[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66012]
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[FR Doc No: 96-31821]


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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.

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 Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) to request an extension for and revision to an information 
collection currently approved in support of the production flexibility 
contracts issued under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
Act of 1996 (1996 Act).

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 Charles M. Cox, 
Jr., Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-
Compliance and Production Adjustment Division, STOP 0517, P.O. Box 
2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-2415; telephone (202) 720-7935.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

    Title: Production Flexibility Contracts For Wheat, Feed Grains, 
Rice, and Upland Cotton, 7 CFR Part 1412.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0092
    Expiration Date: July 31, 1998.
    Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Number 0560-0092, as identified above, is needed to enable 
the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to effectively administer and regulate 
the production flexibility contract.
    Automated Form CCC-478 is used by FSA county offices for the 
purpose of allowing producers on farms with 1996 wheat, corn, barley, 
oats, grain sorghum, upland cotton and rice crop acreage bases the 
opportunity to enter into Production Flexibility Contracts with the CCC 
for the years 1996 through 2002. Terms and conditions for the 
Production Flexibility Contract are set forth in the CCC-478, CCC-478 
Appendix, and the applicable regulations. The 1996 Act provides for a 
significant reduction in the public burden for farm program 
participants, as shown in the following revised estimates:
    Respondents: Eligible producers on contract farms.
    Estimated Average Time to Respond: 17 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,428,571.
    Estimated Number of Reports Filed per person: 1.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 404,762 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 Charles M. Cox, 
Jr., Program Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-Compliance and 
Production Adjustment Division, STOP 0517, P. O. Box 2415, Washington, 
D.C. 20013-2413; telephone (202) 720-6688. Copies of the information 
collection may be obtained from Charles M. Cox, Jr., 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 9, 1996.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 96-31821 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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