The purpose of the Partnerships for
Climate-Smart Commodities is to support the production and
marketing of climate-smart commodities through a set of pilot
projects that provide voluntary incentives through partners to
producers and landowners, including early adopters, to implement
climate-smart conservation practices, activities, and systems on
working lands; measure and quantify, monitor and verify the carbon
and greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits associated with those practices;
and develop markets and promote the resulting climate-smart
commodities.
NRCS estimated at least 500
recipients would apply, with a resulting 1,610 annual responses and
14,370 burden hours as stated in the published 60-day notice. This
was resulted in more applications than anticipated and increased in
estimated numbers, to better reflect the current expectations.
Specifically, the number of respondents increased by 445 while the
annual responses increased by 1,500 in the request and the burden
hours increased 12,500 burden hours. NRCS is expecting to update
the estimate numbers. NRCS will plan on completing Request for
Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Solution for Funding Opportunity Announcement” to absorb the burden
hours under the USDA OMB control number. Once the generic request
is approved, NRCS will request to discontinue this collection.
$866,080
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Mary A Ball 202
720-4283
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No change to the common form requests.
Agency/Sub Agency
RCF ID
RCF Title
RCF Status
IC Title
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.