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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 December 1, 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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number.
National Resources Conservation
Service
Title: Conservation Outreach,
Education, and Technical Assistance.
OMB Control Number: 0578–NEW.
Summary of Collection: NRCS OPD is
administrating the Equity in
Conservation Outreach cooperative
agreements. As the primary goal of
NRCS, in collaboration with partners, is
to expand conservation assistance to
historically underserved producers and
underserved communities and to
provide opportunities for students to
pursue careers in agriculture, natural
resources, and related sciences. After
the cooperative agreements are awarded,
the cooperators will be required to
provide performance reports to provide
information as specified in the general
terms and conditions in the executed
cooperative agreement. Recipients will
report semi-annually. In order to
evaluate the impact and effectiveness of
the agreement via standardized metrics,
NRCS OPD is offering a performance
reporting template as a supplement to
the required performance report.
Need and Use of the Information: The
approved cooperators will report the
equity information using the report
template to NRCS OPD on the
underserved producers and
communities who receive conservation
assistance and students who are
interested to pursue agriculture, natural
resources and related sciences careers.
Failure in not providing the report will
result in not getting the effectiveness of
the outreach, education and technical
assistance.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 150.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once)
Total Burden Hours: 1,200.
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 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 December 1, 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Grant and Agreement
Applications and Reporting for the
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act.
OMB Control Number: 0551–New.
Summary of Collection: Section 503 of
the Agricultural Trade Expansion Act of
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5693), as delegated via 7
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CFR 2.601, empowers the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) to assist the
Secretary of Agriculture by, inter alia,
providing agricultural technical
assistance and training and by carrying
out other legislated programs, including
international agricultural research,
extension, and teaching as authorized
by the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, 7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.
Information collection is required by
2 CFR parts 200 and 400. For assistance
agreements awarded on or after
December 26, 2014, 2 CFR part 400
implements OMB regulations in 2 CFR
part 200. These regulations include only
those provisions mandated by statue or
added by USDA to ensure sound and
effective financial assistance
management. These regulations set forth
pre-award, post-award, and after-thegrant requirements. This information is
needed by FAS project officers, grant
specialists, program coordinators,
managers, and finance officials to
manage/oversee recipient programmatic
and financial performance under FAS
assistance agreements.
Need and Use of the Information: Preaward information is used by FAS
personnel to qualify and select
assistance agreement applicants for
funding. Post-award reporting is used by
FAS personnel to make amendments to
established assistance agreement
awards, to make payments pursuant to
such awards, and to verify that the
recipient is using Federal funds
appropriately to comply with applicable
Federal and agency requirements. The
information is necessary to ensure
minimum fiscal control and
accountability for award funds and to
deter waste, fraud, and abuse.
Description of Respondents: State
agricultural experiment stations, State
cooperative extension services, all
colleges and universities, other research
or education institutions and
organizations, Federal and private
agencies and organizations, individuals,
and any other contractor or recipient,
either foreign or domestic.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other: Varies.
Total Burden Hours: 29,046.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0049]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Live Swine, Pork and Pork Products,
and Swine Semen From the European
Union; Correction
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments;
correction.
AGENCY:
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is correcting
a notice that was published in the
Federal Register on June 29, 2023. The
notice announced APHIS’ intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the importation of live
swine, pork and pork products, and
swine semen into the United States from
the European Union and requested
comments pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This document
corrects the estimates provided for the
associated activities and reopens the
comment period.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 2,
2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0049 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2023–0049, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at regulations.gov or in
our reading room, which is located in
Room 1620 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal
reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the importation of
animals and animal products into the
United States from the European Union,
contact Dr. Alexandra MacKenzie,
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Senior Veterinary Medical Officer, Live
Animal Imports/Ruminants, Swine,
Semen, and Embryos, Strategy and
Policy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851–3411; email:
alexandra.mackenzie@usda.gov. For
more information on the information
collection reporting process, contact Mr.
Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork
Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301)
851–2483; joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
On June
29, 2023, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service published in the
Federal Register a notice (FR Doc.
2023–13801, 88 FR 42042, APHIS–
2023–0049) 1 regarding an information
collection associated with the
importation of live swine, pork and pork
products, and swine semen from the
European Union. Since publication, we
have found that the estimates provided
need to be corrected. This document
corrects the estimates and also reopens
the comment period for an additional 60
days to allow interested persons to
prepare and submit comments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the Federal Register of June 29,
2023, FR Doc. 2023–13803 (88 FR
42042–42043) under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section, the following
corrections are made:
1. On page 42042, in the third
column, correct Estimate of burden: to
read:
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.99 hours per
response.
2. On page 42043, in the first column,
make the following corrections:
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 216.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 33.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 7,179.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 7,168 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
October 2023.
Donna Lalli,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Enter APHIS–2023–0049 in the Search field.
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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 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 December
1, 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Grant and Agreement Applications and Reporting for the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act.
OMB Control Number: 0551-New.
Summary of Collection: Section 503 of the Agricultural Trade
Expansion Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5693), as delegated via 7
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CFR 2.601, empowers the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to assist
the Secretary of Agriculture by, inter alia, providing agricultural
technical assistance and training and by carrying out other legislated
programs, including international agricultural research, extension, and
teaching as authorized by the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.
Information collection is required by 2 CFR parts 200 and 400. For
assistance agreements awarded on or after December 26, 2014, 2 CFR part
400 implements OMB regulations in 2 CFR part 200. These regulations
include only those provisions mandated by statue or added by USDA to
ensure sound and effective financial assistance management. These
regulations set forth pre-award, post-award, and after-the-grant
requirements. This information is needed by FAS project officers, grant
specialists, program coordinators, managers, and finance officials to
manage/oversee recipient programmatic and financial performance under
FAS assistance agreements.
Need and Use of the Information: Pre-award information is used by
FAS personnel to qualify and select assistance agreement applicants for
funding. Post-award reporting is used by FAS personnel to make
amendments to established assistance agreement awards, to make payments
pursuant to such awards, and to verify that the recipient is using
Federal funds appropriately to comply with applicable Federal and
agency requirements. The information is necessary to ensure minimum
fiscal control and accountability for award funds and to deter waste,
fraud, and abuse.
Description of Respondents: State agricultural experiment stations,
State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities,
other research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and
private agencies and organizations, individuals, and any other
contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other: Varies.
Total Burden Hours: 29,046.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-24090 Filed 10-31-23; 8:45 am]
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