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one occur. In the past several years, 

there have been significant worldwide 

outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), 

a highly contagious and deadly viral 

disease affecting domestic and feral 

pigs. APHIS is committed to working 

with State and industry partners to keep 

the disease out of the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

certify compliance with the restriction 

guidelines in the Federal Order for the 

interstate movement of swine products 

and byproducts from Puerto Rico and 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, commercial 

producers must meet the requirements 

as listed in the Federal Order or 

complete a VS Form 16–3, an 

application for a permit to import or 

transport controlled material or 

organisms or vectors. The collection of 

this information prevents unhealthy 

swine products and byproducts from 

being imported into the United States. 

Description of Respondents: State 

animal health officials, and commercial 

producers of swine products and 

byproducts. 

Number of Respondents: 22. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 60. 

Dated: May 5, 2022. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09733 Filed 5–5–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID FSA–2022–0005] 

Notice of Funds Availability; Cotton 

and Wool Apparel Program 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

and Farm Service Agency; Department 

of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notification of funding 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is announcing the availability of 

$50 million for the new Cotton and 

Wool Apparel Program (CAWA), which 

will support the domestic markets for 

wool and Pima cotton by assisting 

eligible apparel manufacturers of men’s 

and boys’ worsted wool suits, sport 

coats, pants, or Pima cotton dress shirts; 

Pima cotton spinners; and wool fabric 

manufacturers and wool spinners. The 

COVID–19 pandemic dramatically 

reduced the demand for these types of 

clothing, textiles, and threads, and in 

turn, the market for the raw 

commodities. CAWA will assist in the 

development and restoration of the 

market for domestically produced 

cotton and wool products and 

ultimately for the underlying 

commodities. To be eligible for CAWA, 

an applicant must have experienced a 

decrease of at least 15 percent in 

calendar year 2020 gross sales or 

consumption of eligible products 

described in this document compared to 

the applicant’s gross sales or 

consumption in any selected calendar 

years 2017, 2018, or 2019. Payments to 

eligible entities will be based on their 

pre-pandemic market share relative to 

other similar applicants subject to 

payment limitations. The eligibility 

requirements, payment calculation, and 

application procedure for CAWA are 

included in this document. 

DATES: 

Funding Availability: Implementation 

will begin May 6, 2022. 

Applications Start Date: We will 

accept applications for funding starting 

on May 16, 2022. 

Applications Due Date: We will 

accept applications for funding through 

June 17, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Graham; telephone: (202) 720– 

6825; email: Kimberly.Graham@

usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication should contact the 

USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice) or (844) 433–2774 (toll-free 

nationwide). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Since the onset of the COVID–19 

pandemic in March 2020, millions of 

Americans transitioned from working in 

offices to working from home. Two 

years later, the pandemic has persisted, 

and many employees have continued to 

work remotely. This transition toward 

remote work has led to a dramatic 

decrease in consumer demand for 

worsted wool suits, sport coats, dress 

pants, and Pima cotton dress shirts. 

Manufacturers of these products, mainly 

small and medium-sized businesses, 

had to temporarily shut down or reduce 

their hours of production through the 

early months of the pandemic due to a 

dramatic decline in demand. Although 

many of these manufacturers shifted to 

the production of personal protective 

equipment (PPE), the industry has 

struggled to recover from a persistent 

and significant reduction in sales and 

many of these businesses are now 

struggling to avoid bankruptcy. 

Without additional support, some of 

these companies will cease operations 

or be unable to restore full production, 

negatively impacting American workers, 

the supply chain, and ultimately the 

market for domestic cotton growers and 

wool producers that rely on the 

American apparel manufacturing 

industry to support the market for their 

raw products. Like other industries, the 

supply chain between the production of 

raw Pima cotton or wool to the ultimate 

consumer has become globalized and 

does not track the origin of the raw 

material in most cases. Many imported 

wool and Pima cotton fabrics contain 

domestically produced raw materials 

and ultimately support the markets for 

those domestic agricultural 

commodities. By excluding synthetic 

fabrics and targeting specific apparel, 

CAWA further ensures assistance to 

support and rebuild key domestic and 

global markets for the domestic 

producers of raw Pima cotton and wool. 

