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as contributing to increased agency
efficiency and reduced survey costs. In
addition, methodological findings have
broader implications for survey research
and may be presented in technical
papers at conferences or published in
the proceedings of conferences or in
journals.
The results of these tests won’t be
disseminated or used to inform policy,
program, or budget decisions.
Description of Respondents: Private
Sector; Businesses or other for-profits;
Farms.
Number of Respondents: 25,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15,000.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Quick Response for Cooperatorfunded Surveys Generic Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0264.
Summary of Collection: The primary
objectives of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare
and issue official State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, disposition and prices,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture and
its follow-on surveys. In addition to the
many statistical activities directly
related to its mission, the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
will lend technical expertise to other
Federal agencies, State governments,
land grant universities, and other
organizations which have a
Memorandum of Understanding with
NASS. These entities will be referred to
as cooperators. NASS provides support
and assistance in the areas of
questionnaire & sample design as well
as analysis of survey results. NASS
would like to include data collection to
its list of services, utilizing the existing
Cooperative Agreement with the
National State Departments of
Agriculture (NASDA). The data
collection activities in this generic
clearance request would be conducted
through cooperative agreements with
Federal agencies, State departments of
agriculture, land-grant universities, or
other organizations with which NASS
has a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU). The surveys will be conducted
under a full-cost recovery basis. These
cooperators have sought out NASS’s
assistance to provide statistics beneficial
to agriculture, but are not covered by
NASS’s annual Congressional
appropriation. General authority for
conducting cooperative projects is
granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section
450a which states that USDA officials
may, ‘‘enter into agreements with and

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receive funds . . . for the purpose of
conducting cooperative research
projects. . .’’ This authority has been
delegated to NASS. Response to all
surveys collected under this generic
clearance is voluntary.
NASS benefits from these cooperative
agreements by: (1) Obtaining additional
data to update its list of farm operators;
(2) encouraging both parties to
coordinate Federal survey activities and
activities funded under a cooperative
agreement to reduce the need for
overlapping data collection and/or
spread out respondent burden; and (3)
facilitating additional promotion of
NASS surveys and statistical reports
funded by annual Congressional
appropriations. Respondents benefit
from these cooperative agreements by:
(1) Having their reported data protected
by Federal Law (U.S. Code Title 18,
Section 1905; U.S. Code Title 7, Section
2276; and Title III of Pub. L. 115–435
codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other
applicable Federal laws, (CIPSEA)); (2)
having data collection activities for
Federal and Cooperative surveys
coordinated to minimize respondent
burden; and (3) having high-quality
agricultural data that are important to a
state or region be collected and
published.
Need and Use of the Information:
NASS would like to conduct up to 10
surveys each year in response to
requests from cooperators who have
data needs that cannot be met through
NASS’s annual Congressional
appropriations.
NASS would like to include surveys
that would cover topics such as:
—Farm management practices,
—Food safety,
—Workplace safety,
—Conservation and land use practices,
—Chemical use management practices,
—Crop quality,
—Agri-tourism, local foods, or other
specific agricultural promotion
programs.
The summarized and published
information will be analyzed by the
sponsoring cooperators and
stakeholders in agriculture. Results will
be used to study
—production agriculture as well as
—various programs and policies to
determine their impact on agricultural
producers and consumers.
Description of Respondents: Private
Sector; Businesses or other for-profits;
Farms.
Number of Respondents: 225,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.

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Total Burden Hours: 111,512.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022–04634 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
[Docket No. RBS–22–Business–0001]

Notice of Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBCS or Agency),
an agency within the United States
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, intention to request an
extension of a currently approved
information collection package for the
Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion
Program (MPPEP). The MPPEP program
promotes competition and gives more
and better options to producers by
increasing meat and poultry processing
capacity.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 3, 2022 to be assured
of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Bennett, Regulations
Management Division, Innovation
Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Email: [email protected].
Telephone: (202) 720–9639.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR part 1320)
implementing provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) requires that interested
members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an
information collection that RUS is
submitting to OMB for approval.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Rural BusinessCooperative Service, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
SUMMARY:

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ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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 may be sent by the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and, in the
‘‘Search’’ box, type in the Docket No.
RBS–22–Business–0001. A link to the
Notice will appear. You may submit a
comment here by selecting the
‘‘Comment’’ button or you can access
the ‘‘Docket’’ tab, select the ‘‘Notice,’’
and go to the ‘‘Browse & Comment on
Documents’’ Tab. Here you may view
comments that have been submitted as
well as submit a comment. To submit a
comment, select the ‘‘Comment’’ button,
complete the required information, and
select the ‘‘Submit Comment’’ button at
the bottom. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link
at the bottom.
Title: Meat and Poultry Processing
Expansion Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0079.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service administers the
Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion
Program. The purpose of the program is
to provide more and better options to
producers and consumers as well as
offer assistance to maintain and improve
the food and agricultural supply chain
resiliency. This information collection
will be used to obtain information
necessary to evaluate grant applications
to determine the eligibility of the
applicant and the project for the
program and to qualitatively assess the
project’s technical and financial merit to
determine which projects should be
funded.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.3 hours per
response.
Respondents: Respondents for this
data federally recognized tribes, tribal
entities, for-profit entities, corporations,
non-profit entities, producer-owned
cooperatives and corporations, certified
benefit corporations and state or local
government entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 18.4.
Estimated Number of Responses: 922.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,116 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Pamela Bennett,
Rural Development Innovation Center,
Regulations Management Division, at
(202) 720–9639. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included
in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Karama Neal,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022–04597 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meetings of the
Virginia Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
AGENCY:

U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of web briefing.
Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that
the Virginia Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a web briefing to
hear testimony on police accountability
in Virginia via WebEx on Monday, April
11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, April 11, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES:
Online Registration: https://bit.ly/
3plk5DC.
Join by Phone: 800–360–9505 USA
Toll Free; Access code: 2762 877 8065.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Wojnaroski, DFO, at
[email protected] or (202) 618–
4158.
SUMMARY:

Members
of the public may listen to this
discussion through the above call-in
number. An open comment period will
be provided to allow members of the
public to make a statement as time
allows. Callers can expect to incur
regular charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, according to their
wireless plan. The Commission will not
refund any incurred charges. Callers
will incur no charge for calls they
initiate over land-line connections to
the toll-free telephone number. Closed

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captions will be provided. Individuals
requiring reasonable accommodations
should contact Sarah Villanueva at
[email protected] 10 days prior to
the meeting to make their request.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
comments must be received in the
regional office within 30 days following
the meeting. Written comments may be
emailed to Melissa Wojnaroski at
[email protected].
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Unit Office, as they
become available, both before and after
the meeting. Records of the meeting will
be available via www.facadatabase.gov
under the Commission on Civil Rights,
Virginia Advisory Committee link.
Persons interested in the work of this
Committee are directed to the
Commission’s website, http://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at the above
email or street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome & Roll Call
II. Opening Statement
III. Panel Discussion: Police Oversight
and Accountability in Virginia
IV. Q&A
V. Public Comment
VI. Next Steps
VII. Adjournment
Dated: March 1, 2022.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2022–04628 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meetings of the
Virginia Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of web briefing.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that
the Virginia Advisory Committee
(Committee) will hold a web briefing to
hear testimony on police accountability
in Virginia via WebEx on Wednesday,
April 27, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Time.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 12:00
p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES:
DATES:

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