Notice2022-01606
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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January 27, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01606]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 24, 2022.
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 February 28, 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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: Application for Plant Variety Protection Certificate and
Objective Description of Variety.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0055.
Summary of Collection: The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA)
(December 24, 1970; 84 Stat. 1542, 7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was
established to encourage the development of novel varieties of
sexually-reproduced plants and make them available to the public,
providing intellectual property rights (IPR) protection to those who
breed, develop, or discover such novel varieties, and thereby promote
progress in agriculture in the public interest. The PVPA is a voluntary
user funded program that grants intellectual property ownership rights
to breeders of new and novel seed-and tuber-reproduced plant varieties.
To obtain these rights the applicant must provide information that
shows the variety is eligible for protection and that it is indeed new,
distinct, uniform, and stable, as the law requires. Applicants are
provided with applications to identify the information that is required
to issue a certificate of protection.
Need and Use of the Information: Applicants must complete the ST-
470, ``Application for Plant Variety Protection Certificate,'' and the
ST-470 series of forms, ``Objective Description of Variety'' along with
other forms. The Agricultural Marketing Service will use the
information from the applicant to be evaluated by examiners to
determine if the variety is eligible for protection under the PVPA. If
this information were not collected there will be no basis for issuing
certificate of protection, and no way for applicants to request
protection.
Description of Respondents: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 95.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,046.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program
(LFPA).
OMB Control Number: 0581-0330.
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 OMB Guidance for
Cooperative Agreements, which is based on OMB's regulations under the
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 49506; December
13, 2020). Information collection requirements in this emergency
request are needed for AMS to administer a new noncompetitive
cooperative agreement program, in accordance with Section 1001(b)(4) of
the American Rescue Plan Act (Pub. L. 117-2) (Act). USDA will collect
information for this new program to award cooperative agreements and
provide other assistance to maintain and improve food and agriculture
supply chain resiliency.
Need and Use of the Information: Since the LFPA is a voluntary
program, respondents request or apply for this specific competitive
cooperative agreement, and in doing so, they provide 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 program requirements.
Information collection requirements in this request are essential
to carry out the intent of Act, to provide respondents the type of
service they request and to administer the program.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 4,732.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-01606 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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