In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 714c, 

the Secretary is using $50 million of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

funds that were previously transferred 

for pandemic-related assistance to 

establish a new program to indirectly 

support Pima cotton and wool 

producers by providing assistance to 

wool and Pima cotton manufacturers 

and spinners whose consumption and 

gross sales of raw Pima cotton and wool 

in 2020 were impacted by the COVID– 

19 pandemic and that filed an affidavit 

for a payment in any year from calendar 

year 2017 to calendar year 2021 in 

accordance with sections 12602 or 

12603 of the Agriculture Improvement 

Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill; Pub. L. 

115–34), which authorizes the Wool 

Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund and 

the Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund, 

respectively. CAWA is using the 

eligibility for the trust funds established 

in the 2018 Farm Bill because the 

entities that meet these eligibility 

criteria encompass the known universe 

of domestic apparel manufacturers of 

men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits, 

sport coats, pants, or Pima cotton dress 

shirts; Pima cotton spinners; and wool 

fabric manufacturers and wool spinners. 

This group of companies represents one 

of the few markets for Pima cotton and 

wool materials in the United States and 

an opportunity to indirectly support 

wool and Pima cotton producers. While 

CAWA defines eligibility partially based 

on eligibility for, and participation in, 

these trust funds, CAWA and the trust 

fund programs are otherwise distinct 

and separate with regard to purpose and 

authority. Since the entities targeted for 

payment in both CAWA and the trust 

funds have been determined to be the 

same, using the same base eligibility 

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through participation in the trust fund 

programs provides for a streamlined 

delivery of CAWA. Since CAWA is a 

pandemic assistance program focused 

on restoring and improving a distinct 

market, CAWA participants must meet 

additional eligibility criteria to ensure 

assistance through CAWA is tied to 

demonstrable pandemic-induced market 

challenges. 

CAWA will provide assistance to 

several subsets of the wool and Pima 

cotton industries. There are no publicly 

available breakdowns of the relative size 

or degree of need among the different 

segments; therefore, USDA conducted 

research and leveraged appropriate 

industry resources with specific 

knowledge of the Pima cotton and wool 

apparel markets. USDA research and 

these industry resources provided the 

information necessary for USDA to 

determine the level of pandemic-related 

market challenges for each subset of the 

wool and Pima cotton industries, along 

with the support needed to restore and 

increase these markets for Pima cotton 

and wool in the United States. This 

information was subsequently used to 

determine the funding levels for each 

industry subset. As a result, USDA 

determined that approximately $35 

million will be available for eligible 

apparel manufacturers; approximately 

$5 million will be available for eligible 

Pima cotton spinners; and 

approximately $10 million will be 

available for eligible wool fabric 

manufacturers and yarn wool spinners. 

USDA also determined that a minimum 

payment of $50,000 would be used to 

both ensure that each recipient received 

sufficient assistance to provide a 

meaningful amount to restore or help 

expand the domestic market and as a 

way to target small businesses for a 

proportionately larger benefit than if 

market share was used alone. 

Funds available to CCC will be used 

as authorized by section 5(e) of the CCC 

Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(e)). As 

outlined above, the assistance to these 

wool and Pima cotton domestic apparel 

and textile industries will help increase 

and restore the domestic consumption 

of agricultural commodities in the form 

of raw Pima cotton and wool by aiding 

in the recovery of the domestic market 

for the use of Pima cotton and wool 

products. Without this assistance, 

several companies have indicated that 

they may cease operation or remain at 

lower production levels for a 

substantially longer period of time, 

impairing the demand for Pima cotton 

and wool materials from domestic 

markets. The specific CCC authority will 

be used to restore and ultimately 

improve the viability of this key 

domestic market for Pima cotton and 

wool materials beyond pre-pandemic 

levels. 

