81_FR_89667 81 FR 89429 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

81 FR 89429 - Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 238 (December 12, 2016)

Page Range89429-89431
FR Document2016-29750

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and 44 U.S.C. 3501, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is announcing a revision to the confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 2276. The revision is required by the passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Revision of Confidentiality Pledge under the Title V 
of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information Protection and 
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) and Title 7, Chapter 55, 
Section 2276 (Confidentiality of Information).

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SUMMARY: Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and 44 U.S.C. 3501, the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is announcing a revision to the 
confidentiality pledge it provides to its respondents under CIPSEA and 
Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 2276. The revision is required by the 
passage and implementation of provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B, 
Sec. 223), which permit and require the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to provide Federal civilian agencies' information technology systems 
with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. More details 
on this announcement are presented in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section below.

DATES: This revision becomes effective upon publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register. In a parallel Federal Register notice, NASS is 
seeking public comment on this confidentiality pledge revision.

ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice may be submitted by any of the 
following methods:
     Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. Include the title 
``Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice'' in the subject line of the 
message.
     Efax: (855) 838-6382.
     Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: David Hancock, NASS 
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South 
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Renee Picanso, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333, or email HQOA@nass.usda.gov. 
Because of delays in the receipt of regular mail related to security 
screening, respondents are encouraged to use phone or electronic 
communications.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Under CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 
2276; and similar statistical confidentiality protection statutes, many 
federal statistical agencies, including NASS, make statutory pledges 
that the information respondents provide will be seen only by 
statistical agency personnel or their sworn agents, and will be used 
only for statistical purposes. CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 
2276 protect such statistical information from administrative, law 
enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any other non-statistical use and 
immunize the information submitted to statistical agencies from legal 
process. Moreover, many of these statutes carry criminal penalties of a 
Class E felony (fines up to $250,000, or up to five years in prison, or 
both) for conviction of a knowing and willful unauthorized disclosure 
of covered information.
    As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016 
signed on December 17, 2015, the Congress included the Federal 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, 
Subtitle B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other provisions, permits and 
requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide federal civilian 
agencies' information technology systems with cybersecurity protection 
for their Internet traffic. The technology currently used to provide 
this protection against cyber malware is known as ``Einstein 3A''. It 
electronically searches Internet traffic in and out of federal civilian 
agencies in real time for malware signatures.
    When such a signature is found, the Internet packets that contain 
the malware signature are shunted aside for further inspection by 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel. Because it is possible 
that such packets entering or leaving a statistical agency's 
information technology system may contain confidential statistical 
data, statistical agencies can no longer promise their respondents that 
their responses will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or 
their sworn agents. However, they can promise, in accordance with 
provisions of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, that 
such monitoring can be used only to protect information and information 
systems from cybersecurity risks, thereby, in effect, providing 
stronger protection to the integrity of the respondents' submissions.
    Consequently, with the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2015, the federal statistical community has an 
opportunity to welcome the further protection of its confidential data 
offered by DHS' Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection program. The DHS 
cybersecurity

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program's objective is to protect federal civilian information systems 
from malicious malware attacks. The federal statistical system's 
objective is to ensure that the DHS Secretary performs those essential 
duties in a manner that honors the Government's statutory promises to 
the public to protect their confidential data. Given that the 
Department of Homeland Security is not a federal statistical agency, 
both DHS and the federal statistical agencies have been engaged in 
finding a way to balance both objectives and achieve these mutually 
reinforcing objectives.
    Accordingly, DHS and federal statistical agencies (including NASS), 
in cooperation with their parent departments, have developed a 
Memorandum of Agreement for the installation of Einstein 3A 
cybersecurity protection technology to monitor their Internet traffic 
and have incorporated an associated Addendum on Highly Sensitive Agency 
Information that provides additional protection and enhanced security 
handling of confidential statistical data. However, CIPSEA; Title 7, 
Chapter 55, Section 2276; and similar statistical confidentiality 
pledges promise that respondents' data will be seen only by statistical 
agency personnel or their sworn agents. Since it is possible that DHS 
personnel could see some portion of those confidential data in the 
course of examining the suspicious Internet packets identified by the 
Einstein 3A technology, statistical agencies need to revise their 
confidentiality pledges to reflect this process change.
    Therefore, NASS is providing this notice to alert the public to 
this confidentiality pledge revision in an efficient and coordinated 
fashion. Below is the revised confidentiality pledge as it will appear 
on NASS survey questionnaires, as well as the revision to NASS's 
confidentiality Web page. A list of the NASS OMB numbers and 
information collection titles that will be affected by this revision is 
also included below.
    The revised confidentiality pledge to appear on NASS questionnaires 
is below:

