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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. USDA–2022–0021]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Office of Safety, Security and
Protection, Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Office of Safety,
Security and Protection’s (OSSP)
intention to request an extension for and
revision to a currently approved
information collection for US
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Request for USDA Identification (ID)
Badge, the USDA Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD–12)
program. HSPD–12 establishes a
mandatory, Government-wide standard
for secure and reliable forms of
identification (credentials) issued by the
Federal Government to its Federal
Employees, Non-Federal employees,
and contractors. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
mandated that these credentials be
issued to all Federal Government
employees, contractors, and other
applicable individuals who require
long-term access to federally controlled
facilities and/or information systems.
The HSPD–12 compliant program is
jointly owned and administered by the
Office of the Chief Information Officer
(OCIO) and OSSP.
ADDRESSES: Office of Safety, Security
and Protection invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
notice. Comments may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
website provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this web page or
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attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Office of Safety, Security
and Protection, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW, Room 1434, Washington, DC
20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered
submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Room 1434,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name, docket number, and
Office of Safety, Security and
Protection. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the Office of Safety, Security and
Protection, 1400 Independence Ave.
SW, Room 1434, Washington, DC
20250–3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00
p.m., Monday through Friday.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 10, 2023 to be assured
of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Sam Willis, Director, Facility
Protection Division, Office of Safety,
Security and Protection U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Room 1434,
Washington, DC 20250, 202–378–5830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for USDA Identification
(ID) Badge.
OMB Number: 0505–0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2023.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The AD–1197 was initially
created to support the HSPD–12
information collection as required for
establishing the applicant’s identity for
PIV credential issuance. The
information requested must be provided
by Federal employees, contractors and
other applicable individuals when
applying for a USDA credential
(identification card). This information
collection is necessary to comply with
the requirements outlined in Homeland
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Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)
12, and Federal Information Processing
Standard (FIPS) 201–3. USDA must
implement an identity proofing,
registration, and issuance process
consistent with the requirements
outlined in FIPS 201–3. This
information collection form was
required as part of USDA’s identity
proofing and registration process. After
10/27/06, form AD 1197 was eliminated
from the HSPD–12 process with the
USDA’s participation in the in the GSA
USAccess program, however the form
continues to be utilized for the
information collection and processing of
USDA Site Badges (non-PIV). As USDA
continues the HSPD–12 program, one
estimate of burden has been calculated
and one process description has been
included.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.5 hours. The
Burden is estimated based on the three
prerequisites for ID issuance as well as
the receipt of the ID Credential itself.
Respondents: New long-term
contractors, affiliates, and employees
must undergo the information collection
process. Existing contractors/
employees/affiliates must undergo the
process to receive a Credential.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 12,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Each respondent should
complete one response.
Estimated Total One-Time Burden on
Respondents: 18,000 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Sam Willis.
All comments received will be available
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for public inspection during regular
business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Chad Carroll,
Chief Security Director, Office of Safety,
Security, and Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)—Waiver
Requests To Offer Incentives to SNAP
Recipients at SNAP Authorized Stores
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is an existing collection in use
without an OMB Control Number in
which we are seeking approval to
establish a process for requesting a
waiver from the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) to offer SNAP recipients
incentives at SNAP authorized retailer
locations that encourage them to
purchase healthier foods. This
collection burden only affects SNAP
retailers as well as private organizations
or governmental entities who partner
with SNAP retailers. There are no data
collection activities for SNAP
households in this request.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, invites interested
persons to submit written comments on
this information collection. Comments
may be submitted in writing by one of
the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Comments should be
addressed to Marga Ortiz, Chief, Retailer
Policy Branch, Retailer Policy Division,
1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314.
All responses to this notice
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Marga Ortiz at
703–305–2546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were
used; (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 use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: SNAP Retailer Incentive Waiver
Request.
Form Number: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: Existing collection in
use without an OMB Control Number.
Abstract: SNAP equal treatment
provisions at 7 CFR 278.2(b) and 7 CFR
274.7(f) require that SNAP recipients
receive treatment equal to that received
by other customers at all stores
authorized to participate in SNAP with
the exception that sales tax may not be
charged on eligible foods purchased
with SNAP benefits. This equal
treatment provision prohibits both
negative treatment (such as
discriminatory practices) as well as
preferential treatment (such as incentive
programs). Pursuant to Section 4008 of
the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018, Public Law 115–334 (2018 Farm
Bill), individual SNAP authorized
retailers (or private organizations or
governmental entities, which partner
with authorized stores) may request that
FNS waive the SNAP equal treatment
provisions in order to be allowed to
implement an incentive program the
meets the requirements under 7 U.S.C.
2018(j) to encourage SNAP recipients to
purchase healthier foods. Most SNAP
authorized stores that offer incentives to
SNAP recipients are either farmers’
markets or part of a federally-funded
grant program that is authorized by
statute, including the Gus Schumacher
Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP)
administered by the USDA’s National
Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA), and the Healthy Fluid Milk
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Incentive (HFMI) project administered
by the Food and Nutrition Service.
