[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22010-22011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08579]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 21, 2021.
    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,

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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 May 26, 
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 informaCtion 
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: Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal 
Procurement.
    OMB Control Number: 0570-0073.
    Summary of Collection: The USDA BioPreferred Program provides that 
qualifying biobased products that fall under product categories 
(generic groups of biobased products) that have been designated for 
preferred procurement by rule making are required to be purchased by 
Federal agencies in lieu of their fossil energy-based counterparts, 
with certain limited exceptions. Further, USDA is required by section 
9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as amended 
by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and the Agricultural 
Act of 2014, and the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, to provide 
certain information on qualified biobased products to Federal agencies.
    Need and Use of the Information: To meet these statutory 
requirements, USDA will gather that information from manufacturers and 
vendors of biobased products. The information sought by USDA can be 
transmitted electronically using the website http://www.biopreferred.gov. If for any reason the requested information 
cannot be electronically transmitted, USDA will provide technical 
assistance to support the transmission of information to USDA. The 
information collected will enable USDA to meet statutory information 
requirements that will then permit USDA to designate product categories 
for preferred procurement under the BioPreferred Program. Once product 
categories are designated, manufacturers and vendors of qualifying 
biobased products that fall under these designated product categories 
will benefit from preferred procurement by Federal agencies. This 
collection was previously approved under 0503-0011, and on February 4, 
2021, was transferred to Rural Development and assigned OMB Control No. 
0570-0073.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 220.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Other (once).
    Total Burden Hours: 8,800.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-08579 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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