Notice2023-11219
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Published
May 25, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[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: 2023-11219]
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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 June 26,
2023 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: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Financial Assistance
to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem
Restoration (CFDA 10.725) Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance
(WPIA).
OMB Control Number: 0596-0254.
Summary of Collection: USDA Forest Service is delivering the Wood
Products Infrastructure Assistance (WPIA) as part of the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law. Section 40804(b)3 of the Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act Public Law 117-58 (11/15/2021) directs the USDA Forest
Service to provide financial assistance to an entity seeking to
establish, reopen, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood
processing facility in close proximity to a unit of federal or Indian
land that has been identified as high or very high priority for
ecological restoration. According to 2 CFR part 200 and Forest Service
Handbook 1509.11, chapter 20, there is certain narrative and budget
information required for the Agency to determine if the project meets
the legislative requirements and if the costs are reasonable,
allocable, allowable, and necessary for the project. In particular,
collection of information is necessary to ascertain if applicants
seeking financial assistance do in fact operate facilities in close
proximity to a unit of federal or Indian land that has been identified
as high or very high priority for ecological restoration.
Need and Use of the Information: Eligible applicants are for-profit
entities; state, local governments; Indian Tribes; school districts;
community, not-for-profit organizations; institutions of higher
education; and special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities
districts, fire districts, conservation districts, and ports).
Applications will be submitted to via email by the date and time as
listed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity at <a href="http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov</a>; searchable
and identifiable by the catalog of domestic federal assistance (CFDA)
number 10.725. The Forest Service State & Private Forestry will
receive, review, and track all applications.
Description of Respondents: State, local, Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 702.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 2,107.
Forest Service
Title: Temporary Bridge Funding Opportunity (TBFO) Program.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0255.
Summary of Collection: USDA Forest Service is delivering the
Temporary Bridge Funding Opportunity (TBFO) Program as part of the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Section 40804(b)5 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act Public Law 117-58 (11/15/2021) directs the
Forest Service to provide funding for States and Indian Tribes to
establish rental programs for portable skidder bridges, bridge mats, or
other temporary water crossing structures, to minimize stream bed
disturbance on non-Federal land and Federal land. According to 2 CFR
part 200 and Forest Service Handbook 1509.11, chapter 20, prescribes
administrative requirements and processes applicable to all Forest
Service domestic and international Federal Financial Assistance awards
to State and local governments, institutions of higher education,
hospitals, private profit and nonprofit organizations, individuals, and
foreign recipients. In particular, collection of information is
necessary to ascertain the required needs of applicants to initiate a
temporary bridge program to protect water resources and reduce water
quality degradation during forestry related operations requiring
temporary water resource crossings.
Need and Use of the Information: Eligible applicants are For-profit
entities; state, local governments; Indian Tribes; school districts;
community, not-for-profit organizations; institutions of higher
education; and special purpose districts (e.g., public utilities
districts, fire districts, conservation districts, and ports).
Applications will be submitted via email and the Forest Service
State & Private Forestry will receive, review, and track all
applications.
Description of Respondents: State, local, Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 300.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 700.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-11219 Filed 5-24-23; 8:45 am]
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