    The information you provide will be used for statistical 
purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any 
person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about 
you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.
    This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential 
Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 
107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on 
how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/Confidentiality_Pledge/index.php.

    For voluntary surveys the statement, ``Response to this survey is 
voluntary.'' Will follow this pledge. For mandatory surveys the 
statement, ``Response to this survey is mandatory.'' will follow.
    The NASS confidentiality pledge Web page (https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/Confidentiality_Pledge/index.php) will be 
revised to include a fifth item explaining that DHS will monitor the 
transmission of data for cybersecurity threats. Item 5 is below:

    5. Data are protected from cybersecurity threats
    Per the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are 
further protected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
through cybersecurity monitoring of the systems that transmit your 
data. DHS will be monitoring these systems to look for viruses, 
malware and other threats. In the event of a cybersecurity incident, 
and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these 
sources may be used to help identify and mitigate the incident.
    Affected information collections:

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                                                  Information collection
           OMB No.             Expiration date            title
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0535-0001...................         04/30/2019  Cold Storage.
0535-0002...................         10/31/2018  Field Crops Production.
0535-0003...................         07/31/2019  Agricultural Prices.
0535-0004...................         01/31/2019  Egg, Chicken, and
                                                  Turkey Surveys.
0535-0005...................         11/30/2017  Livestock Slaughter.
0535-0007...................         01/31/2019  Stocks Reports.
0535-0020...................         07/31/2018  Milk and Milk Products.
0535-0037...................         08/31/2019  Vegetable Surveys.
0535-0039...................         10/31/2019  Fruit, Nuts, and
                                                  Specialty Crops.
0535-0088...................         07/31/2018  Field Crops Objective
                                                  Yield.
0535-0093...................         11/30/2018  Floriculture Survey.
0535-0109...................         03/31/2018  Agricultural Labor.
0535-0140...................         01/31/2019  List Sampling Frame
                                                  Survey.
0535-0150...................         06/30/2017  Aquaculture.
0535-0153...................         12/31/2018  Honey Survey.
0535-0212...................         11/30/2018  Mink Survey.
0535-0213...................         06/30/2017  Agricultural Surveys
                                                  Program.
0535-0218...................         07/31/2018  Agricultural Resource
                                                  Management and
                                                  Chemical Use Surveys
                                                  (ARMS).
0535-0220...................         03/31/2017  Cotton Ginnings.
0535-0226...................         10/31/2019  Census of Agriculture.
0535-0243...................         08/31/2018  Census of Agriculture
                                                  Content Test.
0535-0244...................         11/30/2019  Nursery Production
                                                  Survey and Nursery and
                                                  Floriculture Chemical
                                                  Use Survey.
0535-0245...................         09/30/2017  CEAP--NRI Conservation
                                                  Tillage and Nutrient
                                                  Management Survey.
0535-0248...................         04/30/2019  Generic Clearance of
                                                  Survey Improvement
                                                  Projects.
0535-0249...................         12/31/2017  Organic Production
                                                  Survey.
0535-0251...................         05/30/2019  Residue and Biomass
                                                  Field Survey.
0535-0254...................         07/31/2017  Current Agricultural
                                                  Industrial Reports
                                                  (CAIR).
0535-0255...................         04/30/2018  Colony Loss.
0535-0256...................         06/30/2018  Feral Swine Survey.
0535-0257...................        610/31/2018  Organic Certifier
                                                  Census.
0535-0258...................        611/30/2018  Cost of Pollination
                                                  Survey.
0535-0259...................        603/31/2019  Local Foods Survey.
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    Signed at Washington, DC, November 30, 2016.
Hubert Hamer,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-29750 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Carolina, and Schaal were the only                                         U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that                                official services in the specified areas of
                                                  applicants for designation to provide                                      Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North                                Amarillo, Cairo, Louisiana, North
                                                  official services in these areas. As a                                     Carolina, and Schaal are qualified to                            Carolina, and Schaal is effective October
                                                  result, GIPSA did not ask for additional                                   provide official services in the                                 1, 2016, to September 30, 2021.
                                                  comments.                                                                  geographic areas specified in the                                   Interested persons may obtain official
                                                    GIPSA evaluated the designation                                          Federal Register on August 24 and 30,                            services by contacting these agencies at
                                                  criteria in section 79(f) of the USGSA (7                                  2016. This designation to provide                                the following telephone numbers:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Designation    Designation
                                                                                Official agency                                                    Headquarters location and telephone                              start          end

