[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 31517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11057]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Notice of Request for Emergency 
Approval

May 18, 2022.
    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, Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP). The 
requested approval would enable the implementation of this program to 
begin to increase the funds available to lenders to increase capacity 
for meat and poultry processing.

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

    Title: Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program (MPILP).
    OMB Control Number: 0570-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service is 
requesting emergency clearance approval for this information collection 
due to the need to effectively implement the program as quickly as 
possible to begin to increase the funds available to lenders to 
increase capacity for meat and poultry processing. Increasing capacity 
will help create a more diverse and secure U.S. food supply chain. 
Concentration within the meat and poultry sector had a disastrous 
effect on worker safety, producers' livelihood, and product 
availability at the height of the pandemic in 2020. This concentration 
must be addressed in order to avoid future disruptions and further 
price increases.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11057 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
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