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Vol. 87, No. 102 

Thursday, May 26, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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 these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by June 27, 2022. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Regional Food Business Centers. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Regional 

Food Business Centers are authorized 

and funded by Section 1001(b)(4) of the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. 

L. 117–2). Under Section 1001(b)(4), the 

Secretary is directed to provide 

assistance for maintaining and 

improving food and agricultural supply 

chain resiliency. AMS will enter into 

cooperative agreements with the RFBCs. 

The Regional Food Business Centers 

will be the backbone for local and 

regional supply chain development and 

will offer coordination, technical 

assistance, and capacity building 

support to small and mid-sized food and 

farm businesses which will lead to more 

resilient, diverse, and connected supply 

chains. This program will provide a way 

for geographic regions to tailor 

development and investment to fit their 

needs, while recognizing that resilient 

supply chains are built upon strong 

relationships between individuals, 

communities, regions, sectors, and 

institutions. The RFBCs will support 

coordination in their region, fund 

technical assistance (TA) providers to 

offer business technical assistance to 

food and farm businesses and provide 

small grants to food businesses looking 

to expand or start in their region. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is needed to 

certify that RFBCs are complying with 

applicable program regulations, and the 

data collected is the minimum 

information necessary to effectively 

carry out the requirements of the 

program. The information collection 

requirements in this request are 

essential to administer and evaluate the 

program and to provide the necessary 

technical assistance to RFBCs and their 

subrecipients. 

The data collection will include the 

collection of application information, 

quarterly reports, in addition to 

biannual interviews and quantitative 

information related to RFBCs 

(awardees), the TA providers (subawardees) and the businesses they fund. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 470. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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 these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by June 27, 2022. 

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 


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the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Local Food for Schools 

Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS). 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0334. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621 et. seq.), as amended, 

directs and authorizes USDA to 

administer Federal cooperative 

agreements programs. AMS cooperative 

agreement programs are administered 

according to the OMB Guidance for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

under the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

(2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 49506; 

December 13, 2020). The information 

collection requirements in this 

emergency request are needed for AMS 

to administer a new noncompetitive 

cooperative agreement program, in 

accordance with section 5(c) of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(c)), for the purchase 

of local foods for distribution to schools. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

The information collected is used only 

by authorized representatives of USDA, 

AMS, Commodity Procurement Program 

to certify that cooperative agreement 

participants are complying with 

applicable program regulations, and the 

data collected is the minimum 

information necessary to effectively 

carry out the program requirements. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,154. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11298 Filed 5–25–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Notice of Intent To Extend and Revise 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations this notice 

announces the National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) intention 

to extend and revise a previously 

approved information collection, 

entitled NIFA Proposal Review Process. 

This information collection replaces an 

existing information collection, also 

entitled NIFA Proposal Review Process. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by July 25, 2022 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All comments received 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Martin, 202–445–5388, 

Robert.martin3@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: NIFA Proposal 

Review Process. 

OMB Control Number: 0524–0041. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

8/31/2022. 

Type of Request: Notice of intent to 

extend and revise a currently approved 

information collection. The burden for 

this collection remains unchanged. 

NIFA is requesting a three-year 

extension for the current collection 

entitled ‘‘NIFA Proposal Review 

Process.’’ NIFA is also proposing to 

update the collection so that the 

previously approved Reviewer 

Questionnaire, as well as the Conflict of 

Interest and Confidentiality Certification 

Form are both available on NIFA’s Peer 

Review System (PRS) web-based portal. 

Additionally, NIFA is proposing some 

minor updates to the wording of 

questions in the Reviewer Questionnaire 

in order to ensure that peer review 

panels have the required scientific and 

technical expertise, comprised of 

research, education, extension, and 

other subject matter experts as 

appropriate, while remaining inclusive, 

representative, and diverse. 

Furthermore, the data collected through 

this questionnaire will ensure that NIFA 

is compliant in its Equal Employment 

Opportunity (EEO) practices. 

Abstract: The National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is 

responsible for performing a review of 

proposals submitted to NIFA 

competitive award programs in 

accordance with section 103(a) of the 

Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

Education Reform Act of 1998, 7 U.S.C. 

7613(a). Reviews are undertaken to 

ensure that projects supported by NIFA 

are of high quality, and are consistent 

with the goals and requirements of the 

funding program. 

Proposals submitted to NIFA undergo 

a programmatic evaluation to determine 

worthiness of Federal support. The 

evaluations consist of a peer panel 

review and may also entail an 

assessment by Federal employees and 

electronically submitted (ad-hoc) 

reviews in the Peer Review System. 

The information collected from the 

evaluations is used to support NIFA 

grant programs. NIFA uses the results of 

the proposal evaluation to determine 

whether a proposal should be declined 

or recommended for award. When NIFA 

has rendered a decision, copies of 

reviews, excluding the names of the 

reviewers, and summaries of review 

panel deliberations, if any, are provided 

to the submitting Project Director. 

Given the highly technical nature of 

many of these proposals, the quality of 

the peer review greatly depends on the 

appropriate matching of the subject 

matter of the proposal with the 

scientific and technical expertise of the 

potential reviewer. In order to obtain 

this information, an electronic 

questionnaire is used to collect 

information about potential panel and 

ad-hoc reviewers. If the reviewer is 

already in the NIFA database, the 

questionnaire asks potential reviewers 

to update their basic biographical 

information including address, contact 

information, professional expertise, and 

their availability to review for NIFA in 

the future. If the reviewer is new, they 

are prompted to complete the 

questionnaire. This information has 

been invaluable in the NIFA review 

process, which has been recognized by 

the grantee and grantor community for 

its quality. 

The applications and associated 

materials made available to reviewers, 

as well as the discussions that take 

place during panel review meetings are 

strictly confidential and are not to be 

disclosed to or discussed with anyone 

who has not been officially designated 

to participate in the review process. 

While each panelist certifies at the time 

of preparing a review they do not have 

a conflict-of-interest with a particular 

application and will maintain its 

confidentiality in the Peer Review 

System, a certification of their intent at 

the time of the panel review 

proceedings is collected to emphasize 

and reinforce confidentiality not only of 

applications and reviews but also panel 

discussions. On the Conflict-of-Interest 

and Confidentiality Certification Form, 

the panelist affirms they understand the 


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