[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59890-59891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16229]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are 
requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 August 
23, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information

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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.

Department of Agriculture

Office of the Chief Information Officer

    Title: USDA Generic Solution for Solicitation for Funding 
Opportunity Announcements.
    OMB Control Number: 0503-0028.
    Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the public and 
Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and 
continuing information collections before submitting them to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB).
    This program helps to ensure requested data can be provided in the 
desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is 
minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the 
impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed. 
Periodically USDA solicits grant applications on http://grants.gov by 
issuing a Funding Opportunity Announcement, Request for Applications, 
Notice of Funding Announcement, Notice of Solicitation of Applications, 
Grants.gov announcement, or other funding announcement type. To ensure 
grants are awarded to the applicant(s) best suited to perform the 
functions of the grant, applicants are generally required to submit an 
application. The first part of USDA grant applications consists of 
submitting the application form(s), which includes the Standard Form 
424, Application for Federal Assistance and may include additional 
standard grant application forms. The second part of a grant 
application usually requires a technical proposal demonstrating the 
applicant's capabilities in accordance with a statement of work or 
selection criteria and other related information as specified in the 
funding announcement. Following the grant award, the grant awardee may 
also be required to provide progress reports or additional documents.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected in 
response to solicitations for grant applications has been and will be 
used by the USDA for issuing grants to the applicants most suited for 
fulfilling the mission of the grant.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; 
Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 20,000,000.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16229 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
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