[Federal Register: October 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection; Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation
Determinations Under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
AGENCIES: Farm Service Agency and the Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension and revision
of a currently approved information collection. This information
collection is used to support payment eligibility and payment
limitation determinations for multiple programs including the
Conservation Reserve Program, Price Support Programs, the Direct and
Counter-Cyclical Program authorized by the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002, and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December
30, 2005 to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Farm
Service Agency, Attn: James Baxa, Program Manager, Production,
Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Farms Service Agency, United
States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0517, Room 4752, South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0517. Comments also
may be submitted via facsimile to (202) 720-4941 or by e-mail to
james.baxa@wdc.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Baxa, Program Manager at (202)
720-9882, or Diane Sharp, Director of Production, Emergencies, and
Compliance Division at (202) 720-7641.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation Determinations
under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0096.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2006.
Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Abstract: The collection of information is necessary to determine
the eligibility of individuals and entities as defined at 7 CFR part
1400 for payment eligibility and payment limitation in multiple
programs including the Conservation Reserve Program, the Price Support
Programs, the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and the Noninsured
Corp Disaster Assistance Program. The regulations at 7 CFR part 1400
provide for ``actively engaged in farming'' and ``person''
determinations to be made for individuals or entities, with respect to
a particular farming operation, in order to determine their payment
eligibility and payment limitations under the multiple programs. Forms
CCC-502A, CCC-502B, CCC-502C, CCC-502D, CCC-502EZ, CCC-501A and CCC-
501B are used by the respondents. The proposed revision is the
consolidation of these mentioned forms into a single form to be used by
all respondents. The common elements to collect from individuals or
entities are names, farming interest, members, addresses, tax
identification numbers, location of the lands, percentage of leased or
owned equipments, citizenship types, estimated farming labor hours,
estimated percentage of farming management, and designated names in
receiving payments. The respondents are allowed to submit this
information either through the physical use of the form or
electronically to the appropriate FSA County office-based personnel who
receive and make the payment eligibility determinations.
Information collection under Titles I and II of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 are exempted from Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, including the Conservation Reserve Program, the Price
Support Programs, the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program. Only the
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program is not exempt from the
requirement of Paperwork Reduction Act, so it is necessary to describe
the information collection in this Notice. If the information is not
collected from the respondents, the FSA would not able to administer
the payment programs properly to comply with the regulations.
Estimate of Burden: Average 56 minutes per response.
Type of Respondents: Producers who, as owner, landlord, tenant, or
sharecropper, are involved in the farming operations and who would seek
benefits under the Noninsured Corp Disaster Assistance Program.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 125,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One per respondent.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 116,667.
Comment is invited on: (a) Whether this 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 collection on those who are to respond,
including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503 and to James Baxa, Program Manager, Production,
Emergencies and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0517, Room 4752-S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. Copies of the information collection
may be obtained from James Baxa the above address.
All comments received in responses to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a
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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 October 24, 2005.
Michael W. Yost,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency and Acting Executive Vice
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05-21593 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
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