29848 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 17, 2022 / Notices 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 63 

per annum. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 55 per annum. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden of 

Respondents: 55,029 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Dacia Rogers, the 

Agency Information Collection 

Coordinator, at Dacia.Rogers@usda.gov. 

Request for Comments: Send 

comments regarding (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information including 

validity of the methodology and 

assumption 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 through the 

use of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be available without change, including 

any personal information provided, for 

inspection online at http://

www.regulations.gov and at the mail 

address listed above between 8:00 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Comments will be summarized and 

included in the submission for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

an alternative means for communication 

of information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact FASReasonableAccommodation@usda.gov 

or Angela Ubrey (Workforce Relations, 

202–772–4836). 

Robert Ibarra, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

Clay Hamilton, 

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10562 Filed 5–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service 

and Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Foreign 

Agricultural Service’s (FAS) intention to 

request on behalf of the Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC) an extension 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for a currently approved 

information collection process in 

support of the Technical Assistance for 

Specialty Crops (TASC) program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 17, 2022 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0551–0038, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. This portal 

enables respondents to enter short 

comments or attach a file containing 

lengthier comments. 

• Email: PODadmin@usda.gov.

Include OMB Control Number 0551– 

0038 in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail, Courier, or Hand Delivery:

Curt Alt, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Room 6512, Washington, DC 20250. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency names and 

OMB Control Number for this notice. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curt 

Alt, 202 720–4327, Podadmin@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Technical Assistance for 

Specialty Crops. 

OMB Number: 0551–0038. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2022. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: This information is needed 

to administer CCC’s TASC program. The 

information will be gathered from 

applicants desiring to receive grants 

under the program to determine the 

viability of the request for funds. 

Regulations governing the program 

appear at 7 CFR part 1487 and are 

available on the Foreign Agricultural 

Service’s website. 

Estimate of Burden: The agency 

estimates that the public reporting 

burden for the associated collection of 

information averages 32 hours per 

respondent. 

Respondents: U.S. government 

agencies, State government agencies, 

non-profit trade associations, 

universities, agricultural cooperatives, 

and private companies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 32 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,600 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Dacia Rogers, the 

Agency Information Collection 

Coordinator, at Dacia.Rogers@usda.gov. 

Request for Comments: Send 

comments regarding (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information including 

validity of the methodology and 

assumption 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 through the 

use of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be available without change, including 

any personal information provided, for 

inspection online at http://

www.regulations.gov and at the mail 

address listed above between 8:00 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Comments will be summarized and 

included in the submission for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

an alternative means for communication 

of information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact FASReasonableAccommodation@usda.gov 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 17, 2022 / Notices 29849 

or Angela Ubrey (Workforce Relations, 

202–772–4836). 

Robert Ibarra, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

Clay Hamilton, 

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10573 Filed 5–16–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket No. NRCS–2021–0005] 

Proposed Revisions to the National 

Handbook of Conservation Practices 

for the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) is giving 

notice that it intends to issue a series of 

revised conservation practice standards 

in the National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices (NHCP). NRCS is 

also giving the public an opportunity to 

provide comments on specified 

conservation practice standards in 

NHCP. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by June 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments in response to this notice. 

You may submit your comments 

through one of the methods below: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for docket ID NRCS–2021–0005. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments; or 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Mr. Clarence

Prestwich, National Agricultural 

Engineer, Conservation Engineering 

Division, NRCS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, South Building, 

Room 4636, Washington, DC 20250. In 

your comment, please specify the 

docket ID NRCS–2021–0005. 

All comments received will be made 

publicly available on http://

www.regulations.gov. 

The copies of the proposed revised 

standards are available through http://

www.regulations.gov by accessing 

Docket No. NRCS–2021–0005. 

