[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62293-62294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21593]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection; Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation 
Determinations Under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program

AGENCIES: Farm Service Agency and the 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 Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension and revision 
of a currently approved information collection. This information 
collection is used to support payment eligibility and payment 
limitation determinations for multiple programs including the 
Conservation Reserve Program, Price Support Programs, the Direct and 
Counter-Cyclical Program authorized by the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002, and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 
Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
30, 2005 to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date 
will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Farm 
Service Agency, Attn: James Baxa, Program Manager, Production, 
Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Farms Service Agency, United 
States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0517, Room 4752, South Building, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0517. Comments also 
may be submitted via facsimile to (202) 720-4941 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Baxa, Program Manager at (202) 
720-9882, or Diane Sharp, Director of Production, Emergencies, and 
Compliance Division at (202) 720-7641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation Determinations 
under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0096.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2006.
    Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection.
    Abstract: The collection of information is necessary to determine 
the eligibility of individuals and entities as defined at 7 CFR part 
1400 for payment eligibility and payment limitation in multiple 
programs including the Conservation Reserve Program, the Price Support 
Programs, the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and the Noninsured 
Corp Disaster Assistance Program. The regulations at 7 CFR part 1400 
provide for ``actively engaged in farming'' and ``person'' 
determinations to be made for individuals or entities, with respect to 
a particular farming operation, in order to determine their payment 
eligibility and payment limitations under the multiple programs. Forms 
CCC-502A, CCC-502B, CCC-502C, CCC-502D, CCC-502EZ, CCC-501A and CCC-
501B are used by the respondents. The proposed revision is the 
consolidation of these mentioned forms into a single form to be used by 
all respondents. The common elements to collect from individuals or 
entities are names, farming interest, members, addresses, tax 
identification numbers, location of the lands, percentage of leased or 
owned equipments, citizenship types, estimated farming labor hours, 
estimated percentage of farming management, and designated names in 
receiving payments. The respondents are allowed to submit this 
information either through the physical use of the form or 
electronically to the appropriate FSA County office-based personnel who 
receive and make the payment eligibility determinations.
    Information collection under Titles I and II of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 are exempted from Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, including the Conservation Reserve Program, the Price 
Support Programs, the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program. Only the 
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program is not exempt from the 
requirement of Paperwork Reduction Act, so it is necessary to describe 
the information collection in this Notice. If the information is not 
collected from the respondents, the FSA would not able to administer 
the payment programs properly to comply with the regulations.
    Estimate of Burden: Average 56 minutes per response.
    Type of Respondents: Producers who, as owner, landlord, tenant, or 
sharecropper, are involved in the farming operations and who would seek 
benefits under the Noninsured Corp Disaster Assistance Program.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 125,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One per respondent.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 116,667.
    Comment is invited on: (a) Whether this 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; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of collection on those who are to respond, 
including 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 James Baxa, Program Manager, Production, 
Emergencies and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency, United States 
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0517, Room 4752-S, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. Copies of the information collection 
may be obtained from James Baxa the above address.
    All comments received in responses to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a

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matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in 
the submission for Office of Management and Budget approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24, 2005.
Michael W. Yost,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency and Acting Executive Vice 
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05-21593 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
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