FSA is implementing CAWA as a part 

of the Secretary’s USDA Pandemic 

Assistance for Producers initiative. 

While each applicant must meet the 

minimum eligibility requirement of a 15 

percent decline in gross sales or 

consumption compared to prepandemic levels, the payments 

themselves will be based on each 

applicant’s pre-pandemic market share 

and are not indemnities for past losses. 

Through CAWA, FSA will make 

payments to: 

• Apparel manufacturers that have 

experienced at least a 15 percent 

decrease in calendar year 2020 in gross 

sales of eligible products, when 

comparing calendar year 2020 gross 

sales to gross sales in any one of 

calendar years 2017, 2018, or 2019; 

gross sales is used in the case of apparel 

manufacturers because there is not a 

readily available conversion to 

consumption of the raw materials. 

• Pima cotton spinners that have 

experienced at least a 15 percent 

decrease in calendar year 2020 in: 

Æ Gross sales of eligible products 

when comparing calendar year 2020 

gross sales to gross sales in any one of 

calendar years 2017, 2018, or 2019; or 

Æ Consumption of eligible products 

when comparing calendar year 2020 

consumption to consumption in any one 

of calendar years 2017, 2018, or 2019; 

and 

• Wool fabric manufacturers and 

wool spinners that experienced at least 

a 15 percent decrease in calendar year 

2020 in: 

Æ Gross sales for of eligible products 

when comparing calendar year 2020 

gross sales to gross sales in any one of 

calendar years 2017, 2018, or 2019; or 

Æ Consumption of eligible products, 

when comparing calendar year 2020 

consumption to consumption in any one 

of calendar years 2017, 2018, or 2019. 

On behalf of the CCC, FSA is 

administering the direct payments 

under the general supervision and 

direction of the FSA Administrator, 

with assistance from the Foreign 

Agriculture Service (FAS) to ensure 

applicants are eligible. 

Definitions 

The definitions in 7 CFR parts 718 

and 1400 apply to CAWA, except as 

otherwise provided in this document. 

The following definitions also apply: 

Apparel manufacturers means 

domestic manufacturers and producers 

that use imported Pima cotton fabric 

(80s or higher count and 2-ply in warp) 

to manufacture men’s and boys’ woven 

Pima cotton shirts or domestic 

manufacturers and producers of men’s 

and boys’ worsted wool suits, suit-type 

jackets, or trousers that use imported 

fabrics containing 85 percent or more by 

weight of wool. 

Consumption means for: 

• Pima Cotton—the number of 

pounds of Pima cotton processed for 

U.S. ring spun Pima cotton yarns 

measuring less than 83.33 decitex 

(exceeding 120 metric number). 

• Worsted Wool—the number of 

pounds of wool top spun into worsted 

yarn and the number of pounds of wool 

yarn processed into worsted woven 

wool fabric, converted into wool top. 

Member of a controlled group means 

a subsidiary or otherwise affiliated 

company of a parent or holding 

company that has a history of 

participating in the wool and cotton 

trust fund programs. The applicant 

would be the parent or holding 

company for the purposes of this 

program. 

Deputy Administrator means Deputy 

Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm 

Service Agency, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, or their designee. 

Gross sales means the direct sale or 

wholesale of eligible products only in 

dollars. 

Pima cotton spinner means a spinner 

that produces domestic ring spun Pima 

cotton yarns measuring less than 83.33 

decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) 

in single and plied form. 

Unique entity identifier (SAM UEI) 

means a number used to identify a 

specific entity. A System for Award 

Management (SAM) UEI number 

replaced the DUNS UEI number. The 

number can be obtained on SAM.gov, 

and is used to make payments to entities 

receiving government payments. 

Wool fabric manufacturers and wool 

spinners means domestic manufacturers 

and producers of woven worsted wool 

fabrics containing 85 percent or more by 

weight of wool or processors of 

imported wool yarn, fiber, and top that 

use such wool yarn, fiber, or top to 

manufacture in the United States. 

