[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09324]


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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 June 2, 
2023 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.

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

    Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0524-0049.
    Summary of Collection: The Small Business Innovation Research 
(SBIR) program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes 
competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support 
high quality, advanced concepts research related to important 
scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to 
significant public benefit if successful. The objectives of the SBIR 
Program are to: stimulate technological innovation in the private 
sector; strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting Federal 
research and development needs; increase private sector 
commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-supported research 
and development efforts; and foster and encourage participation by 
women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged small business 
firms in technological innovation. The USDA SBIR Program is 
administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) 
of the USDA.
    Need and Use of the Information: The USDA SBIR Program Office 
proposes to contact Phase II awardees to determine their success in 
achieving commercial application of a market ready technology that was 
funded under the USDA SBIR Program. The survey would collect 
information from Phase II companies that received funding during the 
years of 2016 to 2019. Data from the survey will be used to provide 
information that currently does not exist. The data will be used 
internally by the USDA SBIR Office to identify past and current 
activities of Phase II grantees in the areas of technology development, 
commercialization success, product development or services, and factors 
that may have prevented the technology from entering into the 
marketplace.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 121.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 61.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-09324 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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