Notice of Intent To Reinstate and Revise a Previously Approved Information Collection, 59770-59772 [2022-21343]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
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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
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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
November 2, 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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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Agricultural Resource
Management and Chemical Use
Surveys—Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0218.
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 (NASS) is requesting a
substantive change to the ARMS and
Chemical Use Survey information
collection request (OMB No. 0535–0218)
for the 2022 ARMS Phase 3 Surveys.
The change is needed to accommodate
the addition of the 2022 ARMS Phase 3
questionnaires. There will be two
versions of the ARMS Phase 3
questionnaires: The Cost and Returns
Report and Wheat Production Practice
and Cost Report.
In January, 2023, NASS will be
conducting the 2022 Census of
Agriculture (0535–0226) which has a
mandatory reporting requirement. In
addition, NASS will be conducting the
2022 Agricultural Resource
Management Survey (ARMS) Phase 3
which has a voluntary reporting
requirement. Both of these surveys
collect whole farm data for the calendar
year of 2022. The entire ARMS 3 sample
is included in the Census of Agriculture
population. Both versions will contain
the questions from the Census of
Agriculture questionnaire with the
unique questions asked by the ARMS 3
questionnaires.
This change will not change the
approved burden, which includes
additional Phase 3 samples in order to
collect data from additional historically
underserved producer groups.
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Collecting more data from these groups
will support President Biden’s and
USDA’s priority to advance racial
justice, equity, and opportunity by
providing more detailed data and
research on the socioeconomic
characteristics of farmers and ranchers
in the United States to ensure all USDA
policies and decisions are inclusive of
all people the Department serves. In
order to meet these objectives, it is
essential to modify the sampling
methodology for the ARMS to gather
additional information from historically
underserved groups. This effort will
ensure USDA is able to provide data
about the financial well-being and other
characteristics for historically
underserved groups.
Need and Use of the Information:
These changes will allow useful and
relevant economic and wheat enterprise
data to be collected.
Description of Respondents: Farms
and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 105,850.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Less than five times per year.
Total Burden Hours: 109,277.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Reinstate and
Revise a Previously Approved
Information Collection
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations this notice
announces the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) intention
to reinstate and revise a previously
approved information collection,
entitled Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program Survey. This
information collection replaces an
expired information collection, entitled
SUMMARY:
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Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) Program.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by December 2, 2022
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments received
will be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Martin, 202–445–5388,
Robert.martin3@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0524–0049.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
7/31/2019.
Type of Request: Notice of intent to
reinstate and revise a previously
approved information collection. The
total annual burden for this collection
has been reduced from approximately
2500 hours to 121 hours.
NIFA is requesting approval to
reinstate a previously approved, but
expired, information collection.
NIFA is also proposing to update the
collection by reducing the number of
questions, in order to eliminate
redundant or repetitive questions and
reduce the burden on respondents.
NIFA is also proposing to update the
wording of certain questions to improve
clarity, and also adding additional
qualitative questions in order to
improve the quality and usefulness of
the data collected.
Abstract: The Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) program at
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) makes competitively awarded
grants to qualified small businesses to
support high quality, advanced concepts
research related to important scientific
problems and opportunities in
agriculture that could lead to significant
public benefit if successful.
The USDA SBIR Program Office
proposes to contact Phase II awardees to
determine their success in achieving
commercial application of a market
ready technology that was funded under
the USDA SBIR Program. The survey
would collect information from Phase II
companies that received funding during
the years of 2016–2019.
Data from the survey will be used to
provide information that currently does
not exist. The data will be used
internally by the USDA SBIR Office to
identify past and current activities of
Phase II grantees in the areas of
technology development,
commercialization success, product
development or services, and factors
that may have prevented the technology
from entering into the market place.