Wool top means wool fiber used for 

worsted manufacturing. It has 

undergone all major preprocessing steps 

and is ready for yarn spinning. To 

convert wool yarn to wool top, 

applicants should use the following 

conversion: 1 pound of wool yarn 

equates to 1.11 pounds of wool top. 

United States means all 50 states of 

the United States, the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, and any other territory or 

possession of the United States. 


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Eligible Products 

For apparel manufacturers, eligible 

products are: 

• Men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits, 

sport coats, or pants; or 

• Men’s and boys’ Pima cotton dress 

shirts. 

The products must have been cut and 

sewn in the United States at a facility 

owned by the applicant or a member of 

its controlled group in the United 

States. 

For Pima cotton spinners, the eligible 

product is Pima cotton for U.S. ring 

spun Pima cotton yarns measuring less 

than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 

metric number) in single and plied 

form. 

For wool fabric manufacturers and 

wool spinners, eligible products are: 

• Yarn spun in the United States of a 

type used for worsted woven wool 

fabric; 

• Worsted wool fabric woven in the 

United States; or 

• Wool top spun into worsted yarn in 

the United States. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible for a CAWA payment, 

an applicant must: 

(1) Have filed an affidavit for a 

payment in any year from 2017 to 2021 

from the trust funds authorized by 

sections 12602 and 12603 of the 2018 

Farm Bill. 

(2) At the time of application, be in 

operation or have plans to restart 

domestic operations within a reasonable 

timeframe as an apparel manufacturer, 

Pima cotton spinner, wool fabric 

manufacturer, or wool spinner and 

submit a business plan showing the use 

of the assistance determined acceptable 

by the Deputy Administrator. 

(3) Have had at least a 15 percent 

decrease in calendar year 2020, 

compared to calendar year 2017, 2018, 

or 2019, in: 

(a) Gross sales; or 

(b) Consumption of the eligible 

products, except for apparel 

manufacturers. 

(4) Be an active entity on https://

SAM.gov and have a SAM UEI. 

An eligible applicant is a legal entity 

with production and facilities located in 

the United States. 

Any entity that did not file an 

affidavit for a payment in any year from 

2017 to 2021 under sections 12602 and 

12603 of the 2018 Farm Bill is ineligible 

for CAWA. 

An entity is considered eligible if it is 

manufacturing on the date of 

application or has plans to restart 

domestic operations within a reasonable 

timeframe and submits a business plan 

showing the use of the assistance 

determined acceptable by the Deputy 

Administrator. An entity remains 

eligible if it acquired a manufacturer or 

producer during any year in which gross 

sales or consumption is reported on an 

application, or if there is a change in 

ownership and the entity continues to 

manufacture the same products as a 

predecessor manufacturer that 

participated in a trust fund. In the case 

of an entity that continues to 

manufacture the same products as a 

predecessor manufacturer, the entity 

may use gross sales or consumption data 

of its predecessor in its application at 

the discretion of the Deputy 

Administrator. 

If an entity is under common control 

with another manufacturer or producer 

during any year in which sales or 

consumption would be reported on an 

application, any application must be 

submitted through the parent or holding 

company unless otherwise permitted by 

the Deputy Administrator. 

Application Process 

FSA will accept applications from 

May 16, 2022, through June 17, 2022. To 

apply for CAWA, eligible applicants 

must submit a completed form CCC– 

917, Cotton and Wool Apparel Program 

(CAWA) Application. Applications may 

be submitted to the FSA National Office 

by email to CAWA@usda.gov. All 

applicants must be an active entity on 

https://SAM.gov and are required to 

enter their SAM UEI number on the 

application form to receive payment. 

The program requires the applicant to 

show a 15 percent or greater reduction 

in calendar year 2020 when comparing 

calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019 to 

calendar 2020, for: 

• Apparel manufacturers, gross sales 

of eligible products. 

