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4191 

Vol. 87, No. 18 

Thursday, January 27, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 24, 2022. 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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 these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by February 28, 2022. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Application for Plant Variety 

Protection Certificate and Objective 

Description of Variety. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0055. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Variety Protection Act (PVPA) 

(December 24, 1970; 84 Stat. 1542, 7 

U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was established to 

encourage the development of novel 

varieties of sexually-reproduced plants 

and make them available to the public, 

providing intellectual property rights 

(IPR) protection to those who breed, 

develop, or discover such novel 

varieties, and thereby promote progress 

in agriculture in the public interest. The 

PVPA is a voluntary user funded 

program that grants intellectual property 

ownership rights to breeders of new and 

novel seed-and tuber-reproduced plant 

varieties. To obtain these rights the 

applicant must provide information that 

shows the variety is eligible for 

protection and that it is indeed new, 

distinct, uniform, and stable, as the law 

requires. Applicants are provided with 

applications to identify the information 

that is required to issue a certificate of 

protection. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Applicants must complete the ST–470, 

‘‘Application for Plant Variety 

Protection Certificate,’’ and the ST–470 

series of forms, ‘‘Objective Description 

of Variety’’ along with other forms. The 

Agricultural Marketing Service will use 

the information from the applicant to be 

evaluated by examiners to determine if 

the variety is eligible for protection 

under the PVPA. If this information 

were not collected there will be no basis 

for issuing certificate of protection, and 

no way for applicants to request 

protection. 

Description of Respondents: Private 

Sector. 

Number of Respondents: 95. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,046. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Local Food Purchase Assistance 

Cooperative Agreement Program 

(LFPA). 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0330. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), as amended, directs 

and authorizes USDA to administer 

Federal cooperative agreements 

programs. AMS cooperative agreement 

programs are administered according to 

OMB Guidance for Cooperative 

Agreements, which is based on OMB’s 

regulations under the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards (2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 

49506; December 13, 2020). Information 

collection requirements in this 

emergency request are needed for AMS 

to administer a new noncompetitive 

cooperative agreement program, in 

accordance with Section 1001(b)(4) of 

the American Rescue Plan Act (Pub. L. 

117–2) (Act). USDA will collect 

information for this new program to 

award cooperative agreements and 

provide other assistance to maintain and 

improve food and agriculture supply 

chain resiliency. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Since the LFPA is a voluntary program, 

respondents request or apply for this 

specific competitive cooperative 

agreement, and in doing so, they 

provide information. The information 

collected is used only by authorized 

representatives of USDA, AMS, 

Commodity Procurement Program to 

certify that cooperative agreement 

participants are complying with 

applicable program regulations, and the 

data collected is the minimum 

information necessary to effectively 

carry out program requirements. 

Information collection requirements 

in this request are essential to carry out 

the intent of Act, to provide respondents 

the type of service they request and to 

administer the program. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 75. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,732. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01606 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

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