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1See https://giannini.ucop.edu/publications/areupdate/issues/2021/25/2/containergeddon-andcalifornia-agriculture/. 

public record before and up to 2 weeks 

following the virtual meeting or by close 

of business Tuesday, September 13, 

2022. All written comments must be 

sent to usdaamrpublicmeeting@

usda.gov. Please refer to Docket No. 

APHIS–2022–0027 when submitting 

your comments. 

Accessibility: If you require special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, please contact 

usdaamrpublicmeeting@usda.gov. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

May 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11462 Filed 5–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID FSA–2022–0006] 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for 

the Commodity Container Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notification of funds 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is announcing the availability of 

funding for the Commodity Container 

Assistance Program (CCAP) in response 

to temporary market disruptions that 

have created logistical challenges 

associated with all aspects of the 

availability and flow of containers to 

transport agricultural commodities and 

products made from those commodities 

(collectively referred to as ‘‘agricultural 

commodities’’), and are preventing or 

delaying American-grown agricultural 

commodities from reaching their 

markets. CCAP will be focused on 

increasing intermodal container 

capacity through partnerships with the 

Port of Oakland, in Oakland, California, 

and the Northwest Seaport Alliance 

(NWSA), a marine cargo operating 

partnership between the Port of Seattle 

and the Port of Tacoma in Washington 

State. Both the Port of Oakland and the 

ports managed by NWSA have been 

identified as key gateways for 

American-grown agricultural 

commodities, and each have also 

experienced significant challenges with 

the flow of containerized agricultural 

commodities. To assist owners of 

American-grown agricultural 

commodities in shipping their 

commodities from U.S. ports to global 

markets, CCAP will support improved 

use of empty shipping containers, along 

with the prepositioning and temporary 

storage of filled shipping containers 

near export terminals. USDA may 

pursue additional temporary 

partnerships with other ports or 

intermodal facilities as supply chain 

conditions warrant, if funding is 

available. In this document, FSA is 

providing the eligibility requirements, 

application process, and payment 

calculations for CCAP. 

DATES:

Funding availability: Implementation 

will begin May 27, 2022. 

Applications Due Date: We will 

accept applications for funding through 

January 31, 2023. 

Comment Due Date: We will consider 

comments on the information collection 

request discussed in the Paperwork 

Reduction Act section that we receive 

by: July 26, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: We invite you to 

submit comments on the information 

collection request. You may submit 

comments using any of the following 

methods, although FSA prefers that you 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID FSA–2021–0012. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail, Hand-Delivery, or Courier: 

Director, Price Support Division, FSA, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Stop 0510, Washington, DC 20250– 

0522. In your comment, specify the 

docket ID FSA–2022–0006. 

All comments received, including 

those received by mail, will be posted 

without change and will be publicly 

available on http://www.regulations.gov. 

Applications: To apply, send a 

complete form FSA–862, Commodity 

Container Assistance Program (CCAP) 

Application, to the FSA National Office 

by email to: SM.FPAC.FSA.CCAP@

usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danielle L. Cooke; telephone: (202) 720– 

1919; or by email: danielle.cooke@

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 

As agricultural producers and 

companies deal with the continued 

impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic, 

ocean carriers’ poor service and refusal 

to serve customers, including refusing to 

provide and ship containers, have 

exacerbated existing challenges. 

Specifically, ocean carriers have made 

fewer shipping containers available for 

U.S. agricultural commodities, 

repeatedly changed return dates, and 

charged unjust fees. These same ocean 

carriers have short-circuited the 

pathways typically used to make 

shipping containers available to be 

filled with agricultural and other goods, 

and they have subsequently rushed 

these containers back to foreign ports 

empty. These trends have and continue 

to be seen at several U.S. ports, 

including but not limited to the Port of 

Oakland, the Port of Seattle, and the 

Port of Tacoma, where many ocean 

carriers have partially or completely 

suspended their services. Historically, 

approximately 60 percent of the 

products marketed through the Port of 

Oakland were agricultural commodities. 

Now, because of ocean carriers’ 

disruptive behavior, some Americangrown agricultural commodities have 

faced severe challenges in reaching their 

markets. Containerized exports of 

agricultural goods fell by 17 percent 

from California ports, costing California 

agriculture an estimated $2.1 billion 

May to September 2021,1 with a more 

severe decline of 34 percent for the Port 

of Oakland. Similar challenges exist at 

the ports managed by the NWSA in 

Washington, where congestion-induced 

impacts to vessel schedules have made 

it difficult for agricultural goods to be 

loaded on ships at the export terminals. 

