[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 116 (Thursday, June 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37517-37518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15153]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 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 Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to 
request a revision to a currently approved information collection. This 
information collection is used in support of loan deficiency payments 
authorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (the 1996 ACT), for rice, upland cotton, feed grains, wheat, and 
oilseeds.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before August 14, 
2000, to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raellen Erickson, Price Support 
Division, USDA, FSA, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., STOP 0512, 
Washington, DC 20250-0512, telephone (202) 720-7320; e-mail: 
wdc.fsa.usda.gov">raellen_erickson@wdc.fsa.usda.gov; pr facsimile (202) 690-3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Loan Deficiency Payments.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0129.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2001.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The 1996 Act provides for loan deficiency payments to 
eligible producers with respect to eligible commodities. Forms required 
for requesting these payments are used by producers requesting a loan 
deficiency payment in lieu of a marketing assistance loan with respect 
to eligible production. This information collected is needed to 
determine loan deficiency payment quantities and payment amounts, 
verify producer and commodity eligibility, and to ensure that only 
eligible producers receive loan deficiency payments.
    Producers requesting loan deficiency payments must provide specific 
data relative to the loan deficiency payment request. Forms included in 
this information collection package require various types of 
information including the farm number, type of commodity, quantity of 
commodity, storage location, and percent share of the commodity to 
determine eligibility. Producers must also agree to the terms and 
conditions contained in the loan deficiency payment application. The 
completed application is used by CCC when issuing a loan deficiency 
payment. Without this collection of information, CCC could not carry 
out the statutory loan deficiency payment provisions.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 30 minutes per producer.
    Respondents: Eligible producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,035,000.
    Number of Responses: 6,105,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,825,000 hours.
    Proposed topics for comments are: (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, electronic, mechanical or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503 and to Raellen Erickson, USDA--Farm Service 
Agency--Price Support Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., STOP 
0512, Washington, DC 20250-0512: telephone (202) 720-7320: e-mail 
wdc.fsa.usda.gov">raellen_erickson@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

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Copies of the information collection may be obtained from Raellen 
Erickson at the above address.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection 
contained in these proposed regulations between 30 and 60 days after 
publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a 
comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.
    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 June 9, 2000.
Parks Shackelford,
Acting Executive Vice President,, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-15153 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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