Depending on the results of the survey,
information from the survey will be
used to highlight commercialization
successes within the small business
community; improve and refine
program interactions with, and
responsiveness to, the small business
community; potentially refocus the
strategies that are used to accomplish
SBIR objectives for commercialization;
and identify areas in need of
improvement and enhancement. This
survey will not be used to formulate or
change policies. Rather, it will be used
to enable the USDA SBIR Office to be
responsive to its constituents and
document successes within the USDA
SBIR Program.
The objectives of the SBIR Program
are to: Stimulate technological
innovations in the private sector;
strengthen the role of small businesses
in meeting Federal research and
development needs; increase private
sector commercialization of innovations
derived from USDA-supported research
and development efforts; and foster and
encourage participation by womenowned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business firms in
technological innovations.
The USDA SBIR program is carried
out in three separate phases:
1. Phase I awards to determine,
insofar as possible, the scientific and
technical merit and feasibility of ideas
that appear to have commercial
potential.
2. Phase II awards to further develop
work from Phase I that meets particular
program needs and exhibits potential for
commercial application.
3. Phase III awards where commercial
applications of SBIR-funded Research/
Research and Development (R/R&D) are
funded by non-Federal sources of
capital; or where products, services or
further research intended for use by the
Federal Government are funded by
follow-on non-SBIR Federal Funding
Agreements. The USDA SBIR Program is
administered by NIFA of the USDA.
NIFA exercises overall oversight for the
policies and procedures governing SBIR
grants awarded to the U.S. small
business community, representing
approximately 3.2% of the USDA
extramural R/R&D budget. This
represents approximately $72,886,724
in Phase II grants awarded to the U.S.
small business community from 2016–
2019.
Plan
A total of 121 USDA SBIR Phase II
grants were awarded to small businesses
between 2016–2019, and the USDA
SBIR Program plans to contact past
Phase II awardees to determine their
success in achieving commercial
application of a market ready
technology under Phase III.
The survey will be administered
through a USDA led contract where a
contractor will perform an initial webbased survey administered through a
secure internet link with SBIR Phase II
grantees. The web-based survey will
consist of a series of questions that
relate to the commercial status of the
technology developed with USDA SBIR
Phase II funding as well as general
questions regarding the USDA SBIR
Program. The USDA SBIR Program
office will coordinate the initial contact
with the Phase II companies in an effort
to introduce the scope of the survey,
provide straightforward instructions and
facilitate the survey work that the
contractor will initiate and complete.
Phase II companies that do not respond
within two weeks to the initial contact
from the USDA SBIR Program Office
will be sent a second request by email
or by phone to respond.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA estimates
that the survey will be sent to 121
respondents, and that it will take
respondents approximately one hour to
complete the survey. The total annual
burden for the SBIR Program collection
is 121 hours.
Types of respondents
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average time
per response
(hours)
Annual burden
hours
requested
USDA SBIR Phase II Grantees .......................................................................
121
1
1
121
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
to OMB for approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information
Collection: A copy of the information
collection and related instructions may
be obtained free of charge by contacting
Robert Martin as directed above.
Done at Washington, DC, this day of
September 9, 2022.
Dionne Toombs,
Acting Director, National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
[Docket No.: RHS–22–SFH–0021]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: American Rescue Plan Act,
2021 (ARPA)—7 CFR Part 3550, Direct
Single Family Housing Sections 502
and 504 Loan Programs; OMB Control
No.: 0575–NEW
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Housing Service
announces its intention to request
approval of a new information
collection and invites comments on this
information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 2, 2022 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted electronically by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and in the ‘‘Search
for Rules, Proposed Rules, Notices or
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Supporting Documents’’ box, enter the
following docket number: (RHS–22–
SFH–0021). To submit or view public
comments, click ‘‘Search’’ button, select
the ‘‘Documents’’ tab, then select the
following document title: (American
Rescue Plan Act, 2021 (ARPA)—7 CFR
PART 3550, Direct Single Family
Housing Sections 502 and 504 Loan
Programs) from the ‘‘Search Results’’
and select the ‘‘Comment’’ button.
