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Members must be prepared to work 

outside of scheduled Committee and 

subcommittee meetings and may be 

required to assist in document 

preparation. Committee members serve 

on a voluntary basis; however, travel 

expenses and per diem reimbursement 

are available. 

The Secretary of Agriculture seeks a 

diverse group of members representing 

a broad spectrum of persons interested 

in providing suggestions and ideas on 

how USDA can tailor its programs to 

meet the fruit and vegetable industry’s 

needs. Equal opportunity practices will 

be followed in all appointments to the 

FVIAC in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure that FVIAC 

recommendations take into account the 

needs of the diverse groups served by 

USDA, membership should reflect the 

diversity of the industry in terms of the 

experience of members, methods of 

production and distribution, marketing 

strategies, and other distinguishing 

factors, including but not limited to 

individuals from historically 

underserved communities, that will 

bring different perspectives and ideas to 

the table. 

The information collection 

requirements concerning the 

nomination process have been 

previously cleared by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

OMB Control No. 0505–0001. 

Date: March 24, 2022. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06679 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 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 this information 

collection received by April 29, 2022 

will be considered. 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. 

Office of the Secretary, White House 

Liaison Office 

Title: Advisory Committee and 

Research and Promotion Board 

Membership Background Information. 

OMB Control Number: 0505–0001. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Department is required under Section 

1804 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 

1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281, et seq.) to provide 

information concerning advisory 

committee members’ principal place of 

residence, persons or companies by 

whom employed, and other major 

sources of income. The Agriculture and 

Food Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–98) 

reiterates this requirement. Similar 

information will be required of research 

and promotion boards/committees/ 

councils in addition to the 

supplemental commodity specific 

questions. The Secretary appoints board 

members under each program. Some of 

the information contained on form AD– 

755 is used by the Department to 

conduct background clearances of 

prospective board members required by 

departmental regulations. The clearance 

is required for all committee members 

who are appointed by the Secretary. The 

White House Liaison Office (WHLO) 

will collect information using form AD– 

755, ‘‘Advisory Committee and Research 

and Promotion Board Membership 

Background Information.’’ 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

WHLO will collect information on the 

background of the nominees to make 

sure there are no delinquent loans to the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, (USDA), as well as making 

sure they have no negative record that 

could be a negative reflection to the 

USDA. The information obtained from 

the form is used in the compilation of 

an annual report to Congress. Failure of 

the Department to provide this 

information would require the Secretary 

to terminate the pertinent committee or 

board. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 5,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,750. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06678 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

[Docket No. USDA–2022–0010] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; USDA Generic Solution for 

Solicitation for Funding Opportunity 

Announcement 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), is 

requesting comments concerning a 

proposed authorization to conduct the 

USDA Generic Solution for Solicitation 

for Funding Opportunity 

Announcement information collection 

request. This is a new information 

collection request. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. For proper 

delivery, in your comment, specify 

‘‘USDA Generic Solution for Solicitation 

for Funding Opportunity 

Announcement Information Collection 

Request (ICR).’’ 

Electronic Submission of Comments. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket ID: USDA–2022–0010, 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Submission of Comments by Mail, 

Hand Delivery, or Courier. You may 

submit comments to the Office of 

Budget and Program Analysis, USDA, 

Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 101– 

A, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20250. USDA strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 


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submission of comments allows you 

maximum time to prepare and submit a 

comment and ensures timely receipt by 

USDA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve O’Neill, 202–720–0038, 

stephen.oneill@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the public and 

Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed, revised, and 

continuing information collections 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

This program helps to ensure 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements can be properly assessed. 

Periodically USDA solicits grant 

applications on http://grants.gov by 

issuing a Funding Opportunity 

Announcement, Request for 

Applications, Notice of Funding 

Announcement, Notice of Solicitation of 

Applications, Grants.gov 

announcement, or other funding 

announcement type. To ensure grants 

are awarded to the applicant(s) best 

suited to perform the functions of the 

grant, applicants are generally required 

to submit an application. The first part 

of USDA grant applications consists of 

submitting the application form(s), 

which includes the Standard Form 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance and 

may include additional standard grant 

application forms. The second part of a 

grant application usually requires a 

technical proposal demonstrating the 

applicant’s capabilities in accordance 

with a statement of work or selection 

criteria and other related information as 

specified in the funding announcement. 

Following the grant award, the grant 

awardee may also be required to provide 

progress reports or additional 

documents. 

A Federal agency generally cannot 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information, and the public is generally 

not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA and 

displays a currently valid OMB Control 

Number. In addition, notwithstanding 

any other provisions of law, no person 

will be subject to penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

if the collection of information does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. USDA 

intends to seek approval from OMB for 

this collection of information for 3 

years. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the individual 

listed in the ADDRESSES section above. 

Comments must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and may be included in the 

request for OMB approval of the final 

ICR. The comments will also become a 

matter of public record. Comments 

responsive to this request will be made 

available on-line, without redaction, as 

part of the submission to OMB; 

therefore, USDA is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, for example, 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

USDA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval. At that time, USDA will 

issue another Federal Register notice to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

Agency: USDA Office of the Secretary. 

Type of Review: Request for approval 

of a new collection. 

Title of Collection: USDA Generic 

Solution for Solicitation for Funding 

Opportunity Announcements. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments; Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

20,000. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 20 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 400,000 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Stephen O’Neill, 

Legislative and Regulatory Division, OBPA– 

USDA. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06642 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 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 this information 

collection received by April 29, 2022 

will be considered. 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. 

Office of Partnerships and Public 

Engagement 

Title: USDA/1890 National Scholars 

Program Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–0015. 


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