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Notices Federal Register Vol. 85, No. 236

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) to facilitate contains documents other than rules or Bruce Summers, the marketing of grain, oilseeds, pulses, proposed rules that are applicable to the rice, and related commodities. These public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. statutes provide for the establishment of committee meetings, agency decisions and standards and terms which accurately rulings, delegations of authority, filing of [FR Doc. 2020–26881 Filed 12–7–20; 8:45 am] and consistently measure the quality of petitions and applications and agency BILLING CODE P statements of organization and functions are grain and related products, provide for examples of documents appearing in this uniform official inspection and section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE weighing, provide regulatory and service responsibilities, and furnish the Agricultural Marketing Service framework for commodity quality DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE improvement incentives to both [Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–20–0080] domestic and foreign buyers. AMS’s Agricultural Marketing Service Request for Extension and Revision of Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) establishes policies, guidelines, and Designation of Amarillo Grain a Currently Approved Information Collection regulations to carry out the objectives of Exchange, Inc. To provide Class X or the USGSA and the AMA. Regulations Class Y Weighing Services AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, appear at 7 CFR 800, 801, and 802 for AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. the USGSA and 7 CFR 868 for the AMA. USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for The USGSA, with few exceptions, requires official inspection of export ACTION: Notice. comments. grain sold by grade. Official services are SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing SUMMARY: This notice announces the provided, upon request, for grain in Service (AMS) is announcing the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) domestic commerce. The AMA designation of Amarillo Grain Exchange, intention to request that the Office of authorizes similar inspection and Inc. (Amarillo) to provide Class X or Management and Budget (OMB) weighing services, upon request, for Class Y weighing services under the approve a 3-year extension of a rice, pulses, flour, corn meal, and United States Grain Standards Act currently approved information certain other agricultural products. (USGSA), as amended. collection for the ‘‘Reporting and Conversely, the regulations promulgated Recordkeeping Requirements under the under the USGSA and the AMA require DATES: Effective July 1, 2020. United States Grain Standards Act specific information collection and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (USGSA) and under the Agricultural recordkeeping necessary to carry out Austyn Hughes, (816) 891–0456 or Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).’’ This requests for official services. Applicants [email protected]. approval is required under the for official services must specify the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 kind and level of service, the December 12, 2016, Federal Register (81 (PRA). identification of the product, the FR 89428), AMS announced the DATES: Comments on this notice must be location, the amount, and other designation of Amarillo to provide received by February 8, 2021 to be pertinent information in order that official services under the USGSA, assured of consideration. official personnel can efficiently effective October 1, 2016, to September respond to their needs. 30, 2021. Subsequently, Amarillo asked ADDRESSES: Interested persons are Official services under the USGSA are AMS to amend their designation to invited to submit comments concerning provided through FGIS field offices and include official weighing services. The this notice by using the electronic delegated and/or designated State and USGSA authorizes the Secretary to process available at www.regulations private agencies. Delegated agencies are designate authority to perform official gov. All comments should reference the State agencies delegated authority under weighing to an agency providing official docket number (same number as above the USGSA to provide official inspection services within a specified assigned by Originating Program), the inspection service, Class X or Class Y geographic area, if such agency is date, and the page number of this issue weighing services, or both, at one or qualified under 7 U.S.C. 79. Under 7 of the Federal Register. All comments more export port locations in the State. U.S.C. 79(a), AMS evaluated received will be posted without change, Designated agencies are State or local information regarding the designation including any personal information governmental agencies or persons criteria in section 7 U.S.C. 79 and provided, at www.regulations.gov and designated under the USGSA to provide determined that Amarillo is qualified to will be included in the record and made official inspection services, Class X or provide official weighing services in available to the public. Class Y weighing services, or both, at their currently assigned geographic area. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: locations other than export port Therefore, Amarillo’s designation is Contact Gregory J. Giese USDA AMS; locations. State and private agencies, as amended to include Class X or Class Y Telephone: (816) 867–2451; Email: a requirement for delegation and/or weighing within their assigned [email protected]. designation, must comply with all geographic area, effective July 1, 2020, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress regulations, procedures, and to September 30, 2021. Interested enacted the United States Grain instructions in accordance with persons may obtain official services by Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71– provisions established under the contacting Amarillo at (806) 372–8511. 87k) and the Agricultural Marketing Act USGSA. FGIS field offices oversee the

