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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 89, No. 179 

Monday, September 16, 2024 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–24–0056] 

Opportunity To Comment on 

Applicants for the Southeast Texas 

U.S. Grain Standards Act Designation 

Area 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Midsouth Grain Inspection 

Service and Grain Inspection Services of 

Texas, LLC have applied for designation 

under the U.S. Grain Standards Act to 

provide official services in the 

Southeast Texas designation area. The 

geographic area is described in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is asking for comments 

on these applicants. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this notice and view the 

applications: 

To Submit Comments: Go to 

Regulations.gov (https://

www.regulations.gov). Instructions for 

submitting and reading comments are 

detailed on the site. All comments must 

be submitted through the Federal erulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov and should 

reference the document number and the 

date and page number of this issue of 

the Federal Register. All comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be included in the record and will be 

made available to the public. Please be 

advised that the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting 

comments will be made public on the 

internet at the address provided above. 

To Read Applications and Comments: 

If you would like to view the 

applications, please contact us at 

FGISQACD@usda.gov. All comments 

will be available for public inspection 

online at https://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Weiland, Grain Marketing 

Specialist, Telephone 202–989–5995; 

Email: jennifer.j.weiland@usda.gov or 

FGISQACD@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the July 

18, 2024 edition of the Federal Register 

(89 FR 58327), AMS requested 

applications from persons interested in 

providing official services under the 

U.S. Grain Standards Act in the 

Southeast Texas designation area. There 

are two applicants for the Southeast 

Texas area: Midsouth Grain Inspection 

Service (Midsouth Grain) and Grain 

Inspection Services of Texas, LLC 

(Texas Grain). Both applicants are 

currently designated official agencies 

and both applicants have applied for the 

entire unassigned area. 

The Southeast Texas designation area 

includes the following counties in 

Texas: Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, Brooks, 

Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, 

Dimmit, Duval, Fort Bend, Galveston, 

Goliad, Harris, Hidalgo, Jackson, 

Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kennedy, 

Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Matagorda, 

McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San 

Patricio, Starr, Victoria, Waller, Webb, 

Wharton, Willacy, and Zapata. This area 

excludes any established or future 

export port locations, which are 

serviced by the Federal Grain Inspection 

Service. 

This notice provides interested 

persons the opportunity to comment on 

the quality of services provided by 

Midsouth Grain and Texas Grain. In the 

designation process, we are particularly 

interested in receiving comments citing 

reasons and pertinent data supporting or 

objecting to the designation of the 

applicant(s). All comments should be 

submitted through the Federal erulemaking portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

AMS considers applications, 

comments, and other available 

information, such as audit reports and 

site visits, when determining which 

applicants will be designated. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20981 Filed 9–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 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 

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 October 16, 2024 

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. 


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Farm Service Agency 

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 October 16, 2024 

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: Assignments of Payments and 

Joint Payment Authorizations; Request 

for Waiver. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0183. 

Summary of Collection: The Soil 

Conservation and Domestic Allotment 

Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)) authorizes 

producers to assign, in writing, Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) conservation 

program payments. The statute requires 

that any such assignment be signed and 

witnessed. The Agricultural Act of 1949, 

as amended, extends that authority to 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

programs, including rice, feed grains, 

cotton, and wheat. When the recipient 

of an FSA, NRCS, or CCC payment 

chooses to assign a payment to another 

party or have the payment made jointly 

with another party, the other party must 

be identified. All federal nontax 

payments must be made by EFT, unless 

a waiver applies which requires certain 

criteria to be granted. FSA will collect 

information using forms CCC–36, CCC 

37, CCC–251, CCC–252 and FPAC–FM– 

12. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected on the forms will 

be used by FSA and NRCS employees in 

order to record the payment or contract 

being assigned, the amount of the 

assignment, the date of the assignment, 

and the name and address of the 

assignee and the assignor. This is to 

enable FSA employee to pay the proper 

party when payments become due. FSA 

will also use the information to issue 

program payments jointly at the request 

of the producer and also terminate joint 

payments at the request of both the 

producer and joint payee. 

Description of Respondent: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 202,612. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 72,962. 

Rachelle Ragland-Greene, 

Acting Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20911 Filed 9–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–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 

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 October 16, 2024 

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: Coronavirus Food Assistance 

Program 2 (CFAP2). 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0297. 

Summary of Collection: This 

information collection request is 

required to support the Coronavirus 

Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) 

information collection activities to 

provide payments to eligible producers 

who, with respect to their agricultural 

commodities, have been impacted by 

the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic. 

The information collection is necessary 

to evaluate the application and other 

required paperwork for determining the 

producer’s eligibility and assist in the 

producer’s payment calculations. 

Producers must submit a completed 

CFAP 2 application and additional 

documentation for eligibility, such as 

certifications of compliance with 

adjusted gross income provisions and 

conservation compliance activities; 

those additional documents and forms 

must be submitted no later than 60 days 

from the date a producer signs the 

application. Contract producers are now 

eligible to receive direct payments that 

is currently included in the request. 

Need and Use of the Information: In 

order to determine whether a producer 

is eligible for CFAP and to calculate a 

payment, a producer is required to 

submit AD–3117, CFAP application; 

AD–3117A—Continuation Form for 

CFAP-Milk Production Modification; 

AD–3117B—Continuation Sheet for 

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 

(CFAP 2) Application for Contract 

Producers, CCC–902, Farm Operating 

Plan for Payment Eligibility, Parts A & 

B; CCC–901, Member Information for 

Legal Entities, if applicable; CCC–941, 

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) 

Certification and Consent to Disclosure 

of Tax Information; and CCC–942, 


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