[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42636-42637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18169]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 20, 2018.
    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 
September 24, 2018 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 766, Direct Loan Servicing--Special.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0233.
    Summary Of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory 
requirements contained in 7 CFR 766 is provided under 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

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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 
for the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) servicing of financially distressed 
or delinquent direct loan borrowers in accordance with the provisions 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Act) (Pub. L. 87-
128), as amended. FSA's loan servicing options include disaster set-
aside, primary loan servicing (including reamortization, rescheduling, 
deferral, write down and conservation contracts), buyout at market 
value, and homestead protection.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are 
submitted by FLP direct loan borrowers to the local FSA office serving 
the country in which their business is headquartered. The information 
is necessary to provide supervised credit and authorized servicing 
actions to financially distressed and delinquent direct borrowers as 
legislatively mandated. If the information were not collected, or 
collected less frequently, FSA would be unable to meet the 
Congressionally-mandated mission of its loan program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms
    Number of Respondents: 17,174.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 12,036.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-18169 Filed 8-22-18; 8:45 am]
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