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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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November 4, 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 or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by December 9, 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.
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
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1980–E, Business
and Industry Loan Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0014.
Summary of Collection: The Business
and Industry (B&I) program was
legislated in 1972, under Section 310B
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended. The
purpose of the program is to improve,
develop, or finance businesses,
industries, and employment and
improve the economic and
environmental climate in rural
communities, including pollution
abatement and control. This purpose is
achieved through bolstering the existing
private credit structure by making direct
loans, thereby providing lasting
community benefits. The B&I program is
administered by the Agency through
Rural Development State and sub-State
Offices serving the State.
7 CFR 1980–E, in conjunction with 7
CFR 1942–A, and other regulations, is
currently used only for making B&I
Direct Loans. 7 CFR 1951–E is used for
servicing B&I Direct and Community
Facility loans. All reporting and
recordkeeping burden estimates for
making and servicing B&I Guaranteed
Loans have been moved to the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program regulations, 7
CFR 4279–A and B and 4287–B.
Consequently, only a fraction of the
total reporting and recordkeeping
burden for making and servicing B&I
Direct Loans is reflected in this
document.
Need and Use of the Information: The
collected information is submitted to
the B&I loan official by loan applicants
and commercial lenders for use in
making program eligibility, financial
feasibility determinations and loan
security determinations as required by
the Con Act.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or Households; Business or
Other for Profit, State, Local or Tribal
Governments, public bodies,
cooperatives.
Number of Respondents: 16.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 228.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 3, 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: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden 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 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
December 9, 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
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number.
ACTION:
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
Title: Conservation Practice Adoption
Motivations Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary
objective of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect,
prepare and issue State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, prices, and disposition; as
well as economic statistics,
environmental statistics related to
agriculture and also to conduct the
Census of Agriculture.
Need and Use of the Information:
NASS will collect information about
these types of operations to understand
conservation practices within the
United States in terms of the following:
(1) How often are specific conservation
practices adopted without assistance,
with technical assistance and/or
financial assistance. (2) How does
adoption evolve over time? What
proportion of producers who ‘‘try’’ a
given practice continue or expand use
over time? How many discontinue the
practice? (3) What motivates farmers to
initially try a practice and then
continue, expand, or discontinue use?
The questions reflect a range of factors
including conservation need(s),
experience(s) of neighbors, financial
benefits or costs, producer’s time and
effort, availability of technical and
financial assistance, regulation or
conservation compliance, and concern
about the environmental quality. The
United States Department of
Agriculture’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service has entered into
an interagency agreement with NASS to
conduct this survey.
Description of Respondents: The 2022
survey will target operations who own
or operate cropland as well as confined
livestock feeding operations. Operators
who have grazing land or forestry land
will be done at a later date.
Number of Respondents: 35,200.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 35,614.
SUMMARY:
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
AGENCY:
Office of Secretary, USDA.
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Notice of a new system of
records.
As required by the Privacy
Act of 1974, and Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A–108,
this notice is a new Privacy Act System
of Records titled USDA/OSEC–02
Contractor and Visitor Public Health
Emergency Records, which include
information on contractor employees
who work in, as well as visitors to,
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
facilities during declared public health
emergencies. The system contains
information provided by the contractor’s
employees including such information
as their applicable vaccination or
medical countermeasure status and
whether they are experiencing
symptoms associated with the public
health emergency. Each contractor with
employees who will work in USDA
facilities (regardless of whether the
contract is with USDA or another
Federal agency) will be asked to confirm
if its employees have been vaccinated or
have received appropriate medical
countermeasures, in addition, the
contractor will be required to ensure
that its employees follow the guidelines
specified for working in USDA facilities,
for example, to mitigate the spread of
COVID–19, not fully vaccinated
employees are required to wear masks
and maintain physical distancing.
Visitors to USDA facilities will also be
asked to provide information about their
vaccination or medical countermeasure
status and may be asked to provide
proof of their status and information
about whether they are experiencing
any symptoms associated with the
public health emergency.
DATES: This notice is applicable upon
publication, subject to a 30-day review
and comment period for the routine
uses. We will consider comments
received on or before November 29,
2021.
ADDRESSES: The public, OMB, and
Congress are invited to submit any
comments by mail to the United States
Department of Agriculture, Privacy
Office, ATTN: Privacy Analyst, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20250; by telephone at 202–384–
5026; or by email at
SM.OCIO.CIO.UsdaPrivacy
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sullie Coleman, Chief Privacy Officer,
1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20250, 202–604–0467.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA is
establishing a system of records, USDA/
OSEC–02, subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The purpose of this
new system of records is to house
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information provided by contractors,
subcontractors, their employees, and
visitors needed for USDA to take
appropriate actions during a public
health emergency. The information
collected includes medical
countermeasures, such as vaccinations,
diagnostic test results, whether the
individual is experiencing relevant
symptoms, and any other information
necessary to assist USDA with
determining appropriate mitigation
measures to take with respect to
contractor employees and visitors in
USDA facilities or in the performance of
duties associated with the Department.
In general, the information will be used
to confirm that contractors, their
employees, and visitors to USDA
facilities are aware of and complying
with requirements necessitated by the
public health emergency, such as those
to wear masks and maintain physical
distancing while working onsite or
visiting a USDA facility. For onsite
contractor employees, the information
will be used to make decisions such as
office space planning and assigning
office space, assigning tasks that require
individuals to work in close physical
proximity, as well for operational
staffing requirements for carrying out
work in field operations.
As required by the Privacy Act
(specifically 5 U.S.C. 552a(r)) and
implemented by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A108, USDA has provided a
report of this system of records to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget; the Chairman, Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight,
House of Representatives; and the
Chairman, Committee on Governmental
Affairs, United States Senate.
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
USDA/OSEC–02 Contractor and
Visitor Public Health Emergency
Records
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Micro-Soft (MS) 365 Multi-Tenant
(MT) provides Exchange and SharePoint
Access for USDA/OSEC–02 Contractor
and Visitor Public Health Emergency
Records. Tenant locations are defaulted
to Geo based on the country. In the
United States, these records may be
maintained electronically at one or more
of Microsoft Data Centers, including, but
not limited to, Boydton, Virginia, and
Cheyenne, Wyoming. The agency, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, address is
1400 Independence Ave. SW,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 3, 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: (1)
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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of burden 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 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 December 9, 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices,
and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental
statistics related to agriculture and also to conduct the Census of
Agriculture.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information
about these types of operations to understand conservation practices
within the United States in terms of the following: (1) How often are
specific conservation practices adopted without assistance, with
technical assistance and/or financial assistance. (2) How does adoption
evolve over time? What proportion of producers who ``try'' a given
practice continue or expand use over time? How many discontinue the
practice? (3) What motivates farmers to initially try a practice and
then continue, expand, or discontinue use? The questions reflect a
range of factors including conservation need(s), experience(s) of
neighbors, financial benefits or costs, producer's time and effort,
availability of technical and financial assistance, regulation or
conservation compliance, and concern about the environmental quality.
The United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources
Conservation Service has entered into an interagency agreement with
NASS to conduct this survey.
Description of Respondents: The 2022 survey will target operations
who own or operate cropland as well as confined livestock feeding
operations. Operators who have grazing land or forestry land will be
done at a later date.
Number of Respondents: 35,200.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 35,614.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-24375 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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