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11038 

Vol. 87, No. 39 

Monday, February 28, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; Notice of 

Request for Emergency Approval 

February 22, 2022. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) has submitted a request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for a six-month emergency 

approval of the following information 

collection: ICR 0596–NEW, Wildland 

Fire Mitigation and Management 

Commission Nomination. The requested 

approval would enable the 

implementation of this Commission to 

collect the necessary information 

needed to brief to Congress on future 

wild fire mitigation and management 

plans and techniques. 

Forest Service 

Title: Wildland Fire Mitigation and 

Management Commission Nomination. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Forest 

Service (FS) is requesting emergency 

clearance and review through 5 CFR 

1320.13 for a new information 

collection for the Wildland Fire 

Mitigation and Management 

Commission Nomination. The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), United States Department of 

Interior (DOI) and Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) 

collaboratively established the Wildland 

Fire Mitigation and Management 

Commission in December 2021 as part 

of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04099 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket ID: NRCS–2022–0003] 

Information Collection Request; 

Partnerships for Climate-Smart 

Commodities 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Natural Resources Conservation 

Service, United States Department of 

Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Natural Resources Conservation Service 

(NRCS) is requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on a revision and an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection request associated with the 

Partnerships for Climate-Smart 

Commodities grant activity. The 

purpose of the Partnerships for ClimateSmart Commodities is to support the 

production and marketing of climatesmart commodities through a set of pilot 

projects that provide voluntary 

incentives through partners to 

producers and landowners, including 

early adopters, to implement climatesmart production practices, activities, 

and systems on working lands; measure 

and quantify, monitor and verify the 

carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) 

benefits associated with those practices; 

and develop markets and promote the 

resulting climate-smart commodities. 

Additional information on the 

partnerships is available at https://

www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/ 

climate-smart-commodities. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by April 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

ID: NRCS–2022–0003 in the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Allison Owens below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Owens, telephone: (202) 253– 

1449; email: climate-smartcommodities@usda.gov. Persons with 

disabilities who require alternative 

mean for communication should contact 

the USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 

720–2600 (Voice). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Partnerships for Climate-Smart 

Commodities. 

OMB Control Number: 0578–0031. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

Extension. 

Abstract: We are requesting comments 

on the project narrative, proposals, 

support letters, progress reports, and 

resumes. In general, reporting for the 

Partnerships for Climate-Smart 

Commodities grants will follow the 

guidelines included in the General 

Terms and Conditions, which are 

available at the following website: 

https://www.fpacbc.usda.gov/about/ 

grants-and-agreements/award-termsand-conditions/index.html. Prior to 

publishing this notice, NRCS received 

emergency approval from OMB for 6 

months to cover this collection activity. 

This included information collection for 

the application process, which includes 

in addition to standard governmentwide grant application forms, a 

requirement for applicants to provide a 

project narrative, proposals, support 

letters and resumes. This will be 

included in this regular request after the 

60 day comment period. 

Partners will be required to submit 

progress reports after the first quarter 

and at least biannually on the project, 

including the following information: 

• A list of participating producers 

and landowners, and demonstration of 

equitable enrollment, including 

enrollment of underserved and small 

producers; 

• Climate-Smart Agriculture and 

Forestry (CSAF) practices applied; 

• Outreach and training; 

• Financial assistance for producers 

or landowners to implement CSAF 

practices; 

• Greenhouse gas and carbon 

sequestration benefits accrued and 

verified, and other ancillary 

environmental benefits; 

• Marketing and outreach related to 

climate-smart commodities as a result of 


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