Containerized exports of agricultural 

commodities from Seattle are down 30 

percent during the last 6 months of 2021 

while empty shipping containers 

leaving the Port of Seattle have 

increased by a similar percentage. 

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

the Secretary is using CCC funds to 

assist owners of agricultural 

commodities in shipping domestic 

agricultural commodities out of the Port 

of Oakland and NWSA. Funds available 

to CCC will be used as authorized by 

section 5(b) of the CCC Charter Act (15 

U.S.C. 714c(b)). This authority will be 

used to assist in making available 

materials and facilities in connection 

with the marketing of agricultural 

commodities. It will assist owners of 

U.S. agricultural commodities with 

ongoing market disruptions and 

facilitate the recovery of shipping and 

other logistical services required to 

bring domestically produced 

agricultural commodities to markets. 


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Specifically, FSA will provide a $125 

per container payment to partially assist 

agricultural commodity owners with the 

additional logistical expenses associated 

with picking up empty shipping 

containers at the Port of Oakland to be 

filled with agricultural commodities. 

The Port of Oakland has opened a 25- 

acre temporary terminal to prepare and 

ease the provision of empty containers 

to be filled, which will ultimately 

reduce congestion at the main terminal. 

Through its separate gate, this terminal 

will allow for quicker pickup of empty 

containers and provide a pathway to 

bypass the congestion at the main 

terminals. The separate gate will also 

provide for increased access to available 

equipment and ultimately help avoid 

fewer unpredictable congestion 

surcharges for trucks. Under normal 

circumstances empty containers would 

be easily available from ocean carriers at 

the regular terminals, the combination 

of congestion, potential for additional 

drayage, and the terminal fees will add 

cost to the agricultural commodity 

owners and necessitates the $125 per 

container payment. 

Additionally, through the 

partnerships with both the Port of 

Oakland and NWSA, FSA will offer 

payments of $200 per container for 

filled dry containers and $400 per 

container for filled refrigerated 

containers (generally referred to as 

‘‘reefer containers’’) to owners who 

deliver such filled containers to 

designated temporary storage terminals. 

These payments will help address the 

logistical costs of moving a container 

twice—first to the preposition terminal, 

and second to the terminal loading the 

vessel—along with the costs associated 

with temporary storage. Prior to the 

recent unpredictable delivery and 

export windows, owners of agricultural 

commodities had been provided 

sufficient delivery windows and notice 

to deliver the agricultural commodities 

directly to the terminal that loads the 

vessel. 

In each of these cases, the agricultural 

commodity owner will likely incur an 

extra charge for short distance 

transportation, or ‘‘drayage,’’ fees from 

the terminal operator or ocean carrier 

and daily storage for any prepositioned 

filled containers. The drayage alone is 

expected to range between $150 and 

$250 per container based on discussions 

with agricultural shippers operating in 

the Oakland, Seattle, and Tacoma 

regions. Temporary storage of filled 

containers is expected to cost about $50 

per dry container per day and $200 for 

reefer containers. The per-container fee 

for reefer containers is higher, since 

reefer containers require additional 

electricity and labor costs, which 

directly result in higher storage and 

transportation costs. The value of CCAP 

for U.S. companies lies in the benefits 

of increasing the ability of moving 

containers to meet narrow and changing 

shipping windows provided by the 

ocean carriers. These payments will 

lessen the burden on owners to manage 

the logistical challenges and continue to 

move containers despite the service 

challenges. All payments to agricultural 

commodity owners will be made in 

arrears and verified with terminal 

records. 

USDA will make payments as 

frequently as monthly to eligible owners 

or designated marketing agents of U.S. 

agricultural commodities based on the 

number of eligible shipping containers 

they picked up or stored starting 

retroactively back to March 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022, from 

eligible ports to ship agricultural 

commodities to their designated markets 

on container ships. 

FSA is administering the direct 

payments under the general supervision 

and direction of the Deputy 

Administrator. 

Definitions 

The following definitions apply to 

this notice: 

Deputy Administrator means Deputy 

Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm 

Service Agency, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, or their designee. 