                                                  Amarillo .........................................................................    Amarillo, TX; 806–372–8511 ........................................         10/1/2016      9/30/2021
                                                  Cairo .............................................................................   Cairo, IL; 618–734–0689 ..............................................      10/1/2016      9/30/2021
                                                  Louisiana ......................................................................      Baton Rouge, LA; 225–922–1341 ................................              10/1/2016      9/30/2021
                                                  North Carolina ..............................................................         Raleigh, NC; 919–202–5774 ........................................          10/1/2016      9/30/2021
                                                  Schaal ...........................................................................    Belmond, IA; 641–444–3122 ........................................          10/1/2016      9/30/2021



                                                     Section 79(f) of the USGSA authorizes                                   DATES:  This revision becomes effective                          willful unauthorized disclosure of
                                                  the Secretary to designate a qualified                                     upon publication of this notice in the                           covered information.
                                                  applicant to provide official services in                                  Federal Register. In a parallel Federal                             As part of the Consolidated
                                                  a specified area after determining that                                    Register notice, NASS is seeking public                          Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016
                                                  the applicant is better able than any                                      comment on this confidentiality pledge                           signed on December 17, 2015, the
                                                  other applicant to provide such official                                   revision.                                                        Congress included the Federal
                                                  services (7 U.S.C. 79(f)).                                                 ADDRESSES: Questions about this notice                           Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015
                                                                                                                             may be submitted by any of the                                   (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle
                                                  Larry Mitchell,
                                                                                                                             following methods:                                               B, Sec. 223). This Act, among other
                                                  Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and                                 • Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.                             provisions, permits and requires the
                                                  Stockyards Administration.                                                 Include the title ‘‘Confidentiality Pledge                       Secretary of Homeland Security to
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–29705 Filed 12–9–16; 8:45 am]                                Revision Notice’’ in the subject line of                         provide federal civilian agencies’
                                                  BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P                                                     the message.                                                     information technology systems with
                                                                                                                               • Efax: (855) 838–6382.                                        cybersecurity protection for their
                                                                                                                               • Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier:                               Internet traffic. The technology
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                  David Hancock, NASS Clearance                                    currently used to provide this protection
                                                                                                                             Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,                         against cyber malware is known as
                                                  National Agricultural Statistics Service                                   Room 5336 South Building, 1400                                   ‘‘Einstein 3A’’. It electronically searches
                                                                                                                             Independence Avenue SW.,                                         Internet traffic in and out of federal
                                                  Confidentiality Pledge Revision Notice                                     Washington, DC 20250–2024.                                       civilian agencies in real time for
                                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.                              malware signatures.
                                                  AGENCY:  National Agricultural Statistics
                                                  Service, USDA.                                                             Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator,                             When such a signature is found, the
                                                                                                                             National Agricultural Statistics Service,                        Internet packets that contain the
                                                  ACTION:  Notice of Revision of                                             U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202)                            malware signature are shunted aside for
                                                  Confidentiality Pledge under the Title V                                   720–4333, or email HQOA@                                         further inspection by Department of
                                                  of the E-Government Act, Confidential                                      nass.usda.gov. Because of delays in the                          Homeland Security (DHS) personnel.
                                                  Information Protection and Statistical                                     receipt of regular mail related to                               Because it is possible that such packets
                                                  Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) and                                        security screening, respondents are                              entering or leaving a statistical agency’s
                                                  Title 7, Chapter 55, Section 2276                                          encouraged to use phone or electronic                            information technology system may
                                                  (Confidentiality of Information).                                          communications.                                                  contain confidential statistical data,
                                                                                                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under                                 statistical agencies can no longer
                                                  SUMMARY:    Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(e), and                                   CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section                             promise their respondents that their
                                                  44 U.S.C. 3501, the National                                               2276; and similar statistical                                    responses will be seen only by statistical
                                                  Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is                                  confidentiality protection statutes, many                        agency personnel or their sworn agents.
                                                  announcing a revision to the                                               federal statistical agencies, including                          However, they can promise, in
                                                  confidentiality pledge it provides to its                                  NASS, make statutory pledges that the                            accordance with provisions of the
                                                  respondents under CIPSEA and Title 7,                                      information respondents provide will be                          Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
                                                  Chapter 55, Section 2276. The revision                                     seen only by statistical agency                                  of 2015, that such monitoring can be
                                                  is required by the passage and                                             personnel or their sworn agents, and                             used only to protect information and
                                                  implementation of provisions of the                                        will be used only for statistical                                information systems from cybersecurity
                                                  Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act                                      purposes. CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter                            risks, thereby, in effect, providing
                                                  of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II,                                  55, Section 2276 protect such statistical                        stronger protection to the integrity of the
                                                  Subtitle B, Sec. 223), which permit and                                    information from administrative, law                             respondents’ submissions.
                                                  require the Secretary of Homeland                                          enforcement, taxation, regulatory, or any                           Consequently, with the passage of the
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                                                  Security to provide Federal civilian                                       other non-statistical use and immunize                           Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
                                                  agencies’ information technology                                           the information submitted to statistical                         of 2015, the federal statistical
                                                  systems with cybersecurity protection                                      agencies from legal process. Moreover,                           community has an opportunity to
                                                  for their Internet traffic. More details on                                many of these statutes carry criminal                            welcome the further protection of its
                                                  this announcement are presented in the                                     penalties of a Class E felony (fines up to                       confidential data offered by DHS’
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section                                          $250,000, or up to five years in prison,                         Einstein 3A cybersecurity protection
                                                  below.                                                                     or both) for conviction of a knowing and                         program. The DHS cybersecurity


