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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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December 9, 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 January 13, 2022.
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
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persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Other (when forms are
requested).
Total Burden Hours: 1,027.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Reporting Requirements Under
Regulations Governing Inspection and
Grading Services of Manufactured or
Processed Dairy Products and the
Certification of Sanitary Design &
Fabrication of Equipment used in the
Slaughter, Processing, and Packaging of
Livestock and Poultry Products.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0126.
Summary of Collection: The
Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), directs the
Department to develop programs which
will provide for and facilitate the
marketing of agricultural products. The
regulations governing the voluntary
inspection and grading program for
dairy products is contained in 7 CFR
part 58. The certification regulations for
livestock and poultry products are
contained in 7 CFR part 54. The
Government, industry and consumer
will be well served if the Government
can help ensure that dairy products are
produced under sanitary conditions and
that buyers have the choice of
purchasing the quality of the product
they desire. The dairy grading program
is a voluntary user fee program. For a
voluntary inspection program to
perform satisfactorily with a minimum
of confusion, information must be
collected to determine what services are
requested.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information requested is used to
identify products offered for grading; to
identify a request from a manufacturer
of equipment used in dairy, meat, or
poultry industries for evaluation
regarding sanitary design and
construction; to identify and contact the
party responsible for payment of the
inspection, grading or equipment
evaluation fee and expense; and to
identify applicants who wish to be
authorized for the display of official
identification on product packaging,
materials, equipment, utensils, or on
descriptive promotional materials. The
Agriculture Marketing service will use
several forms to collect essential
information to carry out and administer
the inspection and grading program.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 307.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Pandemic Response and Safety
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0326.
Summary of Collection: 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). Information
collection requirements in this request
are needed for AMS to administer a new
competitive grant program, in
accordance with 2 CFR part 200,
entitled the Pandemic Response and
Safety (PRS).
PRS is authorized pursuant to the
authority of section 751 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(CAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) in response to
the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic and
worker protections in food processing,
distribution, farmers markets, and
agricultural production. The AMS
Grants Division requests to collect
information for this new grant program
from individuals, small businesses, and
nonprofit organizations working in food
processing, distribution, farmers
markets, and agricultural production.
Need and Use of the Information:
Because this is a voluntary program,
respondents request or apply for this
specific competitive grant, and in doing
so, they provide information.
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 program requirements.
Information collection requirements in
this request are essential to carry out the
intent of section 751 of the CAA, to
provide respondents the type of service
they request, and to administer the
program.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 14, 2021 / Notices
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. All comments
received, including those received by
mail, will be posted without change and
publicly available on https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly Graham; telephone: (202) 720–
6825; email: Kimberly.Graham@
usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for
communication should contact the
USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600
(voice) or 844–433–2774 (toll-free
nationwide).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Respondents: Grant
applicants; or grant recipients.
Number of Respondents: 800,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Other (when forms are
requested).
Total Burden Hours: 916,660.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
[Docket ID FSA–2021–0012]
Notice of Funds Availability; Spot
Market Hog Pandemic Program
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notification of funding
availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is issuing this notice announcing
the availability of $50 million for the
new Spot Market Hog Pandemic
Program (SMHPP) to provide assistance
to producers that sold hogs through a
negotiated sale from April 16, 2020,
through September 1, 2020, the period
in which these producers faced the
greatest reduction in market prices due
to the COVID–19 pandemic. The
eligibility requirements, payment
calculation, and application procedure
for SMHPP are included in this notice.
DATES:
Funding availability: Implementation
will begin December 14, 2021.
Comment Date: We will consider
comments on the Paperwork Reduction
Act that we receive by: February 14,
2022.
SUMMARY:
We invite you to submit
comments on the information collection
request. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods, although
FSA prefers that you submit comments
electronically through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID FSA–2021–0012. Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail, Hand-Delivery, or Courier:
Director, Safety Net Division, FSA,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Stop 0510, Washington, DC 20250–
0522. In your comment, specify the
docket ID FSA–2021–0012.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
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Background
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L.
116–136) provides funding to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to the COVID–
19 pandemic by providing support for
agricultural producers who were
impacted. The Secretary announced the
USDA Pandemic Assistance for
Producers initiative on March 24, 2021.
As a part of that initiative, FSA is
implementing SMHPP, as directed by
the Secretary, to make payments to
producers that sold hogs through a
negotiated sale from April 16, 2020,
through September 1, 2020, the period
in which these producers faced the
greatest reduction in market prices due
to the COVID–19 pandemic.
FSA and USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) have
identified negotiated hogs as a sector of
the agricultural industry significantly
impacted by the pandemic that had not
been adequately addressed by previous
pandemic relief programs and
experienced the greatest market price
impacts out of all hog purchase types.
Using a price analysis of the average
daily national negotiated sales during
the pandemic compared to the daily 5year average for years 2015 through
2019. FSA and AMS determined April
16, 2020, through September 1, 2020, to
be the period with the greatest market
impacts on hogs sold through a
negotiated sale due to the pandemic.
