[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42042-42043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14816]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Request for Approval of a New Information Collection; Request for 
Producer Service Center Information Management System (SCIMS) Record 
Change

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, 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 intent of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request 
approval for the information collection to be used in support of 
documenting critical producer data changes (customer name, current 
mailing address and tax identification number) in SCIMS. The collection 
of critical producer data will be used to update existing producer 
record data and document when and who initiates and changes the record 
in SCIMS.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before October 1, 
2007 to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Sienkiewicz, Program Specialist, 
USDA, Farm Service Agency, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance 
Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0517, Washington, DC 
20250-0517; Telephone (202) 720-8959; Electronic mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Request for Producer Service Center Information Management 
System (SCIMS) Record Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
    Type of Request: Approval of a New Information Collection.
    Abstract: The information collection is necessary to effectively 
monitor critical producer data changes made in the SCIMS database. The 
necessity to monitor critical producer data changes in the SCIMS 
database is a direct result of the OMB Circular A-123 Remediation/
Corrective Action Plan for County Office Operations. The FSA A-123 team 
was established and reviewed and documented key controls related to all 
material accounts. Included in this analysis was a review of the SCIMS 
database.
    Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for 
this collection of information is estimated to average .17 hours per 
response.
    Respondents: FSA, NRCS, and RD customers currently residing in 
SCIMS database.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondents: 1.15.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,798.

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    Comments are invited on the following: (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; and (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. These 
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 Mike Sienkiewicz, Program Specialist, USDA, 
Farm Service Agency, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0517, Washington, DC 20250-0517.
    Comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office 
of Management and Budget approval of the information collection. All 
comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC on July 25, 2007.
Glen L. Keppy,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E7-14816 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am]
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