Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Published date25 January 2021
Citation86 FR 6862
Record Number2021-01468
SectionNotices
CourtAgriculture Department
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Notices Federal Register
6862
Vol. 86, No. 14
Monday, January 25, 2021
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
January 19, 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 February 24, 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: Laboratory Approval Programs.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0320.
Summary of Collection: In accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, this notice announces the
Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS)
intention to receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to collect information for the
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
(MGFSP) under its Grants Division. Due
to the passing of the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115–
343) (Farm Bill), AMS Grants Division
is implementing this new grant program
under section 4206, which directs the
Secretary of Agriculture to ‘‘distribute
funds to the agricultural department or
agency of each eligible state for the
competitive distribution of subgrants to
eligible entities for fiscal year 2019 and
each fiscal year thereafter.’’
Need and Use of the Information: The
AMS Grants Division requests to collect
information from agricultural agencies
or departments in eligible states, which
include Alaska, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of
Palau, and the United States Virgin
Islands for this new grant program.
MGFSP is intended to increase the
quantity and quality of locally grown
food in food insecure communities,
including through small-scale
gardening, herding, and livestock
operations, in eligible states. The Farm
Bill authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $10 million for fiscal year
2019 and each fiscal year thereafter. In
fiscal year 2020, $5 million was
appropriated.
Because MGFSP is voluntary,
respondents request or apply for this
specific non-competitive grant program,
and in doing so, they provide
information. AMS is the primary user of
the information. The information
collected is needed 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 requirements of the
program. The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
7 U.S.C. 7518, to provide the
respondents the type of service they
request, and to administer this program.
Description of Respondents: Grant
applicants, grant recipients.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 318.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
January 19, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance 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 February 24, 2021
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.
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