[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 235 (Monday, December 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 78821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26803]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 2, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding: Whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 regarding this information collection received by January 
6, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

    Title: Advanced Biofuel Payment Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0570-0063.
    Summary of Collection: Section 9005 of Title IX of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) authorizes Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) to enter into contracts to make 
payments to eligible entities to support and ensure an expanding 
production of advanced biofuels. To receive payments under the Program, 
eligible entities are producers of advanced biofuels that meet all of 
the requirements of the Program. Eligible entities can be an individual 
or legal entity, including a corporation, company, foundation, 
association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint 
stock company, group of organizations, or non-profit that produces an 
advanced biofuel and that sells the advanced biofuel on the commercial 
market.
    Need and Use of the Information: Advanced biofuel producers seeking 
to participate in the Program must enroll in the Program by submitting 
an application (Form RD 4288-1), which includes specific information 
about the producer and the producer's advanced biofuel biorefineries. 
This information will be used to determine whether the advanced biofuel 
producer is eligible to participate in the Program and whether the 
advanced biofuel being produced is eligible for payments under the 
Program. Form RD 4288-1 will also be used by the Agency to sign-up 
advance biofuel producers in subsequent fiscal years (FY) and to obtain 
information to help determine payment rates.
    Once an advanced biofuel producer has been approved for 
participation in the Program, the producer and the Agency will enter 
into a contract (Form RD 4288-2). Once the contract is signed, the 
advanced biofuel producer will submit payment requests (Form RD-4288-
3), preferably on a quarterly basis. The information in the payment 
request forms will be used by the Agency to determine payments to the 
advanced biofuel producers.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 206.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly, Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,339.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-26803 Filed 12-4-20; 8:45 am]
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