[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 32 (Friday, February 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10234-10235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03373]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 16, 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 required 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 March 
22, 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.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Volunteer Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0232.
    Summary of Collection: Section 1526 of the Food and Agriculture Act 
of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 2272) permits the Secretary of Agriculture to 
establish a program to use volunteers to perform a wide range of 
activities to carry out the programs of or supported by the Department 
of Agriculture (USDA). Each USDA agency is granted the authority to 
establish programs designed to provide educationally related work 
assignments for students in non-pay status. USDA, Departmental 
Regulation 4230-1 requires documentation of service performed without 
compensation by persons who do not receive Federal appointment. For 
this requirement, the information collection request is necessary to 
continue implementation of the programs, which allows the Farm Service 
Agency (FSA) and Risk

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Management Agency (RMA) to use volunteers to perform a wide range of 
activities to carry out the programs of or supported by the Agency.
    Need and Use of the Information: Applicants who are accepted in the 
program will complete the ``Service Agreement and Attendance Record.'' 
FSA and RMA will use the reported information to respond to request for 
information on volunteers from the USDA Office of Human Resources 
Management. FSA Human Resource is responsible for determining how to 
document volunteer appointments. If the information were not collected 
for each volunteer, FSA and RMA would be unable to document service 
performed without compensation by persons in the program if this 
information were not collected for each volunteer.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 20.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03373 Filed 2-18-21; 8:45 am]
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