[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 190 (Monday, October 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49353-49354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21240]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Chief Financial Officer


Notice of Request for Approval of a Renewal Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer to request the renewal of a currently approved 
information collection (OMB No. 0505-0027) for suspension and debarment 
and drug-free workplace certifications.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 30, 2018 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by either/one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the 
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this 
web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send to Director, 
Transparency and Accountability Reporting Division, Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, Room 3027-S, Stop Code 9011, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250.
    All comments received will be available for public inspection and 
posted without change, including any personal information, to http://regulations.gov, or during regular business hours at the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha E. Burton, Management Analyst, 
Transparency and Accountability Reporting Division, Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, Room 3027-S, Stop Code 9011, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250; (202) 
205-6182; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention 
of the USDA Office of the Chief Financial Officer to request the 
renewal of a currently approved information collection (OMB No. 0505-
0027) for suspension and debarment and drug-free workplace 
certifications.
    Title: Suspension and Debarment and Drug-Free Workplace 
Certifications.
    OMB Number: 0505-0027.
    Expiration Date of Current Approval: December 31, 2018.
    Type of Request: Intent to extend a currently approved information 
collection for three years.
    Abstract: The information will be collected by USDA Federal 
financial assistance agencies and staff offices as certifying 
information concerning applicant suitability in compliance with Federal 
Suspension and Debarment and Drug-Free Work Place regulations, as 
defined by 2 CFR parts 180, 417 and Public Law 100-690, Title V, 
Subtitle D: 41 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., 2 CFR parts 182 and 421. 
Suspensions and debarments are discretionary or statutory 
administrative actions taken by Federal agencies to protect the 
government by excluding persons and entities who are not presently 
responsible from participating in Federal programs or activities. 
Federal agencies are also prohibited from awarding financial assistance 
unless conditions are met that speak to recipient awareness of the 
unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of 
a controlled substance while conducting any activity with the use of 
Federal financial assistance. The five forms that USDA uses with its 
financial assistance applications to collect the data include: (1) AD-
1047--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other 
Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions; (2) AD-1048--
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions; (3) AD-1049--
Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace Requirements (Grants) 
Alternative 1 (For Grantees Other Than Individuals; (4) AD 1050--
Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace Requirements (Grants) 
Alternative 2 (For Grantees Who Are Individuals); and (5) AD-1052--
Certification Regarding Drug Free Workplace Requirements-State and 
State Agencies).
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this total 
collection of information is estimated to average 0.25 hours per 
response per individual form. This burden is assumed for all of the 
forms in the aggregate.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals or private entities; businesses or 
other for profit; not-for profit; Federal, state, local or tribal 
governments; institutions of higher education or other research 
organizations; foreign organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38,885.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 77,770.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 19,443.

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                                                                                                   Total annual
                                     Number of       Number of       Number of     Average time      burden on
              Form                  respondents    responses per     responses      to prepare      respondents
                                                    respondent                         (hrs)           (hrs)
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AD-1047.........................          11,886               2          23,772            0.25           5,943
AD-1048.........................          11,595               2          23,190            0.25           5,798
AD-1049.........................           7,007               2          14,014            0.25           3,504
AD-1050.........................           3,482               2           6,964            0.25           1,741
AD-1052.........................           4,915               2           9,830            0.25           2,457
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    Total.......................          38,885               2          77,770            0.25          19,443
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    Comments from interested parties are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (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 the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    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.

Signed:
Tyson P. Whitney,
Director, Transparency and Accountability Reporting Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-21240 Filed 9-28-18; 8:45 am]
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