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production and for ownership share, it 

needs to be verifiable records that 

substantiate the reported amounts. The 

participant’s production for the 

commodity is based on verifiable or 

reliable production records. Examples of 

reliable production records include 

evidence provided by the participant 

that is used to substantiate the amount 

of production reported when verifiable 

records are not available, including 

copies of receipts, ledgers of income, 

income statements of deposit slips, 

register tapes, invoices for custom 

harvesting, and records to verify 

production costs, contemporaneous 

measurements, truck scale tickets, or 

contemporaneous diaries that are 

determined acceptable by the county 

committee. 

Reliable record means any 

nonverifiable record available that 

reasonably supports the eligible 

production, as determined acceptable by 

the FSA county committee. 

Verifiable record means a document 

provided by the producer that can be 

verified by the FSA county committee 

through an independent source and is 

used to substantiate the eligible 

production. 

Payment Limitation 

For MFP payments, there will be a 

single combined $125,000 per person or 

legal entity payment limitation for the 

five crops announced in this NOFA and 

a separate combined per person or legal 

entity $125,000 payment limitation for 

hogs and milk. 

Eligible Crops 

To be eligible to receive an MFP 

payment for a crop, the amount of 

mechanically harvested production for 

soybeans, sorghum, wheat, ELS cotton, 

upland cotton, and corn will be the 

amount based on the crop types, 

intended uses, and status that are 

consistent with the Agriculture Risk 

Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage 

(PLC) program regulations in 7 CFR part 

1412, except grazing is not an eligible 

intended use for MFP. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), FSA is requesting 

comments from interested individuals 

and organizations on the information 

collection activities related to MFP. 

After the 60-day period ends, the 

information collection request will be 

submitted to OMB for the 3-year 

approval to cover MFP information 

collection. 

To start the MFP information 

collection approval, FSA received 

emergency approval from OMB for 6 

months. The emergency approval covers 

this NOFA and any other MFP 

information collection activities. 

Title: Marketing Facilitation Program 

(MFP). 

OMB Control Number: 0560—New. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is required to support all MFP 

information collection activities (NOFA 

and the regulation in 7 CFR part 1409) 

to provide eligible producers payments 

with respect to commodities that have 

been significantly impacted by actions 

of foreign governments resulting in the 

loss of traditional exports. The 

information collection is necessary to 

evaluate the application and other 

required paperwork for determining the 

producer’s eligibilities and assist in 

producer’s payment calculations. 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hour is the estimated average 

time per response multiplied by the 

estimated total annual responses. 

Public reporting burden for this 

information collection is estimated to 

include the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed and completing and 

reviewing the collections of 

information. 

Type of Respondents: Producers or 

farmers. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 784,439. 

Estimated Number of Reponses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

784,439. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 0.6983 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 863,297. 

FSA is requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

FSA, including whether the information 

will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) 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. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Environmental Review 

The environmental impacts for MFP 

have been considered in a manner 

consistent with the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and the FSA regulation for 

compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 

799). 

As stated in the MFP final rule, the 

implementation of MFP and the 

participation in MFP do not constitute 

major Federal actions that would 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment, individually or 

cumulatively. The final rule served as 

documentation of the programmatic 

environmental compliance decision for 

this federal program; therefore, CCC will 

not prepare additional environmental 

compliance documentation for this 

NOFA. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance programs, as found in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 

to which this NOFA applies is: 

10.123 Market Facilitation Program. 

Richard Fordyce, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

Robert Stephenson, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18819 Filed 8–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program— 

Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (D–SNAP) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 


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other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection. This is 

a revision of a currently approved 

collection associated with requests by 

State agencies to operate a Disaster 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (D–SNAP) to temporarily 

provide food assistance to households 

following a disaster. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: 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 shall 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) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments may be sent to Sasha 

Gersten-Paal, Chief, Certification Policy 

Branch, Program Development Division, 

Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 812, Alexandria, VA 

22302. Comments may also be faxed to 

the attention of Ms. Gersten-Paal at 

(703) 305–2507 or via email to 

Sasha.Gersten-Paal@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

FNS during regular business hours (8:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

800, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Ms. Gersten-Paal 

at (703) 305–2507. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (D–SNAP). 

OMB Number: 0584–0336. 

Expiration Date: 1/31/2019. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

previously approved collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to § 412 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 

5179, and § 5(h)(1) the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2014(h), 

the Secretary of Agriculture has the 

authority to establish a Disaster 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (D–SNAP), which is a 

temporary program State agencies may 

operate to provide food assistance to 

households affected by disasters. D– 

SNAP is separate and distinct from the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) because it has different 

standards of eligibility, is operated for a 

limited duration, and only provides one 

month’s worth of benefits to eligible 

households. 

State agencies must submit formal 

requests to operate D–SNAP to the Food 

and Nutrition Service (FNS) for 

approval, and may only request to 

operate D–SNAP in areas that have 

received a Presidential Disaster 

Declaration with authorization for 

Individual Assistance, also known as an 

IA declaration, from the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA). In their D–SNAP requests, 

State agencies must outline their 

proposed procedures for conducting D– 

SNAP, designate the areas where they 

wish to operate, and provide sufficient 

supporting information. FNS reviews all 

D–SNAP requests and supporting 

information to ensure that all necessary 

requirements to operate D–SNAP are 

met. The information collected under 

this notice is required for State agencies 

to obtain FNS approval to operate D– 

SNAP. 

