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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 burden 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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

March 22, 2021. 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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) 

Title: National Conservation Practice 

Adoption Motivations Pilot Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0264. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objectives of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare 

and issue official State and national 

estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition and prices, 

economic statistics, and environmental 

statistics related to agriculture and to 

conduct the Census of Agriculture and 

its follow-on surveys. NASS will 

conduct a survey of select agricultural 

operations in four States: Nebraska, 

Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. 

Each selected farmer or rancher will be 

asked to provide data on practice, 

technical assistance, financial 

assistance, as well as obtain likert 

question data about motivations for each 

of the topic areas: (1) Cover crops, (2) 

nutrient management, (3) pest 

management, (4) tillage practices, (5) 

drainage water management, (6) runoff 

management practices, (7) edge of field 

improvements, (8) wetland conservation 

practices, and (9) irrigation management 

and system improvements, General 

authority for these data collection 

activities is granted under U.S.C. Title 7, 

Section 2204. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

purpose of the survey is to target 

operations who own or operate 

cropland, grazing land, concentrated 

livestock feeding operations, and 

forestry. NASS will collect information 

about these types of operations to 

understand conservation practices 

within the United States in terms of the 

following: (1) How often are specific 

conservation practices adopted without 

assistance, with technical assistance 

and/or financial assistance. (2) How 

does adoption evolve over time? What 

proportion of producers who ‘‘try’’ a 

given practice continue or expand use 

over time? How many discontinue the 

practice? (3) What motivates farmers to 

initially try a practice and then 

continue, expand, or discontinue use? 

The questions reflect a range of factors 

including conservation need, experience 

of neighbors, financial benefits or costs, 

producer time and effort, availability of 

technical and financial assistance, 

regulation or conservation compliance, 

and concern about the environmental 

quality. The United States Department 

of Agriculture’s Natural Resources 

Conservation Service has entered into 

an interagency agreement with NASS to 

conduct this pilot survey. If this pilot is 

successful, NASS will submit a separate 

request to conduct the national survey. 

Description of Respondents: A sample 

of all active operations who own or 

operate cropland, grazing land, 

concentrated livestock feeding 

operations, and/or forestry in Nebraska, 

Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. 

Number of Respondents: 1,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once. 

Total Burden Hours: 974. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03371 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

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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] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

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 

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 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Report of Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program Issuance 

and Report of Commodity Distribution 

for Disaster Relief Recordkeeping Only. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0037. 

Summary of Collection: Disaster 

assistance through the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is 

authorized by sections 402 and 502 of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and the temporary 

emergency provisions contained in 

Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008, and in 7 CFR part 280 of the 

SNAP regulations. This program is 

initiated in a SNAP project area by FNS 

when all or part of the area has been 

affected by a disaster. Food distribution 

in a disaster situation is authorized 

under Section 32 of the Act of August 

24, 1935. Surplus foods are made 

available by State distributing agencies 

for relief purposes to victims of natural 

disaster such as hurricanes, floods, 

tornadoes, etc. Distribution to these 

recipients is made primarily through 

such organizations as the American Red 

Cross or the Salvation Army. These 

organizations use surplus foods for both 

central feeding operations and for 

distribution to families in homes cut off 

from normal sources of food supply. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will collect information through the use 

of form FNS–292–A and FNS 292–B, 

which is used to monitor program 

activity, assess coverage provided to 

recipients, and assure the validity of 

requested commodity reimbursement 

and to prepare budget requests. If the 

information were not collected, FNS 

would be unable to monitor the 

issuance of SNAP benefits and the 

distribution of surplus foods during 

disaster situations. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 108. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 14. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03380 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

Notice of Request for Comments on 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; comments requested. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

(RBCS) invites comments on this 

information collection for which 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) will be requested. 

The intention is to request an extension 

of a currently approved information 

collection in support of the Guidelines 

for Designating Biobased Products for 

Federal Procurement. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 20, 2021 to be assured 

of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vernell Thompson, Procurement 

Analyst, USDA Rural Development, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 720–4145, Email: 

vernell.thompson@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires 

that interested members of the public 

and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

RBCS is submitting to OMB for 

extension. 

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 will 

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 used; (c) 


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