Farmer’s markets are also already
authorized to provide incentives to
SNAP recipients under a blanket FNS
waiver of the SNAP equal treatment
provision, specifically for farmers’
markets. Only incentive projects that are
funded outside of a Federal grant, other
than projects funded by farmers’
markets, are required to have a waiver
from FNS to provide incentives to SNAP
households at authorized SNAP retailer
locations. FNS provided incentive
waivers to SNAP retailers prior to
passage of the 2018 Farm Bill under
FNS’ regular waiver process and has
been providing the waivers under a
streamlined approach since 2020. Over
the past 3 years, FNS has received an
average of nine incentive waiver
requests that generally cover multiple
retailer locations, and we expect those
numbers to increase over the next 5
years. With this new streamlined
process, the Department estimates that
out of 254,350 authorized retailers that
participate in our program,
approximately 730 different retailers
would be covered under 15 different
incentive waiver requests annually. In
general, the waivers are granted for
three years.
The process for requesting a waiver
involves utilizing a form on FNS’
website that is directly fillable online
and automatically sent to FNS through
the website. The information a retailer
must submit includes:
1. Requestor Information;
2. Dates of Operation;
3. Retailer location(s), including the
FNS number, name, and address of each
participating retailer;
4. Foods being incentivized;
5. Description of the incentive model;
and
6. The goal of the incentive program.
The Department has identified and
outlined the activity and the estimated
burden hours associated with
submitting a SNAP Retailer Incentive
Waiver Request.
SNAP Retailer Incentive Waiver
Request
Affected Public: (a) Business or other
for-profit, (b) Not-for-profit institution,
and (c) State, local or Tribal
Government. Respondent groups
identified include: Up to a total of four
SNAP authorized stores, five not-forprofit institutions, and six State, local or
Tribal governments, which are neither
farmers’ markets nor operating an
incentive program under a Federal
grant.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. USDA-2022-0021]
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of Safety, Security and Protection, Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Office of Safety, Security and Protection's (OSSP)
intention to request an extension for and revision to a currently
approved information collection for US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Request for USDA Identification (ID) Badge, the USDA Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) program. HSPD-12 establishes a
mandatory, Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of
identification (credentials) issued by the Federal Government to its
Federal Employees, Non-Federal employees, and contractors. The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) mandated that these credentials be
issued to all Federal Government employees, contractors, and other
applicable individuals who require long-term access to federally
controlled facilities and/or information systems. The HSPD-12 compliant
program is jointly owned and administered by the Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO) and OSSP.
ADDRESSES: Office of Safety, Security and Protection invites interested
persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field on this
web page or attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
Mail, including CD-ROMs, etc.: Send to Docket Clerk, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Office of Safety, Security and Protection,
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Room 1434, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Hand- or courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Room 1434, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must
include the Agency name, docket number, and Office of Safety, Security
and Protection. Comments received in response to this docket will be
made available for public inspection and posted without change,
including any personal information, to https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go
to the Office of Safety, Security and Protection, 1400 Independence
Ave. SW, Room 1434, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 10, 2023 to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sam Willis, Director, Facility
Protection Division, Office of Safety, Security and Protection U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Room 1434,
Washington, DC 20250, 202-378-5830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for USDA Identification (ID) Badge.
OMB Number: 0505-0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2023.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The AD-1197 was initially created to support the HSPD-12
information collection as required for establishing the applicant's
identity for PIV credential issuance. The information requested must be
provided by Federal employees, contractors and other applicable
individuals when applying for a USDA credential (identification card).
This information collection is necessary to comply with the
requirements outlined in Homeland Security Presidential Directive
(HSPD) 12, and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-3.
USDA must implement an identity proofing, registration, and issuance
process consistent with the requirements outlined in FIPS 201-3. This
information collection form was required as part of USDA's identity
proofing and registration process. After 10/27/06, form AD 1197 was
eliminated from the HSPD-12 process with the USDA's participation in
the in the GSA USAccess program, however the form continues to be
utilized for the information collection and processing of USDA Site
Badges (non-PIV). As USDA continues the HSPD-12 program, one estimate
of burden has been calculated and one process description has been
included.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.5 hours. The Burden is estimated
based on the three prerequisites for ID issuance as well as the receipt
of the ID Credential itself.
Respondents: New long-term contractors, affiliates, and employees
must undergo the information collection process. Existing contractors/
employees/affiliates must undergo the process to receive a Credential.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 12,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Each respondent
should complete one response.
Estimated Total One-Time Burden on Respondents: 18,000 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Sam Willis. All
comments received will be available
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for public inspection during regular business hours at the same
address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Chad Carroll,
Chief Security Director, Office of Safety, Security, and Protection.
[FR Doc. 2023-02659 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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