[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 45600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19045]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection: Emergency Conservation Program
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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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 organizations on an extension with revision of
currently approved information collection associated with the Emergency
Conservation Program (ECP). To assist with the modernization of ECP,
new forms, which allow for multiple practices and multiple farms and
tracts, will be used in lieu of the AD-245 for application processed
through the new web-based software.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by October 4, 2010. We
will consider comments submitted after this date to extent possible.
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: [email protected].
Fax: (202) 720-4619.
Mail: Katina Hanson, ECP Program Manager, Conservation and
Environmental Programs Division, Farm Service Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0513, 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: Katina Hanson, ECP Program Manager,
(202) 720-0062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2011.
Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Abstract: This information collection is to allow FSA to
effectively administer the regulations under the ECP. The regulations
at 7 CFR part 701 set forth basic policies, program provisions, and
eligibility requirements for owners and operators to enter into
agreement with, to apply for financial and technical assistance and for
receiving cost-share payments under the ECP. The revision to the
currently approved information collection is in response to the need to
continue to service ECP customers and more efficiently collect
information on cost-share requests, agreements, and performance by
modernizing the ECP forms and software processes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .3 hours (19 minutes) per response.
The average travel time, which is included in the total annual burden,
is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Owners, operators and other eligible agricultural
producers on eligible farmland.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 51,263.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection, and 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 burden
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 comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-19045 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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