[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10170-10171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03817]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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

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regarding these information collections are best assured of having 
their full effect if received by March 25, 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: Farm, Food Workers Relief Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0331.
    Summary of Collection: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Pub. L. 116-260) directed the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
``grants and loans to small or midsized food processors or 
distributors, seafood processing facilities and processing vessels, 
farmers markets, producers, or other organizations to respond to 
coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).'' FFWR is authorized pursuant to 
Title VII, subtitle B, section 751 of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the need for 
worker protections. USDA AMS requests to collect information for this 
new grant program from grant applicants, including state agencies, 
tribal entities and non-profit organizations working to support farm 
workers, meatpacking workers, and grocery workers.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from 
respondents is for application to this voluntary, competitive grant 
program. The information collected is used only by authorized 
representatives of USDA, AMS, Transportation and Marketing Program's 
Grants Division to determine applicant eligibility and the data 
collected is the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out 
the program requirements.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,726.

    Dated: February 17, 2022.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03817 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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