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Plan and the National Aquaculture 

Development Plan to Task Force Chair 

Kristine Cherry, Chief, Regulatory and 

Policy Branch at NOAA Fisheries Office 

of Aquaculture, NOAA National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 14461, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910–3282. Submit electronic 

comments to Aqua.RegPlan@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Program Leader, Agricultural 

Research Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Dr. Caird Rexroad, Voice: 

(304) 620–5234, Fax: 301–504–4873, 

Email: Caird.RexroadIII@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of Request: Seeking comments 

on the National Strategic Plan for 

Aquaculture Research (2021–2025) and 

the Strategic Plan to Improve 

Aquaculture Regulatory Efficiency to 

determine if national aquaculture 

science and technology priorities and 

opportunities to improve regulatory 

efficiencies are adequately represented. 

Abstract: 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). 

This Task Force included federal 

employees from the Department of 

Agriculture, Department of Commerce, 

Agency for International Development, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Department of the Interior, 

Department of Energy, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the National Science Foundation. The 

Plan was drafted with the following 

goals: 

Goal 1. Develop Economic Growth 

through Aquaculture; 

Goal 2. Improve Aquaculture 

Production Technologies and Inform 

Decision Making; and 

Goal 3. Uphold Animal Well-Being, 

Product Safety and Nutritional Value. 

The National Strategic Plan for 

Federal Aquaculture Research (2014– 

2019) was developed to serve as a 

roadmap for implementing targeted 

strategic goals to advance domestic 

aquaculture by describing ways that 

government can help advance and 

expand domestic interests in 

aquaculture, and therefore, providing 

greater economic and recreational 

opportunities in the United States. The 

plan identified Federal resources in 

research and extension, the need for the 

best research to inform public policy 

and regulatory decisions, and the need 

for improved public understanding of 

aquaculture, its diversity, and potential 

benefits and risks. The 2021 update of 

this document retains these objectives 

and will serve to communicate federal 

aquaculture science priorities to the 

public. 

The Science Planning Task Force 

updated the 2014–2019 Plan and is 

seeking public comment to determine if 

Federal aquaculture research 

opportunities and priorities are 

adequately reflected in the Plan. The 

Plan in its entirety is available at: 

https://www.ars.usda.gov/SCA/ 

taskforce.html. 

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. This Task Force included 

federal employees from the Department 

of Agriculture, Department of 

Commerce, Department of Health and 

Human Services, Department of the 

Interior, Department of Energy, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the Army Corps of Engineers. The 

Strategic Plan to Enhance Regulatory 

Efficiency in Aquaculture was drafted 

with the following goals: 

Goal 1. Improve Efficiencies in 

Aquaculture Permitting and 

Authorization Programs; 

Goal 2. Implement a National 

Approach to Aquatic Animal Health 

Management of Aquaculture; and 

Goal 3. Refine and Disseminate Tools 

for Aquaculture Regulatory 

Management. 

The Regulatory Efficiency Task Force 

developed these new plans and is 

seeking public comment to determine if 

opportunities to improve Federal 

regulatory efficiencies are adequately 

reflected in the Plan. The Plan in its 

entirety is available at: https://

www.ars.usda.gov/SCA/taskforce.html. 

The NAA of 1980 requires, in revising 

the Plan, that the Secretary of 

Agriculture consult with the Secretary 

of Commerce and the Secretary of the 

Interior, other appropriate Federal 

officers, States, regional fishery 

management councils established under 

[the Magnuson-Stevens Act], and 

representatives of the aquaculture 

industry. In addition, the Act requires 

the Secretary of Agriculture to give 

interested persons and organizations an 

opportunity to comment during the 

development of the Plan. The NADP is 

required to include all the elements 

listed in National Aquaculture Act of 

1980; and additionally, identify legal/ 

regulatory constraints and solutions, 

specifically use rights. The main 

elements of the NADP are described in 

§ 2303(b)(1) through (6) of the National 

Aquaculture Act of 1980. 

The SCA believes that much of the 

required content of the NADP was 

developed either within the former JSA, 

the current SCA, or individually by 

agencies throughout the 37 years the 

plan has been in effect. As described in 

this notice, significant efforts are 

underway to develop strategic plans on 

science and regulatory efficiency. 