• Pima cotton spinners, either: 

Æ Gross sales of eligible products, or 

Æ Consumption of eligible products. 

• Wool fabric manufacturers and/or 

spinner, either: 

Æ Gross sales of eligible products, or 

Æ Consumption of eligible products. 

The applicant only needs to report the 

applicable percentage decrease on the 

CCC–917 but should be prepared to 

provide actual calculations and 

documentation upon request. 

Eligible apparel manufacturers will 

report gross sales of eligible products for 

the year of their choice during calendar 

years 2017, 2018, or 2019 on form CCC– 

917. These data will be used to 

approximate each company’s prepandemic market share relative to other 

applicants in order to calculate the 

proportionate share of funding within 

the apparel manufacturer funding 

category after an initial flat-rate 

payment is made to each eligible entity 

and subject to payment limitations. 

To estimate the pre-pandemic market 

share and calculate proportionate 

payment shares within the other 

funding categories, Pima cotton 

spinners, wool spinners, and wool 

fabric manufacturers must report total 

consumption on form CCC–917 for 

calendar year 2017, 2018, or 2019. 

When reporting consumption, a wool 

yarn spinner will report the total 

number of wool top pounds processed, 

and a wool fabric manufacturer will 

convert total pounds of wool yarn 

processed into wool top and then report 

the total number of wool top pounds 

processed. 

FSA will cross-check applicant 

information with the most recent 

affidavits on file with FAS for the trust 

funds. If there is not a match, applicants 

will be required to provide 

documentation to verify they are 

authorized to represent the eligible 

entity, executed in accordance with any 

State laws that designate what officers, 

members, or managers are authorized 

signatories for signature authority on the 

form CCC–917. Documentation may 

include, but is not limited to, corporate 

charter, bylaws, articles of organization, 

partnership papers, signed corporate 

minutes, or resolution of the 

corporation’s board of directors. 

Gross sales and consumption are 

based on the applicant’s certification 

and are subject to spot check. 

If requested by FSA, the applicant 

must provide supporting documentation 

to verify the accuracy of information 

provided on the application, including 

to substantiate the gross sales or 

consumption, and documentation that 

demonstrates the application is not for 

an entity that is under common control 

with another manufacturer or producer 

during any year in which gross sales or 

consumption are reported on an 

application. If any supporting 

documentation is requested, the 

documentation must be submitted to 

FSA within 30 days from the request or 

the application will be disapproved by 

FSA. Supporting documentation should 

be maintained for a period of 3 years. 

Payments 

For all eligible applicants, the 

payment amount will be calculated as 

follows: 

• A payment of $50,000; 

• Plus, a proportionate share of the 

remaining balance of funds in the 

applicant’s funding category based on 

each applicant’s pre-pandemic market 

share adjusted for payment limitations. 


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The funds available for eligible 

apparel manufacturers, Pima cotton 

spinners, and wool fabric manufacturers 

and wool spinners are as follows: 

• Approximately $35 million will be 

available for eligible apparel 

manufacturers. Eligible apparel 

manufacturers will receive a minimum 

payment of $50,000 plus the 

proportionate share of the balance of 

funds available based on pre-pandemic 

market share measured by gross sales 

and adjusted for remaining applicants in 

the funding category as entities reach 

the payment limit. Payments will be 

capped at $8 million per applicant. 

• Approximately $5 million will be 

available for eligible Pima cotton 

spinners. Eligible Pima cotton spinners 

will receive a minimum payment of 

$50,000 plus the proportionate share of 

the balance of funds available based on 

pre-pandemic market share measured by 

consumption and adjusted for 

remaining applicants in the funding 

category as entities reach the payment 

limit. Payments will be capped at $2.5 

million per applicant. 

• Approximately $10 million will be 

available for eligible wool fabric 

manufacturers and wool spinners. 

