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Vol. 87, No. 61 

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–22–0021] 

Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory 

Committee (FVIAC): Notice of Intent To 

Reestablish Charter and Call for 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice: Intent to reestablish 

charter and call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

announcing the following: Its intent to 

reestablish the Charter of the Fruit and 

Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee 

(FVIAC), which expires March 16, 2022; 

its call for nominations to fill up to 25 

upcoming vacancies for appointments 

in 2022, and its call for nominations for 

a pool of candidates to fill future 

unexpected vacancies in any position 

categories should that occur. The FVIAC 

is seeking members who represent the 

fruit and vegetable industry including 

growers, shippers, wholesalers/ 

distributors, brokers, retailers/restaurant 

representatives, state agencies, state 

departments of agriculture, foodservice 

suppliers, and fresh-cut and other fruit 

and vegetable processors. The FVIAC 

should also include representatives of 

farmers markets and food hubs, organic 

and non-organic fruit and vegetable 

representatives, farmer organizations, 

and produce trade associations. Please 

note, individuals who are federally 

registered lobbyists, appointed to 

committees to exercise their own 

individual best judgment on behalf of 

the government (e.g., as Special 

Government Employees) are ineligible 

to serve and cannot be considered for 

USDA advisory committee membership. 

Members can only serve on one USDA 

advisory committee at a time. All 

nominees will undergo a USDA 

background check. You must submit the 

following to nominate yourself or 

someone else to the FVIAC: a resume 

(required), a USDA Advisory Committee 

Membership Background Information 

Form AD–755—available online at 

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/ 

files/documents/ad-755.pdf (required), a 

cover letter (required), and a list of 

endorsements or letters of 

recommendation (optional). The resume 

or curriculum vitae must be limited to 

five one-sided pages and should include 

a summary of the following information: 

Current and past organization 

affiliations; areas of expertise; 

education; career positions held; and 

any other notable positions held. For 

submissions received that are more than 

five one-sided pages in length, only the 

first five pages will be reviewed. 

DATES: The current FVIAC Charter 

expires on March 16, 2022. The current 

representative terms expire July 9, 2022. 

Nomination packages including a cover 

letter to the Secretary, the nominee’s 

typed resume or curriculum vitae, and 

a completed USDA Advisory Committee 

Membership Background Information 

Form AD–755 must be postmarked on or 

before May 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Darrell Hughes serves 

as the Designated Federal Officer and 

can be reached at (202) 378–2576 or by 

email SCPFVIAC@usda.gov. Mailing 

address: Darrell Hughes, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, South 

Building-Room 1575–STOP 0235, 

Washington, DC 20250–0235, Attn: 

Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory 

Committee. 

Comments: The Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) invites 

interested persons to submit comments 

on this notice. Comments will be 

accepted on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on 

April 14, 2022, via http://

www.regulations.gov: Document # 

AMS–SC–22–0021. 

The AMS Specialty Crops Program 

strongly prefers comments be submitted 

electronically. However, written 

comments may be submitted (i.e., 

postmarked) via mail to the person 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by or 

before the abovementioned deadline. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. app. 2), notice is 

hereby given that the Secretary of 

Agriculture intends to reestablish the 

FVIAC for two years. The purpose of the 

FVIAC is to examine the full spectrum 

of issues faced by the fruit and vegetable 

industry and provide suggestions and 

ideas to the Secretary on how USDA can 

tailor its programs to better meet the 

fruit and vegetable industry’s needs. 

The Deputy Administrator of the AMS 

Specialty Crops Program serves as the 

FVIAC Executive Secretary. 

Representatives from USDA mission 

areas and agencies affecting the fruit 

and vegetable industry could be called 

upon to participate in the FVIAC’s 

meetings as determined by the FVIAC 

Executive Secretary and the FVIAC. 

Industry members are appointed by 

the Secretary of Agriculture and serve 2- 

year terms, with a maximum of three 2- 

year terms. The Secretary of Agriculture 

appointed 24 members in 2020. Twelve 

(12) members have served two terms 

and twelve (12) members have served 

one term. All the terms expire July 9, 

2022. 

The Secretary of Agriculture will 

appoint members for the upcoming 

vacancies to serve a 2-year term of office 

beginning in 2022 and ending in 2024. 

The Secretary of Agriculture will hold 

nominations received that could fill 

future unexpected vacancies in any of 

the position categories as a pool of 

candidates that the Secretary can draw 

upon as replacement appointees if 

unexpected vacancies occur. A person 

appointed to fill a vacancy will serve for 

the remainder of the 2-year term of the 

vacant position. The Secretary of 

Agriculture invites those individuals, 

organizations, and groups affiliated with 

the categories listed in the SUMMARY

section to nominate individuals or 

themselves for membership on the 

FVIAC. 

The full Committee expects to meet at 

least twice a year in-person, virtually, or 

by teleconference, and the meetings will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

FVIAC workgroup/subcommittees will 

meet as deemed necessary by the 

chairperson and may meet through 

teleconference or by computer-based 

conferencing. Subcommittees may 

invite technical experts to present 

information for consideration by the 

subcommittee. The subcommittee 

meetings will not be announced in the 

Federal Register. All data and records 

available to the full Committee are 

expected to be available to the public 

when the full Committee reviews and 

approves the work of the subcommittee. 


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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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