[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

 
Information Collection: Assignments of Payment and Joint Payment 
Authorization

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all 
interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a 
currently approved information collection. The information collection 
is to allow farmers to voluntarily assign their payment to a third 
party and to authorize a joint payment.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by June 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include the date, volume and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, ATTN: Deborah Simmons, 
Financial Specialist, FMD, Stop 0561, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC.
     E-mail: Send comment to: Debbie.Simmons@wdc.usda.gov.
     Fax: (703) 305-1144.
    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 obtained from Deborah 
Simmons at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist, 
(703) 305-1309.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Assignment of Payments and Joint Payment Authorization.
    Forms: CCC-36-Assignment of Payment, CCC-37-Joint Payment. 
Authorization, CCC-251-Notice of Assignment, and CCC-252-Instrument of 
Assignment.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Abstract: Section 4(j) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 
Act (15 U.S.C. 714b (j)) authorizes CCC to determine the character of 
and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures and the manner 
in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid. Pursuant to this 
authority, CCC allows producers to assign certain payments to a third 
party. Any such assignment must be made in accordance with the 
regulations at 7 CFR part 1404. There are no regulations governing 
joint payments, but this service is offered as a result of public 
requests for this type of payment option. There are no changes to the 
information collection since the last OMB approval.
    Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per 
response for CCC-36, CCC-37, and CCC-251, and 5 minutes per response 
for CCC-252.
    Respondents: Participants in FSA or CCC farm programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 70,900 (50,000 for CCC-36; 20,000 
for CCC-37, and 450 for CCC-251 and CCC-252).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,778.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection including the following to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the 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 the burden of 
the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 22, 2009.
Dennis J. Taitano,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9-9722 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]

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