Eligible wool fabric manufacturers and 

wool spinners will receive a minimum 

payment of $50,000 plus the 

proportionate share of the balance of 

funds available based on pre-pandemic 

market share measured by consumption 

and adjusted for remaining applicants in 

the funding category as entities reach 

the payment limit. Payments will be 

capped at $5 million per applicant. 

Within each funding category 

payments will be determined using the 

same procedures. First, the $50,000 

minimum payment will be allocated to 

each eligible applicant, and then the 

remaining available funding will be 

apportioned. For example, if there are 

20 eligible apparel manufacturer 

applicants, minimum payments would 

total $1 million. Second, the remaining 

funding within each funding category 

will be allocated proportionately based 

on each entity’s pre-pandemic market 

share. This is calculated based on either 

relative gross sales or consumption, 

depending on funding category, 

reported in three pre-pandemic years, 

2017, 2018, or 2019. Applicants can 

choose the year of gross sales or 

consumption reported for this market 

share calculation, but the proportionate 

shares will be calculated without regard 

for which of the three years is reported 

by each entity. In other words, within 

each of the three categories, the total 

across all eligible applicants will be a 

sum of the individual submissions and 

not broken down by year. An entity’s 

total payment will be capped by 

applicable payment limitations. Once an 

entity reaches a payment limitation, that 

entity’s proportional share of funding 

above the payment limit will be 

reallocated to any entities in that 

funding category that have not reached 

the payment limitation based on their 

proportional pre-pandemic market 

shares. Continuing the earlier example, 

there would be $34 million remaining in 

the apparel manufacturer category after 

the minimum per entity payment of 

$50,000. Therefore, if an entity has a 30 

percent pre-pandemic market share 

($10.2 million), it would receive 

$7,950,000 from the proportionate 

funding (in addition to the $50,000 that 

every eligible applicant receives) and 

the remaining $2,250,000 of its share 

above the payment limitation would be 

reallocated based on the proportional 

pre-pandemic market shares of any 

entities that have not yet reached the 

payment limitation in the apparel 

manufacturer funding category. 

Provisions Requiring Refund to FSA 

In the event that any application for 

a CAWA payment resulted in an 

incorrect payment due to erroneous 

information reported by the applicant, 

the payment will be recalculated, and 

the applicant must refund any excess 

payment to FSA, including interest, to 

be calculated from the date of the 

disbursement to the applicant. If, for 

any reason, FSA determines that the 

applicant misrepresented the gross sales 

or consumption difference, the 

application will be disapproved, and the 

applicant must refund the full CAWA 

payment to FSA, with interest, from the 

date of disbursement. Any required 

refunds must be resolved in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 3. 

Miscellaneous Provisions 

All applicants must provide the name 

and address of the entity along with 

their active SAM UEI. Provisions of 7 

CFR 718.6, which address ineligibility 

for benefits for offenses involving 

controlled substances, apply to CAWA. 

Appeal regulations specified in 7 CFR 

parts 11 and 780, and equitable relief 

and finality provisions specified in 7 

CFR part 718, subpart D, apply to 

determinations under CAWA. The 

determination of matters of general 

applicability cannot be appealed if they 

are not in response to, or result from, an 

individual set of facts in an individual 

participant’s application for payment. 

Such matters of general applicability 

include, but are not limited to, the 

determination of applicable time 

periods and the payment calculation for 

CAWA. 

Participants are required to retain 

documentation in support of their 

application for 3 years after the date of 

approval. Participants receiving CAWA 

payments or any other person 

furnishing such documentation to 

USDA must permit authorized 

representatives of USDA or the 

Government Accountability Office, 

during regular business hours, to enter 

the participant’s business and to 

inspect, to examine, and to allow 

representatives to make copies of books, 

records, or other items for the purpose 

of confirming the accuracy of the 

information provided by the participant. 

Applicants have a right to a decision 

in response to their application. If an 

applicant files a late CAWA application, 

the application is subject to the 

following conditions: 

• A late CAWA application will be 

considered a request to waive the 

deadline. 

