Notice2024-03166
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP); OMB Control No.: 0570-0062
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Published
February 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentRural Business-Cooperative Service
Abstract
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service announces its' intention to request a revision of a currently approved information collection and invites comments on this information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11811-11812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03166]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
[Docket No. RBS-23-BUSINESS-0028]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP); OMB Control No.: 0570-0062
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Business-Cooperative Service announces its' intention to request a
revision of a currently approved information collection and invites
comments on this information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 15, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To comment, in the ``Search''
box, enter the docket number: ``RBS-23-BUSINESS-0028.'' You will be
taken to the ``Search Results'' page and a link to the Notice. To
submit a comment, click on the ``Comments'' button under the Notice
document name (this will be under the ``Documents'' tab if not already
brought there). When you comment, you must complete all the required
information, and include the Agency name and docket number. When done
commenting, select the ``Submit Comment'' button at the bottom of the
page. Information on commenting is available in the ``Commenter's
Checklist'' located at the top of the comment page or by viewing the
FAQ tab. All comments submitted, from all sources, will be posted,
without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Comments containing
profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate language or
content will not be considered. The Agency requests that no business
proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally
identifiable information be submitted in response to this Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Pemberton, Management Analyst,
Branch 1, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management
Division, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202)
260-8621. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ac9f8f3f9feebe6a4daefe7e8eff8fee5e4cafff9eeeba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afecddd6dcdbcec381ffcac2cdcadddbc0c1efdadccbce81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) requires that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see, 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies the following information collection
that Rural Business-Cooperative Service is submitting to OMB as
extension to an existing collection with Agency adjustment.
Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP).
OMB Number: 0570-0062.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2024.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2 hours per response.
Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and Public Institutions of
Higher Education.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 11.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1907.
Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP program is to support the
development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and
microenterprises. Loans and grants are made to Microenterprise
Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide rural microentrepreneurs
with the skills necessary to establish new rural microenterprises, to
provide continuing technical and financial assistance related to the
successful operation of rural microenterprises, and to assist with the
cost of providing other activities and services related to the
successful operation of MDOs and rural microenterprises. The loans
establish or augment a rural microentrepreneur revolving loan fund and
the grants provide technical assistance and training to
microenterprises.
Comments are invited on:
(a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
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(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. All
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Crystal
Pemberton, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management
Division, at (202) 202-260-8621. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#703302090304111c5e20151d121502041f1e30050314115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3675444f4542575a1866535b545344425958764345525718515940">[email protected]</span></a>.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-03166 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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