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questionnaire will be administered via
telephone, web and mail, thereby
reducing or possibly eliminating the
expensive in-person enumeration costs
which are needed for the current Area
Frame-based JAS.
The JARP study will be conducted in
four states (Kansas, Nebraska, New York
and Pennsylvania) in the summer of
2019. A parallel design study, also
called a parallel group study, will be
conducted. The ‘‘control’’ group will be
the 2019 JAS sample, which will be
drawn and analyzed using current
production processes. The ‘‘treatment’’
group will be the sample collected
within this pilot study. Data collected
for JARP will be used to evaluate the
efficacy of eliminating or reducing the
need for NASS’s Area Frame-based
surveys.
This substantive change will add an
additional 8,000 respondents and 1,697
hours of respondent burden to the
currently approved totals.
Need and Use of the Information: The
List Sampling Frame Surveys are used
to develop and maintain a complete list
of possible farm operations. Data from
criteria surveys are used to provide
control data for new records on the list
sampling frame. This information is
utilized to define the size of operation,
define sample populations and establish
eligibility for the Census of Agriculture.
New names and addresses of potential
farms are obtained on a regular basis
from growers association, other
government agencies and various
outside sources. The goal is to produce
for each State a relatively complete,
current, and unduplicated list of names
for statistical sampling for agricultural
operation surveys and the Census of
Agriculture. This information is used to
develop efficient sample designs, which
allows NASS the ability to draw
reduced sample sizes from the originally
large universe populations.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,697.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 18, 2019.

The Department of Agriculture has
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collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (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; (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 23, 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:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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 Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1730, Review Rating
Summary.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0025.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) manages loan
programs in accordance with the Rural
Electrification Act (RE Act) of 1936, 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended. An
important part of safeguarding loan
security is to see that RUS financed
facilities are being responsible used,
adequately operated, and adequately
maintained. Future needs have to be
anticipated to ensure that facilities will
continue to produce revenue and loans
will be repaid as required by the RUS

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mortgage. Regular periodic operations
and maintenance (O&M) review can
identify and correct inadequate O&M
practices before they cause extensive
harm to the system. Inadequate O&M
practices can result in public safety
hazards, increased power outages for
consumers, added expense for
emergency maintenance, and premature
aging of the borrower’s systems, which
could increase the loan security risk to
RUS.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will collect information using form
300 Review Rate Summary to identity
items that may be in need of additional
attention; to plan corrective actions
when needed; to budget funds and
manpower for needed work; and to
initiate ongoing programs as necessary
to avoid or minimize the need for
‘‘catch-up’’ programs.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 156.
Frequency of responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 624.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for the Biorefinery, Renewable
Chemical, and Biobased Product
Manufacturing Assistance Program for
Federal Fiscal Year 2019; Amendment
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation of
applications; amendment.
AGENCY:

The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (the Agency)
published a notice in the Federal
Register on August 3, 2018, announcing
the acceptance of applications for funds
available under the Biorefinery,
Renewable Chemical, and Biobased
Product Manufacturing Assistance
Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The
Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018
(2018 Farm Bill) provides funding for
the program for FY 2019 and expands
the eligible technology definition. This
notice provides an amendment to
Section III. Eligibility Information,
subsection C. Eligible Projects, to
include the definition.

SUMMARY:

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