[Federal Register: August 7, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Record of Pooled Farm Allotment or Quota,
Application for Transfer of Allotment or Quota from Pool, and Request
for Tobacco Disaster Credit
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested
individuals and entities on the reinstatement with revision of a
previously approved information collection and on a new information
collection transaction. The revision to the information collection is
to remove all references to peanuts. The three forms will be used in
administering the tobacco marketing quota program.
DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments about this notice must
be received in writing on or before October 6, 2003. Comments received
after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to the
Director, Tobacco Division, FSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 5750-S, STOP 0514, Washington, DC 20250-0514; and to the Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments may be
submitted via facsimile to (202) 720-0549 or by e-mail to tob_
comments@wdc.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Wortham, Tobacco Division, at
(202) 720-2715 or at ann_wortham@wdc.usda.gov. The public may inspect
comments received and copies of the forms at the Tobacco Division at
the address shown above during normal business hours. Visitors are
encouraged to call ahead at (202) 720-7413 to facilitate entry into the
building. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern standard time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collections
Title: Record of Pooled Farm Allotment of Quota.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0033.
Form Number: FSA-177.
Type of Request: Reinstatement With Revision of a Previously
Approved Information Collection.
Abstract: The `Record of Pooled Farm Allotment or Quota' form is
used to record tobacco allotments or quotas that are to be held in a
reserve `pool' for landowners who have been displaced because their
farms have been taken by power of `eminent domain' by a Federal, State,
or other agency either by court proceedings to condemn the land or by
negotiation between the agency and the owner of the land. When an owner
is displaced from a farm in such a way, the owner shall notify the FSA
County Committee at the FSA County office where the farm is located so
that the farm allotment or quota may be placed
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in an eminent domain pool. The allotment or quota thus placed in a pool
is held for the displaced owners to transfer to other farms they own or
may purchase. An owner must request transfer of the allotment or quota
from the pool within 3 years from the date of displacement from the
farm to which the allotment or quota originally belonged. Pooled
allotments or quotas shall be considered fully planted and, for each
year in the pool, shall be established in accordance with tobacco
marketing quota regulations. (An owner is a person, or persons in a
joint ownership, having title to the land for a period of at least 12
months immediately prior to the date of eminent domain acquisition.)
Estimate of Annual Burden: 50 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Tobacco allotment or quota holders who are
displaced from their land when such land is taken by eminent domain
acquisition.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10 hours.
Title: Application for Transfer of Allotment or Quota From Pool.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0033.
Form Number: FSA-178.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with Revision of a Previously
Approved Information Collection.
Abstract: A person who has been displaced from her/his farm by
eminent domain and who placed that farm's tobacco allotment or quota in
a pool, will use the `Application for Transfer of Allotment or Quota
From Pool' to transfer the pooled tobacco to another farm which she/he
owns or has purchased. The request for transfer must be made within 3
years from the date of displacement and submitted for approval to the
FSA County Office in which the receiving farm is located.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 50 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Tobacco allotment or quota holders who are
displaced from their land when such land is taken by eminent domain
acquisition.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10 hours.
Title: Request for Tobacco Disaster Credit.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0033.
Form Number: FSA-182.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: Tobacco growers whose crop either could not be planted or
that failed because of a natural disaster will use the `Request for
Tobacco Disaster Credit'. When a grower is faced with either condition,
the grower may supply information pertaining to the disaster to the
County Committee of the FSA County office where the tobacco farm is
located, requesting disaster credit for the affected acreage. Data
provided by the grower in this information collection transaction
include such things as the kind and amount of tobacco impacted, weather
conditions which affected it, and management practices that were used
in planting, or preparing to plant the crop.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 30 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Allotment or quota growers who were prevented
from planting tobacco, or whose tobacco crop failed, because of a
disaster.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the purposes stated and the proper performance of FSA,
including whether the information will have practical or scientific
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of 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 when provided, will be a matter of public records.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget Approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 28, 2003.
James R. Little,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 03-20083 Filed 8-6-03; 8:45 am]
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