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incurred by attending a peer review 

meeting. The Expense Report includes 

lodging, meals, and transportation 

expenses. It includes sensitive 

information. 

Estimate of Burden: The burden 

associated with this approval process is 

the minimum required to successfully 

achieve program objectives. The 

information collection frequency is the 

minimum consistent with program 

objectives. The following estimates of 

time required to complete the forms, 

based on previous OSQR’s experience 

with our current business model. 

1. Confidentiality Agreement Form: 

(10 minutes completion time). The 

reviewer must read and consider the 

terms of the agreement and then sign 

and date the form. 

2. Panelist Information Form: (30 

minutes completion time). The reviewer 

provides standard personal and 

diversity information, similar to that 

found in grant review programs. 

3. Panelist Peer Review of an ARS 

Research Project Form: (4–7 hours 

completion time). As the review page 

length varies. Reviewers freely write as 

much as they wish and complete the 

form. To adequately evaluate a research 

project plan that may exceed 60–70 

pages in length, each reviewer must 

thoroughly read each plan. 

4. Reviewer Comment Form: (60 

minutes completion time). General 

assessment of the plan with brief 

comments on the approach and 

feasibility of the project and about one 

page. 

5. Panel Recommendation for ARS 

Research Project Form: (30–60 minutes 

completion time). The page length 

significantly varies among Panelist Peer 

Reviews and Reviewer Comments. All 

recommendation forms are completed 

by the OSQR and further discussed and 

revised by the reviewers as part of their 

panel discussions. In-person panels are 

handled in the same manner. 

6. Panel Expense Report Form: (30 

minutes completion time). 

Respondents and Estimated Number 

of Respondents: Selected scientific 

experts, currently working in the same 

discipline as the research projects being 

peer reviewed. These external experts 

are credible peers to the ARS. Annually, 

about 185 peer reviewers complete these 

forms. Most plans are discussed and 

deliberated via webinar and telephone 

conferencing. Travel is not generally 

necessary thus reviewers are not 

expected to complete Panel Expense 

Reports. 

Frequency of Response: 

Form Number of 

respondents Annual frequency 

Confidentiality Agreement .................................................................................................................... 185 1 per respondent (Total = 185). 

Peer Review Forms (required and assigned 2 plans) ......................................................................... 200 2 per panel respondent (Total = 400). 

Reviewer Comment Form (reviewer is not assigned as primary or secondary review) ..................... 6 2 per panel respondent (Total = 12). 

Expense Report (in-person reviewers) ................................................................................................ 6 1 per respondent (Total = 6). 

Panelist Information Forms .................................................................................................................. 185 1 per respondent/per form (Total = 185). 

Recommendations Form (non-online project reviews) ........................................................................ 82 2 per respondent (Total = 164). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 

Form 

(time required to complete) 

Number 

completed 

annually 

Total burden 

(hours) 

Confidentiality Agreement (10 minutes) .................................................................................................................. 185 31 

Panelist Information Forms (30 minutes) ................................................................................................................ 185 93 

Peer Review Forms (∼6 hours) ............................................................................................................................... 200 1,200 

Recommendations Form (2 hour) ........................................................................................................................... 82 164 

Reviewer Comment Form (1 hour) .......................................................................................................................... 6 6 

Expense Report (30 minutes) .................................................................................................................................. 6 3 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chap. 35. 

Comments: The Notice is soliciting 

comments from members of the public 

and impacted agencies concerning the 

proposed collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of ARS functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the estimated burden from 

proposed collection of information; (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, including the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. All responses 

to this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. 

All comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Simon Y. Liu, 

Associate Administrator, ARS. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07407 Filed 4–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; Notice of 

Request for Emergency Approval 

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 6-month emergency 

approval of the following information 

collection: ICR 0560–0307, Emergency 

Livestock Relief Program (ELRP). Due to 

the Notice of Funding Availability 

notice published on April 4, 2022, FSA 

received OMB approval for the 

Emergency Request to allow FSA to 

begin distributing payments under the 

ELRP to eligible livestock producers 

who faced increased supplemental feed 

costs as a result of forage losses due to 

a qualifying drought or wildfire in 

calendar year 2021. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Emergency Livestock Relief 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0307. 

