Meat and Poultry Interstate Shipment and Inspection Readiness Program; Request for Emergency Approval of a New Information Collection
| Published date | 19 May 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 27063 |
| Record Number | 2021-10490 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agricultural Marketing Service |
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Notices Federal Register
27063
Vol. 86, No. 95
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS–TM–21–0041]
Meat and Poultry Interstate Shipment
and Inspection Readiness Program;
Request for Emergency Approval of a
New Information Collection
AGENCY
: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION
: Notice of emergency request.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural
Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to
receive approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new information collection to
administer the Meat and Poultry
Interstate Shipment and Inspection
Readiness Program (ISIRP) under its
Grants Division. Due to the passing of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 (CAA), AMS Grants Division is
implementing this new grant program
under section 764, which directs the
Secretary of Agriculture to ‘‘make grants
to meat and poultry slaughter and
processing facilities to assist such
facilities with respect to costs incurred
in making improvements to such
facilities and carrying out other
planning activities in the amount of
$60,000,000 for fiscal years 2021
through 2023.’’
DATES
: Submit comments on or before
May 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic
process available at
www.regulations.gov. Written comments
may also be submitted to Grants
Division; Transportation and Marketing
Program; AMS; USDA; 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 2055–
South Building, Stop 0201; Washington,
DC 20250–0264. All comments should
reference the docket number AMS–TM–
21–0041, the date of submission, and
the page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. All comments
received will be posted without change,
including any personal information
provided, at www.regulations.gov and
will be included in the record and made
available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Nicole Nelson Miller, Deputy Director,
Grants Division; (202) 720–2188 or
email Nicole.NelsonMiller@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Overview of This Information
Collection
Agency: USDA, AMS.
Title: Meat and Poultry Interstate
Shipment and Inspection Readiness
Program (ISIRP).
OMB Number: 0581–NEW.
Type of Request: Emergency Approval
of a New Information Collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621 et
seq.) directs and authorizes USDA to
administer Federal grant programs.
AMS Grant Programs are administered
through the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Guidance for Grants and
Agreements based on its regulations
under the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
(2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 49506;
December 13, 2020). The information
collection requirements in this
emergency request are needed for AMS
to administer a new competitive grant
program, in accordance with 2 CFR part
200, entitled the Meat and Poultry
Interstate Shipment and Inspection
Readiness Program (ISIRP) under OMB
No. 0581–NEW.
ISIRP is authorized pursuant to the
authority of section 764 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(CAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) in response to
the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic and
supply chain risks in U.S. meat and
poultry processing systems. The AMS
Grants Division requests to collect
information for this new grant program
from meat and poultry slaughter and
processing facilities to support facilities
in making improvements and carrying
out other planning activities necessary
to obtain a Federal grant of inspection
or to operate as a State-inspected facility
under the Cooperative Interstate
Shipping Program.
Because this is a voluntary program,
respondents request or apply for this
specific competitive grant, and in doing
so, they provide information. The
information collected is used only by
authorized representatives of USDA,
AMS, Transportation and Marketing
Program’s Grants Division to certify that
grant participants are complying with
applicable program regulations, and the
data collected is the minimum
information necessary to effectively
carry out the program requirements.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of
section 764 of the CAA, to provide the
respondents the type of service they
request, and to administer the program.
Upon OMB approval of the ISIRP
information collection package, AMS
will request OMB approval to merge this
information collection into the currently
approved information collection OMB
control number 0581–0240 approved on
January 13, 2021.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2 hours and 5
minutes per response.
Respondents: Grant applicants; or
grant recipients.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,350.
Estimated Total Annual Responses
Including Recordkeeping: 7,350.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 29.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents and Recordkeepers:
15,363.17 hours.
Comments 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
new 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.
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Obtaining OMB’s approval of this new
information collection enables AMS
Grants Division to publish a Request for
Applications (RFA) to establish
application requirements, the review
and approval process, and grant
administration procedures, which will
enable eligible entities to develop
appropriate grant applications for the
program so that AMS can adequately
evaluate these new proposals and
obligate the funds as required by the
CAA.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–10490 Filed 5–18–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comments Requested
May 13, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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 or other forms of
information technology. Comments
regarding these information collections
are best assured of having their full
effect if received by June 18, 2021.
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
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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Agritourism Directory.
OMB Control Number: 0581-New.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), AMS
is responsible for conducting research to
enhance market access for small and
medium sized farmers. The role of the
Marketing Services Division (MSD) of
AMS is to facilitate distribution of U.S.
agricultural products. The division
identifies marketing opportunities,
provides analysis to help take advantage
of those opportunities and develops and
evaluates strategies including methods
to diversify farming operations of direct
from farm-to-customer enterprises.
Definitions are listed below for the
following terms used by AMS for the
purposes of the Agritourism Directory:
Agritourism directory, a working farm,
ranch, aquaculture and agroforestry.
An agritourism directory is a list of
working farms, ranches, aquaculture
and agroforestry operations that provide
education and recreation opportunities,
active-involvement experiences (e.g.,
farming activities, processing), as well
as retailing and hospitality (e.g.,
accommodations, dining) facilities and
services for the enjoyment of visitors
that generate supplemental income,
create and grow farm product markets
i.e., for local foods, and build
understanding of agriculture.
A working farm, ranch, aquaculture or
agroforestry operation is defined as an
area of land and buildings, or water
(ponds, lakes, rivers, oceans), including
within and around cities, that is
currently being utilized to raise and
grow domesticated animals, plants,
trees, and freshwater and marine fish
and shellfish, for food and beverages,
including vegetables, fruits, herbs,
meats, dairy products, oils, cereals, fish
and shellfish, and products for direct
sales to customers, and/or immediate
consumption or enjoyment of
customers, that are grown or processed
there (e.g., Christmas trees, pinyon
seeds, ginseng, wool, wine, beer,
cheeses, nursery plants).
This information will be used to build
an agritourism directory describing the
characteristics of agritourism operations
on working farms.
Need and Use of the Information: The
data from this information collection
will be used to build a web-based
directory and describe the
characteristics of agritourism enterprises
in the United States. This directory will
provide free advertisement to operators
of agritourism enterprises and
prospective customers as a service to the
sector. There are no research objectives
of this information collection. The
agritourism directory will be utilized by
individual customers seeking to learn
more about farming operations and we
anticipate will be utilized by various
USDA agencies, State Departments of
Agriculture, extension educators,
industry stakeholders and trade
associations.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 33.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Notice of
Request for Emergency Extension
May 12, 2021.
In compliance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Department of Agriculture
(USDA) has submitted a request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a three-month emergency
extension of the following information
collection: ICR 0570–0067, Rural Energy
for America Program (REAP). The
requested extension would enable the
collection to remain active while USDA
completes the pending PRA renewal
process. No changes are being made to
the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Rural Business–Cooperative Service
Title: Rural Energy for America
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0067.
Summary of Collection: The PRA
renewal process for this information
collection is ongoing. To ensure that
OMB approval of the current
information collection remains active
during the PRA renewal process, USDA
has submitted a request to the OMB for
a short-term emergency extension, to
August 31, 2021.
On May 11, 2021 the Director,
Regulations Management Division
Innovation Center, Rural Development,
USDA signed a memorandum to the
Administrator of the Office of
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