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as contributing to increased agency 

efficiency and reduced survey costs. In 

addition, methodological findings have 

broader implications for survey research 

and may be presented in technical 

papers at conferences or published in 

the proceedings of conferences or in 

journals. 

The results of these tests won’t be 

disseminated or used to inform policy, 

program, or budget decisions. 

Description of Respondents: Private 

Sector; Businesses or other for-profits; 

Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 25,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 15,000. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Quick Response for Cooperatorfunded Surveys Generic Clearance. 

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. In addition to the 

many statistical activities directly 

related to its mission, the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 

will lend technical expertise to other 

Federal agencies, State governments, 

land grant universities, and other 

organizations which have a 

Memorandum of Understanding with 

NASS. These entities will be referred to 

as cooperators. NASS provides support 

and assistance in the areas of 

questionnaire & sample design as well 

as analysis of survey results. NASS 

would like to include data collection to 

its list of services, utilizing the existing 

Cooperative Agreement with the 

National State Departments of 

Agriculture (NASDA). The data 

collection activities in this generic 

clearance request would be conducted 

through cooperative agreements with 

Federal agencies, State departments of 

agriculture, land-grant universities, or 

other organizations with which NASS 

has a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU). The surveys will be conducted 

under a full-cost recovery basis. These 

cooperators have sought out NASS’s 

assistance to provide statistics beneficial 

to agriculture, but are not covered by 

NASS’s annual Congressional 

appropriation. General authority for 

conducting cooperative projects is 

granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 

450a which states that USDA officials 

may, ‘‘enter into agreements with and 

receive funds . . . for the purpose of 

conducting cooperative research 

projects. . .’’ This authority has been 

delegated to NASS. Response to all 

surveys collected under this generic 

clearance is voluntary. 

NASS benefits from these cooperative 

agreements by: (1) Obtaining additional 

data to update its list of farm operators; 

(2) encouraging both parties to 

coordinate Federal survey activities and 

activities funded under a cooperative 

agreement to reduce the need for 

overlapping data collection and/or 

spread out respondent burden; and (3) 

facilitating additional promotion of 

NASS surveys and statistical reports 

funded by annual Congressional 

appropriations. Respondents benefit 

from these cooperative agreements by: 

(1) Having their reported data protected 

by Federal Law (U.S. Code Title 18, 

Section 1905; U.S. Code Title 7, Section 

2276; and Title III of Pub. L. 115–435 

codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other 

applicable Federal laws, (CIPSEA)); (2) 

having data collection activities for 

Federal and Cooperative surveys 

coordinated to minimize respondent 

burden; and (3) having high-quality 

agricultural data that are important to a 

state or region be collected and 

published. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NASS would like to conduct up to 10 

surveys each year in response to 

requests from cooperators who have 

data needs that cannot be met through 

NASS’s annual Congressional 

appropriations. 

NASS would like to include surveys 

that would cover topics such as: 

—Farm management practices, 

—Food safety, 

—Workplace safety, 

—Conservation and land use practices, 

—Chemical use management practices, 

—Crop quality, 

—Agri-tourism, local foods, or other 

specific agricultural promotion 

programs. 

The summarized and published 

information will be analyzed by the 

sponsoring cooperators and 

stakeholders in agriculture. Results will 

be used to study 

—production agriculture as well as 

—various programs and policies to 

determine their impact on agricultural 

producers and consumers. 

Description of Respondents: Private 

Sector; Businesses or other for-profits; 

Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 225,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 111,512. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04634 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RBS–22–Business–0001] 

Notice of Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBCS or Agency), 

an agency within the United States 

Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development, intention to request an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection package for the 

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion 

Program (MPPEP). The MPPEP program 

promotes competition and gives more 

and better options to producers by 

increasing meat and poultry processing 

capacity. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 3, 2022 to be assured 

of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Bennett, Regulations 

Management Division, Innovation 

Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Email: pamela.bennett@usda.gov. 

Telephone: (202) 720–9639. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for approval. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Rural BusinessCooperative Service, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 


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ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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 may be sent by the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://

www.regulations.gov and, in the 

‘‘Search’’ box, type in the Docket No. 

RBS–22–Business–0001. A link to the 

Notice will appear. You may submit a 

comment here by selecting the 

‘‘Comment’’ button or you can access 

the ‘‘Docket’’ tab, select the ‘‘Notice,’’ 

and go to the ‘‘Browse & Comment on 

Documents’’ Tab. Here you may view 

comments that have been submitted as 

well as submit a comment. To submit a 

comment, select the ‘‘Comment’’ button, 

complete the required information, and 

select the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ button at 

the bottom. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link 

at the bottom. 

Title: Meat and Poultry Processing 

Expansion Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0079. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service administers the 

Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion 

Program. The purpose of the program is 

to provide more and better options to 

producers and consumers as well as 

offer assistance to maintain and improve 

the food and agricultural supply chain 

resiliency. This information collection 

will be used to obtain information 

necessary to evaluate grant applications 

to determine the eligibility of the 

applicant and the project for the 

program and to qualitatively assess the 

project’s technical and financial merit to 

determine which projects should be 

funded. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.3 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Respondents for this 

data federally recognized tribes, tribal 

entities, for-profit entities, corporations, 

non-profit entities, producer-owned 

cooperatives and corporations, certified 

benefit corporations and state or local 

government entities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 18.4. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 922. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,116 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Pamela Bennett, 

Rural Development Innovation Center, 

Regulations Management Division, at 

(202) 720–9639. 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. 

Karama Neal, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04597 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the 

Virginia Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of web briefing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the Virginia Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a web briefing to 

hear testimony on police accountability 

in Virginia via WebEx on Monday, April 

11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, April 11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: 

Online Registration: https://bit.ly/ 

3plk5DC. 

Join by Phone: 800–360–9505 USA 

Toll Free; Access code: 2762 877 8065. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Wojnaroski, DFO, at 

mwojnaroski@usccr.gov or (202) 618– 

4158. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public may listen to this 

discussion through the above call-in 

number. An open comment period will 

be provided to allow members of the 

public to make a statement as time 

allows. Callers can expect to incur 

regular charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, according to their 

wireless plan. The Commission will not 

refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Closed 

captions will be provided. Individuals 

requiring reasonable accommodations 

should contact Sarah Villanueva at 

svillanueva@usccr.gov 10 days prior to 

the meeting to make their request. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Melissa Wojnaroski at 

mwojnaroski@usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available via www.facadatabase.gov 

under the Commission on Civil Rights, 

Virginia Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Opening Statement 

III. Panel Discussion: Police Oversight 

and Accountability in Virginia 

IV. Q&A 

V. Public Comment 

VI. Next Steps 

VII. Adjournment 

Dated: March 1, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04628 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the 

Virginia Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of web briefing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the Virginia Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a web briefing to 

hear testimony on police accountability 

in Virginia via WebEx on Wednesday, 

April 27, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 12:00 

p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES:


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