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performance of these agencies and for OMB approval. All comments will OMB Control Number: 0572–0154. provide technical guidance as needed. become a matter of public record. Summary of Collection: The Rural Official services under the AMA are Utilities Service (RUS), is authorized by performed, upon request, on a fee basis Bruce Summers, Title VI, Rural Broadband Access, of the for domestic and export shipments Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as Service. either by FGIS employees, individual amended (RE Act), to provide loans, contractors, or cooperators. Contractors [FR Doc. 2020–26882 Filed 12–7–20; 8:45 am] loan/grant combinations and loan are persons who enter into a contract BILLING CODE P guarantees to fund the cost of with FGIS to perform specified construction, improvement, or sampling and inspection services. acquisition of facilities and equipment DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperators are agencies or departments for the provision of broadband service of the Federal Government which have Submission for OMB Review; in eligible rural areas in the States and an interagency agreement, State Comment Request Territories of the United States. 7 CFR agencies, or other entities which have a part 1738 prescribes the types of loans reimbursable agreement with FGIS. December 3, 2020. available, facilities financed, and Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping The Department of Agriculture has eligible applicants, as well as minimum Requirements (United States Grain submitted the following information equity requirements to be considered for Standards Act and Agricultural collection requirement(s) to Office of a loan. In addition, 7 CFR part 1738 Marketing Act of 1946). Management and Budget (OMB) for outlines the process through which RUS OMB Number: 0581–0309. review and clearance under the will consider applicants under the Expiration Date of Approval: January Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, priority consideration required in Title 31, 2021. Public Law 104–13. Comments are VI. Type of Request: Extension and requested regarding: Whether the The term of the loan or loan/grant revision of a currently approved collection of information is necessary combination is based on the expected information collection. for the proper performance of the composite economic life based on the Abstract: The USGSA and the AMA functions of the agency, including depreciation rates of the facilities authorize USDA to inspect, certify and whether the information will have financed. The term of the loan or loan/ identify the class, quality, quantity and practical utility; the accuracy of the grant combination can be as high as 35 condition of agricultural products agency’s estimate of burden including years. These loans are secured by a first shipped or received in interstate and the validity of the methodology and lien on the borrower’s broadband foreign commerce. assumptions used; ways to enhance the system. In the interest of protecting loan Estimate of Burden: Public reporting quality, utility and clarity of the security and accomplishing the and record keeping burden for this information to be collected; ways to statutory objective of a sound program collection of information is estimated to minimize the burden of the collection of of rural broadband service access, Title average .13 hours per response. information on those who are to VI of the RE Act further requires that Respondents: Grain producers, respond, including through the use of RUS make or guarantee a loan only if buyers, and sellers, elevator operators, appropriate automated, electronic, there is reasonable assurance that the grain merchandisers, and official grain mechanical, or other technological loan, together with all outstanding loans inspection agencies. collection techniques or other forms of and obligations of the borrower, will be Estimated Number of Respondents: information technology. repaid in full within the time agreed; 8,666. Comments regarding this information the information gathered in this Estimated Number of Responses per collection received by January 7, 2021 collection will help RUS determine that Respondent: 143. will be considered. Written comments reasonable assurance. Estimated Total Annual Burden on and recommendations for the proposed This package will replace 0572–0130 Respondents: 161,614 hours. information collection should be and incorporates all the new As required by the PRA (44 U.S.C. submitted within 30 days of the requirements from the 2018 Farm Bill. 3506(c)(2)(A)) and its implementing publication of this notice on the This package also covers the Public regulations (5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)(i)), AMS following website www.reginfo.gov/ Notice requirements for the specifically requests comments on: (1) public/do/PRAMain. Find this telecommunication infrastructure and Whether the proposed collection of particular information collection by the Community Connect program. All information is necessary for the proper selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day other burden associated with those two performance of the functions of the Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or programs will remain under their agency, including whether the by using the search function. current packages. information will have practical utility; An agency may not conduct or Need and Use of the Information: The (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate sponsor a collection of information information in the program application of the burden of the proposed collection unless the collection of information guide—RUS Bulletin 1738–1 provides of information including the validity of displays a currently valid OMB control applicants with needed information, the methodology and assumptions used; number and the agency informs definitions and details for completing (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, potential persons who are to respond to and submitting an application. The and clarity of the information to be the collection of information that such information in the application will be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the persons are not required to respond to used to determine: Applicant eligibility, burden of the collection of information the collection of information unless it availability of broadband service for on those who are to respond, including displays a currently valid OMB control priority consideration, technical and the use of appropriate automated, number. economic feasibility of the proposed electronic, mechanical, or other project (that the funds requested are technological collection techniques or Rural Utilities Service adequate to complete the project taking other forms of information technology. Title: 7 CFR part 1738 Rural into consideration any additional All responses to this notice will be Broadband Loans, Loan/Grant funding provided by the applicant and summarized and included in the request Combinations, and Loan Guarantees. that the loan can be repaid within the

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