Notice2022-08218
Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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Published
April 18, 2022
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Agriculture Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Department of Agriculture to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of an extension of a currently approved information collection entitled "Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement," OMB Control Number 0503-0027. The OMB control number was obtained through emergency clearance on December 21, 2021 and it will expire on June 20, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22868-22869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08218]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket ID: USDA-2022-0011]
Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Department of Agriculture to
request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of an extension
of a currently approved information collection entitled ``Request for a
Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement,'' OMB
Control Number 0503-0027. The OMB control number was obtained through
emergency clearance on December 21, 2021 and it will expire on June 20,
2022.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 17, 2022 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on this
notice. Comments may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. This website provides the ability to type short comments
directly into the comment field on this web page or attach a file for
lengthier comments. Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the on-
line instructions at that site for submitting comments.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
All items submitted must include the Agency name and docket number
Department of Agriculture, USDA-2022-0011. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made available for public inspection
and posted without change, including any personal information, to
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Brown, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#beeccbcad690fcccd1c9d0fecbcddadf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="144661607c3a56667b637a54616770753a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: (202) 720-8958. Person 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:
Title: Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination
Requirement.
OMB Number: 0503-0027.
Expiration Date of Approval: 3-Year from approval date.
Type of Request: Extension Request of an Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: Section 2 of E.O. 14043 mandates that each agency
``implement, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a program to
require COVID-19 vaccination for all of its Federal employees, with
exceptions only as required by law.'' This medical exemption form is
necessary for USDA to determine legal exemptions to the vaccine
requirement under the Rehabilitation Act. This includes the requisite
confidentiality requirements, subject to the applicable Rehabilitation
Act standards, and maintenance of supporting documents.
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 hours multiplied by the estimated total
annual responses.
Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per
response.
Type of Respondents: Federal Employees and Medical Providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,000.
Estimated Average Time per Responses: 0.1666 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 333.
Comments are invited on:
(1) 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;
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Ruth Brown, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94c6e1e0fcbad6e6fbe3fad4e1e7f0f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efbd9a9b87c1ad9d809881af9a9c8b8ec1888099">[email protected]</span></a>. All
comments received will be available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
The vaccination requirement issued pursuant to E.O. 14043, is
currently the subject of a nationwide injunction. While that injunction
remains in place, Department of Agriculture will not process requests
for a medical exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement
pursuant to E.O. 14043. Department of Agriculture will also not request
the submission of any medical information related to a request for an
exception from the vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 while
the injunction remains in place. But Department of Agriculture may
nevertheless receive information regarding a medical exception. That is
because, if Department of Agriculture were to receive a request for an
exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O.
14043 during the pendency of the injunction, Department of Agriculture
will accept the request, hold it in abeyance, and notify the employee
who submitted the request that implementation and enforcement of the
COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 is currently
enjoined and that an exception therefore is not necessary so long as
the injunction is in place. In other words, during the pendency of the
injunction, any information collection related to requests for medical
exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O.
14043 is not
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undertaken to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination
requirement.
Oscar Gonzales,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-08218 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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