Alternatively, the proposed revised 

standards can be downloaded or printed 

from http://go.usa.gov/TXye. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Clarence Prestwich; telephone: (202) 

720–2972; email: clarence.prestwich@

usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication should contact the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NRCS plans to revise the conservation 

practice standards in the NHCP. This 

notice provides an overview of the 

planned changes and gives the public an 

opportunity to offer comments on the 

specific conservation practice standards 

and NRCS’s proposed changes. 

NRCS State Conservationists who 

choose to adopt these practices in their 

States will incorporate these practices 

into the respective electronic Field 

Office Technical Guide. These practices 

may be used in conservation systems 

that treat highly erodible land (HEL) or 

on land determined to be a wetland. 

Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

requires NRCS to make available for 

public review and comment all 

proposed revisions to conservation 

practice standards used to carry out HEL 

and wetland provisions of the law. 

Revisions to the National Handbook of 

Conservation Practices 

The amount of the proposed changes 

varies considerably for each of the 

conservation practice standards 

addressed in this notice. To fully 

understand the proposed changes, 

individuals are encouraged to compare 

these changes with each standard’s 

current version, which can be found at: 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/ 

nrcs/detailfull/national/technical/cp/ 

ncps/?cid=nrcs143_026849. 

NRCS is requesting comments on the 

following conservation practice 

standards: 

• Aquatic Organism Passage (Code

396); 

• Clearing and Snagging (Code 326);

• Constructed Wetland (Code 656);

• Dike and Levee (Code 356);

• Diversion (Code 362);

• Feed Management (Code 592);

• Firebreak (Code 394);

• Forest Stand Improvement (Code

666); 

• Fuel Break (Code 383);

• Hillside Ditch (Code 423);

• Range Planting (Code 550); and

• Soil Carbon Amendment (Code

336). 

The following are highlights of some 

of the proposed changes to each 

standard: 

Aquatic Organism Passage (Code 

396): Revisions have been made to 

clarify the diÄerences between the 

biological and ecological requirements 

versus the engineering structural design 

elements. The Criteria section has been 

reorganized into subsections that list 

application criteria for speciÉc barrier 

situations. References have been 

updated and minor revisions were made 

for clarity and readability. 

Clearing and Snagging (Code 326): 

The definition has been changed to 

clarify that the term stream includes 

channels. The purposes have been 

reworded to better clarify the resource 

concerns being addressed by the 

standard. Changes have been made in 

the Criteria section to the capacity 

analysis to add flexibility for emergency 

work and to clarify hazardous materials 

such as propane tanks and car bodies for 

debris disposal. 

Costructed Wetland (Code 656): 

Changes were made to the Purposes and 

Conditions Where Practice Applies 

section of the standard to clarify that the 

practice can be used to treat tile 

drainage outflow. References were 

added and the formatting and writing 

style were updated to meet current 

agency requirements. Minor revisions 

were made for clarity and readability. 

Dike and Levee (Code 356): This 

revision retitles CPS 356 from Dike to 

Dike and Levee to allow distinction 

between dikes and levees. A clear 

distinction is drawn between what is a 

dike and what is a levee based on 

purpose and levee hazard potential. 

This distinction is necessary to align 

with the definition of a levee used by 

other Federal agencies. Potential future 

revisions include splitting this standard 

into two separate standards after 

National Levee Safety Guidelines are 

developed, but the timeframe for that is 

currently unknown. 

Diversion (Code 362): Formatting and 

writing style were updated to meet 

current agency requirements. The 

purposes were consolidated from nine 

statements to three statements. In the 

Criteria section, the subsection for cross 

section would provide additional 

protection for sensitive sites and 

vegetative establishment subsection 

changes would clarify non-vegetated 

diversions are allowable. The 

Considerations section addressing 

potential wetland impacts was 

expanded to include subsurface seepage 

and to address the potential water 

quality impacts of concentrating flows. 

Feed Management (Code 592): 

Multiple changes and additions would 

be made throughout the standard to 

meet current agency requirements and 

language updated to improve clarity. 

The purpose for Air Quality was 

expanded to include ammonia, volatile 


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