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receiving timely updates on APHIS’ 

Lacey Act efforts to register for our 

stakeholder registry at https://

public.govdelivery.com/accounts/ 

USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new/ and select 

‘‘Lacey Act Declaration’’ as a topic of 

interest. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notice contains no new 

information collection or recordkeeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). The information collection 

activities included in this notice are 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget under control number 0579– 

0349. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph 

Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction 

Act Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

June 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14155 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request To 

Conduct a New Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek approval to conduct a 

new information collection to gather 

data related to the motivations of 

targeted operators to adopt conservation 

practices. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by August 31, 2021 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535– 

NEW, by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• E-fax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from David Hancock, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Conservation Practice 

Adoption Motivations Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to create a new information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The purpose of the survey is 

to target operations who own or operate 

cropland and/or concentrated livestock 

feeding operations. NASS will collect 

information about these types of 

operations to understand conservation 

practices within the United States in 

terms of the following: (1) How often are 

specific conservation practices adopted 

without assistance, with technical 

assistance and/or financial assistance. 

(2) How does adoption evolve over 

time? What proportion of producers 

who ‘‘try’’ a given practice continue or 

expand use over time? How many 

discontinue the practice? (3) What 

motivates farmers to initially try a 

practice and then continue, expand, or 

discontinue use? The questions reflect a 

range of factors including conservation 

need(s), experience(s) of neighbors, 

financial benefits or costs, producer’s 

time and effort, availability of technical 

and financial assistance, regulation or 

conservation compliance, and concern 

about the environmental quality. The 

United States Department of 

Agriculture’s Natural Resources 

Conservation Service has entered into 

an interagency agreement with NASS to 

conduct this survey. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113, 

44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of 

Management and Budget regulations at 

5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 60 minutes per 

response. NASS plans to mail out 

publicity materials prior to the 

questionnaires to inform respondents of 

the importance of this survey. 

Respondents will be able to reply to the 

mailed questionnaires by either an 

online link or by U.S. Postal Service. 

After two questionnaire mailings, NASS 

will mail a reminder, pressure sealed 

postcard to non-respondents with a link 

to the internet data collection tools, 

followed up with phone and personal 

enumeration of non-respondents to 

increase response rates and to minimize 

data collection costs. 

Respondents: The 2022 survey will 

target operations who own or operate 

cropland as well as concentrated 

livestock feeding operations. Operators 

who have grazing land or forestry land 

will be done at a later date. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35,200. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 35,614 hours. 

Comments: 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 will 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 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, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological, or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 


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summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, June 28, 2021. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14169 Filed 7–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

[Docket No. RUS–21–Agency–0011] 

OneRD Annual Notice of Guarantee 

Fee Rates, Periodic Retention Fee 

Rates, Loan Guarantee Percentage and 

Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note 

Guarantee Prior to Construction 

Completion for Fiscal Year 2022 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Rural Housing Service and 

Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBCS), Rural 

Housing Service (RHS), and the Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS), agencies of the 

Rural Development mission area within 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), hereinafter collectively referred 

to as the Agency, offer loan guarantees 

through four programs: Community 

Facilities (CF) administered by RHS; 

Water and Waste Disposal (WWD) 

administered by the RUS; and Business 

and Industry (B&I) and Rural Energy for 

America Program (REAP) administered 

by the RBCS. This notice provides 

applicants with the Guarantee Fee rates, 

Guarantee percent for Guaranteed 

Loans, the Periodic Retention Fee, and 

Fee for Issuance of the Loan Note 

Guarantee Prior to Construction 

Completion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, to 

be used when applying for guaranteed 

loans under the aforementioned 

guaranteed loan types. This notice is 

being published prior to the passage of 

a FY 2022 appropriation. Should the 

fees need to be adjusted after passage of 

the FY 2022 appropriation bill, the 

agency will publish a subsequent notice 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: The fees in this notice are 

applicable October 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information specific to this notice 

contact Michele Brooks, Director, 

Regulations Management, Rural 

Development Innovation Center— 

Regulations Management, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 690– 

1078. Email: michele.brooks@usda.gov. 

For information regarding 

implementation, contact your respective 

Rural Development State Office listed 

here: http://www.rd.usda.gov/browsestate. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As set 

forth in 7 CFR part 5001, the Agency is 

authorized to charge a guarantee fee, a 

periodic guarantee retention fee, a fee 

for the issuance of the loan note 

guarantee prior to construction 

completion, and establish a loan 

guarantee percentage for guaranteed 

loans made under this rule. Pursuant to 

this and other applicable authority, and 

subject to the current appropriated 

authority, the Agency is establishing the 

following for FY 2022: 

Loan type Guarantee fee 

(%) 

Periodic 

guarantee 

retention fee 

(%) 

Loan 

guarantee 

percentage 

(%) 

Fee for 

issuance of 

loan note 

guarantee 

prior to 

construction 

completion 

(%) 

B&I ................................................................................................................... 3.0 0.5 80 0.5 

B&I Reduced Fee ............................................................................................ 1.0 0.5 80 0.5 

B&I project in a high cost, isolated rural area of the State of Alaska that is 

not connected to a road system .................................................................. 1.0 0.5 90 0.5 

CF .................................................................................................................... 1.25 0.5 80 0.5 

REAP ............................................................................................................... 1.0 0.25 80 0.5 

WWD ................................................................................................................ 1.0 N/A 80 0.5 

The initial guarantee fee is paid at the 

time the loan note guarantee is issued. 

The periodic guarantee retention fee is 

paid by the lender to the Agency once 

a year. Payment of the periodic 

guarantee retention fee is required in 

order to maintain the enforceability of 

the guarantee. The fee for issuance of 

the loan note guarantee prior to 

construction completion DOES NOT 

apply to all construction loans. This 

additional fee only applies to loans 

requesting to receive a loan note 

guarantee prior to project completion. 

For loans where the Loan Note 

Guarantee is issued between October 1 

and December 31, the first periodic 

retention fee payment is due January 31 

of the second year following the date the 

Loan Note Guarantee was issued. 

Unless precluded by a subsequent FY 

2022 appropriation, these rates will 

apply to all guaranteed loans obligated 

in FY 2022. The amount of the periodic 

retention fee on each guaranteed loan 

will be determined by multiplying the 

periodic retention fee rate by the 

outstanding principal loan balance as of 

December 31, multiplied by the 

percentage of guarantee. 

Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA Programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 


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