[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66227-66228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28264]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously 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 intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request the reinstatement 
and revision of a previously approved information collection. This 
information collection is used by CCC and FSA to document or determine 
whether representatives or survivors of a producer are entitled to 
received payments earned by a producer who dies, disappears, or is 
declared incompetent before receiving payments or other disbursements.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January 2, 
2001 to be assured consideration.

Additional Information or Comments: Contact David Tidwell, Agricultural 
Program Specialist, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, 
USDA, FSA, STOP 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20250-0517, telephone (202)720-4542.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have 
Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0026.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Persons desiring to claim payment due a person who has 
died, disappeared, or has been declared incompetent must do so on Form 
FSA-325, ``Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have 
Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent''. This 
information is used by FSA county office employees to document the 
relationship of heirs or beneficiaries and determine the order of 
precedence for disbursing payments to

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survivors of the person who has died, disappeared, or been declared 
incompetent.
    Information is obtained only when a producer eligible to receive a 
payment or disbursement dies, disappears, or is declared incompetent, 
and documentation is needed to determine if any survivors are entitled 
to receive such payments or disbursements.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .5 hours (1/2 hour) per response.
    Respondents: Individual producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: one.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,000.
    Proposed topics for comment include: (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 collected; 
or (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the 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 David Tidwell, Agricultural Program Specialist, 
Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0517, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0517, (202)720-
4542.
    Copies of the information collection may be obtained from David 
Tidwell, at the above address.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication. This does not affect the 
deadline for the public to comment to the Department of Agriculture on 
the substantive regulations that may be the subject of other notices.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 26, 2000.
George Arredondo,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-28264 Filed 11-2-00; 8:45 am]
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