Summary of Collection: The Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) is requested 

emergency clearance and review 

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information collection for the. FSA is 

using the Extending Government 

Funding and Delivering Emergency 

Assistance Act (Division B, Title 1, Pub. 

L. 117–43), to assist producers of 

livestock for losses incurred during 

calendar 2021 due to qualifying 

droughts or wildfires. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07409 Filed 4–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Agency Programs Subject to 

Intergovernmental Review 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) is publishing an 

updated list of USDA financial 

assistance programs which States may 

choose to review under their Single 

Point of Contact (SPOC) 

intergovernmental review processes. 

These programs are also eligible for 

intergovernmental review by directly 

affected State, areawide, regional, and 

local entities if a State does not have a 

SPOC or chooses not to review an 

application for USDA financial 

assistance. USDA is streamlining the 

intergovernmental review process. 

DATES: The list of financial assistance 

programs will be posted on the USDA 

website beginning April 7, 2022 and 

updated annually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyson P. Whitney, Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer, Director, 

Transparency and Accountability 

Reporting Division, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9011, 202–720–8978, 

tyson.whitney@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

provided in 2 CFR 415.5, USDA 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register on December 4, 1987 (52 FR 

46109) which listed USDA financial 

assistance programs subject to review 

under Executive Order 12372 and 

Section 204 of the Demonstration Cities 

and Metropolitan Development Act 

(Section 204) and Section 401(a) of the 

Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 

1968 (Section 401). This notice advises 

the public of the availability of a current 

list of USDA programs which States 

may choose to (1) review under their 

official Executive Order 12372 SPOC 

process or (2) are subject to the review 

process described at 2 CFR 415.9(a) if it 

does not have a SPOC or elects not to 

include an USDA program in the SPOC 

process. Executive Order 12372 exempts 

tribal programs from intergovernmental 

review. 

As part of a streamlining initiative, 

rather than posting changes to the list in 

Federal Register notices, USDA’s list of 

financial assistance programs subject to 

intergovernmental review will be posted 

on the USDA Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer website at https://

www.ocfo.usda.gov/FederalFinancial

AssistancePolicy. USDA will provide 

updates to the website annually. 

Tyson P. Whitney, 

Director, Transparency and Accountability 

Reporting Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07399 Filed 4–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program: Reporting of 

Lottery and Gambling, and Resource 

Verification 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This is a revision of a currently 

approved collection and existing burden 

in use without a valid OMB control 

number in the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP). This 

information collection captures the 

burden associated with the requirement 

that States make ineligible SNAP 

participants with substantial lottery or 

gambling winnings and establish 

cooperative agreements with gaming 

entities within their States to identify 

SNAP participants with substantial 

winnings. Individuals and households 

are required to report substantial 

winnings. This revision removes the 

one-time start-up burden hours that 

were associated with establishing the 

collection of this information and 

modifies the ongoing burden hours 

associated with SNAP State agency 

eligibility workers in addition to 

bringing other burden activities 

associated with resource verification 

requirements into compliance. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or June 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Program Design Branch, Program 

Development Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th 

Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments 

may also be submitted via email to 

Jessica Luna at 703–305- 4391 or via 

email to SNAPPDBRules@usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Jessica Luna at 

703–305–4391. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions that were 

used; (c) 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 use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program: Reporting of 

Lottery and Gambling, and Resource 

Verification. 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0621. 

Expiration Date: November 30, 2022. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection and 

addition of an existing collection in use 

without an OMB control number. 

Abstract: 

Lottery and Gambling 

In accordance with section 4009 of 

the Agricultural Act of 2014, 

households in which members receive 

substantial lottery and gambling 

winnings are ineligible for SNAP until 


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