[Federal Register: August 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 163)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection: 2005-2006 Dairy Disaster Assistance
Payment (DDAP-III) Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations on a currently approved
information collection with revision associated with Dairy Disaster
Assistance Payment (DDAP-III) Program. This collection is necessary to
gather specific information from producers on their dairy production
losses suffered in counties declared a natural disaster during the
period of January 2, 2005, through February 27, 2007. The collection of
information is to be used to establish eligibility and to determine
payment amounts.
DATES: We will consider comments received by October 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
E-Mail: Send comments to: Danielle_Cooke@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 690-1536.
Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn: Grady Bilberry, Director,
Price Support Division, Farm Service, USDA, FSA, STOP 0512, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0513.
Comments also should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danielle Cooke, Special Program
Manager, phone: (202) 720-1919, or Grady Bilberry, Director, Price
Support Division, (202) 720-7901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: 2005-2006 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0252.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Dairy operations are eligible to receive direct payments
provided they make certifications that attest to their eligibility to
receive such payments. As appropriate, these operations must certify
and identify:
(1) That the dairy operation is physically located in a county
declared a natural disaster after January 1, 2005 and before February
28, 2007 (that is the period of January 2, 2005 through February 27,
2007);
(2) the identity of actual persons associated with that operation
during that period;
(3) the pounds of dairy production losses incurred as a result of
the declared natural disaster;
(4) the number of cows in the dairy operation during the calendar
year applicable to the disaster declaration;
(5) that they understand the dairy operation must provide adequate
proof of annual milk production commercially marketed by all persons in
the dairy operation during the period specified by the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) to determine the total pounds of eligible losses
incurred by the operation.
The information collection is used by CCC to determine the program
eligibility of the dairy operations. CCC considers the information
collected essential to prudent eligibility determinations and payment
calculations. The revision on the information collection covers only
the dairy production losses this time, and the number of respondents
increases in this information collection. Additionally, without
accurate information on dairy operations, the national payment rate
would be inaccurate, resulting in payments being made to ineligible
recipients, and the integrity and accuracy of the program could be
compromised.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 15 minutes (.25 hour) per response.
The average travel time, which is included in the total annual burden,
is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Dairy Operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 35,250 hours.
Comments
Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether this collection information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, 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 the
information on those who are to respond, including 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 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. OMB is required to make a decision
concerning the collection of information contained in the proposed
regulations between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 16, 2007.
Glen L. Keppy,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E7-16671 Filed 8-22-07; 8:45 am]
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