Notice2025-05566
Notice of Extension and Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection for the Regional Food Business Center Program
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April 1, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to extend its current approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect information for the Regional Food Business Center Program under its Local and Regional Foods Division.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)]
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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: 2025-05566]
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 61 / Tuesday, April 1, 2025 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-TM-25-0011]
Notice of Extension and Request for Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection for the Regional Food Business Center
Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to extend its current approval from the Office of Management and Budget
to collect information for the Regional Food Business Center Program
under its Local and Regional Foods Division.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 2, 2025 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this information collection notice Comments should be submitted online
at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or mailed to Samantha Schaffstall Dopp,
Local and Regional Foods Division, Outreach and Technical Assistance
Branch Chief, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program, 1220 SW 3rd
Ave., Suite 305, Portland, OR 97204. Comments should reference the
document number and the date and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be
included in the public record and can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Please be advised that the identity of the
individuals or entities submitting the comments will be made public on
the internet at the address provided above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Schaffstall Dopp, Local and
Regional Foods Division, Outreach and Technical Assistance Branch
Chief, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program, 1220 SW 3rd Ave.,
Suite 305, Portland, OR 97204; Telephone: (202) 236-2668; or Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75261418141b011d145b26161d141313060114191935000611145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c0f3d313d3228343d720f3f343d3a3a2f283d30301c292f383d723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Regional Food Business Center Program.
OMB Number: 0581-0335.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2025.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Regional Food Business Center Program is authorized
pursuant to the authority of Division N, Title VII, subtitle B, Section
751 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260)
and is implemented through the Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Super
Circular) (2 CFR part 200). The AMS Local and Regional Foods Division
requests to extend its current approval to collect information for its
Regional Food Business Center Program. The Regional Food Business
Center Program, authorized and funded by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021, is a partnership between Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) and twelve organizations designed to spur
business growth, accelerate market development, and enhance supply
chain resilience for farms and food businesses across the United
States. The Regional Food Business Centers will also provide technical
assistance to increase economic viability, create new market
opportunities, and enhance competitiveness of small and mid-sized food
businesses.
The twelve organizations leading the Regional Food Business Centers
have active cooperative agreements with AMS. The information collected
is needed to certify that cooperators are complying with applicable
program regulations, and the data collected is the minimum information
necessary to effectively carry out the program requirements. The
information collection requirements in this request are essential to
carry out the intent of section 751 of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act of 2021, to provide the respondents service they need, and for AMS
to administer this program. AMS is the primary user of the information.
The burden of the Regional Food Business Center is as follows:
Estimate of Burden (Total annual burden divided by estimated number
of responses per respondent): 25.6.
Respondents: Cooperative agreement recipients.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Responses including Recordkeeping: 169.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 14.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents and Recordkeepers:
358.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
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.
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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-05566 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
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