[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 62 (Monday, April 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E7-5968]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 27, 2007.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments 
regarding (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 burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Pamela--Beverly--OIRA-- 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this 
notification. 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.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

    Title: CSREES Current Research Information System (CRIS).
    OMB Control Number: 0524-0042.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
(CSREES) administers several competitive, peer-reviewed research, 
education and extension programs, under which awards of a high-priority 
are made. These programs are authorized pursuant to the authorities 
contained in the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3101); the Smith-
Lever Act; and other legislative authorities. The Current Research 
Information System (CRIS) is USDA's documentation and reporting system 
for ongoing agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry 
research. CRIS operates administratively under CSREES, but is a 
cooperative endeavor whereby information is collected on a project-by-
project basis from many participant organizations, both federal and 
non-federal. Information is received from USDA agencies, State 
Agricultural Experiment Stations, the state land-grant colleges and 
universities, the institutions of 1890, state schools of forestry, 
cooperating schools of veterinary medicine, USDA grant recipients, and 
other cooperating institutions. The information is collected primarily 
via the Internet using CRIS Web forms.
    Need and use of the Information: The collected information is 
necessary in order to provide descriptive information regarding 
individual research activities and integrated activities, to document 
expenditures and staff support for the activities, and to monitor the 
progress and impact of such activities. The information obtained 
through the collection process for CRIS furnishes unique data that is 
not available from any other source. Interruption in the collection 
process, or failure to collect this information would severely 
compromise one of CSREES' primary functions stated in the agency's 
strategic plan of ``providing program leadership to identify, develop, 
and manage programs to support university-based and other institutional 
research.''
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Business or other for-profit; Not-for profit institutions; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 32,441.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (Varies by form).
    Total Burden Hours: 68,638.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-5968 Filed 3-30-07; 8:45 am]
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