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Notices
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 104
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Notice of an Extension or Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights OASCR to request a renewal of a currently approved information collection. OASCR will use the information collected to collect the race, ethnicity, and gender REG of all program applicants and participants by county and State.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 2, 2021 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights/Office of Compliance, Policy, and Training invites interested persons to submit comments on this notice. Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
b 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 http www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions at that site for submitting comments.
b Mail, including CDROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Clerk, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 202503700, Mailstop 9401.
b Handor courier-delivered submittals: Deliver to 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 202503700, Mailstop 9401.
Instructions: All items submitted by mail or electronic mail must include the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights/Office of Compliance,
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0022, Comments received in response to this docket will be made available for public inspection and posted without change, including any personal information, to http
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background documents or comments received, go to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Center for Civil Rights Operations, Docket Room at 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 202503700, Mailstop 9401, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Denise A. Banks, Executive Director, Center for Civil Rights Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250, 202 4017654 or Denise.Banks@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 15 Subpart DData Collection Requirement.
OMB Number: 05030022.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: Currently, Section 14006 of the 2008 Farm Bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture to annually compile for each county and State in the United States program application and participation rate data regarding socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers for each program of USDA that serves agricultural producers or landowners.
This requirement only applies to FSA, NRCS, RD, and RMA. These four agencies use the voluntary data collection form approved by OMB that is attached as a cover page to the application forms for programs that provide services to agriculture producers, farmers and ranchers. In addition, all remaining USDA agencies with conducted programs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and Foreign Agricultural Service were required to develop a strategy for collecting voluntary REG data from individuals for their respective federally conducted programs by utilizing the same OMB approved form. Applicants and program participants of these programs and activities provide this
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data on a voluntary basis. These strategies will be reviewed and approved by OASCR, who will also provide oversight and monitoring of the collection of this data through its compliance activities.
If the REG data is not collected on applicants and participants in USDA
federally conducted programs, USDA
will not be able to collect and report demographic data on its applicants and program participants. In addition, USDA would not be able to determine if programs and services are reaching and meeting the needs of the public, beneficiaries, partners, and other stakeholders based on demographic data.
Failure to collect this information will also have a negative impact on USDAs outreach and compliance activities. This could result in an inability to equitably deliver programs and services to applicants and producers, and ultimately an inability to hold the agencies accountable.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average two minutes per response.
Respondents: Producers, applicants, and USDA customers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 40 hours.
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 agencys 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 Denise A.
Banks, Executive Director, Center for Civil Rights Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. All comments received will be available for
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