[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 80829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32713]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Approval of an 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 new information collection. This information collection will 
be used in support of the Pasture Recovery Program (PRP) which 
reimburses producers for drought-related losses on pasture during 
calendar year 1999 as authorized by the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000. Producers must agree to reestablish vegetation on pasture acreage 
destroyed by the drought in order to receive the disaster payment.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February 
20, 2001 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Clayton Furukawa, 
Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA, FSA, CEPD, STOP 0513, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0513; telephone (202) 
690-0571; e-mail [email protected]; or facsimile (202) 720-
4619.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Pasture Recovery Program Contract.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    Abstract: The PRP was authorized by the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000, to reimburse farmers and ranchers for drought 
related losses to pasture during calendar year 1999. The information is 
necessary to ensure the integrity of the program and to ensure that 
only eligible producers are authorized contracts.
    Producers requesting PRP payments from the CCC must provide 
specific data related to the disaster payment request. The form 
included in this information collection package requires farm and tract 
numbers, name and address, number of acres where vegetation will be 
reestablished, and similar information, in order to determine 
eligibility. Producers must also agree to the terms and conditions 
contained in the form. Without the collection of this information, CCC 
cannot ensure the integrity of the program.
    Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average .25 hours per 
response.
    Respondents: Individuals producers, partnerships, corporations, 
tribal members, or other eligible agricultural producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1.25 hours (This 
estimate includes 60 minutes travel time for applicants to the local 
USDA service center office.)
    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; 
and (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 must be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503, and to Clayton Furukawa, Agricultural Program 
Specialist, USDA-FSA-CEPD, STOP 0513, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-0513; telephone (202) 690-0571; e-mail 
[email protected]; or facsimile (202) 720-4619. Copies 
of the information collection may be obtained from Mr. Furukawa at the 
above address.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information 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 in 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 December 13, 2000.
Keith Kelly,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-32713 Filed 12-21-00; 8:45 am]
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