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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 87, No. 78 

Friday, April 22, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 19, 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. 

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 May 23, 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) Mobile 

Payment Pilots (MPPs). 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Title 7 

Section 2016(h)(14) of the U.S. Code, as 

amended by Section 4006(e) of the 

Agricultural Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115– 

334), requires the Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) to authorize the use of 

mobile payment technology for 

accessing Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits 

through smart phones, tablets, and other 

personal mobile devices in place of 

Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

plans to issue a Request for Volunteers 

(RFV) soliciting MPPs proposals from 

up to 53 SNAP State agencies; and, 

approve up to five (5) of those State 

agencies that, in partnership with 

private, for-profit, EBT stakeholders and 

authorized SNAP retailers, will 

implement MPPs that test the use of 

mobile payment technology by SNAP 

households to access and redeem 

program benefits. 

FNS must evaluate the data and 

observations collected and determine 

whether it is feasible to implement this 

technology nation-wide, whether further 

study is required before doing so, or if 

implementation is not in the best 

interest of the program, and submit 

report to report to Congress with the 

basis of its findings. This information 

collection is necessary because Congress 

has specifically mandated that approval 

and subsequent evaluation of MPPs by 

State agencies must occur before FNS 

can fulfill its broader statutory 

obligations to allow mobile payment 

technology in SNAP nation-wide. 

Description of Respondents: (53) 

State, Local or Tribal Government (212) 

Business-for-profit; and (25,000) 

Individuals/Households. 

Number of Respondents: 25,265. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once, Annually, On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 77,235. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08644 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

USDA Equity Commission 

AGENCY: USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public and virtual 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a public meeting of the 

USDA Equity Commission (EC or 

Commission) and Subcommittee for 

Agriculture will convene to continue its 

work reviewing USDA programs, 

services, and policies for the purpose of 

making recommendations for how the 

Department can improve access and 

advance equity. The Commission and 

Subcommittee are authorized under the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, (the 

Act) and operates in compliance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended. 

DATES: The EC meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, May 10 through Wednesday, 

May 11, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. each day.

Meeting Access: The public can

participate via a zoom meeting link. 

Access information will be provided to 

registered individuals via email. 

Detailed information can be found at: 

https://www.usda.gov/equitycommission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cecilia Hernandez, Designated Federal 

Officer, USDA Equity Commission, 

Office of the Deputy Secretary, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 6006– 

S, Washington, DC 20250–0235; 

Phone:(202) 913–5907; Email: 

Equitycommission@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the FCC 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

(TRS) at 7–1–1 between 8:00 a.m. and 

8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 20, 2021, President Biden 

signed an Executive Order On 

Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

for Underserved Communities Through 

the Federal Government and committed 

to creating the USDA Equity 

Commission as part of his rural agenda 

and commitment to closing the racial 


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wealth gap and addressing longstanding 

inequities in agriculture. Section 1006 

of the American Rescue Plan directed 

USDA to create the Equity Commission 

and provided funds sufficient to ensure 

the Commission is well staffed and 

positioned to deliver on its charge. 

The USDA Equity Commission will 

advise the Secretary of Agriculture and 

provide USDA with an analysis of how 

its programs, policies, systems, 

structures, and practices contribute to 

barriers to inclusion or access, systemic 

discrimination, or exacerbate or 

perpetuate racial, economic, health and 

social disparities and recommendations 

for action. The Agriculture 

Subcommittee reports to the Equity 

Commission and provides 

recommendations on issues of concern 

related to agriculture. Subsequent 

subcommittees will focus on other 

policy areas, such as rural community 

and economic development. The Equity 

Commission will deliver an interim 

report and provide actionable 

recommendations no later than 12 

months after inception. A final report 

will be completed by the Summer of 

2023. 

Meeting Agenda: The agenda items 

may include, but are not limited to, 

welcome and introductions; 

administrative matters; updates from the 

Equity Commission, Agriculture 

Subcommittee and USDA staff; plans for 

the new Rural Community Economic 

Development Subcommittee, for 

developing the EC interim report and 

next steps. Please check the USDA 

Equity Commission website (https://

www.usda.gov/equity-commission) for 

an agenda 24–48 hours prior to May 10. 

Register for the Meeting: The public is 

asked to pre-register for the meeting by 

visiting https://www.usda.gov/equitycommission. Your pre-registration must 

state: Your name; organization or 

interest represented; if you are planning 

to give oral comments; and if you 

require special accommodations. USDA 

will also accept day-of registrations. 

Oral Comments: The Commission is 

providing the public an opportunity to 

provide oral comments and will 

accommodate as many individuals and 

organizations as time permits. Persons 

or organizations wishing to make oral 

comments must pre-register by 11:59 

p.m. ET, May 2, 2022, and may only 

register for one speaking slot. 

Participants who wish to make oral 

comments must also be available to 

attend a tech-check the day before the 

meeting. Instructions for registering and 

participating in the meeting can be 

found on https://www.usda.gov/equitycommission. 

Written Comments: Written public 

comments for consideration at the 

meeting will be accepted on or before 

11:59 p.m. ET, May 2 Comments 

submitted after this date will be 

provided to USDA, but the Commission 

may not have adequate time to consider 

those comments prior to the meeting. 

The USDA Equity Commission strongly 

prefers comments be submitted 

electronically. However, written 

comments may also be submitted (i.e., 

postmarked) via mail to the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by or before the 

deadline. Written comments will be 

accepted up to 15 days after the 

meeting. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: All written public comments 

received by May 25, 2022, will be 

compiled into a file and available for 

member review and be included in the 

meeting minutes. Duplicate comments 

from multiple individuals will appear as 

one comment, with a notation that 

multiple copies of the comment were 

received. Please visit https://

www.usda.gov/equity-commission to 

view the agenda and/or minutes from 

this meeting. 

Meeting Accommodations: USDA is 

committed to making its electronic and 

information technologies accessible to 

individuals with disabilities by meeting 

or exceeding the requirements of 

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 

U.S.C. 794d), as amended. If you need 

reasonable accommodations, please 

make requests in advance for reasonable 

accommodations through the meeting 

registration link on https://

www.usda.gov/equity-commission. 

Determinations for reasonable 

accommodations will be made on a 

case-by-case basis. 

Dated: April 18, 2022. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08583 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the New 

York Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice 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, that 

the New York Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold web meetings via 

WebEx at 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 

20, 2022, Friday, June 17, 2022, and 

Friday, July 15, 2022, for the purpose of 

discussing civil rights topics for their 

next project. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on the 

following dates/times: Friday, May 20, 

2022, at 1:00 p.m. ET, Friday, June 17, 

2022, at 1:00 p.m. ET, and July 15, 2022, 

at 1:00 p.m. ET. 

—To join the meeting, please click the 

following link: https://tinyurl.com/ 

3efrtr3d; Password: USCCR 

—To join by phone only, dial: 800–360– 

9505; Access Code: 2762 833 1443 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana 

Fortes, DFO, at afortes@usccr.gov or 

202–519–2938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public can listen to the 

discussion. This meeting is available to 

the public through the following tollfree call-in number. An open comment 

period will be provided to allow 

members of the public to make a 

statement as time allows. The 

conference operator will ask callers to 

identify themselves, the organizations 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference call. Callers can 

expect to incur charges for calls they 

initiate over wireless lines, and the 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. To request additional 

accommodations, please email afortes@

usccr.gov at least 7 days prior to the 

meeting for which accommodations are 

requested. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Ana Fortes at afortes@

usccr.gov in the Regional Programs Unit 

Office/Advisory Committee 

Management Unit. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at 312–353– 

8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available at www.facadatase.gov 


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