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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 97
Monday, May 20, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License, Correction
AGENCY:

Agricultural Research Service,

USDA.
ACTION:

Notice of intent.

SUMMARY:

Correction
In the Federal Register of September
22, 2017, FR Doc. No 183, page 44377,
in the SUMMARY Section, should read as
follows:
Notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
Research Service, intends to grant to
Rainier Seeds, Inc. of Davenport,
Washington, an exclusive license to the
variety of crested wheatgrass described
in Plant Variety Protection Application
Number 201600403, ‘USDARANGECREST,’ filed on September 4,
2016. Dated May 13, 2019.
USDA, ARS, Office of
Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside
Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville,
Maryland 20705–5131.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville
address given above; telephone: 301–
504–5989.
Dated: May 14, 2019.
Yvette Anderson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS,
NASS.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
May 14, 2019.

The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
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: 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; 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 June 19, 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.

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Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1703, Subparts D, E, F,
and G, Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0096.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency
of the Department of Agriculture and is
authorized by Chapter 1 of subtitle D of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and
Trade Act of 1990. The purpose of the
Distance Learning and Telemedicine
Loan and Grant Program is to improve
telemedicine services and distance
learning services in rural areas through
the use of telecommunications,
computer networks, and related
advanced technologies by students,
teachers, medical professionals and
rural residents. Section 6201 of Title VI
of the 2014 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 113–79)
amended 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., by
extending the term of the program to the
year 2018.
Need and Use of the Information: The
various forms and narrative statements
required are collected from eligible
applicants that are public and private,
for-profit and not-for-profit rural
community facilities, schools, libraries,
hospitals, and medical facilities. The
purpose of this information is to
determine such factors as: Eligibility of
the applicant; the specific nature of the
proposed project; the purposes for
which loan and grant funds will be
used; project financial and technical
feasibility; and compliance with the
applicable laws and regulations.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 190.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 10,381.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
AGENCY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 97 / Monday, May 20, 2019 / Notices
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for which approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) will be requested.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
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 an
information collection that the Agency
is submitting to OMB for extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed 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 proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (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 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 may be sent to:
Thomas Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Washington, DC 20250, Telephone:
202–690–4492, email: thomas.dickson@
usda.gov.
Title: Broadband Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0127.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The provision of broadband
transmission service is vital to the
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health, and safety of rural Americans.
To further this objective, RUS provides
financial assistance in the form of grant
to eligible entities that propose, on a
‘‘community-oriented connectivity’’
basis, to provide broadband
transmission service that fosters
economic growth and delivers enhanced
educational, health care, and public
safety services to extremely rural, lower
income communities. The Agency gives
priority to rural areas that it believes
have the greatest need for broadband
transmission services. Grant authority is
utilized to deploy broadband
infrastructure to extremely rural, lower
income communities on a ‘‘communityoriented connectivity’’ basis. The
‘‘community-oriented connectivity’’
concept integrates the deployment of
broadband infrastructure with the
practical, everyday uses and
applications of the facilities. This
broadband access is intended to
promote economic development and
provide enhanced educational and
health care opportunities. The Agency
provides financial assistance to eligible
entities that are proposing to deploy
broadband transmission service in rural
communities where such service does
not currently exist and who will
connect the critical community facilities
including the local schools, libraries,
hospitals, police, fire and rescue
services and who will operate a
community center that provides free
and open access to residents.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 140.84 hours per
response.
Respondents: Public bodies,
commercial companies, cooperatives,
nonprofits, Indian tribes, and limited
dividend or mutual associations and
must be incorporated or a limited
liability company.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
82.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.16.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 13,380.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Diane M. Berger,
Rural Development Innovation Center—
Regulatory Team, (715) 619–3124.
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.
Chad Rupe,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No.: 190430420–9420–01]

Commerce Alternative Personnel
System
Office of Administration, Office
of Human Resources Management,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
expansion of employee coverage under
the Commerce Alternative Personnel
System (CAPS), formerly the
Department of Commerce Personnel
Management Demonstration Project,
published in the Federal Register on
December 24, 1997. This coverage is
extended to include employees of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
located in the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center.
DATES: The amended Commerce
Alternative Personnel System is
effective May 20, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of Commerce—Sandra
Thompson, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room 51020, Washington, DC
20230, (202) 482–0056 or Valerie Smith
at (202) 482–0272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

1. Background
The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) approved the Department of
Commerce (DoC) demonstration project
for an alternative personnel
management system, and published the
final plan in the Federal Register on
Wednesday, December 24, 1997 (62 FR
67434). The demonstration project was
designed to simplify current
classification systems for greater
flexibility in classifying work and
paying employees; establish a
performance management and rewards
system for improving individual and
organizational performance; and
improve recruiting and examining to
attract highly-qualified candidates. The
purpose of the project was to strengthen
the contribution of human resources
management and test whether the same
innovations conducted under the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology alternative personnel
management system would produce
similarly successful results in other DoC
environments. The project was
implemented on March 29, 1998. The
project plan has been modified thirteen
times to clarify certain DoC
Demonstration Project authorities, and

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