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Notices Federal Register

21606 

Vol. 87, No. 70 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Foreign Tax Reporting 

by Assistance Recipients 

AGENCY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Agency for 

International Development (USAID) 

seeks Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for the information 

collection described below. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, USAID requests 

public comment on this collection from 

all interested individuals and 

organizations. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by the title of the action 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov by 

following the instructions for submitting 

comments. Please include your name 

and company name (if any) on any 

attachments. If your comment cannot be 

submitted using https://

www.regulations.gov, please email the 

point of contact in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document for alternate instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Miskowski, at (202) 916–2752 or 

via email at policymailbox@usaid.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this notice is to allow 60 

days for public comment preceding 

submission of the collections to OMB. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the burden estimates; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information collected; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments must be in writing and 

submitted through the method(s) 

specified in the Addresses section 

above. All submissions must include the 

information collection title. Please 

include your name, title, organization, 

postal address telephone number, and 

email address in the text of the message. 

Please note that comments submitted in 

response to this Notice are public 

record. We recommend that you do not 

submit detailed personal information, 

Confidential Business Information, or 

any information that is otherwise 

protected from disclosure by statute. 

USAID will only address comments 

that explain why the proposed 

collection would be inappropriate, 

ineffective, or unacceptable without a 

change. Comments that are insubstantial 

or outside the scope of the notice of 

request for public comment may not be 

considered. 

OMB No: N/A (new submission). 

Form: No Form associated with this 

collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Foreign Tax Reporting by USAID 

Assistance Recipients. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Purpose 

The Foreign Tax Reporting collection 

is needed to comply with current 

statutory requirements. Sec. 7013, 

Public Law 116–260, 143 Stat. 1182, the 

annual Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act (SFOAA), and 

similar provisions in prior years’ 

SFOAAs, mandate that agencies take 

certain actions to prevent taxation of 

assistance provided with funds 

appropriated in an SFOAA, or to obtain 

full reimbursement of all taxes paid. 

Since 2003, USAID has required these 

reports in its grants and cooperative 

agreements but has not previously 

requested OMB approval for the 

information collection. The reporting 

requirement was revised in 2014 (in 

Sec. 7013, Pub. L. 113–76, 128 Stat. 5) 

to redefine the taxes that must be 

reported, and USAID is in the process 

of revising our assistance policy and 

required procedures in an update to 

Automated Directives System (ADS 303) 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements to 

Non-Governmental Organizations. 

Respondents: U.S. and foreign 

recipients of direct grants and 

cooperative agreements carrying out 

their award activities overseas. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,800. 

Annual burden hours per respondent: 

1. 

Estimated Number of Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,800. 

Luis Rivera, 

Acting Senior Procurement Executive, U.S. 

Agency for International Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07787 Filed 4–11–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek OMB Approval 

To Collect Information: Forms 

Pertaining to the Scientific Peer 

Review of ARS Research Projects; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service 

(ARS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments; correction. 

SUMMARY: The notice is correcting 

information in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 7, 2022. The title, the information 

collection number, and the expiration 

date of the information collection was 

missing from that notice. This 

information is required for publishing 

notices announcing collection renewals. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

should be submitted on or before June 

13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning 

this notice should be directed to the 

Director & Program Coordinator listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Marquea D. King, Director & Program 

Coordinator, Office of Scientific Quality 

Review (OSQR); ARS, USDA; 5601 

Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, 

Maryland; 20705; Phone: 301–504– 

3283; Fax: 301–504–1251; email: 

marquea.king@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Correction 

In the Federal Register of April 7, 

2022, FR Doc. 2022–07407, on page 

20379, correct the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION caption to read as follows: 

Title: PEER Review Forms for the 

Scientific Quality Review. 

OMB Number: 0518–0028. 

Expiration Date of Approval: October 

31, 2022. 

The OSQR will seek approval from 

OMB to update six existing forms that 

will ensure the ARS efficiently manages 

data associated with the peer review of 

agricultural research. All forms are 

transferred and received electronically 

and may include on-line submission in 

the future. 

