[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56620-56621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20022]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 October 
17, 2022 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.

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Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (FMD) and 
Market Access Program (MAP).
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0026.
    Summary of Collection: The authority for the Foreign Market 
Development Cooperator Program (FMD) and the Market Access Program 
(MAP) is contained in Title VII and section 203 of the Agricultural 
Trade Act of 1978, 7 U.S.C. 5623, as amended, which took effect October 
21, 1978. The programs were reauthorized by the Agriculture Improvement 
Act of 2018 (section 3201), which became effective December 20, 2018. 
The primary objective of the FMD and MAP programs is to encourage and 
aid in the creation, maintenance and expansion of commercial export 
markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through 
cost-share assistance to eligible trade organizations. Financial 
assistance for both programs is made available on a competitive basis. 
The programs are administered by personnel of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service (FAS).
    Need and Use of the Information: The collected information will be 
used by FAS to manage, plan, evaluate, and account for government 
resources. Specifically, data is used to assess the extent to which: 
applicant organizations represent U.S. commodity interests; benefits 
derived from market development effort will translate back to the 
broadest possible range of beneficiaries; the market development 
efforts will lead to increases in consumption and imports of U.S. 
agricultural commodities; the applicant is able and willing to commit 
personnel and financial resources to assure adequate development, 
supervision and execution of project activities; and private 
organizations are able and willing to support the promotional program 
with aggressive marketing of the commodity in question. Without the 
collected information the program could not be implemented.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, 
Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 67.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 88,922.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20022 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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