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                                                  program’s objective is to protect federal                statistical agency personnel or their                  provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law
                                                  civilian information systems from                        sworn agents. Since it is possible that                107–347 and other applicable Federal laws.
                                                  malicious malware attacks. The federal                   DHS personnel could see some portion                   For more information on how we protect
                                                  statistical system’s objective is to ensure              of those confidential data in the course               your information please visit: https://
                                                  that the DHS Secretary performs those                                                                           www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/
                                                                                                           of examining the suspicious Internet
                                                                                                                                                                  Confidentiality_Pledge/index.php.
                                                  essential duties in a manner that honors                 packets identified by the Einstein 3A
                                                  the Government’s statutory promises to                   technology, statistical agencies need to                  For voluntary surveys the statement,
                                                  the public to protect their confidential                 revise their confidentiality pledges to                ‘‘Response to this survey is voluntary.’’
                                                  data. Given that the Department of                       reflect this process change.                           Will follow this pledge. For mandatory
                                                  Homeland Security is not a federal                          Therefore, NASS is providing this                   surveys the statement, ‘‘Response to this
                                                  statistical agency, both DHS and the                     notice to alert the public to this                     survey is mandatory.’’ will follow.
                                                  federal statistical agencies have been                   confidentiality pledge revision in an
                                                  engaged in finding a way to balance                                                                                The NASS confidentiality pledge Web
                                                                                                           efficient and coordinated fashion. Below
                                                  both objectives and achieve these                                                                               page (https://www.nass.usda.gov/About
                                                                                                           is the revised confidentiality pledge as
                                                  mutually reinforcing objectives.                                                                                _NASS/Confidentiality_Pledge/
                                                                                                           it will appear on NASS survey
                                                    Accordingly, DHS and federal                                                                                  index.php) will be revised to include a
                                                                                                           questionnaires, as well as the revision to
                                                  statistical agencies (including NASS), in                                                                       fifth item explaining that DHS will
                                                                                                           NASS’s confidentiality Web page. A list
                                                  cooperation with their parent                                                                                   monitor the transmission of data for
                                                                                                           of the NASS OMB numbers and
                                                  departments, have developed a                                                                                   cybersecurity threats. Item 5 is below:
                                                                                                           information collection titles that will be
                                                  Memorandum of Agreement for the                          affected by this revision is also included               5. Data are protected from cybersecurity
                                                  installation of Einstein 3A cybersecurity                below.                                                 threats
                                                  protection technology to monitor their                      The revised confidentiality pledge to                 Per the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
                                                  Internet traffic and have incorporated an                                                                       2015, your data are further protected by the
                                                                                                           appear on NASS questionnaires is                       Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
                                                  associated Addendum on Highly                            below:
