[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15920-15921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8931]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) intention to request 
an extension for an information collection currently approved in 
support of obtaining information regarding chattel debt for direct 
operating loans authorized by subtitle B of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (Act) and emergency loans for operating purposes 
as authorized by subtitle C of the Act.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before June 10, 
1996, to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Mark Falcone, Deputy Director, Loan Making 
Division, Farm Credit Programs, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Ag Box 0522, 
P.O. Box

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2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-2415; telephone (202) 720-1632.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Request for Statement of Debts and Collateral.
    OMB Control Number: 0575-0011.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 1996.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Number 0575-0011 is needed to enable FSA to obtain 
information on a loan applicant's type of chattel security and amount 
of debt owed to other secured parties. This information is necessary 
for the agency to determine if a valid lien can be obtained on the 
chattel security in making direct operating loans and emergency loans 
for operating purposes.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average .25 hours per response.
    Respondents: Lenders and small agricultural businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Estimated Number of Respondents per Respondent: 3.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,250.
    Comments are sought 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; and (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.
    Comments should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Mark Falcone, Deputy Director, Loan 
Making Division, Farm Credit Programs, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Ag 
Box 0522, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-2415; telephone (202) 
720-1632. Copies of the information collection may be obtained from 
Mark Falcone 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, D.C., on April 4, 1996.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 96-8931 Filed 4-9-96; 8:45 am]
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