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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices
fellowships. Any additional AFRI RFAs made available in FY 2021 may be included in this solicitation.
Eligibility for Submitting Topics Eligible commodity board entities are those established under a commodity promotion law, as such term is defined under 7 U.S.C. 7401a, or a State commodity board or other equivalent State entity. Language in 7 U.S.C.
7401a defines a commodity promotion law as a Federal law that provides for the establishment and operation of a promotion program regarding an agricultural commodity that includes a combination of promotion, research, industry information, or consumer information activities, is funded by mandatory assessments on producers or processors, and is designed to maintain or expand markets and uses for the commodity as determined by the Secretary. 7 U.S.C.
7401a includes a list of such Federal laws.
A current list of approved entities is maintained at https nifa.usda.gov/
commodity-boards/. Additionally, entities eligible to submit topics include State commodity boards or other equivalent State entities. This includes commodity boards authorized by State law; commodity boards that are not authorized by State law, but are organized and operate within a State and meet the requirements of their authorizing statute; and commodity boards that are authorized by a State and operate within the State for commodities that have no Federal program or oversight.
Topic Submission Guidance and Procedures Topics may be submitted at any time and will be evaluated by NIFA on an annual basis. However, to guarantee consideration for the proposed fiscal year 2021 AFRI RFAs, topics must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on March 5, 2021.
Each topic proposed must be submitted using the topic submission form provided at: https nifa.usda.gov/
resource/commodity-board-submissionform. Commodity boards may propose support for multiple awards for each topic proposed. For each topic the commodity board proposes to support, the minimum amount contributed by the commodity board must align with budget guidance for each AFRI area https nifa.usda.gov/commodityboards/ and comply with the maximum amount of $5 million allowed per topic.
NIFA does not intend to match funding from a single commodity board in excess of $10 million in any year.

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Commodity boards should only submit topics that have a strong economic impact on their industry and U.S.
agriculture, as a whole. Examples of topics typically supported by AFRI can be found at https nifa.usda.gov/
commodity-boards/.
If topics are accepted for funding, they will be incorporated into AFRI
RFAs, and grants supporting the topic area may be awarded to AFRI eligible entities based on a competitive peer review process. As a condition of funding grants in a topic, NIFA will require an agreement by the commodity board to provide funds in an amount equal to the amount NIFA is contributing under the agreed upon topic. If a topic is selected for inclusion in an RFA, the commodity board submitting the topic will be required to maintain the confidentiality of the topic until the RFA is issued by NIFA. All commodity board funds and NIFA funds must be available at the time projects are selected for funding; awards are fully funded at the beginning of the award. Applications submitted under topics provided by commodity boards will be required to include a letter of support for co-funding from the commodity board that proposed the topic.

From those topics received by 5:00
p.m. EDT on March 5, 2021, NIFA will select the topics that were evaluated favorably for inclusion in the appropriate FY 2021 AFRI RFA. NIFA
will notify commodity boards as to whether their topics will be included by April 5, 2021. Based on the evaluation, NIFA reserves the right to negotiate with commodity boards should changes be required to accept topics and funding amounts. Any changes to topics and funding amounts will be reviewed by USDAs AMS to determine if such changes are consistent with applicable commodity promotion laws.
NIFA will evaluate topics submitted after the March 5, 2021 deadline on an annual basis and notify commodity boards whether their topics will be included in subsequent RFAs within two weeks following the meeting of the internal evaluation panel, the date of which will be published on NIFAs Commodity Boards web page at https
nifa.usda.gov/commodity-boards/.
Done at Washington, DC, this 21st day of December 2020.
Parag R. Chitnis, Acting Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Department of Agriculture.
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Evaluation and Notification Process NIFA will screen proposed research topics to ensure eligibility of the submitting commodity boards. NIFA
will also consult with USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service AMS to determine that submissions and proposed financial contributions are consistent with commodity promotion laws and commodity boards charters, as applicable.
Commodity board topics are reviewed by an internal panel based on evaluation criteria developed using stakeholder input from commodity boards and other stakeholders from government, industry, and academe. Each topic will be evaluated based on alignment with one or more of the statutory AFRI priority areas six AFRI priority areas authorized in the Farm Bill and described in 7 CFR
3430.309; alignment with the Presidents budget proposal for NIFA, as identified in the Department of Agricultures annual budget submission;
and alignment with the priority areas in the AFRI RFAs to be released by NIFA
during the fiscal year for which the commodity board is proposing a topic for funding for example, within the AFRI Foundational and Applied Science RFA, the AFRI Animal Health and Production and Animal Products Animal Reproduction priority area.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Docket No. APHIS20200109

Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; SARSCoV2
Testing in Animals Reporting Activities New information collection;
comment request.

ACTION:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services intention to request approval of a new information collection associated with the testing and reporting of SARSCoV2 in animals.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http www.regulations.gov/
!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0109.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS20200109, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station SUMMARY:

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