[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20692]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for Extension 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 Farm Service Agency's (FSA) intention to request 
an extension for an information collection currently approved for FSA's 
regulation governing the Emergency Loan program. The regulations 
concerning this activity are published under the authority of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before October 6, 
1997 to be assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven R. Bazzell, Senior Loan 
Officer, Farm Loan Programs, Loan Making Division, Farm Service Agency, 
STOP 0522, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,Washington, DC 20250-0522. 
Telephone (202) 720-3889; e-mail [email protected]; or 
facsimile (202) 690-1117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Emergency Loan Policies, Procedures, and Authorizations.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 1997.
    OMB Number: 0560-0159.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Number 0560-0159, as indicated above, is needed to enable 
FSA to carry out its mission of providing emergency assistance to 
family-size farmers, who have suffered physical and/or production 
losses in a Presidential, Secretarial, or Adminstratively declared 
natural disaster, and who are unable to secure commercial credit to 
recover from the losses. This regulation outlines the process for 
determining an applicant's eligibility based on the nature and extent 
of the physical or production losses suffered.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated at 0.51 hours per response.
    Respondents: Individuals or households and farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,100.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondents: 4.10.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,710.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of FSA, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of FSA's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions; (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. Comments may be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Washington, D.C. 
20503, and to Steven R. Bazzell at the address listed above. All 
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request 
for OMB approval.
    All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 31, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-20692 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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