[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-345]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Measurement Service Records
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 of a currently approved
information collection associated with the Measurement Service Records.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume and page number, the OMB Control Number
and the title of the information collection of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
Mail: Joe Lewis, Common Provisions Branch, Production
Emergencies and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, Farm Programs 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0517, Washington, DC 20250-0523.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: (202) 720-4941.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Lewis, USDA, Farm Service Agency,
Production Emergencies and Compliance Division, (202) 720-0795, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Measurement Service Records.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0260.
Expiration Date: 05/31/2011.
Type of Request: Extension.
Abstract: The producers request a measurement of acreage or
production from the FSA. Producers use form FSA-409 (Measurement
Service Record) to make a request, which requires a measurement fee to
be paid FSA. Producers provide the acreage and production information
to the FSA when obtaining program benefits. Measurement service
procedure is followed in accordance with 7 CFR part 718 and FSA
Handbook 2-CP. The FSA is using the collected information to provide
acreage or production measurements to producers and to ensure that
measurements are accurate.
Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average .25 hours per
response. The travel time, which is included in the total annual
burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 135,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual of Responses: 135,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 168,750 hours.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection 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 OMB
approval.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2011.
Jonathan Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-345 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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