[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 63474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22641]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Notice of Request for Emergency 
Approval

    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 collections: ICR 0596-
NEW, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Financial Assistance to 
Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem 
Restoration (CFDA 10.725) Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance 
(WPIA) and the Temporary Bridge Funding Opportunity (TBFO) Program. The 
requested approval would enable the implementation of these programs to 
begin.

Forest Service

    Title: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Financial Assistance 
to Facilities that Purchase and Process Byproducts for Ecosystem 
Restoration (CFDA 10.725) Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance 
(WPIA).
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: USDA Forest Service is delivering the Wood 
Products Infrastructure Assistance (WPIA) as part of the Bipartisan 
Infrastructure Law. Section 40804(b)3 of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act Public Law 117-58 (11/15/2021) directs the USDA Forest 
Service to provide financial assistance to an entity seeking to 
establish, reopen, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood 
processing facility in close proximity to a unit of federal or Indian 
land that has been identified as high or very high priority for 
ecological restoration. According to 2 CFR part 200 and Forest Service 
Handbook 1509.11, chapter 20, there is certain narrative and budget 
information required for the Agency to determine if the project meets 
the legislative requirements and if the costs are reasonable, 
allocable, allowable, and necessary for the project. In particular, 
collection of information is necessary to ascertain if applicants 
seeking financial assistance do in fact operate facilities in close 
proximity to a unit of federal or Indian land that has been identified 
as high or very high priority for ecological restoration.

Forest Service

    Title: Temporary Bridge Funding Opportunity (TBFO) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: USDA Forest Service is delivering the 
Temporary Bridge Funding Opportunity (TBFO) Program as part of the 
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Section 40804(b)5 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act Public Law 117-58 (11/15/2021) directs the 
Forest Service to provide funding for States and Indian Tribes to 
establish rental programs for portable skidder bridges, bridge mats, or 
other temporary water crossing structures, to minimize stream bed 
disturbance on non-Federal land and Federal land. According to 2 CFR 
part 200 and Forest Service Handbook 1509.11, chapter 20, prescribes 
administrative requirements and processes applicable to all Forest 
Service domestic and international Federal Financial Assistance awards 
to State and local governments, institutions of higher education, 
hospitals, private profit and nonprofit organizations, individuals, and 
foreign recipients. In particular, collection of information is 
necessary to ascertain the required needs of applicants to initiate a 
temporary bridge program to protect water resources and reduce water 
quality degradation during forestry related operations requiring 
temporary water resource crossings.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22641 Filed 10-18-22; 8:45 am]
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