Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 17976 [2022-06499]

Download as PDF 17976 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2022 / Notices Total Burden Hours: 1,025. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agricultural Marketing Service Title: Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS). OMB Control Number: 0581–0329. Summary of Collection: The information collection requirements in this request are needed for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to administer a block grant program, entitled the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety (SPRS) Block Grants Program, under its Transportation and Marketing Program’s Grants Division and in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) (2 CFR part 200). SPRS is authorized and funded by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 in response to the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers in seafood processing facilities and processing vessels. SPRS is a noncompetitive block grant program that supports seafood processors and processing vessels (as defined in section 3.2) in improving workplace safety measures, market pivots, retrofitting facilities, transportation, worker housing, and medical costs associated with disruptions from COVID–19. Costs associated with these activities continue to accrue for the seafood processing sector. These funds will help address past and present protective measures to keep the seafood processing sector stable and safe from disruptions from COVID–19. Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is needed to certify that grant participants are complying with terms and conditions of the agreement, including the requirements outlined in the Uniform Guidance, and the data collected is the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the program requirements, support program integrity, and ensure eligible applicants can access the program. The information collection requirements in this request are essential to carry out the intent of section 751 of the CAA, to provide the respondents the type of service they request, and for AMS to administer this program. Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 25. Frequency of Responses: On occassion: Annually. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:01 Mar 28, 2022 Jkt 256001 Levi S. Harrell, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–06565 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request March 23, 2022. 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 April 28, 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. National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Title: Feral Swine Survey— Substantive Change. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 OMB Control Number: 0535–0256. Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which specifies that ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . . . by the collection of statistics . . .’’. The primary objective of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over time. The National Agricultural Statistics Service is seeking approval to change a survey that will collect data related to the number of feral swine in the US and the amount and type of damages caused by them. In the previous collection that was conducted in 2021 the primary focus was on the amount of damage that was caused to selected livestock in the target states. The focus for the 2022 survey will involve 11 states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas), to measure the damage to corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, peanuts, and sorghum crops that is associated with the presence of feral swine. These States were chosen because they had high feral swine densities and a significant presence of the target crops. The revised questionnaire can be viewed in the Reginfo system mentioned above. The changes to these surveys will decrease burden hours by 3,216 for a new total of 6,435 hours for this information collection request. Need and Use of the Information: These changes will allow for data to be analyzed and published on the amount and type of damages to selected crops caused by feral swine. Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches. Number of Respondents: 12,000. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once. Total Burden Hours: 6,435. Levi Harrell, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–06499 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–20–P E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 17976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06499]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 23, 2022.
    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 April 28, 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.

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

    Title: Feral Swine Survey--Substantive Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0256.
    Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection 
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which 
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and 
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . . 
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data 
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic 
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related 
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of 
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over 
time.
    The National Agricultural Statistics Service is seeking approval to 
change a survey that will collect data related to the number of feral 
swine in the US and the amount and type of damages caused by them. In 
the previous collection that was conducted in 2021 the primary focus 
was on the amount of damage that was caused to selected livestock in 
the target states.
    The focus for the 2022 survey will involve 11 states (Alabama, 
Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas), to measure the 
damage to corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, peanuts, and sorghum crops that 
is associated with the presence of feral swine. These States were 
chosen because they had high feral swine densities and a significant 
presence of the target crops. The revised questionnaire can be viewed 
in the Reginfo system mentioned above.
    The changes to these surveys will decrease burden hours by 3,216 
for a new total of 6,435 hours for this information collection request.
    Need and Use of the Information: These changes will allow for data 
to be analyzed and published on the amount and type of damages to 
selected crops caused by feral swine.
    Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,435.

Levi Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06499 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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