[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11811-11812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03166]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

[Docket No. RBS-23-BUSINESS-0028]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Rural 
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP); OMB Control No.: 0570-0062

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service announces its' intention to request a 
revision of a currently approved information collection and invites 
comments on this information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 15, 2024 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. To comment, in the ``Search'' 
box, enter the docket number: ``RBS-23-BUSINESS-0028.'' You will be 
taken to the ``Search Results'' page and a link to the Notice. To 
submit a comment, click on the ``Comments'' button under the Notice 
document name (this will be under the ``Documents'' tab if not already 
brought there). When you comment, you must complete all the required 
information, and include the Agency name and docket number. When done 
commenting, select the ``Submit Comment'' button at the bottom of the 
page. Information on commenting is available in the ``Commenter's 
Checklist'' located at the top of the comment page or by viewing the 
FAQ tab. All comments submitted, from all sources, will be posted, 
without change to https://www.regulations.gov. Comments containing 
profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate language or 
content will not be considered. The Agency requests that no business 
proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally 
identifiable information be submitted in response to this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Pemberton, Management Analyst, 
Branch 1, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management 
Division, United States Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW, South Building, Washington, DC 20250-1522. Telephone: (202) 
260-8621. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget's (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 the following information collection 
that Rural Business-Cooperative Service is submitting to OMB as 
extension to an existing collection with Agency adjustment.
    Title: Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP).
    OMB Number: 0570-0062.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2024.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 2 hours per response.
    Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian Tribes, and Public Institutions of 
Higher Education.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 11.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 1907.
    Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP program is to support the 
development and ongoing success of rural microentrepreneurs and 
microenterprises. Loans and grants are made to Microenterprise 
Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide rural microentrepreneurs 
with the skills necessary to establish new rural microenterprises, to 
provide continuing technical and financial assistance related to the 
successful operation of rural microenterprises, and to assist with the 
cost of providing other activities and services related to the 
successful operation of MDOs and rural microenterprises. The loans 
establish or augment a rural microentrepreneur revolving loan fund and 
the grants provide technical assistance and training to 
microenterprises.
    Comments are invited on:
    (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 the burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;

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    (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 respondents, including through 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.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Crystal 
Pemberton, Rural Development Innovation Center--Regulations Management 
Division, at (202) 202-260-8621. Email: [email protected].
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-03166 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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