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Vol. 87, No. 98 

Friday, May 20, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0025] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Federal Plant 

Pest and Noxious Weed Regulations 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the Federal plant pest 

and noxious weeds regulations. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 19, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2022–0025 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2022–0025, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the Federal plant 

pest and noxious weeds regulations, 

contact Dr. Colin Stewart, Assistant 

Director, Pests, Pathogens, and 

Biocontrol Permits Branch, PHP, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851– 

2237. For information about the 

information collection process, contact 

Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork 

Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 

851–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal Plant Pest and Noxious 

Weeds Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0054. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(the Act, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to restrict the importation, entry, 

exportation, or interstate movement of 

plants, plant products, biological 

control organisms, noxious weeds, 

articles, or means of conveyance, if the 

Secretary determines that the 

prohibition or restriction is necessary to 

prevent the introduction of plant pests 

or noxious weeds into the United States 

or their dissemination within the United 

States. The associated regulations that 

were issued by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are 

located in 7 CFR parts 330 and 360. 

These regulations contain information 

collection activities that include, but are 

not limited to, applications, 

amendments, withdrawals, 

cancellations, and appeals for permits; 

cooperative agreements and compliance 

agreements; consultations; site 

assessments; inspections; certifications; 

notifications of intent, appeals, 

amendments, and cancellations; 

labeling of boxes, containers, and bags; 

emergency action notifications; notices 

of arrival; and recordkeeping. These 

information collection activities allow 

APHIS to evaluate the risks associated 

with the importation or interstate 

movement of plant pests, noxious 

weeds, and soil, and also assist with 

developing risk mitigations, if 

necessary, for the importation or 

interstate movement of plant pests, 

noxious weeds, and soil. 

In addition to the above information 

collection activities, we are adding to 

this collection petitions to add or 

remove plant pests to exemption and 

plant pest lists, which are currently 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under control 

number 0579–0187, Plant Pest 

Regulations; Update of Provisions. 

When OMB approves this combined 

information collection package (0579– 

0054), APHIS will discontinue 0579– 

0187. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, for an additional 

3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.24 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Importers and shippers 

of plant pests, noxious weeds, and other 

regulated articles; owners/operators of 

regulated garbage-handling facilities; 

State plant health officials; Tribal 

groups; and individuals. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4,765. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 16. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 78,350. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 18,886 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 


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30866 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2022 / Notices 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

May 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10874 Filed 5–19–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket ID: NRCS–2022–0007] 

Information Collection Requests; 

Urban Agriculture and Innovative 

Production (UAIP) Grant Program; 

Composting and Food Waste 

Reduction (CFWR) Cooperative 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the NRCS is 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on two 

information collection requests 

associated with the UAIP Grant Program 

and the CFWR Cooperative Agreements, 

respectively. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by July 19, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: NRCS prefers that the 

comments are submitted electronically 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by Docket ID No. NRCS–2022–0007, 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRCS–2022–0007. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail, Hand-Delivery, or Courier: 

Brian Guse, Room 4083–S NRCS, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 

1600, Washington, DC 20250. 

In your comments, specify the docket 

ID NRCS–2022–0007. All comments 

received, including those received by 

mail, will be posted without change and 

will be publicly available on http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Guse; telephone: (202) 641–7249; 

email: urbanagriculture@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

should contact the USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice only) or 

(844) 433–2774 (toll-free nationwide). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Urban Agriculture and 

Innovative Production (UAIP). 

OMB Control Number: 0578–0032. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: The Agriculture 

Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm 

Bill, Pub L. 115–334) authorized the 

Farm Production and Conservation 

(FPAC) mission area and NRCS to award 

competitive grants to local units of 

government, school districts, and tribal 

communities to support the 

development of urban agriculture and 

innovative production with the goal of 

improving access to local foods in areas 

where access to fresh, healthy food is 

limited or unavailable. In FY 2020 and 

FY 2021, the first 2 years of the 

program, NRCS granted 31 awards 

totaling just over $7.9 million. To 

improve the ability of communities 

nationwide to implement projects that 

improve access to local foods, the UAIP 

program is substantially increasing its 

public investment through additional 

funding and awards in FY 2022, 

leveraging additional funding provided 

by the American Rescue Plan of 2021 

(Pub L. 117–2). The grant recipients 

(applicants) are required to sign the 

notice of award and provide documents 

such as the project summary, Negotiated 

Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), 

de minimus rate agreement, and annual 

progress reports. We received Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

clearance to electronically submit 

required forms through Grants.gov (SF– 

270, SF–424, and SF–425). 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hour is the estimated average 

time per responses hours multiplied by 

the estimated total annual responses. 

Estimate of annual burden: Public 

reporting burden for the collection of 

information is estimated to average 7.55 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Grant recipients. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

897. 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual number of 

responses: 897. 

Estimated average time per response: 

7.55 hours. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

6,773 hours. 

Title: Composting and Food Waste 

Reduction (CFWR). 

OMB Control Number: 0578–0033. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: The 2018 Farm Bill 

authorized the FPAC mission area and 

NRCS to carry out pilot projects under 

which local and municipal governments 

enter into cooperative agreements to 

develop and test strategies for planning 

and implementing municipal 

composting plans and food waste 

reduction plans. In FY 2020 and FY 

2021, the first 2 years of the program, 

NRCS granted 37 awards totaling just 

over $3 million. To improve the ability 

of communities nationwide to 

implement projects that increase 

compost, improve soil quality, and 

reduce food waste, the CFWR program 

is substantially increasing its public 

investment by funding awards during 

FY 2022, leveraging additional funding 

provided by the American Rescue Plan 

of 2021 (Pub L. 117–2). Although no 

new information is being collected 

beyond prior-year requests, NRCS 

anticipates an additional public burden 

due to an increase in applications 

received and awards made. The grant 

recipients are required to sign the notice 

of award and provide documents such 

as the project summary, NICRA, de 

minimus rate agreement, and annual 

progress reports. We received OMB 

clearance to electronically submit 

required forms through Grants.gov (SF– 

270, SF–424 and SF–425). 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden in hours is the average of the 

estimated time per response multiplied 

by the estimated total annual responses 

required. 

Estimate of annual burden: Public 

reporting burden for the collection of 

information is estimated to average 7.39 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Grant recipients. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

724. 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual number of 

responses: 724. 

Estimated average time per response: 

7.39 hours. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

5,353 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of the information collections to 

help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to function properly, 

including whether the information will 

be useful for practical applications; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimated burden for the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology used and 

assumptions made; 


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