Designated marketing agent means an 

individual or entity that has explicit 

written permission to apply for CCAP 

from, and on behalf of, the owner of the 

agricultural commodities. 

Owner means a business entity, 

including cooperative, handler, 

company, or exporter that is liable for 

and has ownership of the agricultural 

commodities in transit. Only one owner 

is allowed to apply for payment per 

container. 

Picked up means the applicant picked 

up empty shipping containers from the 

designated port terminal to be filled 

with eligible agricultural commodities. 

Stored means the applicant delivered 

the shipping container filled with 

eligible agricultural commodities to the 

designated port terminal for temporary 

storage at a designated storage terminal. 

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. 

Eligible Commodities 

Eligible agricultural commodities are 

agricultural commodities (other than 

tobacco) that are grown or produced in 

the United States for food, feed, or fiber, 

and products made from those 

commodities, including forestry 

products, that are to be or were shipped 

in a shipping container picked up from 

the Port of Oakland or contained within 

a filled shipping container stored at the 

Port of Oakland or the NWSA locations 

from March 1, 2022, through December 

31, 2022. A list of examples of eligible 

and ineligible commodities will be 

posted on the FSA website for CCAP. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible for a CCAP payment, 

each applicant must: 

• Own domestically-grown or 

produced agricultural commodities or 

be the designated marketing agent of the 

owner; 

• Have picked up containers from the 

Port of Oakland or stored containers at 

the Port of Oakland or NWSA and filled 

the containers with agricultural 

commodities that are grown or 

produced in the United States for food, 

feed, or fiber, and products made from 

those commodities; 

• Have properly executed power of 

attorney or signature authority if 

representing an individual or entity; 

• Submit completed application as 

specified in the Application Process 

section below; and 

• Have a Unique Entity Identifier 

(created in and used by www.SAM.gov). 

Application Process 

FSA will accept applications from 

May 31, 2022 through January 31, 2023. 

To apply for CCAP, each eligible 

applicant must submit a completed form 

FSA–862, Commodity Container 

Assistance Program (CCAP) Application 

to provide the monthly number of 

containers picked up or stored by type 

of container and by port. Applicants 

may submit applications on a monthly 

basis, all at once at the end of CCAP, or 

for a combination of months, but 

applicants should not submit duplicate 

information for a month that has already 

been previously submitted. 

Applications should be submitted to the 

FSA National Office by email to the 

following email address: 

SM.FPAC.FSA.CCAP@usda.gov. 

Applicants are to submit only one 

FSA–862 for all shipping containers 

picked up or stored and report the 

number of containers picked up from 

the specified port for the relevant 

month(s), regardless of the number of 

agricultural commodities that are 

packed and shipped out of the 

designated port. In other words, the 

application is based on the number of 

shipping containers picked up or stored 

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commodities, but it is not based on the 

type of agricultural commodity. 

Shipping containers that are filled with 

non-agricultural commodities are not 

eligible for CCAP payments. Revised 

applications will not be allowed 

without supporting documentation if 

the application has been approved for 

payment and any revised applications 

must be submitted no later than January 

31, 2023. Subject to available funds, 

CCAP payments will not be issued until 

an applicant certifies the number of 

containers picked up or stored each 

month or group of months at the 

designated port, as applicable. The 

applicant must certify to the total 

number of containers picked up or 

stored by the application period 

deadline as specified in this document. 

The number and type of shipping 

containers claimed on the FSA–862 will 

be as certified by the applicant and are 

subject to spot check. Applicants may 

also be asked to provide documentation 

of what agricultural commodity was 

loaded into the container in order to 

confirm that the shipping container was 

used for agricultural commodities. 

If requested by FSA, the applicant 

must provide supporting documentation 

to verify the accuracy of information 

provided on the application, including 

to substantiate the number and type of 

shipping containers, ownership of the 

commodities, or authority to act as a 

designated marketing agent. 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. 

Payment Rates and Calculations 

Information and expert opinion from 

the Port of Oakland and the NWSA 

authorities, along with information 

associated with the logistics movement 

costs of different container types, were 

used to estimate the increased 

additional movement logistics costs 

associated with agricultural 

containerized exports. 

Payments will be calculated based 

upon the port, whether containers are 

picked up or stored, and the type of 

containers (empty containers versus 

filled dry or reefer containers). The 

CCAP payment rate is on a per container 

basis as shown in the following table. 

