[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21080-21081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8845]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have 
Died, Disappeared or Have Been Declared Incompetent

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) to request the extension of a currently approved information 
collection. This information collection is used by CCC to document or 
determine whether heirs or beneficiaries of a producer are entitled to 
receive 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 June 21, 
2004 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.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2004.
    Type of Request: Extension 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 heirs or beneficiaries of the 
person who

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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 heirs or beneficiaries 
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: 2,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000.
    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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 12, 2004.
Verle E. Lanier,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 04-8845 Filed 4-19-04; 8:45 am]
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