[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10449]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Notice of Request for Emergency 
Approval

May 13, 2021.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has submitted a 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a six-month 
emergency approval of the following information collection: ICR 0570-
NEW, Rural Development Cooperative Agreements (RDCA). The requested 
approval would enable the collection of this information and the 
implementation of this program while USDA completes the normal PRA 
approval process.

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

    Title: Rural Development Cooperative Agreements (RDCA).
    OMB Control Number: 0570-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Due to a three-fold decision by the White 
House, Congress, and the USDA it is paramount that this program be 
implemented no later than May 20, 2021. In part due to the critical 
need to deliver funding to rural communities, and to ensure that the 
information is collected for this new information collection remains 
active during the PRA approval process, USDA has submitted a request to 
the OMB for a short-term emergency approval, to November 30, 2021.
    On May 10, 2021 the Director, Regulations Management Division 
Innovation Center, Rural Development, USDA signed a memorandum to the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB. 
The memorandum included a request for an emergency approval, explained 
USDA's justification for this approval, and was electronically 
submitted to OMB on May 11, 2021.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-10449 Filed 5-17-21; 8:45 am]
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