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Notices Federal Register

11395 

Vol. 87, No. 40 

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 23, 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: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

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 

March 31, 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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) 

Title: 2022 Kentucky Equine Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0264. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objectives of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare 

and issue official State and national 

estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition and prices, 

economic statistics, and environmental 

statistics related to agriculture and to 

conduct the Census of Agriculture and 

its follow-on surveys. NASS will 

conduct a survey of operations with 

equine that are farms and not farms. 

Selected operators with equine in 

Kentucky will be asked to provide data 

on equine inventory by breed, type of 

use, income, expenses, assets, land area, 

workers employed and labor expenses. 

General authority for these data 

collection activities is granted under 

U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204. This survey 

will be conducted on a full cost 

recovery basis with the Kentucky Horse 

Council providing funding under a 

cooperative agreement. 

Need and use of the Information: 

Equine are a significant economic driver 

in Kentucky. Based on the 2012 

Kentucky Equine Survey, the economic 

impact of the Kentucky equine industry 

was $3 billion. The information 

published from this request will be used 

by state government, local government, 

universities, businesses and potentially 

others, for the purpose of maintaining 

and growing the equine industry. Data 

will be used to make business and 

policy decisions. 

Description of Respondents: 

Operators (farm and non-farm) with 

equine on July 1, 2022 in Kentucky. 

Number of Respondents: 15,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once a year. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,775. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04220 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0001] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Control of African Swine Fever; 

Restrictions on the Movement of Swine 

Products and Swine Byproducts From 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

control of African swine fever and 

restrictions on the movement of swine 

products and swine byproducts from 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 2, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2022–0001 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2022–0001, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at www.regulations.gov 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the control of African 

swine fever and restrictions on the 

movement of swine products and swine 


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1https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/ 

downloads/fed-order-suspend-swine-from-pr-vi.pdf. 2https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/ 

animal_health/fo-asf-signed.pdf. 

byproducts, contact Dr. Dawn Hunter, 

Staff Trade Policy Advisor, Strategy and 

Policy, VS APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

39, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851– 

3333; Dawn.K.Hunter@usda.gov. For 

information on the information 

collection process, contact Mr. Joseph 

Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction 

Act Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Control of African Swine Fever; 

Restrictions on the Movement of Swine 

Products and Swine Byproducts From 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0480. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is authorized to 

protect the health of the livestock, 

poultry, and aquaculture populations in 

the United States by preventing the 

introduction and interstate spread of 

serious diseases and pests of livestock, 

poultry, and aquaculture, and for 

eradicating such diseases and pests from 

the United States, when feasible. Within 

the USDA, this authority and mission is 

delegated to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS). 

Within APHIS, Veterinary Services 

(VS) is tasked with, among other things, 

preventing foreign animal disease 

outbreaks in the United States, and 

monitoring, controlling, and eliminating 

a disease outbreak should one occur. In 

the past several years, there have been 

significant worldwide outbreaks of 

African swine fever (ASF). ASF is a 

highly contagious and deadly viral 

disease affecting domestic and feral 

(wild) pigs. The disease has not been 

detected in the United States; however, 

APHIS is committed to working with 

State and industry partners to keep the 

disease out of the country. 

The Dominican Republic is currently 

reporting a significant outbreak of ASF. 

While ASF is not known to occur in 

Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

they are in proximity to the Dominican 

Republic. Frequent passenger travel and 

international mail shipments occur 

between the Dominican Republic and 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

as well as frequent small-scale 

commercial agricultural trade. Thus, 

APHIS identified several pathways for 

the possible introduction of ASF from 

the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico 

or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Moreover, 

there are known commercial and feral 

pig populations in both territories, and 

there were no restrictions on the 

interstate movement of live swine, 

swine germplasm, swine products, and 

swine byproducts from Puerto Rico or 

the U.S. Virgin Islands into the 

continental United States. Accordingly, 

APHIS suspended interstate movement 

of live swine, swine germplasm, and 

processed swine products and 

byproducts through issuance of a 

Federal Order (DA–2021–0002) 1 on 

September 17, 2021. In situations where 

a disease risk is sufficiently severe and 

fast-moving so that the regular 

regulatory process cannot provide 

adequate relief, APHIS employs Federal 

Orders to set trade restrictions quickly 

to control, eradicate, or prevent a 

disease threat. 

Since the issuance of the Federal 

Order, APHIS has established sufficient 

mitigations to allow the movement of 

certain swine products and swine 

byproducts under specified conditions 

that mitigate the risk of spreading ASF 

through interstate commerce. As a 

result, on December 2, 2021, APHIS 

issued a Federal Order (DA–2021– 

0003) 2 to allow interstate movement of 

certain swine products and byproducts 

from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands under certain conditions. To 

certify compliance with this Federal 

Order and restriction guidelines for the 

intestate movement of swine products 

and byproducts from Puerto Rico and 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, commercial 

producers must meet the requirements 

as listed in the Federal Order or 

complete a VS Form 16–3, an 

application for a permit to import or 

transport controlled material or 

organisms or vectors. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities, as described, for an 

additional 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Commercial producers 

of swine products and byproducts and 

State animal health officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 22. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 40. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 60 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

February 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04207 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RBS–21–BUSINESS–0037] 

Inviting Applications for Value-Added 

Producer Grants 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that 

the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

(Agency) is accepting applications for 

the Value-Added Producer Grant 

(VAPG) program. Approximately $17 

million is currently available in Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2022 along with about $2.75 

million in COVID–19 relief funds 

carried over from the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (the FY 2021 

Appropriations Act) for a total of $19.75 

million in funding. The Agency may 

also utilize any funding that becomes 

available through enactment of the FY 

2022 appropriations. The Agency will 

publish the program funding level on 

the Rural Development website, https:// 

www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/federalfunding-opportunities. The COVID–19 

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