[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31717-31718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08854]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Docket No. FPAC-2024-0001]


Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form

AGENCY: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements, 
the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is requesting comments from 
all interested individuals and organizations on a new information 
collection request for the FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring 
and Reporting Form in support of the implementation of Performance 
Measurement.

DATES: We will consider comments that we must be received by June 24, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments, identified by Docket ID: FPAC-2024-0001, in the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 
the online instructions for submitting comments. Comments will be 
available for viewing online at regulations.gov.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    Copies of the information collection may be requested by contacting 
Kenneth James.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth James; telephone: (517) 318-
3188; email: [email protected]. Individuals who require 
alternative means for communication should contact the USDA TARGET 
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 
for Telecommunications Relay service (both voice and text telephone 
users can initiate this call from any telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting 
Form.
    OMB Control Number: 0565-New.
    Type of Request: New.
    Abstract: FPAC will use the Federal Award Performance Monitoring 
and Reporting Form to support the implementation of section 301 of 2 
CFR part 200, Performance Measurement. This section of the Uniform 
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards, 2 CFR 200, requires Federal Agencies to measure 
recipients' accomplishments against performance goals and objectives. 
Performance reporting allows the Federal Agency to share lessons 
learned, improve program outcomes, and foster adoption of promising 
practices. In addition, performance reporting frequency and content is 
established to not only allow the Federal awarding agency to understand 
the recipient progress, but also to facilitate identification of 
promising practices among recipients and build the evidence upon which 
the Federal awarding agency's program and performance decisions are 
made.
    This information must be collected with the frequency required by 
the terms and conditions of the Federal award, but no less frequently 
than annually and not more frequently than quarterly except in unusual 
circumstances. The information collection, FPAC Federal Award 
Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form, will support the FPAC 
Business Center (BC), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Commodity Credit 
Corporation (CCC), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and 
Risk Management Agency (RMA) in obtaining required Federal award 
performance information from recipients. This form will replace the 
discontinued ``Standard Form (SF) Performance Progress Report'' which 
had previously been used to collect this data.
    Applicable award recipients must submit performance data using the 
FPAC Federal Award Performance Monitoring and Reporting Form. 
Recipients will use this form to:
    1. Show accomplishments, including providing a status of work 
completed, and comparing accomplishments to the project's goals and 
objectives;
    2. Provide reasons and recommend solutions when differences exist 
between accomplishments and the project's goals and objectives;
    3. Provide a status of expenditures;
    4. Describe any problems or adverse conditions that are having a 
negative impact on the project;
    5. Describe any pending or proposed changes to the agreement;
    6. Summarize future work planned during the next reporting period; 
and
    7. List any recently completed or ongoing subrecipient monitoring 
activities.
    The recipients can be City or township governments, County 
governments, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, 
Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments 
(Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other 
than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 
501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of

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higher education), Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with 
the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), Private 
institutions of higher education, Public and State-controlled 
institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities or Indian 
housing authorities, Small businesses, Individuals, Special district 
governments, agricultural producer associations, farmer cooperatives, 
special service districts, or State governments.
    For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the 
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated 
average time per response multiplied by the estimated total annual 
number of responses.
    Estimate of Average Time to Respond: Public reporting burden for 
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 45 
minutes per response (0.75), including the time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information.
    Type of Respondents: Individual or Household, Private Sectors: 
Businesses or other for-profits; Farms, Not-for-profits institution, 
and State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 8,000.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.75 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,000 hours.
    FPAC is requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collection; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses where provided, will be anonymous. Comments will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval.

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy

    In accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights 
regulations and policies, USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, 
and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are 
prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, 
religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual 
orientation, disability, age, marital status, family or parental 
status, income derived from a public assistance program, political 
beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in 
any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases 
apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by 
program or incident.
    Individuals who require alternative means of communication for 
program information (for example, braille, large print, audiotape, 
American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or 
USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY) or 
dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and text 
telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone). 
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages 
other than English.
    To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA 
Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint and 
at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in 
the letter all the information requested in the form. To request a copy 
of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form 
or letter to USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or email: [email protected].
    USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Scott Linsky,
Acting Deputy Chief Operating Officer, USDA Farm Production and 
Conservation Business Center.
[FR Doc. 2024-08854 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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