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Vol. 86, No. 6 

Monday, January 11, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 6, 2021. 

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 February 10, 2021 

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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Animals and 

Poultry, Animal and Poultry Products, 

Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and 

Zoological Animals. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0040. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7 

U.S.C. 8301), is the primary Federal law 

governing the protection of animal 

health. The law gives the Secretary of 

Agriculture broad authority to detect, 

control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 

livestock or poultry. The agency charged 

with carrying out this disease 

prevention mission is the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS). Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintain a healthy 

animal population and enhancing 

APHIS’ ability to compete globally in 

animal and animal product trade. 

APHIS’ Veterinary Services (VS) unit is 

responsible for, among other things, 

preventing the introduction of foreign or 

certain other communicable animal 

diseases into the United States; and for 

rapidly identifying, containing, 

eradicating, or otherwise mitigating 

such diseases when feasible. In 

connection with this mission, APHIS 

collects information from individuals, 

businesses, and farms who are involved 

with importation of animals or poultry, 

animal or poultry products, or animal 

germplasm (semen, ooycysts, and 

embryos, including eggs for hatching) 

into the United States as well as from 

foreign countries and States to support 

these imports. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

foreign animal health authorities as well 

as U.S. importers; foreign exporters; 

veterinarians and animal health 

technicians in other countries; State 

animal health authorities; shippers; 

owners and operators of foreign 

processing plants and farms; USDAapproved zoos, laboratories, and 

feedlots; private quarantine facilities; 

and other entities involved (directly or 

indirectly) in the importation of animal 

and poultry, animals and poultry 

products, zoological animals, and 

animal germplasm. 

Information Collection Activities 

Include: Agreements; permits; 

application and space reservation 

requests; inspections; registers; 

declarations of importation; requests for 

hearings; daily logs; additional 

requirements; application for permits; 

export health certificates; letters; written 

notices; daily record of horse activities; 

written requests; opportunities to 

present views; reporting; applications 

for approval of facilities; certifications; 

arrival notices; on-hold shipment 

notifications; reports; affidavits; animal 

identification; written plans; checklists; 

specimen submissions; emergency 

action notifications; refusal of entry and 

order to dispose of fish; premises 

information; recordkeeping; application 

of seals; reports; testing submission 

forms; summaries; identification and 

certification; and notices. APHIS needs 

this information to help ensure that 

these imports do not introduce foreign 

animal diseases into the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Foreign 

federal governments; state, local, and 

tribal governments; business or other 

for-profit and not-for-profits; farms; and 

individuals and households. 

Number of Respondents: 12,864. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 462,503. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Bees and Related Articles. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0207. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Protection Act (APA) (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 

seq.), authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. 

Under the Honeybee Act (7 U.S.C. 

281–286), the Secretary is authorized to 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

honeybees and honeybee semen to 

prevent the introduction into the United 

States of diseases and parasites harmful 

to honeybees and of undesirable species 

and subspecies of honeybees. The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible for 

implementing the intent of these Acts, 

and does so through the enforcement of 

its pollinator and bee regulations. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS collects information from a 

variety of individuals who are involved 


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in breeding, exporting, importing, and 

containing bees and related articles. The 

information APHIS collects serves as the 

supporting documentation needed to 

issue required PPQ forms and 

documents that allow importation of 

bees and related articles or authorizes 

the release of bees. This documentation 

is vital to helping APHIS ensure that 

exotic bee diseases and parasites, and 

undesirable species and subspecies of 

honeybees, do not spread into or within 

the United States. Without the 

information, APHIS could not verify 

that imported bees and related articles 

do not present a significant risk of 

introducing exotic bee disease, 

parasites, and undesirable species and 

subspecies of honeybees. 

Description of Respondents: 

Businesses or other-for-profit; Foreign 

Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 18. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 54. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00229 Filed 1–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

[Docket No. RBS–20–BUSINESS–0040] 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

(NOSA) for the Strategic Economic and 

Community Development Program for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agriculture Act of 2018 

(2018 Farm Bill) re-authorized the 

Strategic Economic and Community 

Development (SECD) priority with some 

modifications. Section 6401 of the 2018 

Farm Bill enables the Secretary of 

Agriculture to prioritize projects that 

support multi-jurisdictional and multisectoral strategic community investment 

plans, recently included in the existing 

regulation In Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, the 

Agency implements SECD through 

reserving funds from covered program’s 

appropriations. The purpose of this 

notice is to provide requirements to 

applicants submitting applications for 

the covered programs’ reserved funds 

and to establish the above mentioned 

priority. 

