Notice2025-12995
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
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Published
July 11, 2025
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 131 (Friday, July 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12995]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and
reinstatement 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
11, 2025 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: Timber Sale Contract Operations and Administration.
OMB Control Number: 0596-0225.
Summary of Collection: The Forest Service (FS) is authorized under
the National Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 472a); Contract Disputes
Act of 1978; Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; Executive
Order 11246, as amended by E.O. 11375 and E.O. 12086; 36 CFR 223.30-60
and 36 CFR 223.110-118; 40 CFR 112 and Forest Resources Conservation
and Shortage Relief Act of 1990, Sec. 620d Monitoring and Enforcement,
as amended in 1997 by Public Law 105-83 and current through Public Law
110-450 and Agricultural Act of 2014, Title VIII Forestry, to collect
information associated with operations and administration of bilateral
contracts for the sale of timber and other forest products. Forest
Service contracts for the sale of timber and other forest products are
bilateral contracts in which both contracting parties are bound to
fulfill obligations reciprocally. By their nature bilateral contracts
require both parties to routinely share information and enter into
agreements pertaining to operations and performance. Some information
collected under Forest Service contracts is required by laws,
regulations and/or timber sale policies. Each contract specifies the
information the contractor will be required to provide, including the
timing and frequency of the information collection.
Need and Use of the Information: Information collected pursuant to
contract administration is required by laws, regulations, and Forest
Service timber sale policies. Each contract specifies the information
the contractor will be required to provide, including the timing and
frequency of the information collection. Additionally, these contracts
are subject to the Contract Disputes Act of 1976. Written documentation
of plans, inspections, requests for action by the other party,
agreements, modifications, acceptances of work, and virtually
everything else pertaining to performance is collected and is essential
to resolving disputes. The information collection in this request is
necessary to implement the above statutes, regulations, and policies
designed to administer contracts for the sale and disposal of National
Forest System timber and other forest products.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 4,109.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; Semi-annually;
Monthly; On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 26,722.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-12995 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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