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<br />Forest Service OMB No. 0596-0217
<br />FS-1500-19 (VER. OS/24
<br />U.S. DEPARTMENTOFAGRICULTURE EXP: 05/31/2027
<br />12. G&A REVIEW
<br />12.A. The authority and format of this modification have been reviewed and approved for signature by:
<br />12.13. DATE
<br />GADDSsignedbyMICHAEL
<br />MICHAEL GADDIS Digitally
<br />SIGNED
<br />Date: 2025.07.03 14:01:55-07'00'
<br />MICHAEL K. GADDIS (24-LE-11061700-080 Mod. 002)
<br />7/3/25
<br />U.S. Forest Service Grants & Agreements Specialist
<br />Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
<br />According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond, to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB
<br />control number. Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this information collection
<br />is 0596-0217. Response to this collection of information is mandatory. The authority to collect the information Section 7 of the Granger-Thye Act (16 U.S.C. 580d) and Tide IV of the Federal Land
<br />Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751-1753). The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for
<br />reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and maintaining the data needed and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this
<br />burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clearance Officer, OIRM, 1400
<br />Independence Avenue, SW, Room 404-W, Washington, D.C. 20250; and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (OMB# 0596-0217), 725 17th Street NW,
<br />Washington, D.C. 20503.
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<br />participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual
<br />orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any
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<br />available in languages other than English.
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<br />USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your
<br />completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
<br />(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: prooram.intake(d usda.00v.
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