Additional work is being done by the 

SCA to develop similar analyses for 

economic development through 

aquaculture. The SCA concluded that 

the effort to begin updating the NADP 

should only begin once the SCA has 

concluded their work on public 

engagement and publishing of the 

strategic plans. It is expected that these 

plans will include updates of a 

significant number of the elements in 

the NADP. 

All comments received will become a 

matter of public record. 

Simon Y. Liu, 

Acting Administrator, ARS. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 2, 2021. 

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 

required regarding; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 


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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 September 7, 

2021 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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Coronavirus Food Assistance 

Program 2 (CFAP2). 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0297. 

Summary of Collection: This 

information collection request is 

required to support the Coronavirus 

Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) 

information collection activities to 

provide payments to eligible producers 

who, with respect to their agricultural 

commodities, have been impacted by 

the effects of the COVID–19 pandemic. 

The information collection is necessary 

to evaluate the application and other 

required paperwork for determining the 

producer’s eligibility and assist in the 

producer’s payment calculations. 

Producers must submit a completed 

CFAP 2 application and additional 

documentation for eligibility, such as 

certifications of compliance with 

adjusted gross income provisions and 

conservation compliance activities; 

those additional documents and forms 

must be submitted no later than 60 days 

from the date a producer signs the 

application. Contract producers are now 

eligible to receive direct payments that 

is currently included in the request. 

Need and Use of the Information: In 

order to determine whether a producer 

is eligible for CFAP and to calculate a 

payment, a producer is required to 

submit AD–3117, CFAP application; 

AD–3117A-Continuation Form for 

CFAP-Milk Production Modification; 

AD–3117B- Continuation Sheet for 

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 

(CFAP 2) Application for Contract 

Producers, CCC–902, Farm Operating 

Plan for Payment Eligibility, Parts A & 

B; CCC–901, Member Information for 

Legal Entities, if applicable; CCC–941, 

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) 

Certification and Consent to Disclosure 

of Tax Information; and CCC–942, 

Certification of Income from Farming, 

Ranching, and Forestry Operations, 

Optional, and AD–1026- Highly 

Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and 

Wetland Conservation Certification. 

The information submitted by 

respondents will be used by FSA and 

AMS to determine eligibility and 

distribute payments to eligible 

producers under CFAP. Failure to solicit 

applications will result in failure to 

provide payments to eligible producers. 

Description of Respondents: Farmers 

and Producers. 

Number of Respondents: 1,248,901. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

Other (one-time). 

Total Burden Hours: 926,051. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Alaska Region Supplement to Forest 

Service Manual 2720: Special Uses; 

Outfitting and Guiding Permit for 

Strictly Point-To-Point Commercial 

Transportation To, From, and Within 

the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 

Subunit of the Mendenhall Glacier 

Recreation Area 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service is 

seeking public comment on a proposed 

revision to a directive supplement that 

would require an outfitting and guiding 

permit for strictly point-to-point 

commercial transportation to, from, and 

within the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor 

Center subunit of the Mendenhall 

Glacier Recreation Area (Visitor Center 

subunit) in the Alaska Region of the 

Forest Service (Alaska Region). 

Comment is also requested on the 

revision to the Forest Service’s 

approved information collection for 

outfitting and guiding permits. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published June 24, 2021, 

at 86 FR 33211, is extended. Comments 

should be received on or before August 

27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed revision to 

the directive supplement is available at, 

and comments may be submitted 

electronically to, https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

CommentInput?project=ORMS-2314. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public 

Services Program Leader (RLM), P.O. 

Box 21628, Room 535b, Juneau, AK 

99802–1628. All timely comments, 

including names and addresses, will be 

placed in the record and will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public 

Services Program Leader, at 907–586– 

8843 or jennifer.berger@usda.gov. 

Individuals using telecommunication 

devices for the hearing-impaired may 

call the Federal Information Relay 

Service at 800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. 

and 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

Dated: August 2, 2021. 

Tina Johna Terrell, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the North 

Dakota Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a meeting of the North 

Dakota Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at 

1:00 p.m. (CT). The purpose is to 

discuss the release of the fair housing 

report. 

DATES: Thursday, August 12, 2021, at 

1:00 p.m. (CT). 

PUBLIC WEBEX CONFERENCE 

REGISTRATION LINK (video and 

audio): https://bit.ly/3i4EQ2W; 

password (if necessary): USCCR–ND. 

TO JOIN BY PHONE ONLY: Dial 

1–800–360–9505; Access code: 199 987 

9280#. 


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