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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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 November 24,
2023 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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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Public Health Information
System.
OMB Control Number: 0583–0153.
Summary of Collection: FSIS has been
delegated the authority to exercise the
functions of the Secretary (7 CFR 2.18
and 2.53), as specified in the Federal
Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C.
601, et seq.), the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et
seq.), and the Egg Products Inspection
Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031, et seq.).
These statutes mandate that FSIS
protect the public by verifying that
meat, poultry, and egg products are safe,
wholesome, and properly labeled.
Need and Use of the Information:
FSIS uses a Web-based system that
improves FSIS inspection operations
and facilitates industry members’
applications for inspection, export, and
import of meat, poultry, and egg
products. Industry members use FSIS
forms in PHIS. Industry is able to
submit some of these forms through a
series of screens in PHIS; other forms
are available in PHIS only as electronic
forms. To not collect the information
would inhibit the ability of FSIS to
ensure that meat, poultry, and egg
products are safe, wholesome, and
properly labeled.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 6,294.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 116,074.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to Office of
Management and Budget (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
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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; 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 November 24,
2023 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
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Empowering Rural America
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0158.
Summary of Collection: The
Empowering Rural America (New ERA)
Program provides financial assistance to
Eligible Entities, as described in Section
C, to achieve the greatest reductions in
GHG emissions through the
cooperatives’ voluntary transformation
of rural electric systems in a way that
promotes resiliency and reliability of
rural electric systems and affordability
for their members.
With the Inflation Reduction Act, the
Biden-Harris Administration and the
United States Congress are making the
greatest investment in rural
electrification since the New Deal. The
Biden-Harris Administration
understands the transformative nature
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and special qualities provided by this
appropriation. Energy produced will be
clean, affordable, reliable, and owned by
the people who live in rural America.
As a result, this legislation and the
funding opportunity here allows for a
New ERA in rural communities.
Need and Use of the Information:
Eligible applicants under the New ERA
Program are electric cooperatives as
described in section 501(c)(12) or
1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 and is or has been a RUS
(formerly the Rural Electrification
Administration) electric loan borrower
pursuant to the RE Act or is serving a
predominantly rural area (or a wholly or
jointly owned subsidiary of such
electric cooperative). There are well
over 900 rural electric cooperatives
eligible for this program.
The application process for the New
ERA Program will be conducted in two
phases. Phase one will be a Letter of
Interest (LOI) with sufficient
information to determine a pool of
prospective applicants which advance
the goals of the statute, achieve policy
objectives, meet minimum
requirements, and are within the budget
of the program. Those LOIs that meet
the criteria will be issued an Invitation
to Proceed to submit a full, complete
New ERA application (phase two).
Applicants wishing to apply for the
New ERA Program with an LOI and if
successful, a complete application must
submit requested data, proposals,
certifications and agreements to the
Agency thru an online application
window. The information collected will
be used to: determine applicant and
project eligibility, assess the projects’
technical and financial merit and
evaluate the metrics that reflect
achieving the greatest reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions in order to
rank the applications and determine
which ones to offer an award. Lack of
adequate information to make the
determinations could result in the
improper administration and
appropriation of Federal funds.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 185,514.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Powering Affordable Clean
Energy Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0159.
Summary of Collection: On August
16, 2022, Congress passed the Inflation
Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 (Pub. L.
117–169). Subtitle C, Section 22001 of
IRA amended Section 9003 of the Farm
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Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) by adding new
subsection (h). Through the passing of
IRA, the Powering Affordable Clean
Energy (PACE) Program was established
with the goal of supporting clean,
affordable energy growth across
America.
The PACE Program will be
administered by the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS), a Rural Development
(RD) Agency of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), that
provides mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to electric systems to provide
and improve electric service in rural
areas pursuant to the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., RE Act). Section
22001 of IRA provided the Agency with
$1,000,000,000 in Budget Authority
(BA), to remain available until
September 30, 2031. With this BA, the
Agency through the PACE Program, will
provide loans to eligible entities, with
varying levels of loan forgiveness, for
Projects that generate and/or store
electricity from Renewable Energy
Resource (RER) systems.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Application process for the PACE
Program will be conducted in two
phases. Phase one will be a Letter of
Interest (LOI) with sufficient
information to determine a pool of
prospective applicants which advance
the goals of the statute, achieve policy
objectives, meet minimum
requirements, and are within the budget
of the program. Those LOIs that meet
the criteria will be issued an Invitation
to Proceed to submit a full, complete
Application (phase two).
Applicants wishing to apply for the
PACE Program with a LOI and if
successful, a completed Application
must submit requested data, proposals,
certifications, and agreements to the
Agency thru an online application
window. The information collected will
be used to determine a borrower’s
ability to meet financial obligations,
includes analyses and document review
by RUS regarding the applicant’s
historical, current, and projected costs,
revenues, cash flows, assets, and other
factors that may be relevant on a caseby-case basis. RUS recognizes that
Projects outlined by applicants may
vary in size, financial complexity, and
administration; so, the respondent’s
burden may vary as well. The RUS
Administrator maintains discretion to
forego requirements for parts of the
following information as required by the
conditions among applicants.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 250.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 23,333.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0073]
Addition of the Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal to the List of
Regions Affected by African Swine
Fever
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have added the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) list maintained on the
APHIS website of regions considered to
be affected with African swine fever
(ASF). We have taken this action
because of the confirmation of ASF in
the Federal Democratic Republic of
Nepal.
