[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3200-3201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1278]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for Extension of 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 intent of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request 
an extension of currently approved information collections for a form 
used in support of the FSA, Farm Loan Programs (FLP). This renewal does 
not involve any revisions to the program regulations.

DATES:  Comments on this notice must be received on or before March 20, 
2000 to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mike Hinton, Branch Chief, USDA, Farm 
Service Agency, Loan Making Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, 
STOP 0522, Washington, DC 20013-0522; Telephone (202) 720-1764; 
Electronic mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Request for Direct Loan Assistance.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0167.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 2000.
    Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Form FSA-410-1 is used for collecting information for 
making eligibility and financial feasibility determinations on 
respondents' requests for direct operating, farm ownership, and 
emergency loans and for currently indebted borrowers requesting loan 
servicing assistance as authorized under the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, as amended.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information

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is estimated to average 1.02 hours per response.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other for-
profit enterprises, and farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 49,670.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 50,476.
    Comments are sought on these requirements including: (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 collections techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    These comments should be sent to the Desk Office for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to Mike Hinton, USDA, FSA, Farm Loan 
Programs, Loan Making Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 
0522, Washington DC 20250-0522. Copies of the information collection 
may be obtained from Mike Hinton at the above address. Comments 
regarding paperwork burden will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval of the information collection. All comments 
will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2000.
Keith Kelly,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 00-1278 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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