Abstract: The OSQR was established 

in September of 1999 as a result of the 

Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

Education Reform Act 1998 (‘‘The Act’’) 

(Pub. L. 105–185). The Act included 

mandates to perform scientific peer 

reviews of all research activities 

conducted by the USDA. The Office 

manages the ARS peer review system by 

centrally coordinating all of the 

intramural peer review functions for 

ARS research projects on a 5-year cycle. 

Each set of reviews is assigned a 

chairperson to govern the panel review 

process. Peer reviewers are external to 

the Agency and non-ARS scientists. 

Peer review panels are convened to 

assess the technical/scientific quality 

and correctness of each research project 

plan. Each panel reviewer receives 

information on a range of 2–5 ARS 

research projects. 

On average, 150 research projects are 

reviewed annually by an estimated 185 

reviewers; whereby approximately 130 

are reviewed by panel and 

approximately 20 are reviewed through 

an ad hoc (written review) process. The 

management and execution of this peer 

review process is vastly dependent on 

the use of these forms. 

The OSQR will seek OMB approval of 

the following forms: 

1. Confidentiality Agreement Form— 

USDA uses this form to document that 

a selected reviewer is responsible for 

keeping confidential any information 

learned during the subject peer review 

process. The Confidentiality Agreement 

is signed prior to the reviewer’s 

involvement in the peer review process. 

This form requires an original signature 

and can be submitted electronically. 

2. Panelist Information Form—USDA 

uses this form to gather the most recent 

background information, diversity and 

inclusion data about the reviewer as 

well as information relevant to the 

paying of an honorarium and for travel, 

when needed. Sensitive information is 

transmitted on this form and destroyed 

after payment is received. 

3. Peer Review of an ARS Research 

Project Form (Peer Review Form)— 

USDA uses this form to guide the 

reviewer’s expert comments in written 

form on the assigned project plan. The 

form contains the criteria for plan 

review and seeks the reviewer’s 

narrative comments and evaluation. 

4. Additional Reviewer Comment 

Form—This form is supplied to 

members of a panel not assigned as a 

primary nor secondary reviewer on a 

particular project plan, however it 

encourages additional expert comments 

or recommendations for any plan 

regardless of the reviewers’ assignment 

as primary or secondary. 

5. Ad Hoc Review Form—USDA uses 

this in select cases (for Reviewers not 

participating in a panel review), a 

check-off listing of action classes at the 

end of the form allows them to provide 

an overall rating of the plan. 

6. Recommendations for ARS 

Research Project Form—USDA uses this 

form to guide the panel’s evaluation and 

critique of the review process. The form 

combines both primary and secondary 

reviewers’ recommendations of the 

research project plan. 

7. Panel Expense Report Form 

(Expense Report)—USDA uses this form 

to document a panel reviewer’s expense 

incurred traveling to and attending a 

peer review meeting. The Expense 

Report includes lodging, meals, and 

transportation expenses. When 

completed, the form contains sensitive 

information and is held in compliance 

with the ARS travel guidelines. This 

form is used only in the rare 

circumstance that a panel meeting 

requires travel of the participants. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Confidentiality Agreement Form is 

needed to document that a selected 

reviewer is responsible for keeping 

confidential any information learned 

during the subject peer review process. 

The Confidentiality Agreement would 

be signed prior to the reviewer’s 

involvement in the peer review process. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Panelist Information Form is needed 

to collect the most recent background 

information along with diversity and 

inclusion data about the reviewer. It 

contains sensitive information. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Peer Review Form and Reviewer 

Comment Form is needed to guide the 

reviewer’s comments on the subject 

project. Both contain review guidance 

and space to insert comments. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Ad Hoc Review Form is needed to 

guide reviewer comments of those not 

participating in a chaired panel and 

affords a place to select an overall 

Action Class rating for the plan. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Recommendations Form is needed 

to guide the panel’s critique of the 

review process. It contains the 

recommendations of the panel for the 

subject research project. 

USDA’s collection of information on 

the Expense Report Form is needed to 

document a panel reviewer’s expenses 

incurred by attending a peer review 

meeting. The Expense Report includes 

lodging, meals, and transportation 

expenses. It includes sensitive 

information. 

