[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70895-70896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29162]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 15, 2010.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0175.
Summary of Collection: The Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP)
is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333
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and implemented under regulations issued at 7 CFR Part 1437. The NAP is
administered under the general supervision of the Executive Vice-
President of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) (who also serves as
Administrator, Farm Service Agency (FSA)), and is carried out by the
FSA State and County committees. NAP is intended to reduce financial
losses that occur when natural disasters cause a catastrophic loss of
production or prevented planting of an eligible crop by providing
coverage equivalent to the catastrophic risk protection level of
Federal Crop Insurance. NAP provides assistance for losses of
floriculture, ornamental nursery, Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod,
seed crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), sea oats and sea
grass, and industrial crops. FSA will collect information using several
forms.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is
necessary to determine whether a producer and crop or commodity meet
applicable conditions for assistance and to determine compliance with
existing rules. Producers must annually: (1) Request NAP coverage by
completing an application for coverage and paying a service fee by the
CCC-established application closing date; (2) file a current crop-year
report of acreage for the covered crop or commodity; and (3) certify
production of each covered crop or commodity. The information collected
allows CCC to provide assistance under NAP for losses of commercial
crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock) for which
catastrophic risk protection under 7 U.S.C. Section 1508 is not
available, and that are produced for food or fiber. If information is
not collected FSA will not be able to identify and determine eligible
participants and crops being planted or produced, or provide assistance
to agricultural producers who as a result of natural disaster have
suffered catastrophic losses of agricultural crops or commodities.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 291,500.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 2,119,280.
Farm Service Agency
Title: 7 CFR 766, Direct Loan Servicing--Special.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0233.
Summary of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory
requirements contained in 7 CFR 766 is provided under 5 U.S.C. 301
which provides that ``The head of an Executive department or military
department may prescribe regulations for the government of his
department, the distribution and performance of its business * * *''
The Secretary delegated authority to administer the provisions of the
Act applicable to the Farm Loan Program (FLP) to the Under Secretary
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service in section 2.16 of 7 CFR part
2. FLP provides loans to family farmers to purchase real estate
equipment and finance agricultural production. The regulations covered
by this information collection package describes the policies and
procedures for the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) servicing of financially
distressed or delinquent direct loan borrowers in accordance with the
provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Act)
(Pub. L. 87-128), as amended. FSA's loan servicing options include
disaster set-aside, primary loan servicing (including reamortization,
rescheduling, deferral, write down and conservation contracts), buyout
at market value, and homestead protection.
Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are
submitted by FLP direct loan borrowers to the local FSA office serving
the country in which their business is headquartered. The collected
information is necessary to evaluate a borrower's request for
consideration of the special servicing actions.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 14,505.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 15,236.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29162 Filed 11-18-10; 8:45 am]
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