[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31431-31432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11222]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-TM-20-0043]
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program; Request for Emergency
Approval of a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of emergency request.
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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 receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
collect information for the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program
(MGFSP) under its Grants Division. Due to the passing of the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-343) (Farm Bill), AMS
Grants Division is implementing this new grant program under section
4206, which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to ``distribute funds
to the agricultural department or agency of each eligible state for the
competitive distribution of subgrants to eligible entities for fiscal
year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.''
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 27, 2020 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this information collection notice. Comments should be submitted online
at www.regulations.gov or sent to Nicole Nelson Miller, Acting Grants
Division Director, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Stop 0269, Washington, DC 20250-0264, or email
[email protected]. All comments should reference the Doc.
No. AMS-TM-20-0043, the date, and the page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. All comments received will be posted without change,
including any personal information provided, online at
www.regulations.gov and will be made available for public inspection at
the above physical address during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Nelson Miller at the above
physical address, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview of This Information Collection
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), AMS is seeking approval from the OMB for a new information
collection under OMB No. 0581-NEW needed for the implementation of the
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP). Once approved, the
collection will be merged with 0581-0240.
MGFSP operates pursuant to the authority of section 4206 of the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-343), (7 U.S.C. 7518)
(Farm Bill) and is implemented through the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards (2 CFR 200). The AMS Grants Division requests to collect
information from agricultural agencies or departments in eligible
states, which include Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin
Islands for this new grant program.
MGFSP is intended to increase the quantity and quality of locally
grown food in food insecure communities, including through small-scale
gardening, herding, and livestock operations, in eligible states. The
Farm Bill authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10 million
for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter. In fiscal year
2020, $5 million was appropriated.
Because MGFSP is voluntary, respondents request or apply for this
specific non-competitive grant program, and in doing so, they provide
information. AMS is the primary user of the information. The
information collected is needed to certify that grant participants are
complying with applicable program regulations, and the data collected
is the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the
requirements of the program. The information collection requirements in
this request are essential to carry out the intent of the 7 U.S.C.
7518, to provide the respondents the type of service they request, and
to administer this program. The burden of the MGFSP is as follows:
Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (MGFSP)
Estimate of Burden: 2.65 hours per response.
Respondents: Grant applicants, grant recipients.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Responses Including Recordkeeping: 120.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 11.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents and Recordkeepers:
318.33 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the new 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
new 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.
Obtaining OMB's approval of this new information collection enables
AMS Grants Division to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) to
establish application requirements, the review and approval process,
and grant administration procedures, which will enable eligible states
to develop appropriate grant applications for the program so that AMS
can adequately evaluate these new proposals and
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obligate the funds as required by the Farm Bill.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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