Location and action 

CCAP 

payment rate 

($/Container) 

Picked up empty shipping containers: 

Port of Oakland ........................................................................................................................................................................ $125 

Stored filled shipping containers: 

Port of Oakland and NWSA— 

Dry containers ................................................................................................................................................................... 200 

Reefer containers .............................................................................................................................................................. 400 

The CCAP payment will be calculated 

as follows: 

Number of containers picked up from 

or stored in the designated port 

multiplied by the respective CCAP 

payment rate for that type of container. 

For example, the owner of agricultural 

goods that are stored at the NWSA 

facility submits an application 

specifying 10 dry containers and 3 

reefer containers for the month of March 

2022. FSA calculates the payment by 

multiplying 10 × $200 for the dry 

containers, and 3 × $400 for the reefer 

containers, for a total payment of $3,200 

for that month. 

The temporary storage of a container 

should be reported only for the month 

that the container was delivered to the 

designated port terminal for temporary 

storage even if the storage period covers 

parts of more than one month. This is 

a one-time storage payment. It does not 

matter how long a container is stored. 

Therefore, the same container and 

shipment should not be included for a 

storage payment on an application more 

than once. 

The applicant may be eligible to 

receive separate payments for the same 

container: Once for being picked up 

empty and later for being temporarily 

stored at a designated port. For example, 

if an almond producer picked up 10 

empty containers in May to be filled 

with almonds from the designated 

terminal to provide empty containers at 

the Port of Oakland, that almond 

producer would be eligible to apply for 

the $125 per container payment for 

those 10 empty containers. If that same 

almond producer then immediately 

filled and shipped 5 of those containers 

directly through the export terminal, but 

the remaining 5 containers were filled 

and delivered to the designated terminal 

to be temporarily stored for a few days 

in June before being drayed to the 

export terminal and loaded in a vessel 

later in June, the almond producer 

would be eligible to apply for the $200 

per container payment for the temporary 

storage of 5 containers in June (dry 

containers in this example). Only 

containers picked up or temporarily 

stored at the designated storage terminal 

are eligible, so even if the 5 containers 

that were exported in May were held for 

a few days at the export terminal, they 

would not be eligible for CCAP. In this 

example, FSA calculates the payment by 

multiplying 10 × $125 for picking up 

empty containers in May, and 5 × $200 

for the temporary storage of dry 

containers in June, for a total payment 

of $2,250 ($1,250 for May and $1,000 for 

June). 

Provisions Requiring Refund to FSA 

In the event that any application for 

a CCAP payment resulted from 

erroneous information reported by the 

applicant, FSA will recalculate the 

payment, 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 

whatever reason, FSA determines that 

the applicant misrepresented the 

number and type of shipping containers, 

the application will be disapproved, and 

the applicant must refund the full CCAP 

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 receiving 

payment. 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 CCAP. The 

determination of matters of general 

applicability that are not in response to, 

or result from, an individual set of facts 

in an individual participant’s 

application for payment are not matters 

that can be appealed. Such matters of 

general applicability include, but are 

not limited to, the determination of 

applicable time periods and the 

payment calculation for CCAP. 

Participants are required to retain 

documentation in support of their 

application for 3 years after the date of 


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approval. Participants receiving CCAP 

payments or any other person that 

furnishes such information 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, 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 CCAP application, 

the application will be considered a 

request to waive the deadline. 

Requests to waive or modify program 

provisions, including requests to waive 

the deadline, 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 such other requirements or 

program provisions do not adversely 

affect the operation of CCAP. 

Applicants who request to waive or 

modify CCAP provisions do not have a 

right to a decision on those requests, 

and the Deputy Administrator’s refusal 

to exercise discretion on requests to 

waive or modify CCAP 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 CCAP payments. 

In either applying for or participating 

in CCAP, 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 CCAP, 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 such 

verbal or written declaration, 

certification, statement, or verification 

within or outside the United States. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements 

In compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 

FSA is requesting comments from 

interested individuals and organizations 

on the information collection request 

associated with CCAP. After the 60-day 

period ends, the information collection 

request will be submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

3-year approval. To start the CCAP 

information collection approval, prior to 

publishing this notice, FSA received 

emergency approval from OMB for 6 

months. 