The burden associated with the 

certification of D–SNAP applicants by 

State agencies is included under 

currently approved OMB information 

collection 0584–0064 (SNAP Forms: 

Applications, Periodic Reporting, 

Notices; expiration date: 07/31/2020), 

and the burden associated with the 

submission of form FNS–292B: Report 

of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Benefit Issuance by State 

agencies is covered under the currently 

approved OMB information collection 

0584–0037 (Report of D–SNAP Benefit 

Issuance and Commodity Distribution 

for Disaster Relief; expiration date: 02/ 

28/2021). Neither of these burden 

activities will be reflected in this 

submission. 

Because it is impossible to predict the 

number of natural disasters and extreme 

weather events that result in an IA 

declaration in a given year, and because 

some State agencies may find that 

operation of a D–SNAP is not warranted 

even upon receipt of an IA declaration, 

FNS is revising this burden estimate 

based on the annual average number of 

formal D–SNAP requests that were 

submitted and approved since this 

collection was last approved. From 

fiscal year 2015 to 2017, and average of 

5 State agencies requested and were 

approved to operate D–SNAP each year. 

Once approved by FNS to operate D– 

SNAP, State agencies must submit any 

subsequent request to modify or expand 

operations to newly eligible areas to 

FNS for approval. These modification or 

expansion requests are typically 

reserved for when a large-scale disaster 

impacts different areas of a State in 

different ways or at different times. 

While these subsequent modification 

and expansion requests require 

substantially less time to prepare than 

initial D–SNAP requests, FNS is 

revising this burden estimate to account 

for these is slight increase in total 

annual burden. 

Summary of burden hours: 

Affected Public: State agencies and 

local governments. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Respondents: The total estimated 

number of respondents is 7. This 

includes: An average of 5 State agencies 

that submit D–SNAP requests, and 2 

State agencies that submit subsequent 

requests to modify or expand approved 

D–SNAPs. 

Estimated Frequency of Responses per 

Respondent: State agencies usually 

submit 1 D–SNAP request per year, and 

may occasionally submit 1 subsequent 

modification or expansion request. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 7. 

Estimated Total Hours per Response: 

Approximately 10 hours for State 

agency D–SNAP requests, and 

approximately 3 hours for each 

subsequent modification or expansion 

request. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 56. 


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Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average 

number of 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total hours 

(col. dxe) 

State Agency—Submission of D–SNAP Request ............... 5 1 5 10 50 

State Agency—Submission of D–SNAP modification or expansion request ................................................................ 2 1 2 3 6 

Total reporting burden .................................................. 7 ........................ 7 ........................ 56 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Brandon Lipps, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18787 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Minnesota Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Minnesota 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will be held at 12 p.m. CDT 

Thursday August 30, 2018 to discuss 

civil rights concerns in the State. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday August 30, 2018, at 12 p.m. 

CDT. 

Public Call Information: Dial: 877– 

260–1479; Conference ID: 8494802. 

For More Information Contact: 

Carolyn Allen at callen@usccr.gov or 

(312) 353–8311. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the above toll-free call-in 

number. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

Regional Programs Unit, 230 S 

Dearborn, Suite 2120, Chicago, IL 

60604. They may be faxed to the 

Commission at (312) 353–8324, or 

emailed Carolyn Allen at callen@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (312) 353– 

8311. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing prior to and after the 

meeting at https://facadatabase.gov/ 

committee/meetings.aspx?cid=256. 

Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ 

and ‘‘Documents’’ links to download. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may also be inspected and reproduced 

at the Regional Programs Unit, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this Committee are directed to 

the Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome 

II. Approval of Minutes 

III. Discussion: 

a. Op-Ed Draft: Policing in Minnesota 

b. Civil Rights Topics 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this 

meeting is given less than 15 calendar 

days prior to the meeting because of the 

exceptional circumstance of this 

Committee discussing publication of an 

op-ed regarding policing, in conjunction 

with the recent release of their report on 

the topic. 

Dated: August 24, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18777 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration 

[Docket No. xxxxxxxxx–xxxx–01] 

XRIN xxxx–XCxxx 

Notice of Establishment of American 

Workforce Policy Advisory Board; 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Membership on Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation of 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

announces the establishment of the 

American Workforce Policy Advisory 

Board, pursuant to Executive Order 

13845, Establishing the President’s 

National Council for the American 

Worker, (E.O. 13845 or executive order), 

and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

Board will provide advice and 

recommendations to the National 

Council for the American Worker 

(Council) on ways to encourage the 

private sector and educational 

institutions to combat the skills crisis by 

investing in and increasing demanddriven education, training, and retraining, including training through 

apprenticeships and work-based 

learning opportunities. The Secretary of 

Commerce is also requesting 

nominations for membership to the 

Board. The President, with input from 

the Secretary of Commerce and Advisor 

to the President overseeing the Office of 

Economic Initiatives (as co-chairs of the 

Board), will consider nominations 

received in response to this notice. 

DATES: The Department of Commerce 

must receive nominations for members 

by midnight on October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to 

AmericanWorkforcePolicyAdvisory

Board@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grant Gardner, Office of Business 

Liaison, Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 


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