DATES: To apply for SECD priority 

points and funding in FY 2021, 

applicants must submit Form RD 1980– 

88, ‘‘Strategic Economic and 

Community Development (Section 

6401),’’ to the appropriate covered 

program by the deadline established for 

receipt of applications within 

individual covered programs as 

established on the Agency website or in 

the program’s Federal Register Notice. 

All applicants are responsible for any 

additional expenses incurred in 

preparing and submitting applications. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to the 

USDA Rural Development Office 

servicing the area where the project is 

located. A list of the USDA Rural 

Development Offices can be found listed 

by state at: http://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

contact-us/state-offices. If you have 

been assigned a OneRD Loan Guarantee 

Initiative Customer Relationship 

Manager (CRM), please submit 

applications to them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information, please contact your 

respective Rural Development State 

Office listed here: http://

www.rd.usda.gov/browse-state. 

Or if you have been assigned a OneRD 

Loan Guarantee Initiative CRM, please 

contact them. 

For all other inquiries, contact: Greg 

Batson, Rural Development Innovation 

Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Stop 0793, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250–0783, 

Telephone: (573) 239–2945. Email: 

gregory.batson@usda.gov. 

A checklist of all required application 

information for regional planning 

priority can be found at: https://

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

strategic-economic-and-communitydevelopment. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agriculture Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) 

re-authorized the Strategic Economic 

and Community Development (SECD) 

priority with some modifications. 

Section 6401 of the 2018 Farm Bill 

enables the Secretary of Agriculture to 

prioritize projects that support multijurisdictional and multi-sectoral 

strategic community investment plans. 

These changes were implemented in a 

recent amendment to 7 CFR 1980 

subpart K, which was published in the 

Federal Register on September 22, 2020. 

In FY 2021, the Agency implements 

SECD through reserving funds from 

covered programs’ appropriations. This 

notice provides requirements to 

applicants submitting applications for 

the covered programs’ reserved funds 

and establishes the above-mentioned 

priority effective upon the publication 

of this notice. 

Priority Language for Funding 

Opportunities 

The Agency encourages applications 

that will help improve life in rural 

America. See information on the 

Interagency Task Force on Agriculture 

and Rural Prosperity found at: 

www.usda.gov/ruralprosperity. 

Applicants are encouraged to consider 

projects that provide measurable results 

in helping rural communities build 

robust and sustainable economies 

through strategic investments. 

Key strategies include: 

• Achieving e-Connectivity for Rural 

America 

• Developing the Rural Economy 

• Harnessing Technological Innovation 

• Supporting a Rural Workforce 

• Improving Quality of Life 

To leverage investments in rural 

property, the Agency also encourages 

projects located in rural Opportunity 

Zones where projects should provide 

measurable results in helping 

communities build robust and 

sustainable economies. An Opportunity 

Zone is an economically-distressed 

community where new investments, 

under certain conditions, may be 

eligible for preferential tax treatment. 

Localities qualify as Opportunity Zones 

if they have been nominated for that 

designation by the State and that 

nomination has been certified by the 

Secretary of the U.S. Treasury via his 

delegation of authority to the Internal 

Revenue Service. 

To combat a key threat to economic 

prosperity, rural workforce, and quality 

of life, the Agency encourages 

applications that will support the 

Administration’s goal to reduce the 

morbidity and mortality associated with 

Substance Use Disorder (including 

opioid misuse) in high-risk rural 

communities by strengthening the 

capacity to address prevention, 

treatment, and/or recovery at the 

community, county, State, and/or 

regional levels. See https://

www.cdc.gov/pwid/vulnerable-countiesdata.html. 

Key strategies include: 

• Prevention: Reducing the occurrence 

of Substance Use Disorder (including 

opioid misuse) and fatal substancerelated overdoses through community 

and provider education and harm 

reduction measures such as the 

strategic placement of overdose 

reversing devices, such as naloxone; 


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