[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14673-14674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05697]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 17, 2017.
    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 requested 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 April 
21, 2017 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.

Risk Management Agency

    Title: Area Risk Protection Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0083.
    Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
(FCIC) is a wholly-owned Government corporation created February 16, 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was amended previously, but Public 
Law 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, provided for nationwide expansion 
of a comprehensive crop insurance program. The Federal Crop Insurance 
Act, as amended in later years further expanded this role of the crop 
insurance program to be the principal tool for risk management by 
producers of agricultural commodities. Barley, corn, cotton, forage 
production, grain sorghum, soybeans, oysters, popcorn, rice and wheat 
are crops insured under the Area Risk Protection Insurance (ARPI) 
policy.
    Need and Use of the Information: ARPI includes three separate plans 
of insurance: (1) Area Revenue Protection which protects against price 
declines and automatically includes Upside Harvest Price Protection 
(UHPP) which protects against price increases; (2) ARP with the Harvest 
Price Exclusion, which excludes UHPP and protects against price 
declines but not against price increases; and (3) Area Yield Protection 
which only protects against loss of yield.
    Using a wide range of data elements producers are required to 
report specific data when they apply for ARPI such as acreage and 
yields. Insurance companies accept applications; issue policies; 
establish and provide insurance coverage; compute liability, premium, 
subsidies, and losses; indemnify producers; and report specific data to 
FCIC as required in Appendix III/M13 Handbook.
    If producers and insurance companies did not submit the required 
data at the specified time, accurate liabilities, premium, and 
subsidies may not be determined, errors may not be resolved timely, 
producers may not receive accurate indemnities, payments may be late, 
crop insurance may not be actuarially sound as mandated by the Act.
    Description of Respondents: Producers and insurance companies.
    Number of Respondents: 25,432.
    Frequency of Responses: Weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, semi-
annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 98,322.

Risk Management Agency

    Title: Subpart U-Ineligibility for Programs under the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0085.
    Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
(FCIC) is a wholly-owned Government corporation created February 16, 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was amended previously, but Public 
Law 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, provided for nationwide expansion 
of a comprehensive crop insurance program. The Federal Crop Insurance 
Act, as amended in later years further expanded this role of the crop 
insurance program to be the principal tool for risk management by 
producers of agricultural commodities.
    Need and Use of the Information: The purpose of collecting the 
information is to ensure persons that are ineligible for benefits under 
the Federal crop insurance program are accurately identified as such 
and do not obtain benefits to which they are not eligible. Person can 
become ineligible for benefits for three reasons: (1) Debt on unpaid 
premium or overpaid indemnity (information provided by AIP; (2) Debt on 
unpaid CAT fee (information provided by AIP); and (3) Debarment/
disqualification/suspension, including but not limited to judgement, 
civil fines, etc. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and AIPs use 
the information collected to determine whether person seeking to obtain 
Federal crop insurance coverage are ineligible for such coverage 
according to the statutory/regulatory mandates identified.
    Description of Respondents: Business, or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Responses: Monthly, quarterly, on occasion.

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    Total Burden Hours: 1,841.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-05697 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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