• Requests to waive or modify 

program provisions are at the discretion 

of the Deputy Administrator. The 

Deputy Administrator has the authority 

to waive or modify application 

deadlines and other requirements or 

program provisions not specified in law 

in cases where the Deputy 

Administrator determines it is (1) 

equitable to do so; and (2) where the 

lateness or failure to meet other 

requirements or program provisions do 

not adversely affect the operation of 

CAWA. 

• Applicants who request to waive or 

modify CAWA program provisions do 

not have a right to a decision on those 

requests. 

• The Deputy Administrator’s refusal 

to exercise discretion on requests to 

waive or modify CAWA program 

provisions will not be considered an 

adverse decision and is, by itself, not 

appealable. 

The regulations governing offsets in 7 

CFR part 3 apply to CAWA payments. 

In either applying for or participating 

in CAWA, or both, the applicant is 

subject to laws against perjury 

(including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. 

1621). If the applicant willfully makes 

and represents as true any verbal or 

written declaration, certification, 

statement, or verification that the 

applicant knows or believes not to be 

true, in the course of either applying for 

or participating in CAWA, or both, then 

the applicant may be found to be guilty 

of perjury. Except as otherwise provided 

by law, if guilty of perjury the applicant 

may be fined, imprisoned for not more 

than 5 years, or both, regardless of 

whether the applicant makes a verbal or 

written declaration, certification, 


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1See https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listings. 

statement, or verification within or 

outside the United States. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, the information 

collection request that supports CAWA 

was submitted to OMB for emergency 

approval. OMB approved the 6-month 

emergency information collection under 

OMB control number 0560–0308. The 

CAWA Program will be available for up 

to 6 months for making the payments to 

the eligible apparel manufacturers, Pima 

cotton spinners, and wool fabric 

manufacturers and wool spinners that 

have experienced a decrease of at least 

15 percent in gross sales or 

consumption in calendar year 2020, 

compared to any one of calendar years 

2017, 2018, or 2019. 

Environmental Review 

The environmental impacts have been 

considered in a manner consistent with 

the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 

U.S.C. 4321–4347), the regulations of 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and the FSA 

regulation for compliance with NEPA (7 

CFR part 799). 

As previously stated, CAWA will 

provide payment to the eligible apparel 

manufacturers, Pima cotton spinners, 

and wool fabric manufacturers and wool 

spinners that experienced a decrease of 

at least 15 percent in gross sales or 

consumption in calendar year 2020, 

compared to any one of calendar years 

2017, 2018, or 2019. The limited 

discretionary aspects of CAWA do not 

have the potential to impact the human 

environment as they are administrative. 

Accordingly, these discretionary aspects 

are covered by the FSA Categorical 

Exclusion specified in 7 CFR 

799.31(b)(6)(vi) that applies to safety net 

programs. 

No Extraordinary Circumstances 

(§ 799.33) exist. As such, the 

implementation of CAWA and the 

participation in CAWA do not 

constitute major Federal actions that 

would significantly affect the quality of 

the human environment, individually or 

cumulatively. Therefore, FSA will not 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement for this 

action and this document serves as 

documentation of the programmatic 

environmental compliance decision for 

this Federal action. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

assistance programs, as found in the 

Assistance Listing,1 to which this 

document applies is 10.149, Cotton and 

Wool Apparel Program (CAWA). 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (for example, 

braille, large print, audiotape, American 

Sign Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 or (844) 433– 

2774 (toll-free nationwide). 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410 or email: OAC@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Zach Ducheneaux, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09730 Filed 5–5–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Special Milk Program for 

Children 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is an extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection which FNS employs to 

determine public participation in 

Special Milk Program for Children. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Kevin Maskornick, Operational Support 

Branch, Program Monitoring and 

Operational Support Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, VA 22314 or submitted via 

email to kevin.maskornick@usda.gov. 

Comments will primarily be accepted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments electronically. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Kevin Maskornick 

via phone at 703–305–2537 or via email 

at kevin.maskornick@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions that were 

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 


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