[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02093]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 28, 2014.
    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 March 5, 
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: 7 CFR 761, General Program Administration.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0238.
    Summary of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory 
requirements contained in 7 CFR 761 and 7 CFR 763, is derived from 5 
U.S.C. 301 which provides that ``The Head of an Executive department or 
military department may prescribe regulations for the government of his 
department, the distribution and performance of its business . . .'' 
The Secretary delegated authority to administer the provisions of the 
Act applicable to the Farm Loan Program (FLP) to the Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service in section 2.16 of 7 CFR part 
2. FLP provides loans to family farmers to purchase real estate 
equipment and finance agricultural production. The regulations covered 
by this information collection package describes, the policies and 
procedures the agency uses to provide supervised credit to direct FLP 
applicants and borrowers in accordance with the provisions of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Pub. L. 87-128), as 
amended.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are 
submitted by FLP direct applicants and borrowers to the local FSA 
office serving the county in which their business is headquartered. The 
information is necessary to provide supervised credit as legislatively 
mandated and is used by Agency Officials to: (1) Ensure that when loan 
funds or insurance proceeds are used for construction and development, 
projects, work is completed according to applicable state and local 
requirements, and in a manner that protects the Agency's financial 
interest. (2) Ensure that the loan repayment plan is developed using 
realistic data, based on the actual history of the operation and any 
planned improvements. (3) Identify potential concerns limiting the 
success of the operation and develop a loan assessment outlining the 
course of action to be followed, to improve the operation so that 
commercial credit is available. The agency is mandated to provide 
supervised credit; therefore, failure to collect the information, or 
collecting it less frequently, could result in the failure of the farm 
operation or loss of agency security property.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 91,830.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 248,881.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02093 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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