Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 6862 [2021-01468]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01468]


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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.
[FR Doc. 2021-01468 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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