Estimate of Burden: The burden 

associated with this approval process is 

the minimum required to successfully 

achieve program objectives. The 

information collection frequency is the 

minimum consistent with program 

objectives. The following estimates of 

time required to complete the forms, 

based on previous OSQR’s experience 

with our current business model. 

1. Confidentiality Agreement Form: 

(10 minutes completion time). The 

reviewer must read and consider the 

terms of the agreement and then sign 

and date the form. 

2. Panelist Information Form: (30 

minutes completion time). The reviewer 

provides standard personal and 

diversity information, similar to that 

found in grant review programs. 

3. Panelist Peer Review of an ARS 

Research Project Form: (4–7 hours 

completion time). As the review page 

length varies. Reviewers freely write as 

much as they wish and complete the 

form. To adequately evaluate a research 

project plan that may exceed 60–70 

pages in length, each reviewer must 

thoroughly read each plan. 

4. Reviewer Comment Form: (60 

minutes completion time). General 

assessment of the plan with brief 

comments on the approach and 

feasibility of the project and about one 

page. 

5. Panel Recommendation for ARS 

Research Project Form: (30–60 minutes 

completion time). The page length 

significantly varies among Panelist Peer 

Reviews and Reviewer Comments. All 

recommendation forms are completed 

by the OSQR and further discussed and 

revised by the reviewers as part of their 

panel discussions. In-person panels are 

handled in the same manner. 

6. Panel Expense Report Form: (30 

minutes completion time). 

Respondents and Estimated Number 

of Respondents: Selected scientific 

experts, currently working in the same 

discipline as the research projects being 

peer reviewed. These external experts 


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are credible peers to the ARS. Annually, 

about 185 peer reviewers complete these 

forms. Most plans are discussed and 

deliberated via webinar and telephone 

conferencing. Travel is not generally 

necessary thus reviewers are not 

expected to complete Panel Expense 

Reports. 

Frequency of Response: 

Form Number of 

respondents Annual frequency 

Confidentiality Agreement ............................................................................... 185 1 per respondent (Total = 185). 

Peer Review Forms (required and assigned 2 plans) ................................... 200 2 per panel respondent (Total = 400). 

Reviewer Comment Form (reviewer is not assigned as primary or secondary review).6 2 per panel respondent (Total = 12). 

Expense Report (in-person reviewers) ........................................................... 6 1 per respondent (Total = 6). 

Panelist Information Forms ............................................................................. 185 1 per respondent/per form (Total = 185). 

Recommendations Form (non-online project reviews) ................................... 82 2 per respondent (Total = 164). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 

Form 

(time required to complete) 

Number 

completed 

annually 

Total burden 

(hours) 

Confidentiality Agreement (10 minutes) .................................................................................................................. 185 31 

Panelist Information Forms (30 minutes) ................................................................................................................ 185 93 

Peer Review Forms (∼6 hours) ............................................................................................................................... 200 1,200 

Recommendations Form (2 hour) ........................................................................................................................... 82 164 

Reviewer Comment Form (1 hour) .......................................................................................................................... 6 6 

Expense Report (30 minutes) .................................................................................................................................. 6 3 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35. 

Comments: The Notice is soliciting 

comments from members of the public 

and impacted agencies concerning the 

proposed collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of ARS functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the estimated burden from 

proposed collection of information; (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, including the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. All responses 

to this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, April 7, 2022. 

Yvette Anderson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, ARS, ERS, 

NASS. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07783 Filed 4–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; 

April 7, 2022. 

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 and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by May 12, 2022 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. 

Forest Service 

Title: Application and Permit for NonFederal Commercial Use of Roads, 

Trails and Areas Restricted by 

Regulation or Order. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0016. 

Summary of Collection: Authority for 

permits for use of National Forest 

System (NFS) roads, trails, and areas on 

NFS lands restricted by order or 

regulation drives from the National 

Forest Roads and Trails Act (16 U.S.C. 

532–538). This statute authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate 

regulations regarding use of NFS roads, 

NFS trails, and areas on NFS lands; 

established procedures for sharing 

investments in NFS roads; and require 

commercial users to perform road 

maintenance commensurate with their 

use of NFS roads. Forest Service 

regulations implementing this authority 

are found in 36 CFR 212.5, 212.9, 


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