[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 77643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30562]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 18, 2013.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (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; (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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by January 
23, 2014 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0175.
    Summary of Collection: The Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) 
is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under regulations 
issued at 7 CFR Part 1437. The NAP is administered under the general 
supervision of the Executive Vice-President of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation (CCC) (who also serves as Administrator, Farm Service 
Agency (FSA)), and is carried out by the FSA State and County 
committees. NAP is intended to reduce financial losses that occur when 
natural disasters cause a catastrophic loss of production or prevented 
planting of an eligible crop by providing coverage equivalent to the 
catastrophic risk protection level of Federal Crop Insurance. NAP 
provides assistance for losses of floriculture, ornamental nursery, 
Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, aquaculture (including 
ornamental fish), sea oats and sea grass, and industrial crops. FSA 
will collect information using several forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is 
necessary to determine whether a producer and crop or commodity meet 
applicable conditions for assistance and to determine compliance with 
existing rules. Producers must annually: (1) Request NAP coverage by 
completing an application for coverage and paying a service fee by the 
CCC-established application closing date; (2) file a current crop-year 
report of acreage for the covered crop or commodity; and (3) certify 
harvest production of each covered crop or commodity. The information 
collected allows CCC to provide assistance under NAP for losses of 
commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock) 
for which catastrophic risk protection under 7 U.S.C. 1508 is not 
available, and that are produced for food or fiber.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit; 
Not-for-profit Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 291,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,031,830.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30562 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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