Notice2022-15568
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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July 21, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15568]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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
and other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by August
22, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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.
Forest Service
Title: Secure Rural Schools Act.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0220.
Summary of Collection: The USDA Forest Service (FS) is requesting
the extension of OMB approval to collect information from counties
receiving funds under Title III of Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and
Community Self-Determination Act (Act). The information will certify
and describe the amounts expended and the uses of the funds during the
applicable year. The FS is also requesting to collect information from
the counties that will certify the amount of Title III funds received
since October 2008 that has not been obligated as of September 30 of
the previous year. The Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), will coordinate on this information collection from
counties in which the BLM administers Federal lands covered by the Act.
Section 303(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (the Act), reauthorized in Public Law 115-
141, Public Law 110-343, Public Law 112-141, Public Law 113-40, and
Public Law 114-10 requires the appropriate official of a county that
receives funds under Title III of the Act to submit to the Secretary
concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the
Interior, as appropriate) an annual certification that the funds
expended have been used for the uses authorized under section 302(a) of
the Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected will
identify the participating county and the year in which the
expenditures were made and will include amounts not obligated by
September 30 of the previous year. Information includes the name,
title, and signature of the official certifying that the expenditures
were for uses authorized under section 302(a) of the Act, and the date
of the certification. Information will also be collected including the
amount of funds expended in the applicable year and the uses for which
the amount were expended referencing the authorized categories; (1)
carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program; (2)
reimburse the participating county for emergency services performed on
Federal land and paid for by the participating county; and (3) to
develop community wildfire protection plans in coordination with the
appropriate Secretary or designee. The information will be used to
verify that participating counties have certified that funds were
expended as authorized in the Act.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 360.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 8,640.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-15568 Filed 7-20-22; 8:45 am]
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