60-day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 111 / Friday, June 7, 2024 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business Service
[Docket No. RBS–24–BUSINESS–0007]

Notice of Request for Revision of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service’s
(RBCS or Agency), announces its
intention to request Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval for a revision of a currently
approved information collection in
support of the Advanced Biofuel
Payment Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by August 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal,
www.regulations.gov. Additional
information about Rural Development
(RD) and its programs is available at
www.rd.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Bennett, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulations
Management Division, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Stop 1522,
South Building, Washington, DC 20250–
1522. Telephone: (202) 720–9639.
Email: pamela.bennett@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 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 a revision of
an existing collection.
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

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through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov and, in the
‘‘Search for dockets and documents on
agency actions’’ box, type in the Docket
No. located at the beginning of this
notice and click the ‘‘Search’’ button.
From the search results, click on or
locate the document title and select the
‘‘Comment’’ button. Before inputting
comments, commenters may review the
‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ (optional).
Insert comments under the ‘‘Comment’’
title, click ‘‘Browse’’ to attach files (if
available), input email address and
select ‘‘Submit Comment.’’ Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the
docket after the close of the comment
period, is available through the site’s
‘‘FAQ’’ link. All comments will be
available for public inspection online at
www.regulations.gov.
A Federal agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, nor shall a person be subject
to a penalty for failure to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act unless that collection of
information displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. Data furnished
by the applicants will be used to
determine eligibility for program
benefits. Furnishing the data is
voluntary; however, failure to provide
data could result in program benefits
being withheld or denied.
Title: Advanced Biofuel Payment
Program.
OMB Number: 0570–0063.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Advanced Biofuel
Payment Program was authorized under
section 9005 of title IX of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(2008 Farm Bill). It authorizes the
Agency to enter into contracts to make
payments to eligible entities to support
and ensure an expanding production of
advanced biofuels. Entities eligible to
receive payments under the Program are
producers of advanced biofuels that
meet all of the requirements of the
Program.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.294 hours per
response.
Respondents: The respondents are the
advanced biofuel producers and Agency

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staff who process applications and
quarterly payment requests.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 92
advanced biofuel producers.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 8.34.
Estimate Number of Responses: 767
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 993 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Pamela Bennett,
RD Innovation Center—Regulations
Management Division, at
pamela.bennett@usda.gov.
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.
Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–30–2024]

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 68,
Notification of Proposed Production
Activity; SNRA Commodities, Inc.;
(Pecans); Fabens, Texas
SNRA Commodities, Inc. submitted a
notification of proposed production
activity to the FTZ Board (the Board) for
its facility in Fabens, Texas, within FTZ
68. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the Board’s regulations
(15 CFR 400.22) was received on May
31, 2024.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ
production activity would be limited to
the specific foreign-status material(s)/
component(s) and specific finished
product(s) described in the submitted
notification (summarized below) and
subsequently authorized by the Board.
The benefits that may stem from
conducting production activity under
FTZ procedures are explained in the
background section of the Board’s
website—accessible via www.trade.gov/
ftz.
The proposed finished products
include shelled pecans and oil roasted
pecans (duty rate ranges from 9.9 cents/
kg to 17.6 cents/kg).
The proposed foreign-status
materials/components include shelled
pecans and unshelled (in shell) pecans
(duty rate ranges from 8.8 cents/kg to
17.6 cents/kg). The request indicates
that certain materials/components are
subject to duties under section 301 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (section 301),

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