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77072 

Vol. 88, No. 215 

Wednesday, November 8, 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 

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 December 8, 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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Emergency Conservation 

Program and Biomass Crop Assistance 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0082. 

Summary of Collection: The Farm 

Service Agency (FSA), in cooperation 

with the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, the Forest 

Service, and other agencies and 

organizations, provides eligible 

producers and landowners cost-share 

incentives and technical assistance 

through several conservation and 

environmental programs to help 

farmers, ranchers, and other eligible 

landowners and operators conserve soil, 

improve water quality, develop forests, 

and rehabilitate farmland severely 

damaged by natural disasters authorized 

under the Agricultural Credit Act of 

1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201–2205). FSA 

provides emergency funds for sharing 

with agricultural producers the cost of 

rehabilitating farmland damaged by 

natural disaster, and for carrying out 

emergency water conservation measures 

during periods of severe drought. 

FSA is also managing the Biomass 

Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) 

authorized by Section 9010 of the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 

79), which amends Title 1X of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. 

BCAP regulations outlined the 

legislations parameters, program 

definitions and process for: (1) 

Establishing BCAP project areas; (2) 

Matching payment opportunity for 

eligible material owners and qualifying 

biomass conversion facilities; (3) 

Contracting acreage for producers in 

BCAP project areas; and (4) 

Establishment and annual production 

payments for producers in BCAP 

projects areas. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information using several 

forms. The collected information will be 

used to determine if the person, land, 

and practices are eligible for 

participation in the respective program 

and to receive cost-share assistance. 

Also, information collection from 

eligible biomass owners, biomass 

conversion facilities, and producers 

meeting the requirements for matching 

payments, annual production payment 

assistance, establishment payments and 

BCAP project area designation is 

necessary in order to ensure the 

financial accountability needed to 

operate and administer the BCAP. 

Without the information, FSA will not 

be able to make eligibility 

determinations and compute payments 

in a timely manner. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 140,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 67,852. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24622 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

The Emergency Food Assistance 

Program; Availability of Foods for 

Fiscal Year 2024 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

surplus and purchased foods that the 

Department expects to make available 

for donation to States for use in 

providing nutrition assistance to the 

needy under The Emergency Food 

Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2024. The foods made 

available under this notice must, at the 

discretion of the State, be distributed to 

eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) for 

use in preparing meals and/or for 

distribution to households for home 

consumption. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Decosse, Food Distribution Policy 

Branch, Policy Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or telephone 

(617) 317–5136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

in the Emergency Food Assistance Act 

of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7501, et seq., 

and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 

7 U.S.C. 2036, the Department makes 

foods available to States for use in 

providing nutrition assistance to those 

in need through TEFAP. In accordance 


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