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Notices Federal Register

48972 

Vol. 86, No. 167 

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–TM–21–0026] 

Pandemic Response and Safety 

Program; Request for Emergency 

Approval of a New Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural 

Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to 

seek approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

new information collection to 

administer the Pandemic Response and 

Safety Program (PRS) under its Grants 

Division. AMS Grants Division is 

implementing this new grant program 

under section 751 of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), which 

directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 

provide ‘‘grants and loans to small or 

midsized food processors or 

distributors, seafood processing 

facilities and processing vessels, farmers 

markets, producers, or other 

organizations to respond to coronavirus, 

including for measures to protect 

workers against the Coronavirus Disease 

2019 (COVID–19).’’ 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice by using the electronic 

process available at 

www.regulations.gov. Written comments 

may also be submitted to Grants 

Division; Transportation and Marketing 

Program; AMS; USDA; 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 2055– 

South Building, Stop 0201; Washington, 

DC 20250–0264. All comments should 

reference the docket number AMS–TM– 

21–0026, the date of submission, and 

the page number of this issue of the 

Federal Register. All comments 

received will be posted without change, 

including any personal information 

provided, at www.regulations.gov and 

will be included in the record and made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Miklozek, Director, Grants Division; 

(202) 720–1403 or email 

John.Miklozek@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Agency: USDA, AMS. 

Title: Pandemic Response and Safety 

Program. 

OMB Number: 0581–NEW. 

Type of Request: Emergency Approval 

of a New Information Collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621 et 

seq.) directs and authorizes USDA to 

administer Federal grant programs. 

AMS Grant Programs are administered 

through the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Guidance for Grants and 

Agreements based on its regulations 

under the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

(2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 49506; 

December 13, 2020). Information 

collection requirements in this 

emergency request are needed for AMS 

to administer a new competitive grant 

program, in accordance with 2 CFR part 

200, entitled the Pandemic Response 

and Safety (PRS) under OMB No. 0581– 

NEW. 

PRS is authorized pursuant to the 

authority of section 751 of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 

(CAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) in response to 

the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic and 

worker protections in food processing, 

distribution, farmers markets, and 

agricultural production. The AMS 

Grants Division requests to collect 

information for this new grant program 

from individuals, small businesses, and 

nonprofit organizations working in food 

processing, distribution, farmers 

markets, and agricultural production. 

Because this is a voluntary program, 

respondents request or apply for this 

specific competitive grant, and in doing 

so, they provide information. 

Information collected is used only by 

authorized representatives of USDA, 

AMS, Transportation and Marketing 

Program’s Grants Division to certify that 

grant participants are complying with 

applicable program regulations, and the 

data collected is the minimum 

information necessary to effectively 

carry out program requirements. 

Information collection requirements 

in this request are essential to carry out 

the intent of section 751 of the CAA, to 

provide respondents the type of service 

they request, and to administer the 

program. 

Upon OMB approval of the PRS 

information collection package, AMS 

will request OMB approval to merge this 

information collection into the currently 

approved information collection OMB 

control number 0581–0240 approved on 

January 13, 2021. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 4 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Grant applicants; or 

grant recipients. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

800,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses 

including Recordkeeping: 1,000,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents and Recordkeepers: 

916,660 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of agency functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the new 

collection of information, including the 

validity of methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Obtaining OMB’s approval of this new 

information collection enables AMS 

Grants Division to publish a Request for 

Applications (RFA) to establish 

application requirements, the review 

and approval process, and grant 

administration procedures, which will 


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enable eligible entities to develop 

appropriate grant applications for the 

program so that AMS can adequately 

evaluate these new proposals and 

obligate funds as required by the CAA. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator. Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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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: 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. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for more details. 

DATES: In the Federal Register of August 

5, 2021, FR Doc. 2021–16711. Doc. 

2021–04701, on Pages 42776–42777, 

under dates should read as follows: 

Comments must be received by 

September 18th, 2021 to be assured of 

consideration. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, August 26, 

2021. 

Yvette Anderson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, ARS, ERS, 

NASS. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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 

requested 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 

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 October 1, 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. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Sugar Imported for Exports as 

Refined Sugar, as a Sugar-Containing 

Product, or Used in Production of 

Certain Polyhydric Alcohols. 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0015. 

Summary of Collection: The 

regulation at 7 CFR part 1530 authorizes 

the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

to issue import licenses to enter raw 

cane sugar exempt from the tariff-rate 

quota (TRQ) for the raw cane sugar 

imports and related requirements on the 

condition that an equivalent quantity of 

refined sugar be: (1) Exported as refined 

sugar; (2) exported as an ingredient in 

sugar containing products; or (3) used in 

production of certain polyhydric 

alcohols. The information requirements 

set forth in the regulation are necessary 

to enable FAS to administer the 

licensing program in full compliance 

with the regulation and to ensure that 

licensed imports do not enter the 

commercial sugar market in 

circumvention of the TRQ for raw cane 

sugar. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

will collect information to verify that 

the world-priced sugar is actually 

exported and not diverted onto the 

domestic market, thereby undermining 

the objectives of politically sensitive 

U.S. sugar policies. This collection 

enables USDA to monitor participants 

in an effort to ensure compliance with 

program parameters. Without the 

collection, there would be increased 

opportunity to divert sugar onto the 

domestic market. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 333. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting; Quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 428. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18796 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

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