[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-345]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection; Measurement Service Records

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension of a currently approved 
information collection associated with the Measurement Service Records.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume and page number, the OMB Control Number 
and the title of the information collection of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Joe Lewis, Common Provisions Branch, Production 
Emergencies and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, Farm Programs 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0517, Washington, DC 20250-0523.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 720-4941.
    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: Joe Lewis, USDA, Farm Service Agency, 
Production Emergencies and Compliance Division, (202) 720-0795, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of Information Collection

    Title: Measurement Service Records.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0260.
    Expiration Date: 05/31/2011.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Abstract: The producers request a measurement of acreage or 
production from the FSA. Producers use form FSA-409 (Measurement 
Service Record) to make a request, which requires a measurement fee to 
be paid FSA. Producers provide the acreage and production information 
to the FSA when obtaining program benefits. Measurement service 
procedure is followed in accordance with 7 CFR part 718 and FSA 
Handbook 2-CP. The FSA is using the collected information to provide 
acreage or production measurements to producers and to ensure that 
measurements are accurate.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average .25 hours per 
response. The travel time, which is included in the total annual 
burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
    Respondents: Producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 135,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual of Responses: 135,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 168,750 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection 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 comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for OMB 
approval.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2011.
Jonathan Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-345 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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