

USDA Target center at (202)720–2600 

(voice). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, Ms. Shannon (Logan) 

Morrison; (202) 401–0165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Volunteer Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0232. 

Expiration Date for Approval: January 

31, 2018. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: Section 1526 of the 

Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 

U.S.C. 2272) authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish a program (‘‘the 

Volunteer Program’’) to use volunteers 

to perform a wide range of activities to 

carry out the programs of the 

Department of Agriculture. In addition, 

5 U.S.C. 3111 grants agencies the 

authority to establish programs designed 

to provide educationally-related work 

assignments for students in non-pay 

status. For FSA’s volunteer program, 

each volunteer must follow the same 

responsibilities and guidelines for 

conduct that Federal government 

employees are expected to follow. The 

volunteers, who are mainly students 

participating in the sponsored volunteer 

program, must complete a service 

agreement, attendance records, and 

other forms, and provide the required 

supporting documents to FSA. The 

information will allow FSA to 

effectively recruit, train, and accept 

volunteers to carry out programs 

supported by the Department of 

Agriculture, therefore benefitting 

volunteers, the Department of 

Agriculture, and the general public. 

Without the information, FSA will be 

unable to document the services 

provided by the volunteers. FSA will 

report the collected information to 

offices within the Department of 

Agriculture and the Office of Personnel 

Management that request information 

on the Volunteer Program. 

FSA continues to use forms AD–2022, 

AD–2023, AD–2024, and AD–2025 in 

the Volunteer Program. There is no 

change to the burden hours since the 

last OMB approval. Also, FSA will 

remove the FSA-related burden for form 

OF301 from the generic information 

collection request approved under OMB 

control number 0596–0080; FSA had 

previously used form OF301, but no 

longer uses that form. 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hours is the estimated average 

time per response multiplied by the 

estimated total annual responses. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

Public reporting burden for collecting 

information under this notice is 

estimated to average 15 minutes (0.25) 

per response for each of the 4 forms, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information 

for all respondent. Therefore, it would 

be an average 0.38 hours per response 

in this collection. 

Type of Respondents: Any 

individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Reponses: 80. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 0.38 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 30 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

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(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and 

clarity of the information technology; 

and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who 

respond through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other 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 for Office of Management 

and Budget Approval. 

Steven J. Peterson, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24652 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

ARCHITECTURAL AND 

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 

COMPLIANCE BOARD 

[Docket No. ATBCB–2017–0002] 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

Architectural and Transportation 

Barriers Compliance Board (Access 

Board) invites comment on the 

proposed extension of its existing 

generic clearance for the collection of 

qualitative feedback on agency service 

delivery, which expires in January 2018. 

(OMB Control No. 3014–0011, 

Expiration: Jan. 31, 2018). This 

information collection was developed as 

part of a Federal Government-wide 

effort to streamline the process for 

seeking feedback from the public on 

service delivery. In August 2017, the 

Access Board published a 60-day notice 

soliciting public comment on the 

proposed renewal of our generic 

clearance of qualitative feedback. 82 FR 

37421 (Aug. 10, 2017). No comments 

were received. This notice, as required 

by the PRA, provides an additional 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments by December 

15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Include the OMB control 

number (3014–011) in the subject line of 

the message. Please also send a copy to 

marshall@access-board.gov. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806, Attn: OMB 

Desk Officer for the U.S. Access Board. 

Include the OMB control number (3014– 

0011) in the subject line of the cover 

page. Please also fax a copy to 202–272– 

0081, Attn: Wendy Marshall. 

• Mail: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: OMB 

Desk Officer for the U.S. Access Board, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. Include in your 

correspondence the OMB control 

number (3014–0011). Please also send a 

copy to Wendy Marshall, Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Access Board, 

1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20004–1111. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Marshall, Attorney Advisor, 

Office of General Counsel, U.S. Access 

Board, 1331 F Street NW., Suite 1000, 

Washington, DC 20004–1111. Phone: 

202–272–0043 (voice). Email: marshall@

access-board.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA) 

and its implementing regulations (5 CFR 

part 1320), Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from OMB for each collection 

of information they conduct or sponsor 

(e.g., contractually-required information 

collection by a third-party). ‘‘Collection 

of information,’’ within the meaning of 

the PRA, includes agency requests that 

pose identical questions to, or impose 

reporting or recordkeeping obligations 

on, ten or more persons, regardless of 

whether response to such request is 

mandatory or voluntary. See 5 CFR 

1320.3(c); see also 44 U.S.C. 3502(3). 

Before seeking clearance from OMB, 

agencies are generally required, among 

other things, to publish both 60-day and 

30-day notices in the Federal Register to 

inform the public about proposed 

extensions of previously-approved 

information collection, and provide 

opportunities for comment. See 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). 

In August 2017, the Access Board 

published a 60-day notice related to the 

proposed renewal of its generic 

clearance; no comments were received. 

The Access Board now publishes this 

notice to allow an additional 30 days for 

public comment. 

B. Proposed Information Collection 

Request 

With this notice, the Access Board 

provides notice of its intent to seek 

renewal of its existing generic clearance 

for the collection of qualitative feedback 

on agency service delivery. We 

anticipate seeking OMB approval for 

revisions to the type (and number) of 

information collection activities relative 

to our existing generic clearance that 

expires in January 2018. Specifically, 

the Access Board intends to seek an 

increase in the number of approved 

respondents (and burden hours) under 

the generic clearance, primarily because 

we expect to solicit feedback from 

customers across a broader spectrum of 

agency programs and services that relate 

to technical assistance, training, and 

other education and outreach initiatives. 

To date, we have found the feedback 

garnered through qualitative customer 

satisfaction surveys (and similar 

information collections) to be beneficial, 

by providing useful insights in 

experiences, perceptions, opinions, and 

expectations regarding Access Board 

services or focusing attention on areas 

in need of improvement. We thus intend 

to seek approval for expansion of our 

current efforts to solicit qualitative 

customer feedback by seeking input 

from customers across a broader array of 

agency programs and services. Online 

surveys will be used unless the 

customer contacts the agency by phone 

for technical assistance or an individual 

otherwise expresses a preference for 

another survey format (i.e., fillable form 

in portable document format or paper 

survey). In addition, paper surveys may 

be used to garner feedback from 

participants at in-person trainings or 

similar events. 

OMB Control Number: 3014–0011. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Type of Review: Extension with 

revisions. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity facilitates collection 

of qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with the Federal 

Government’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information collections that provide 

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 

insight 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 services. These 

collections will allow for ongoing, 


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