Title: Commodity Container 

Assistance Program (CCAP). 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0310. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: FSA will provide assistance 

to eligible owners or designated 

marketing agents of U.S. agricultural 

commodities using eligible shipping 

containers from the Port of Oakland and 

designated ports associated with the 

NWSA. The eligible owners or 

designated marketing agents must 

complete the form FSA–862, CCAP 

Application for FSA to qualify for CCAP 

payments and to calculate the CCAP 

payments based upon the port, type of 

service (temporary storage versus 

providing empty containers) and the 

type of the shipping containers (empty 

containers or filled dry or reefer 

containers). FSA may request additional 

supporting documents for verification of 

information on a completed CCAP 

Application. 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hour is the estimated average 

time per response multiplied by the 

estimated total annual responses. 

Estimate of Respondent Burden: 

Public reporting burden for this 

information collection is estimated to 

average 0.33 hours per response to 

include the time for reviewing 

instructions, searching for information, 

gathering and maintaining the data, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

Type of Respondents: Businesses. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 200. 

Estimated Number of Responses Per 

Respondent: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,600. 

Estimated Average Time Per 

Response: 0.33. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 528. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

FSA, including whether the information 

will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s 

estimate of burden 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 that 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this document, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

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 

regulations for compliance with NEPA 

(7 CFR part 799). 

The purpose of CCAP is to establish 

a marketing assistance program to 

support agricultural commodity owners 

of U.S. agricultural commodities for 

pick up or temporary storage of eligible 

shipping containers from the Port of 

Oakland and NWSA from March 1, 

2022, through December 31, 2022. The 

limited discretionary aspects of CCAP 

do not have the potential to impact the 

human environment as they are 

administrative. Accordingly, these 

discretionary aspects are covered by the 

Categorical Exclusions in 7 CFR 

799.31(b)(6)(iii) that applies to price 

support programs. 

No Extraordinary Circumstances (7 

CFR 799.33) exist. As such, the 

implementation of CCAP and the 

participation in CCAP 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 


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2See https://sam.gov/content/assistance-listings. 

Assistance Listing,2 to which this 

document applies is 10.966, Commodity 

Container Assistance Program (CCAP). 

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 (voice and 

TTY) 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. 

William Marlow, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Senior Farmers’ Market 

Nutrition Program (SFMNP) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(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 a revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information relating to the reporting and 

recordkeeping burden associated with 

the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

Program (SFMNP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 26, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Allison Post, Acting Chief, Policy 

Branch, Supplemental Food Programs 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Braddock Metro Center II, 1320 

Braddock Place, 3rd Floor, Alexandria, 

VA 22314. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

Allison Post at 703–305–2086 or via 

email to Allison.Post@usda.gov. 

Comments will also 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 Allison Post at 

703–457–7708 or via email to 

Allison.Post@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. 

Title: Senior Farmers’ Market 

Nutrition Program (SFMNP). 

Form Number: FNS–683A (under 

OMB Control Number 0584–0594) is 

associated with this collection. 

OMB Number: 0584–0541. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2022. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS), created the Senior 

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

(SFMNP) in 2000 as a pilot program 

awarding grants to State agencies 

(including geographic States, U.S. 

Territories, and federally recognized 

Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs)) on a 

competitive basis. The Farm Security 

and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 

Farm Bill), Public Law 107–171, 

authorized the SFMNP, beginning Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2003, and gave USDA the 

authority to develop regulations for the 

SFMNP. These regulations are 

published at 7 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 249. The 

Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 

(2018 Farm Bill), Public Law 115–334, 

reauthorized the SFMNP through fiscal 

year 2023. 

The purpose of the SFMNP is to 

provide resources in the form of fresh, 

nutritious, unprepared, locally grown 

fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey from 

farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and 

community supported agriculture (CSA) 

programs to low income seniors; to 

increase the domestic consumption of 

agricultural commodities by expanding 

or aiding in the expansion of domestic 

farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and 

CSA programs; and to develop or aid in 

the development of new and additional 

farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and 

CSA programs. 

The 2018 Farm Bill and SFMNP 

regulations at 7 CFR part 249 require 

that certain program-related information 

be collected and that full and complete 

records concerning SFMNP operations 

are maintained. The information 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements are necessary to ensure 

appropriate and efficient management of 

the SFMNP program. These burden 

activities are covered by this 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

which include requirements that 

involve the authorization and 

monitoring of State agencies; the 

certification of SFMNP participants; the 

nutrition education that is provided to 

participants; farmer, farmers’ market, 


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