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Vol. 88, No. 164 

Friday, August 25, 2023 

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 September 25, 

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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Operating Guidelines, Forms, 

Waivers, and Annual State Report on 

Verification of SNAP Participation. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0083. 

Summary of Collection: Under section 

16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 (the Act), 7 U.S.C. 2025, the 

Secretary is authorized to pay each State 

agency an amount equal to 50 percent 

of all administrative costs involved in 

each State agency’s operation of the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP). Under corresponding 

SNAP regulations at 7 CFR 272.2(c), the 

State agency is required to submit and 

maintain annually for FNS approval a 

(1) Budget Projection Statement (FNS– 

366A), which projects total costs for 

major areas of SNAP operations, and (2) 

a Program Activity Statement (FNS– 

366B), which provides a summary of 

SNAP operations during the preceding 

fiscal year both approved by OMB under 

the Food Processing Reporting Systems 

(FPRS). Additionally, under section 

11(o) of the Act each State agency is 

required to develop and submit plans 

for the use of (3) automated data 

processing (ADP) and information 

retrieval systems to administer SNAP. 

As for (4) State Plan of Operation 

Updates, State agencies will submit the 

operations planning documents to the 

appropriate regional office for approval 

through the SNAP The Waiver 

Information Management System 

(WIMS) (5) the Federal Financial 

Reporting Form SF 425 (known as SF 

425/FNS 778); (6) Other ADP Plan or 

Updates. Additionally, to improve 

operational efficiency and streamline 

the agency’s information collection 

portfolio, FNS is merging the 

recordkeeping hours for the State 

Issuance and Participation Estimates 

(FNS–388) and Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program Project Area Data 

Format (FNS–388A) into this 

information collection and will submit 

a discontinuation request for 0584– 

0081. We are not seeking reporting 

burden hours for FNS 388 or 388A. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will collect information to estimate 

funding needs and also provide data on 

the number of applications processed, 

number of fair hearings, and fraud 

control activity. FNS uses the data to 

estimate funding needs and to monitor 

State agency activity levels and 

performance. If the information were 

not collected it would disrupt budget 

planning and delay appropriation 

distributions and FNS would not be able 

to verify and ensure State compliance 

with statutory criteria. The FNS–388 

and FNS–388A records State agencies 

are required to maintained by the same 

recordkeeping activities are essentially 

the same; three years. We are merging 

this information collection for 

operational efficiency. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

local or Tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 164. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; reporting: annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,138. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18340 Filed 8–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

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 September 25, 

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/ 


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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: Brucellosis and Bovine 

tuberculosis: Importation of Cattle and 

Bison 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0442. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 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 Secretary may also prohibit or 

restrict import or export of any animal 

or related material if necessary to 

prevent the spread of any livestock or 

poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is 

contained in title X, subtitle E, sections 

10401–18 of Public Law 107–171, May 

13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural 

Investment Act of 2002 [7 U.S.C. 8301 

et. seq.] 

Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and for 

enhancing the United States’ ability to 

compete in the world market of animal 

and animal product trade. Tuberculosis 

(TB) is a contagious disease of both 

animals and humans. Bovine TB, caused 

by M. bovis, can be transmitted from 

livestock to humans and other animals. 

Brucellosis is an infectious disease of 

animals and humans caused by the 

bacteria of the genus Brucella. The 

disease is characterized by abortions 

and impaired fertility in its principal 

animal hosts. Brucellosis is mainly a 

disease of cattle, bison, and swine; 

Brucella abortus is associated with the 

disease in cattle and bison. There is no 

economically feasible treatment for 

brucellosis in livestock. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the following information 

activities to prevent importation of 

cattle and bison infected with or 

exposed to TB and brucellosis: 

Request for Regional Classification; 

Application for Recognition of Regional 

Classification; 

Request for Additional Information 

about a Region; 

Maintaining Classification and 

Reclassification; and 

Official Identification and Certification 

Failure to collect this information 

would make it much more difficult for 

APHIS to prevent, detect, control, and 

eradicate TB and brucellosis from the 

United States. Outbreaks of the diseases 

would have severe economic 

consequences on the U.S. cattle 

industry. 

Description of respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 21. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 907. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18338 Filed 8–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

U.S. COMMITTEE ON THE MARINE 

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2023–0117] 

Proposed National Guidance for 

Industry on Responding to Munitions 

and Explosives of Concern in U.S. 

Federal Waters 

AGENCY: U.S. Committee on the Marine 

Transportation System. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of a draft guidance 

document, the National Guidance for 

Industry on Responding to Munitions 

and Explosives of Concern in U.S. 

Federal Waters. The U.S. Committee on 

the Marine Transportation System 

invites public comment on the draft 

guidance. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 25, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The draft guidance can be 

viewed through the U.S. Committee on 

the Marine Transportation System’s 

website at https://www.cmts.gov/topicoffshore-energy/. You may submit 

comments, identified by docket number 

DOT–OST–2023–0117, using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. Do 

not submit any information you 

consider to be private information, 

privileged or confidential commercial or 

financial information, or if the 

disclosure of which is restricted by 

statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Heard Snow, Senior Policy 

Advisor, U.S. Committee on the Marine 

Transportation System, 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001; 

telephone (202) 805–0570; email 

m.heardsnow@cmts.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Until 1972, one of the primary 

mechanisms for the disposal of 

munitions and explosives of concern 

(MEC), including unexploded ordnance, 

discarded military munitions, and 

munitions constituents—all of which 

may pose explosive hazards—was to 

dispose of them at sea. This disposal, in 

addition to other mechanisms, has led 

to a significant buildup of MEC in 

Federal waters on the outer continental 

shelf (OCS) with a concentration along 

the eastern seaboard of the United 

States. As the demand for renewable 

energy continues to grow, offshore 

energy, with a focus on offshore wind, 

is rapidly increasing. The Biden-Harris 

Administration has set a goal of 

significantly increasing the nation’s 

offshore wind energy capacity to 30 

gigawatts by 2030. However, many of 

the sites leased and targeted for 

development of these projects overlap 

with areas where MEC have settled over 

the decades. To answer questions on 

how to address the discovery of MEC 

through a whole-of-government process, 

the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) approached the 

U.S. Committee on the Marine 

Transportation System (CMTS), a 

Congressionally mandated, Cabinetlevel interagency body, to convene 

Federal agencies to develop this 

guidance. This document is intended to 

help Federal agencies coordinate their 

statutory and regulatory authorities to 

approve, regulate, or permit the 

detonation, removal, or mitigation of 

MEC on the OCS. 

The draft national guidance describes 

the process recommended to industry 

when responding to MEC discovered in 

Federal waters and on the OCS during 

the development of offshore energy 

installations. This includes procedures 

for industry to inform the government of 

MEC discoveries on the OCS, a process 

to safely develop a risk assessment, and 

MEC operational response plan. The 

draft guidance also outlines the 

interagency process for the government 

to respond to such discoveries and work 

with industry. 


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