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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 Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights 

Title: 7 CFR part 15 subpart D—Data 

Collection Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–0022. 

Summary of Collection: Under 7 CFR 

15d.4(5) The Office of Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) shall 

require agencies to collect the race, 

ethnicity, and gender (REG) of 

applicants and program participants, 

who choose to provide such information 

on a voluntary basis. Currently, Section 

14006 of the 2008 Farm Bill requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to annually 

compile for each county and state in the 

United States program application and 

participation rate of sociallydisadvantaged farmers or ranchers for 

each program of USDA that serves 

agricultural producers or landowners. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

requested information will help USDA 

better determine if programs and 

services are reaching the needs of the 

public, beneficiaries, recipients, 

partners, and other stakeholders and 

supports USDA’s planning, outreach, 

and compliance efforts. The uniform 

collection of REG data allows USDA to 

administer programs from a proactive 

rather than a reactive position and 

enables the Department to assess the 

accomplishments of program delivery 

mandates and objectives. Moreover, 

when allegations of disparate treatment 

or service arise, it provides USDA the 

ability to determine the validity of 

alleged discrimination complaints and 

resolve conflicts and issues in an 

expeditious manner. Failure to collect 

this information will have a negative 

impact on USDA’s outreach and 

compliance activities. 

Description of Respondents: 

Producers, applicants, and USDA 

customers. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 40. 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18583 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–9R–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0043] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Special Need Requests Under the Plant 

Protection Act 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) to request an extension 

of approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations to allow 

States to impose prohibitions or 

restrictions on specific articles in 

addition to those required by APHIS to 

help protect against the introduction 

and establishment of plant pests. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0043 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0043, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on special need requests 

under the Plant Protection Act, contact 

Dr. Clarissa Maroon-Lango, Director, 

Biocontrol, and Forest, Wood and 

Rangeland Pests (BFWRP) and 

Emergency Domestic Programs (EDP), 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 52, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2328. 

For more detailed information on the 

information collection reporting 

process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, 

APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Need Requests Under 

the Plant Protection Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0291. 

Type of request: Extension of approval 

of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

which administers regulations to 

implement the PPA. Regulations 

governing the interstate movement of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

are contained in 7 CFR part 301, 

‘‘Domestic Quarantine Notices.’’ The 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart A—Preemption 

and Special Need Requests’’ allow 

States or political subdivisions of States 

to request approval from APHIS to 

impose prohibitions or restrictions on 

the movement in interstate commerce of 

specific articles that pose a plant health 

risk that are in addition to the 

prohibitions and restrictions imposed 

by APHIS. This process requires 

information collection activities, 

including a pest data detection survey 

with a pest risk analysis showing that a 

pest is not present in a State, or if 

already present, the current distribution 

in the State, and that the pest would 

harm or injure the environment and/or 

agricultural resources of the State or 

political subdivision. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 


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performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 160 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State governments. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 160 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

August 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18599 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0044] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Foreign 

Quarantine Notices 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations to 

prevent the introduction or spread of 

foreign plant pests and diseases into or 

within the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0044 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0044, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at www.regulations.gov 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on foreign quarantine 

notices, contact Mr. Marc Phillips, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2114. 

For more detailed information on the 

information collection reporting 

process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, 

APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0049. 

Type of request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests and diseases 

into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), which administers 

regulations to implement the PPA. 

Regulations governing the importation 

of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, 

seeds, unmanufactured wood articles, 

and other plant products are contained 

in 7 CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine 

Notices.’’ Regulations governing the 

transit of certain products or articles 

that are classified as prohibited or 

restricted products or articles are 

contained in 7 CFR part 352, ‘‘Plant 

Quarantine Safeguard Regulations.’’ 

The movement of plants and plant 

products requires various information 

collection activities, such as operational 

workplans; audits; pest risk 

assessments; cooperative service 

agreements; trust funds; production or 

processing site/facility registrations; 

foreign site certification of inspection 

and/or treatment; applications for 

permits; appeals of denial or revocation 

of permits; requests for additional 

mailing labels; compliance agreements; 

phytosanitary certificates; labeling; 

importer documents; agreements for 

post entry quarantine State screening 

notices; 30-day article notifications; 

requests for emergency transshipment or 

division; notices of arrival; emergency 

action notifications; and monitoring/ 

recordkeeping from entities responsible 

for growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing foreign 

plant parts (roots, bulbs, seeds, fruit, 

leaves, etc.), plant products, timber, and 

timber products. In addition, APHIS 

collects required information from 

national plant protection organizations 

(NPPOs) as part of the commodity 

import approval process. 

The information collected is vital to 

helping APHIS ensure that plants and 

plant products do not harbor plant pests 

or diseases that, if introduced into the 

United States, could cause extensive 

economic damage to U.S. agriculture. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities, as described, for an 

additional 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 


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