                                                  Sensitive Agency Information that                                                                               through cybersecurity monitoring of the
                                                  provides additional protection and                         The information you provide will be used             systems that transmit your data. DHS will be
                                                                                                           for statistical purposes only. Your responses          monitoring these systems to look for viruses,
                                                  enhanced security handling of                                                                                   malware and other threats. In the event of a
                                                                                                           will be kept confidential and any person who
                                                  confidential statistical data. However,                  willfully discloses ANY identifiable                   cybersecurity incident, and pursuant to any
                                                  CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section                     information about you or your operation is             required legal process, information from
                                                  2276; and similar statistical                            subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.               these sources may be used to help identify
                                                  confidentiality pledges promise that                       This survey is conducted in accordance               and mitigate the incident.
                                                  respondents’ data will be seen only by                   with the Confidential Information Protection             Affected information collections:

                                                      OMB No.             Expiration date                                                     Information collection title

                                                  0535–0001    ........         04/30/2019       Cold Storage.
                                                  0535–0002    ........         10/31/2018       Field Crops Production.
                                                  0535–0003    ........         07/31/2019       Agricultural Prices.
                                                  0535–0004    ........         01/31/2019       Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Surveys.
                                                  0535–0005    ........         11/30/2017       Livestock Slaughter.
                                                  0535–0007    ........         01/31/2019       Stocks Reports.
                                                  0535–0020    ........         07/31/2018       Milk and Milk Products.
                                                  0535–0037    ........         08/31/2019       Vegetable Surveys.
                                                  0535–0039    ........         10/31/2019       Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops.
                                                  0535–0088    ........         07/31/2018       Field Crops Objective Yield.
                                                  0535–0093    ........         11/30/2018       Floriculture Survey.
                                                  0535–0109    ........         03/31/2018       Agricultural Labor.
                                                  0535–0140    ........         01/31/2019       List Sampling Frame Survey.
                                                  0535–0150    ........         06/30/2017       Aquaculture.
                                                  0535–0153    ........         12/31/2018       Honey Survey.
                                                  0535–0212    ........         11/30/2018       Mink Survey.
                                                  0535–0213    ........         06/30/2017       Agricultural Surveys Program.
                                                  0535–0218    ........         07/31/2018       Agricultural Resource Management and Chemical Use Surveys (ARMS).
                                                  0535–0220    ........         03/31/2017       Cotton Ginnings.
                                                  0535–0226    ........         10/31/2019       Census of Agriculture.
                                                  0535–0243    ........         08/31/2018       Census of Agriculture Content Test.
                                                  0535–0244    ........         11/30/2019       Nursery Production Survey and Nursery and Floriculture Chemical Use Survey.
                                                  0535–0245    ........         09/30/2017       CEAP—NRI Conservation Tillage and Nutrient Management Survey.
                                                  0535–0248    ........         04/30/2019       Generic Clearance of Survey Improvement Projects.
                                                  0535–0249    ........         12/31/2017       Organic Production Survey.
                                                  0535–0251    ........         05/30/2019       Residue and Biomass Field Survey.
                                                  0535–0254    ........         07/31/2017       Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
                                                  0535–0255    ........         04/30/2018       Colony Loss.
                                                  0535–0256    ........         06/30/2018       Feral Swine Survey.
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                                                  0535–0257    ........        610/31/2018       Organic Certifier Census.
                                                  0535–0258    ........        611/30/2018       Cost of Pollination Survey.
                                                  0535–0259    ........        603/31/2019       Local Foods Survey.




