Notice2022-10914
Information Collection Requests; Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) Grant Program; Composting and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) Cooperative Agreements
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Published
May 20, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentNatural Resources Conservation Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30866-30867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10914]
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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.
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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:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRCS-2022-0007. Follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Guse; telephone: (202) 641-7249;
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3868191929d9294819a90869f87868196b386809792dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3d6d1c1c2cdc2c4d1cac0d6cfd7d6d1c6e3d6d0c7c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 <a href="http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov</a> (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 <a href="http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov</a> (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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(3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
technology; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
respond using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or forms of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses provided, will be made a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection.
Louis Aspey,
Associate Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-10914 Filed 5-19-22; 8:45 am]
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