[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16403]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection Request, Servicing Minor Program Loans

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, FSA is 
requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations 
on a currently approved information collection to support the FSA Farm 
Loan Programs (FLP).

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by September 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Mel Thompson, USDA, Farm Service Agency, Loan 
Servicing and Property Management Division, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Suite 500, Washington, DC 20024;
     E-mail: [email protected];
     Fax: 720-5804.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to Farm Service 
Agency, Loan Servicing and Property Management Division, 1280 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20024.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mel Thompson, Senior Loan Officer, 
(202) 720-7862.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Servicing Minor Program Loans.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0230.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2010.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Abstract: Section 331 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1981, (``CONACT'') in part, authorizes the 
Secretary of Agriculture to modify, subordinate and release terms of 
security instruments, leases, contracts, and agreements entered into by 
FSA. That section also authorizes transfers of security property, as 
the Secretary deems necessary, to carry out the purpose of the loan or 
protect the Government's financial interest. Section 335 of the CONACT 
(7 U.S.C. 1985), provides servicing authority for real estate security; 
operation or lease of realty; disposition of property; conveyance of 
real property interest of the United States; easements; and 
condemnations. The information collection relates to a program benefit 
recipient or loan borrower requesting action on security they own, 
which was purchased with FSA loan funds, improved with FSA loan funds 
or has otherwise been mortgaged to FSA to secure a Government loan. The 
information collected is primarily financial data not already on file, 
such as borrower asset values, current financial information and public 
use and employment data.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average .52 hours per 
response.
    Respondents: Individuals, associations, partnerships, or 
corporations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 226.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 117.5 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection including the follow to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate 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;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (4) 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.
    All responses to this Notice will be summarized and included in the 
information collection request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2009.
Douglas J. Caruso,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E9-16403 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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