Before submitting your comments, you
may also review the ‘‘Commenter’s
Checklist’’ (optional). Insert your
comments under the ‘‘Comment’’ title,
click ‘‘Browse’’ to attach files (if
available). Input your email address and
select ‘‘Submit Comment.’’ Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the
docket after the close of the comment
period, is available through the site’s
‘‘FAQ’’ link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
MaryPat Daskal, Chief, Branch 1, Rural
Development Innovation Center—
Regulations Management Division,
United States Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, South Building, Washington, DC
20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 720–
7853. Email MaryPat.Daskla@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies the
following information collection that
the Rural Housing Service is submitting
to OMB as a new information collection.
Title: American Rescue Plan Act, 2021
(ARPA)—7 CFR PART 3550, ‘‘Direct
Single Family Housing Sections 502 and
504 Loan Programs’’.
OMB Control Number: 0575–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: N/A.
Type of Request: Regular approval of
a new information collection.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
for this collection of information is
estimated to average .20 hours per
response.
Respondents: Not-for-profit
institutions and other businesses;
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,420.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,602 hours.
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Abstract: The Rural Housing Service,
through its Direct Single Family
Housing Section 502 and 504 loan
programs, provide eligible applicants
with financial assistance to own
adequate but modest homes in rural
areas. Title 7 CFR part 3550 sets forth
the programs’ policies and the
programs’ procedures can be found in
its accompanying handbooks
(Handbook-1–3550 and Handbook-2–
3550). To originate and service direct
loans and grants that comply with the
programs’ statute, policies, and
procedures, RHS must collect
information from low- and very lowincome applicants, third parties
associated with or working on behalf of
the applicants, borrowers, and third
parties associated with or working on
behalf of the borrowers.
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act
of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–2; sec. 3207, H.R.
1319) appropriated additional funds for
the Single Family Housing (SFH)
Section 502 and 504 Direct Loan
Program borrowers. The stated purpose
of the American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) of 2021 is to provide
‘‘additional relief to address the
continued impact of COVID–19 on the
economy, public health, state and local
governments, individuals, and
businesses.’’ The Agency’s objective
under the ARPA is to refinance the
existing section 502 direct and section
504 borrowers who have been granted
and received a COVID–19 payment
moratorium. Refinancing these loans
with a lower interest rate and extended
terms will help provide needed relief to
low- and very-low-income borrowers, so
that mortgage payments are more
affordable post-moratorium.
Information needed for origination
purposes is largely collected by RD field
staff from applicants and third parties
associated with or working on behalf of
the applicants. Information needed for
servicing purposes is largely collected
by the Servicing and Asset Management
Office (Servicing Center) from borrowers
and third parties associated with or
working on behalf of the borrowers. The
party collecting the information
provides the respondent with the
needed form(s) and/or non-form(s) along
with submission instructions. The
information collected is used to:
• Determine if the applicable
eligibility and/or action standards are
met.
Æ If they are, the appropriate
processing steps are taken.
Æ If they are not and the decision is
adverse to the applicant/borrower, the
respondent is notified of their rights.
• Ensure that any payments (i.e., the
extended financing and payment
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Reinstate and Revise a Previously Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations this notice announces
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) intention to
reinstate and revise a previously approved information collection,
entitled Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Survey. This
information collection replaces an expired information collection,
entitled
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by December 2,
2022 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Martin, 202-445-5388,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Program Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0524-0049.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: 7/31/2019.
Type of Request: Notice of intent to reinstate and revise a
previously approved information collection. The total annual burden for
this collection has been reduced from approximately 2500 hours to 121
hours.
NIFA is requesting approval to reinstate a previously approved, but
expired, information collection.
