Notice2022-20022
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September 15, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56620-56621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20022]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 this information collection received by October
17, 2022 will be considered. 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.
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Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (FMD) and
Market Access Program (MAP).
OMB Control Number: 0551-0026.
Summary of Collection: The authority for the Foreign Market
Development Cooperator Program (FMD) and the Market Access Program
(MAP) is contained in Title VII and section 203 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978, 7 U.S.C. 5623, as amended, which took effect October
21, 1978. The programs were reauthorized by the Agriculture Improvement
Act of 2018 (section 3201), which became effective December 20, 2018.
The primary objective of the FMD and MAP programs is to encourage and
aid in the creation, maintenance and expansion of commercial export
markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through
cost-share assistance to eligible trade organizations. Financial
assistance for both programs is made available on a competitive basis.
The programs are administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS).
Need and Use of the Information: The collected information will be
used by FAS to manage, plan, evaluate, and account for government
resources. Specifically, data is used to assess the extent to which:
applicant organizations represent U.S. commodity interests; benefits
derived from market development effort will translate back to the
broadest possible range of beneficiaries; the market development
efforts will lead to increases in consumption and imports of U.S.
agricultural commodities; the applicant is able and willing to commit
personnel and financial resources to assure adequate development,
supervision and execution of project activities; and private
organizations are able and willing to support the promotional program
with aggressive marketing of the commodity in question. Without the
collected information the program could not be implemented.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 67.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 88,922.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20022 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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