[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2176]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: 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 Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to 
request an extension for and revision to a currently approved 
information collection in support of the Conservation Reserve Program 
(CRP). The collection requirements have been revised to decrease the 
number of respondents for certain forms, decrease the total annual 
responses to match the reduction in respondents, change form identified 
as CRP-42 to CRP-1F Addendum, and reduce the average response time for 
this form from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 2, 
1996 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Comments may be sent to Cheryl 
Zavodny, Chief, Conservation Programs Branch, Conservation and 
Environmental Programs Division, USDA, FSA, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, 
DC 20013, (202) 720-6221.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR Part 704, 1986-1990 Conservation Reserve Program and 7 
CFR Part 1410, 1991-1995 Conservation Reserve Program Regulations.
    OMB Number: 0560-0125.
    Approval Date of Expiration: March 3, 1996.
    Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection.
    Abstract: Revisions were made to the currently approved information 
collection to reflect the Department's continued efforts to retarget 
CRP to more environmentally sensitive acreage. Total public burden 
hours are based on the following assumptions:
    1. Some contracts will expire from CRP on September 30, 1996;
    2. Easement authority will not be reinstated;
    3. Participants with acreage that expires from CRP on September 30, 
1996, will be offered an opportunity to modify and extend the 
expiration date under certain conditions;
    4. Five percent of eligible producers will elect to preserve bases, 
allotments, and quotas by continuing to abide by the terms and 
conditions of the contract after expiration.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .1207253 hours per response.
    Respondents: Owners, operators, and other producers on eligible 
cropland.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 310,200.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 37,449.
    Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed 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 the burden of the 
proposed collection of information including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of 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. Comments may be sent to Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
OMB, Washington, D.C., 20503 and to Cheryl Zavodny, Chief, Conservation 
Programs Branch, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division, 
USDA, FSA, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 20013, (202) 720-6221.
    Copies of information collection documents may be obtained from 
Leslie Deavers, Agriculture Program Specialist, Conservation and 
Environmental Programs Division, USDA, FSA, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, 
DC 20013, (202) 720-9563.
    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 January 25, 1996.
Bruce R. Weber,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 96-2176 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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