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                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, November 30,                Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department                 or small fresh fruit and vegetable
                                                  2016.                                                   of Agriculture, STOP 2225, 1400                       merchant wholesalers.
                                                  Hubert Hamer,                                           Independence Avenue SW.,                                 In FY 2016, the Food Safety Outreach
                                                  Administrator.                                          Washington, DC 20250–2225.                            Program at NIFA built upon the national
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–29750 Filed 12–9–16; 8:45 am]               Hand Delivery/Courier: FSOP, IFSN,                  infrastructure, with a focus on delivery
                                                  BILLING CODE 3410–20–P                                  National Institute of Food and                        of customized training to very specific
                                                                                                          Agriculture, U.S. Department of                       target audiences. Grant applications
                                                                                                          Agriculture, Room 2458, Waterfront                    were solicited directly from those in
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                               Centre, 800 9th Street SW., Washington,               local communities—to include those
                                                                                                          DC 20024.                                             from community-based organizations,
                                                  National Institute of Food and                            Instructions: All submissions received              non-governmental organizations, food
                                                  Agriculture                                             must include the agency name and                      hubs, farm cooperatives, extension, and
                                                                                                          reference to NIFA–2017–0002. All                      other local groups. Proposals were
                                                  Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders                 comments received will be posted to                   solicited for three project types: (1) Pilot
                                                  Regarding the Food Safety Outreach                      http://www.regulations.gov, including                 Projects; (2) Community Outreach
                                                  Program                                                 any personal information provided.                    Projects; and (3) Multistate Education
                                                  AGENCY:  National Institute of Food and                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
                                                                                                                                                                and Training Projects. Pilot Projects
                                                  Agriculture, USDA.                                      Dawanna James-Holly, (202) 401–1950                   support the development of potentially
                                                                                                                                                                high-risk and high-impact food safety
                                                  ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Listening                 (phone), (202) 401–4888 (fax), or
                                                                                                                                                                education and outreach programs in
                                                  Session and request for stakeholder                     dholly@nifa.usda.gov.
                                                                                                                                                                local communities, addressing the needs
                                                  input.                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            of small, specialized audiences from
                                                  SUMMARY:   As part of the National                      Additional Webinars and Comment                       among the various target groups. Pilot
                                                  Institute of Food and Agriculture’s                     Procedures                                            projects focus on building the capacity
                                                  (NIFA) strategy to successfully expand                                                                        of local groups to identify very specific
                                                                                                             Persons wishing to present during the              needs within their communities, and
                                                  the Food Safety Outreach Program,                       web-based listening session on Tuesday,
                                                  NIFA will host a virtual listening                                                                            implementing appropriately-customized
                                                                                                          January 31, 2017, are requested to pre-               food safety education and outreach
                                                  session. The focus of the listening                     register by contacting Dr. Dawanna
                                                  session is to gather stakeholder input to                                                                     programs to meet those specific needs.
                                                                                                          James-Holly. Participants may reserve                    Community Outreach Projects support
                                                  develop the priorities for the Request for              one 5-minute comment period. More
                                                  Applications (RFA) in Fiscal Year (FY)                                                                        the growth and expansion of already
                                                                                                          time may be available, depending on the               existing food safety education and
                                                  2018. NIFA is particularly interested in                number of people wishing to make a
                                                  reaching the intended audience,                                                                               outreach programs currently offered in
                                                                                                          presentation. Reservations will be                    local communities. In addition, these
