[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66012-66013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31820]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency


Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, 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) to 
request an extension for and revision to an information collection 
currently approved in support of farm reconstitutions authorized by 7 
CFR 718.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February 
14, 1997 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Comments should be forwarded to: Joanne Franta, 
Agricultural Program Specialist, Compliance and Production Adjustment 
Division, FSA, USDA, STOP 0517, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-
2415; telephone (202) 720-5103.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

    Title: Provisions Applicable to Multiple Programs, Farm 
Reconstitutions
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0025.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 1999.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Number 0560-0025, as identified above, is needed to enable 
the FSA to effectively administer the programs relating to 
reconstitution of farms, allotments, quotas, and acreages governed by 7 
CFR 718.
    Form FSA-155 is used as a request for farm reconstitution initiated 
by the producer who wishes to combine a farm with another farm or 
divide a farm into multiple farming operations. The reconstitution 
process is a required procedure when a producer wishes to

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increase acreage attributed to the farm from leases or change farm 
acreage records as a result of a sale of any part of a farm. The FSA 
county committee must act on all proposed farm reconstitutions and 
issue their approval or disapproval on FSA-155. It is necessary to 
collect the information recorded on FSA-155 to determine farmland, 
cropland, agricultural use land and changes to contract acreages 
resulting from combination or division of the farming operation.
    Respondents: Farm owners and operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 359,291.
    Estimate Average Time to Respond: 45 minutes.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 358,215.
    Estimated Number of Reports Filed per person: 1.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 268,661 hours.
    Topics for comments include but are not limited to the following: 
(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; or (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electric, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology. Comments should be sent to Desk Officer for 
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, D. C. 20503 and to Joanne Franta, 
Program Specialist, Compliance and Production Adjustment Division, FSA, 
USDA, STOP 0517, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-2415; telephone 
(202) 720-5103. Copies of the information collection may be obtained 
from Joanne Franta 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 December 5, 1996.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 96-31820 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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