The reduced market prices were a result
of fewer negotiated hogs being procured,
packer production decreases due to
employee illness, and supply chain
issues. This period also generally aligns
with the Coronavirus Food Assistance
Program (CFAP) 2 eligibility period for
swine, which ran from April 16, 2020,
through August 31, 2020.
Direct payments will be limited to hog
producers located in the United States.
This assistance will be available to hog
producers through SMHPP as provided
in this notice.
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FSA is administering SMHPP under
the general supervision and direction of
the FSA Administrator and AMS. AMS
is providing technical assistance to FSA,
which includes, but is not limited to,
sharing expertise on the hog industry
regarding the impact of the COVID–19
pandemic on the industry.
Definitions
The definitions in 7 CFR parts 718
and 1400 apply to SMHPP, except as
otherwise provided in this document.
The following definitions also apply.
Barrow means a neutered male swine,
with the neutering performed before the
swine reached sexual maturity.
Boar means a sexually intact male
swine.
Breeding stock means sows and boars.
Contract grower means a person or
legal entity who grows or produces
eligible livestock under contract for or
on behalf of another person or entity.
The contract grower’s income is
dependent upon the successful
production of livestock or offspring
from livestock. The contract grower
does not have ownership in the
livestock and is not entitled to a share
from sales proceeds of the livestock.
Gilt means a young female swine that
has not produced a litter.
Hogs means barrows and gilts
(excluding breeding stock).
Negotiated sale means a sale by a
producer of hogs to a packer under
which the base price for the hogs is
determined by seller-buyer interaction
and agreement on a delivery day. The
hog industry also refers to a negotiated
sale as a cash or spot market sale. The
hogs are scheduled for delivery to the
packer not more than 14 days after the
date on which the hogs are committed
to the packer. A negotiated formula sale
is also considered a negotiated sale.
Negotiated formula sale means a hog
or pork market formula sale under
which:
(1) The formula is determined by
negotiation on a lot-by-lot basis; and
(2) The hogs are scheduled for
delivery to the packer not later than 14
days after the date on which the formula
is negotiated and the hogs are
committed to the packer.
Ownership interest means to have
either a legal ownership interest or a
beneficial ownership interest in a legal
entity. For the purposes of
administering SMHPP, a person or legal
entity that owns a share or stock in a
legal entity that is a corporation, limited
liability company, limited partnership,
or similar type entity where members
hold a legal ownership interest, and
shares in the profits or losses of such
entity is considered to have an
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 9, 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 January 13, 2022.
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: Reporting Requirements Under Regulations Governing
Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy
Products and the Certification of Sanitary Design & Fabrication of
Equipment used in the Slaughter, Processing, and Packaging of Livestock
and Poultry Products.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0126.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), directs the Department to develop programs which
will provide for and facilitate the marketing of agricultural products.
The regulations governing the voluntary inspection and grading program
for dairy products is contained in 7 CFR part 58. The certification
regulations for livestock and poultry products are contained in 7 CFR
part 54. The Government, industry and consumer will be well served if
the Government can help ensure that dairy products are produced under
sanitary conditions and that buyers have the choice of purchasing the
quality of the product they desire. The dairy grading program is a
voluntary user fee program. For a voluntary inspection program to
perform satisfactorily with a minimum of confusion, information must be
collected to determine what services are requested.
Need and Use of the Information: The information requested is used
to identify products offered for grading; to identify a request from a
manufacturer of equipment used in dairy, meat, or poultry industries
for evaluation regarding sanitary design and construction; to identify
and contact the party responsible for payment of the inspection,
grading or equipment evaluation fee and expense; and to identify
applicants who wish to be authorized for the display of official
identification on product packaging, materials, equipment, utensils, or
on descriptive promotional materials. The Agriculture Marketing service
will use several forms to collect essential information to carry out
and administer the inspection and grading program.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 307.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (when forms
are requested).
Total Burden Hours: 1,027.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Pandemic Response and Safety Program.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0326.
Summary of Collection: 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). Information
collection requirements in this request are needed for AMS to
administer a new competitive grant program, in accordance with 2 CFR
part 200, entitled the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS).
PRS is authorized pursuant to the authority of section 751 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) (Pub. L. 116-260) in
response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and worker protections in
food processing, distribution, farmers markets, and agricultural
production. The AMS Grants Division requests to collect information for
this new grant program from individuals, small businesses, and
nonprofit organizations working in food processing, distribution,
farmers markets, and agricultural production.
Need and Use of the Information: Because this is a voluntary
program, respondents request or apply for this specific competitive
grant, and in doing so, they provide information. 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 program requirements. Information collection requirements in
this request are essential to carry out the intent of section 751 of
the CAA, to provide respondents the type of service they request, and
to administer the program.
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Description of Respondents: Grant applicants; or grant recipients.
Number of Respondents: 800,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (when forms
are requested).
Total Burden Hours: 916,660.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27016 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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