[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 62292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26184]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service


Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's intention to 
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in 
support of the program for the Agriculture Innovation Demonstration 
Center.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development 
Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue 
SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. 
Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Agriculture Innovation Centers.
    OMB Number: 0570-0045.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2019.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Cooperative 
Programs administers the Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration 
(AIC) Program. The primary objective of this program is to provide 
funds to Agriculture Innovation Centers (Centers) which provide 
agricultural producers with technical and business development 
assistance. Cooperative Programs collects information from applicants 
to confirm eligibility for the program and to evaluate the quality of 
the applications. Recipients of awards are required to submit reporting 
and payment request information to facilitate monitoring of the award 
and disbursement of funds.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 18 hours per response.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.3.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 58.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,042 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Diane M. 
Berger, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team, (715) 
619-3124.

Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service's estimate of the burden to collect the 
required information, including the validity of the strategy 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 on the paperwork burden may be sent to: Thomas P. Dickson, 
Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulatory Team 2, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Room 5164, South Building, 
Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 690-4492. Email 
[email protected]. 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.

    Dated: November 26, 2018.
Bette B. Brand,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-26184 Filed 11-30-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-XY-P