SUMMARY:
The Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal was added to the
APHIS list of regions considered
affected with ASF effective May 23,
2022.
DATES:
Dr.
Amber Kerk, Staff Officer,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services,
APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive,
Venture II, 3rd Floor, Raleigh, NC
27606; phone: (608) 662–0625; email:
AskRegionalization@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of specified animals and
animal products to prevent the
introduction into the United States of
various animal diseases, including
African swine fever (ASF). ASF is a
highly contagious disease of wild and
domestic swine that can spread rapidly
with extremely high rates of morbidity
and mortality. A list of regions where
ASF exists or is reasonably believed to
exist is maintained on the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/animaland-animal-product-importFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to Office of Management and
Budget (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; 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 November
24, 2023 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 displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Empowering Rural America Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0158.
Summary of Collection: The Empowering Rural America (New ERA)
Program provides financial assistance to Eligible Entities, as
described in Section C, to achieve the greatest reductions in GHG
emissions through the cooperatives' voluntary transformation of rural
electric systems in a way that promotes resiliency and reliability of
rural electric systems and affordability for their members.
With the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden-Harris Administration
and the United States Congress are making the greatest investment in
rural electrification since the New Deal. The Biden-Harris
Administration understands the transformative nature
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and special qualities provided by this appropriation. Energy produced
will be clean, affordable, reliable, and owned by the people who live
in rural America. As a result, this legislation and the funding
opportunity here allows for a New ERA in rural communities.
Need and Use of the Information: Eligible applicants under the New
ERA Program are electric cooperatives as described in section
501(c)(12) or 1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is or
has been a RUS (formerly the Rural Electrification Administration)
electric loan borrower pursuant to the RE Act or is serving a
predominantly rural area (or a wholly or jointly owned subsidiary of
such electric cooperative). There are well over 900 rural electric
cooperatives eligible for this program.
The application process for the New ERA Program will be conducted
in two phases. Phase one will be a Letter of Interest (LOI) with
sufficient information to determine a pool of prospective applicants
which advance the goals of the statute, achieve policy objectives, meet
minimum requirements, and are within the budget of the program. Those
LOIs that meet the criteria will be issued an Invitation to Proceed to
submit a full, complete New ERA application (phase two).
Applicants wishing to apply for the New ERA Program with an LOI and
if successful, a complete application must submit requested data,
proposals, certifications and agreements to the Agency thru an online
application window. The information collected will be used to:
determine applicant and project eligibility, assess the projects'
technical and financial merit and evaluate the metrics that reflect
achieving the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in order
to rank the applications and determine which ones to offer an award.
Lack of adequate information to make the determinations could result in
the improper administration and appropriation of Federal funds.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 185,514.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0159.
Summary of Collection: On August 16, 2022, Congress passed the
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 (Pub. L. 117-169). Subtitle C,
Section 22001 of IRA amended Section 9003 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) by adding new subsection
(h). Through the passing of IRA, the Powering Affordable Clean Energy
(PACE) Program was established with the goal of supporting clean,
affordable energy growth across America.
The PACE Program will be administered by the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS), a Rural Development (RD) Agency of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), that provides mortgage loans and loan
guarantees to electric systems to provide and improve electric service
in rural areas pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., RE Act). Section 22001 of IRA provided
the Agency with $1,000,000,000 in Budget Authority (BA), to remain
available until September 30, 2031. With this BA, the Agency through
the PACE Program, will provide loans to eligible entities, with varying
levels of loan forgiveness, for Projects that generate and/or store
electricity from Renewable Energy Resource (RER) systems.
Need and Use of the Information: The Application process for the
PACE Program will be conducted in two phases. Phase one will be a
Letter of Interest (LOI) with sufficient information to determine a
pool of prospective applicants which advance the goals of the statute,
achieve policy objectives, meet minimum requirements, and are within
the budget of the program. Those LOIs that meet the criteria will be
issued an Invitation to Proceed to submit a full, complete Application
(phase two).
Applicants wishing to apply for the PACE Program with a LOI and if
successful, a completed Application must submit requested data,
proposals, certifications, and agreements to the Agency thru an online
application window. The information collected will be used to determine
a borrower's ability to meet financial obligations, includes analyses
and document review by RUS regarding the applicant's historical,
current, and projected costs, revenues, cash flows, assets, and other
factors that may be relevant on a case-by-case basis. RUS recognizes
that Projects outlined by applicants may vary in size, financial
complexity, and administration; so, the respondent's burden may vary as
well. The RUS Administrator maintains discretion to forego requirements
for parts of the following information as required by the conditions
among applicants.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 23,333.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-23451 Filed 10-23-23; 8:45 am]
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