30 day FRN

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 82 / Monday, April 29, 2019 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 23, 2019.

khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

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 May 29, 2019 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.
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 1944–N—Housing
Preservation Grants.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0115.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Housing Service (RHS) is authorized to
make grants to eligible applicants to
provide repair and rehabilitation
assistance so that very low- and lowincome rural residents can obtain

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:56 Apr 26, 2019

Jkt 247001

adequate housing. Such assistance is
made by grantees to very low- and lowincome persons, and to co-ops. Grant
funds are used by grantees to make
loans, grants, or other comparable
assistance to eligible homeowners,
rental unit owners, and co-ops for repair
and rehabilitation of dwellings to bring
them up to code or minimum property
standards. These grants were
established by Public Law 98–181, the
Housing Urban Rural Recovery Act of
1983, which amended the Housing Act
of 1949 (Pub. L. 93–383) by adding
section 533, 42 U.S.C. S 2490(m),
Housing Preservation Grants.
Need and Use of the Information: An
applicant will submit a ‘‘Statement of
Activity’’ that describes its proposed
program. RHS will collect information
to determine eligibility for a grant to
justify its selection of the applicant for
funding; to report program
accomplishments and to justify and
support expenditure of grant funds. RHS
uses this information to determine if the
grantee is complying with its grant
agreement and to make decisions
regarding continuing with modifying or
terminating grant assistance. If the
information were not collected and
presented to RHS, the Agency could not
monitor the program or justify
disbursement of grant funds.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,093.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 7,049.

17995

collected from the borrowers concerning
their loans.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information submitted by RHS
borrowers to Agency offices is used to
graduate direct borrowers to private
credit with or without the use of Agency
loan guarantees. At minimum, the
financial information must include a
balance sheet and an income statement.
Other financial data collected will
include information such as income,
farm operating expenses, asset values,
and liabilities.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 575.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,160.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–08491 Filed 4–26–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 24, 2019.

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
Rural Housing Service
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Title: 7 CFR 1951–F, Analyzing Credit agency’s estimate of burden including
Needs and Graduation Review.
the validity of the methodology and
OMB Control Number: 0575–0093.
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
Summary of Collection: Section 333 of the quality, utility and clarity of the
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
information to be collected; (4) ways to
Development Act and Section 502 of the minimize the burden of the collection of
Housing Act of 1949, requires the Rural
information on those who are to
Housing Service (RHS), to graduate their respond, including through the use of
direct loan borrowers to other credit
appropriate automated, electronic,
when they are able to do so. Graduation mechanical, or other technological
is an integral part of Agency lending, as collection techniques or other forms of
Government loans are not meant to be
information technology.
extended beyond a borrower’s need for
Comments regarding this information
subsidized rates of non-market terms.
collection received by May 29, 2019 will
The notes, security instruments, or loan be considered. Written comments
agreements of most borrowers require
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
borrowers to refinance their Agency
Agriculture, Office of Information and
loans when other credit becomes
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
available at reasonable rates and terns.
Management and Budget (OMB), New
If the borrower finds other credit is not
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
available at reasonable rates and terms,
Street NW, Washington, DC 20502.
the Agency will continue to review the
Commenters are encouraged to submit
borrower for possible graduation at
their comments to OMB via email to:
periodic intervals. Information will be
[email protected] or

PO 00000

Frm 00002

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM

29APN1

17996

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 82 / Monday, April 29, 2019 / Notices

khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES

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
person are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Title: Information Collection Request;
Representations Regarding Felony
Conviction and Tax Delinquent Status
for Corporate Applicants and Awardees.
OMB Control Number: 0505–0025.
Summary of Collection: The
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
agencies and staff offices must comply
with the restrictions set forth in
Sections 744 and 745, in Division D—
Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, Title
VII: General Provisions—
Governmentwide, Departments,
Agencies, and Corporations of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019,
(Pub. L. 116–6, as amended and/or
subsequently enacted), hereinafter
Public Law 116–6. The restrictions
apply to transactions with corporations
that (1) have any ‘‘unpaid Federal tax
liability that has been assessed, for
which all judicial and administrative
remedies have been exhausted or have
lapsed, and that is not being paid in a
timely manner pursuant to an agreement
with the authority responsible for
collecting the tax liability, where the
awarding agency is aware of the unpaid
tax liability and/or (2) were ‘‘convicted
of a felony criminal violation under any
Federal law within the preceding 24
months, where the awarding agency is
aware of the conviction. The restrictions
may not apply if a Federal agency
considers suspension or debarment of
the corporation and determines that
such action is not necessary to protect
the interests of the Government.
In fiscal years 2012–2014 the
appropriation restriction provisions
were not uniform across the
government. To comply, USDA created
two sets of forms—one set for use by all
USDA agencies and offices, except the
Forest Service (AD–3030, AD–3031) and
one set for use by the Forest Service
(AD–3030–FS and AD–3031–FS). In
2015, Congress eliminated the multiple
versions of the appropriation restriction
provisions and enacted a single set of

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:56 Apr 26, 2019

Jkt 247001

governmentwide provisions for all
agencies and departments, thereby
allowing USDA to collect this data with
one set of forms—AD–3030 and AD–
3031. The representations continue to
be required as reflected in Public Law
116–6.
Need and Use of the Information: To
comply with the appropriations
restrictions, the information collection
requires corporate applicants and
awardees for USDA programs to
represent accurately whether they have
or do not have qualifying tax
delinquencies or felony convictions
which would prevent USDA from
entering into a proposed business
transaction with the corporate
applicant. For nonprocurement
programs and transactions, these
representations will be submitted using
the following forms:
• AD–3030—‘‘Representations
Regarding Felony Conviction or Tax
Delinquent Status for Corporate
Applicants’’—This form will normally
be included as part of the application
package.
• AD–3031—‘‘Assurance Regarding
Felony Conviction or Tax Delinquent
Status for Corporate Applicants’’—This
form is optional for agencies and staff
offices to be included as part of the
acknowledgement and acceptance
package for nonprocurement contracts,
grants, loans, loan guarantees,
cooperative agreements and some
memoranda of understanding/
agreement. Some agencies and staff
offices may choose to use the forms and
others may choose to use the applicable
boiler plate language.
This information assists the agencies
and staff offices with identifying
corporations and awardees with unpaid
Federal tax liability and felony
convictions status prior to entering into
nonprocurement transactions for
numerous Departmental programs.
Failure to collect this information
may cause inappropriate use of funds
and violation of the Anti-Deficiency
Act.
Description of Respondents:
Corporate applicants and awardees for
USDA nonprocurement programs,
including grants, cooperative
agreements, loans, loan guarantees,
some memoranda of understanding/
agreement, and nonprocurement
contracts.
Number of Respondents: 352,523.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other: Corporations—each time they
apply to participate in a multitude of
USDA non-procurement programs;
Awardees each time they receive an
award.

PO 00000

Frm 00003

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

Total Burden Hours: 242,360.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–08572 Filed 4–26–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 24, 2019.

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 May 29, 2019 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.

E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM

29APN1