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Vol. 86, No. 148 

Thursday, August 5, 2021 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

USAID Information Collection on 

COVID–19 Global Response and 

Recovery Implementation Plan 

AGENCY: United States Agency for 

International Development (USAID), 

COVID–19 Task Force. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency OMB 

approval. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

emergency review procedures of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the United States Agency for 

International Development (USAID), is 

announcing that on July 26, 2021, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) granted emergency approval of a 

new information collection to inform 

technical approaches to implementing 

USAID’s COVID–19 Implementation 

Plan. This emergency approval is valid 

until January, 2022. 

DATES: USAID plans initially to seek 

information between August 1 and 

August 13, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Lisa Schechtman, 

lschechtman@usaid.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Agency submitted 

a request for emergency approval of a 

new information collection on July 23, 

2021, which was approved by OMB on 

July 26, 2021. The collection will 

request input from select experts on 

implementation of the five objectives of 

the U.S. Global COVID–19 Response 

and Recovery Framework, and USAID’s 

lines of efforts to help accomplish these 

objectives. Information will be 

requested of non-governmental 

organizations and private sector entities 

through focus-group discussions. 

Description of Proposed Use of 

Information 

The information will be collected via 

small focus groups, and will be used by 

the USAID COVID–19 Task Force and 

technical bureaus to improve the 

technical assistance, global leadership, 

and guidance USAID provides to 

implementing partners, the InterAgency, 

and Missions globally. This will enable 

more focused, efficient, and effective 

coordination and implementation of the 

USAID COVID–19 Implementation Plan. 

Examples of use of similar information 

from past similar information 

collections undertaken by USAID 

include guidance documents on 

technical issues, alignment with 

national plans and strategies, or 

incorporation of key issues in Country 

Development Cooperation Strategies. 

Some materials produced utilizing 

information collected through this 

request may be made available to the 

public. 

Time Burden 

OMB’s approval enables USAID to 

engage a total of 250 individual 

respondents. Each respondent will be 

requested to provide one hour of time. 

As such, the total estimated time burden 

of this proposed information collection 

request is 250 hours. 

Ashley Boccuzzi, 

Coordination Advisor, USAID COVID–19 

Task Force. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice for Comment on Two Strategic 

Plans for the Subcommittee on 

Aquaculture Science Planning and 

Regulatory Efficiency Task Forces and 

on Updating the National Aquaculture 

Development Plan 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Subcommittee on 

Aquaculture (SCA) is a statutory 

subcommittee that operates under the 

Committee on Environment of the 

National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC) under the Office of 

Science and Technology Policy in the 

Executive Office of the President 

[National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (Pub. 

L. 96–362. 94 Stat. 1198, 16 U.S.C. 2801, 

et seq.) and the National Aquaculture 

Improvement Act of 1985 (Pub. L. 99– 

198, 99 Stat. 1641)]. In October 2018, 

the SCA established a Science Planning 

Task Force charged with documenting 

Federal science and technology 

opportunities and priorities for 

aquaculture by revising and updating 

the National Strategic Plan for Federal 

Aquaculture Research (2014–2019). 

Similarly, in February 2019, the SCA 

established a Regulatory Efficiency Task 

Force charged with developing a new 

plan for interagency science and 

technology coordination to improve 

regulatory efficiency, research and 

technology development, and economic 

growth. The Task Forces are seeking 

public comment on Science and 

Regulatory Efficiency strategic plans to 

determine if their respective topics are 

adequately covered. In addition, in May 

of 2020, the SCA established an 

Economic Development Task Force 

charged with developing a strategic plan 

for economic development through 

aquaculture. Separately from SCA, the 

National Aquaculture Act of 1980 

requires select federal agencies to 

develop a National Aquaculture 

Development Plan (NADP). Last 

completed in 1983, the NADP describes 

aquaculture associated technologies, 

problems, and opportunities in the 

United States and its territories. It 

recommends actions to solve problems 

and analyzes the social, environmental, 

and economic impacts of growth in 

aquaculture. The SCA plans to update 

the NADP using the Science and 

Regulatory Efficiency plans described 

here, with the addition of the Economic 

Development plan currently in process. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 10th, 2021 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning the Science Plan to Task 

Force Chair Dr. Caird Rexroad, National 

Program Leader for Aquaculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, Office of 

National Programs, 5601 Sunnyside 

Avenue, Room 4–2106, Beltsville, 

Maryland 20705. Submit electronic 

comments to AquaSciencePlan@

usda.gov. Address all comments 

concerning the Regulatory Efficiency 


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