[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36863-36864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13538]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 2, 2016.
    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 
are required regarding (1) 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) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 July 8, 
2016 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

[[Page 36864]]

displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: 7 CFR 1437, Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program and 
Report of Acreage.
    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. NAP is administered by the Farm Service 
Agency (FSA) for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and is carried 
out by FSA State and County committees. The purpose of NAP is to help 
manage and reduce production risks faced by producers of eligible 
commercial crops or other agricultural commodities during a coverage 
period. NAP reduces financial losses that occur when natural disasters 
(damaging weather or adverse natural occurrence that is an eligible 
cause of loss) cause a loss of expected production or actual value for 
value loss crops, or where producers are prevented from planting an 
eligible crop because of an eligible cause of loss in a coverage 
period. NAP provides assistance for losses of floriculture, ornamental 
nursery, Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, aquaculture 
(including ornamental fish), industrial crops, and sea oats sea grass, 
biomass, sweet sorghum and biomass sorghum. 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 regulations. 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. 
Section 1508 is not available. Eligible crops including commercial 
crops and agricultural commodities (except livestock) that are produced 
for food or fiber or specifically included by statute, including 
floriculture, ornamental nursery, Christmas trees, turfgrass sod, seed 
crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), industrial crops, and 
sea grass sea oats, biomass, sweet sorghum and biomass sorghum.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit; 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 72,294.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 933,528.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-13538 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-05-P