NIFA is also proposing to update the collection by reducing the
number of questions, in order to eliminate redundant or repetitive
questions and reduce the burden on respondents. NIFA is also proposing
to update the wording of certain questions to improve clarity, and also
adding additional qualitative questions in order to improve the quality
and usefulness of the data collected.
Abstract: The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program at
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes competitively
awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality,
advanced concepts research related to important scientific problems and
opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public
benefit if successful.
The USDA SBIR Program Office proposes to contact Phase II awardees
to determine their success in achieving commercial application of a
market ready technology that was funded under the USDA SBIR Program.
The survey would collect information from Phase II companies that
received funding during the years of 2016-2019.
Data from the survey will be used to provide information that
currently does not exist. The data will be used internally by the USDA
SBIR Office to identify past and current activities of Phase II
grantees in the areas of technology development, commercialization
success, product development or services, and factors that may have
prevented the technology from entering into the market place. Depending
on the results of the survey, information from the survey will be used
to highlight commercialization successes within the small business
community; improve and refine program interactions with, and
responsiveness to, the small business community; potentially refocus
the strategies that are used to accomplish SBIR objectives for
commercialization; and identify areas in need of improvement and
enhancement. This survey will not be used to formulate or change
policies. Rather, it will be used to enable the USDA SBIR Office to be
responsive to its constituents and document successes within the USDA
SBIR Program.
The objectives of the SBIR Program are to: Stimulate technological
innovations in the private sector; strengthen the role of small
businesses in meeting Federal research and development needs; increase
private sector commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-
supported research and development efforts; and foster and encourage
participation by women-owned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business firms in technological innovations.
The USDA SBIR program is carried out in three separate phases:
1. Phase I awards to determine, insofar as possible, the scientific
and technical merit and feasibility of ideas that appear to have
commercial potential.
2. Phase II awards to further develop work from Phase I that meets
particular program needs and exhibits potential for commercial
application.
3. Phase III awards where commercial applications of SBIR-funded
Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) are funded by non-Federal
sources of capital; or where products, services or further research
intended for use by the Federal Government are funded by follow-on non-
SBIR Federal Funding Agreements. The USDA SBIR Program is administered
by NIFA of the USDA. NIFA exercises overall oversight for the policies
and procedures governing SBIR grants awarded to the U.S. small business
community, representing approximately 3.2% of the USDA extramural R/R&D
budget. This represents approximately $72,886,724 in Phase II grants
awarded to the U.S. small business community from 2016-2019.
Plan
A total of 121 USDA SBIR Phase II grants were awarded to small
businesses between 2016-2019, and the USDA SBIR Program plans to
contact past Phase II awardees to determine their success in achieving
commercial application of a market ready technology under Phase III.
The survey will be administered through a USDA led contract where a
contractor will perform an initial web-based survey administered
through a secure internet link with SBIR Phase II grantees. The web-
based survey will consist of a series of questions that relate to the
commercial status of the technology developed with USDA SBIR Phase II
funding as well as general questions regarding the USDA SBIR Program.
The USDA SBIR Program office will coordinate the initial contact with
the Phase II companies in an effort to introduce the scope of the
survey, provide straightforward instructions and facilitate the survey
work that the contractor will initiate and complete. Phase II companies
that do not respond within two weeks to the initial contact from the
USDA SBIR Program Office will be sent a second request by email or by
phone to respond.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA estimates that the survey will be sent to
121 respondents, and that it will take respondents approximately one
hour to complete the survey. The total annual burden for the SBIR
Program collection is 121 hours.
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Average time
Types of respondents Number of Frequency of per response Annual burden
respondents response (hours) hours requested
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USDA SBIR Phase II Grantees................. 121 1 1 121
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Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request to OMB for approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information Collection: A copy of the
information collection and related instructions may be obtained free of
charge by contacting Robert Martin as directed above.
Done at Washington, DC, this day of September 9, 2022.
Dionne Toombs,
Acting Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2022-21343 Filed 9-30-22; 8:45 am]
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