[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20070]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 11, 2018.
    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, 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; and (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 
and other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by October 
17, 2018 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 20503. Commentors are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] 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-
8681.
    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: Environmental Justice and the Urban Forest in Atlanta, GA.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-0237.
    Summary of Collection: Environmental justice is defined by the 
Environmental Protection Agency as the ``fair treatment and meaningful 
involvement of all people . . . with respect to the development, 
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and 
policies.'' This information collection addresses environmental justice 
in urban settings. Cities are often (though not always) places of 
particular concern for environmental justice inquires due to the 
greater concentration of environmental pollutants and human 
populations. The following statutes and regulations are relevant to 
this request for information collection: Executive Order 12898, 
Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive 
Order 12898, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-
190), the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352).
    Need and Use of the Information: The study provides an integrated 
approach to assessing residents' relationship to the urban forest. The 
collection addresses environmental justice from the perspective of 
urban trees; and how this resource may contribute to environmental 
justice in a given community or neighborhood. The agency will use this 
information to determine whether their programs, policies, and 
activities have disproportionately high and adverse human health or 
environmental effects on minority populations and low-income 
populations. If the information is not collected, efforts at the 
federal level to evaluate environmental justice will remain limited to 
methodologies that reproduce incomplete assessments of environmental 
justice.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,900.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one time).
    Total Burden Hours: 215.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20070 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
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