[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 55553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25206]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 16, 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 December
22, 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), New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: CCC's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102).
OMB Control Number: 0551-0004.
Summary of Collection: The Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-
102) is administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture. This program provides guarantees to
exporters in order to maintain and increase overseas importers ability
to purchase U.S. agricultural goods. The Export Credit Guarantee
Program underwrites credit extended by U.S. private banks to approved
foreign banks using dollar-denominated, irrevocable letters of credit.
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will collect information from
the guarantee application submitted by the participants in writing (via
fax or email) or mail.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information from
participating U.S. exporters in order to determine the exporter's
eligibility for program benefits. The information collection is
necessary to enable exporters, U.S. banks and foreign banks to receive
the benefits of the program and to allow CCC to comply with the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, the Debt Collection
Improvement Act, and non-procurement suspension and debarment
regulations found at 2 CFR Pars 180 and 417. If the information were
not collected CCC would be unable to determine if export sales under
the program would be eligible for coverage or, if coverage conformed to
program requirements.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 88.
Frequency of Responses: Record keeping, Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,423.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Food Donation Programs (Food for Progress & Section 416(b)
and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition
Program).
OMB Control Number: 0551-0035.
Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) provides U.S. agricultural commodities to
feed millions of hungry people in needy countries through direct
donations and concessional programs. USDA Food aid may be provided
through four program authorities: Food for Progress authorized by the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, Section 416(b); and the McGovern-Dole
International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program is
authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and Public
Law 480.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information from
Recipients desiring to receive grants under the programs to determine
their ability to carry out a food aid program, to establish the terms
under which the commodities will be provided, to monitor the progress
of commodity distribution (including how transportation is procured),
to monitor the progress of expenditure of monetization funds, and to
evaluate both the program's success and the participant's effectiveness
in meeting the agreed upon goals. Information is also collected from
ship owners/brokers shipping the commodity to its destination.
Description of Respondents: Not for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 61.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Semi-annually;
Quarterly; Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 89,287.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-25206 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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