                                                  achieving the most impact, and                          confirmed on a first-come, first-served
                                                  identifying suggested priorities in the                                                                       projects enable existing programs to
                                                                                                          basis. All other participants may                     reach a broader target audience. These
                                                  third year of the Food Safety Outreach                  provide comments during the listening
                                                  Program.                                                                                                      projects enable existing education and
                                                                                                          session if time permits, or by previous               training curricula to be modified to
                                                  DATES: The listening session will be                    listed means.                                         ensure that they are consistent with new
                                                  held on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 from                                                                        FSMA rules and to ensure that they
                                                  1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Standard                Background and Purpose
                                                                                                                                                                meet the needs of expanded audiences.
                                                  Time (EST). All written comments must                      On January 4, 2011, the Food Safety                   Multistate Education and Training
                                                  be received by 5 p.m. EST on January                    Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed                   Projects support the development of
                                                  31, 2017 to be considered in the initial                into legislation. The Act amended the                 multi-county, state-wide or multi-state
                                                  drafting of the FY 2018 Food Safety                     Food and Drug Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C.                 programs. These projects support
                                                  Outreach Program request for                            391 et seq. Section 209 of FSMA added                 collaborations among states not
                                                  applications.                                           section 1011, Subsection (d) entitled                 necessarily located within the same
                                                  ADDRESSES: The listening session will                   ‘‘National Food Safety Training,                      regions, but having common food safety
                                                  be hosted using Adobe Connect. On                       Education, Extension, Outreach and                    concerns, or addressing common
                                                  January 31, 2017, please access the                     Technical Assistance Program’’. In 2015               commodities.
                                                  following Web site, http://nifa-                        NIFA and FDA formed a collaboration                      Since its inception in FY 2015, the
                                                  connect.nifa.usda.gov/r271ozhv661/. In                  to establish the National Food Safety                 program has awarded over $7 million to
                                                  addition, audio conference call                         Training, Education, Extension,                       Community Based Organizations,
                                                  capabilities are accessible at 1–888–                   Outreach and Technical Assistance                     Cooperative Extension at 1890 and 1862
                                                  844–9904, participant code 4715738#.                    Competitive Grant Program. In 2016, the               land-grant institutions, and local food
                                                    Please submit comments, identified as                 Food Safety Outreach Program at NIFA                  hubs and established 27 new Food
                                                  NIFA–2017–0002, by any of the                           expanded the National Food Safety                     Safety Education and Outreach Projects.
                                                  following methods:                                      Training, Education, Extension,                       Many of these projects will work at the
                                                    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://                   Outreach, and Technical Assistance                    local level to provide training and
                                                  www.regulations.gov. Follow the                         Competitive Grant Program. Both                       technical assistance to small, mid-sized
                                                  instructions for submitting comments.                   programs award competitive grants to                  and hard to reach producers and
                                                                                                          eligible recipients for projects that
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                                                    Email: FSOP@nifa.usda.gov. Include                                                                          processors to address the new
                                                  NIFA–2017–0002 in the subject line of                   develop and implement FSMA-related                    requirements associated with FSMA.
                                                  the message.                                            food safety training, education,
                                                    Fax: 202–401–4888.                                    extension, outreach, and technical                    Implementation Plans
                                                    Mail: Paper, disk or CD–ROM                           assistance to owners and operators of                    All comments and the official
                                                  submissions should be submitted to                      small and medium-sized farms,                         transcript of the listening session, once
                                                  FSOP; Institute of Food Safety and                      beginning farmers, socially                           available, may be reviewed on the NIFA
                                                  Nutrition (IFSN), National Institute of                 disadvantaged farmers, small processors               Web page, https://nifa.usda.gov/food-


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DatesThis revision becomes effective upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register. In a parallel Federal Register notice, NASS is seeking public comment on this confidentiality pledge revision.
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