[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51333]
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[FR Doc No: 98-25720]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation


Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection; Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Basic 
Provisions

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice announces Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation's (FCIC) intent to request a revision to a currently 
approved information collection for its Common Crop Insurance Policy; 
Basic Provisions (Basic Provisions) (7 CFR part 457) effective for the 
1999 and succeeding crop years for all crops with contract change dates 
after the effective date of the final rule, and for the 2000 or 2001 
and succeeding crop years for all crops with contract change dates 
prior to the effective date of the final rule.

DATES: Written comments and opinions on this notice must be received by 
November 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Conway, Insurance Management Specialist, Research and 
Development, Product Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation, at the Kansas City, MO, address listed above, telephone 
(816) 927-7730).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This notice announces FCIC's intent to revise the information 
collection requirements previously approved by OMB under OMB control 
number 0563-0053 through October 31, 2000. The program changes provide 
a prevented planting payment if at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the 
acreage in the unit is prevented from being timely planted, regardless 
of whether or not the acreage is contiguous, if all other criteria are 
met. Information will need to be collected with respect to the number 
of acres prevented from being planted in order to calculate a prevented 
planting payment. All of the forms cleared under OMB control number 
0563-0053 represent the minimum information necessary to determine 
eligibility and losses qualifying for a payment due to prevented 
planting or loss of production.
    Revised reporting estimates and requirements for usage of OMB 
control number 0563-0053 have been submitted to OMB for approval under 
the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
    The FCIC is seeking comments on the following information 
collection request (ICR). Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
    Respondents/Affected Entities; Parties affected by the information 
collection requirements included in this notice are all producers with 
multiple peril crop insurance coverage.
    Abstract: The program changes improve the existing Common Crop 
Insurance Policy; Basic Provisions, by clarifying certain provisions, 
adding definitions and provisions to allow enterprise and whole farm 
units, allowing the use of a written agreement to insure acreage that 
has not been planted and harvested in one of the three previous crop 
years, and amending the prevented planting provisions that currently 
require that at least one contiguous block of prevented planting 
acreage must constitute at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the 
insurable crop acreage in the unit before a prevented planting payment 
may be made.
    Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for the collection 
of information on all forms for multiple peril crop insurance is 
estimated at 49.6 minutes per participant because of the high degree of 
automaton associated with the data collection.
    Respondents: Producers with multiple peril crop insurance coverage.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,322,903.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 2.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,092,835 hours.
    FCIC is requesting comments on the following: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information gathering 
technology.
    Comments regarding paperwork reduction should be submitted to the 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to make a 
decision concerning the collections of information contained in this 
rule between 30 and 60 days after submission to OMB. Therefore, a 
comment to OMB is best assured of having full effect if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

    Signed in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 1998.
John Zirschky,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-25720 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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