[Federal Register: February 15, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 32)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
ACTION: Proposed information collection and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces CCC's intention to request reinstatement for a
previously approved information collection. The information collection
is in support of the regulation for the voluntary assignment of cash
payments made by Farm Service Agency or CCC to a third party. In
addition, a payment recipient may voluntarily elect to have a cash
payment made jointly to the payment recipient and a third party.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 16,
2002 to be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist,
USDA, FSA, FMD, STOP 0581, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
20250-0581; telephone (703) 305-1309; e-mail
Debbie_Barker@wdc.fsa.usda.gov; or facsimile (703) 305-1144.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Assignment of Payment and Joint Payment Authorization.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved information
collection.
Abstract: CCC is requesting reinstatement of the OMB clearance for
Forms CCC-36, Assignment of Payment, CCC-37, Joint Payment
Authorization, CCC-251, Notice of Assignment, and CCC-252, Instrument
of Assignment. The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16
U.S.C. 590h(g)) authorizes producers to assign, in writing, FSA
conservation program payments. The statute requires that any such
assignment be signed and witnessed. The Agricultural Act of 1949, as
amended, extends that authority to CCC programs, including rice, feed
grains, cotton, and wheat.
There are no regulations governing joint payments, but this service
is offered as a result of public requests for this type of payment
option.
Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 3.75 minutes per
response.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 70,450.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3.75 minutes.
Comments are sought on these requirements including: (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 collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of the 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.
Comments may be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503, and to Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist,
USDA-FSA-FMD, STOP 0581, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250-0581; telephone (703) 305-1309; e-mail
Debbie_Barker@wdc.fsa.usda.gov; or facsimile (703) 305-1144. Copies of
the information collection may be obtained from Ms. Simmons at the
above address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 4, 2002.
James R. Little,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 02-3707 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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