[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14629-14630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05162]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

[Docket No. FSA-2020-0001]


Information Collection Request; Power of Attorney

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension and a revision of a 
currently approved information collection associated with the form of 
the Power of Attorney. This information collection is used to support 
the FSA, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) 
and Risk Management Agency (RMA) in conducting business and accepting 
signatures on certain documents from individuals acting on behalf of 
other individuals or entities.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by May 12, 2020.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FSA-2020-0001. Follow the 
online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Joe Lewis Jr., Agricultural Program Specialist, 
USDA, FSA, STOP 0572, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-0572.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may 
be requested by contacting Joe Lewis Jr. at the above addresses.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Lewis Jr., (202) 720-0795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Power of Attorney.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0190.
    Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2020.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension.
    Abstract: Individuals or entities that want to appoint another to 
act as an attorney-in-fact in connection with certain FSA, CCC, NRCS, 
FCIC, and RMA programs and related actions must complete a form of FSA-
211, Power of Attorney form. The form is used by a grantor to appoint 
another to act on the individual's or entity's behalf for certain FSA, 
CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA programs or other specific actions, giving the 
appointee legal authority to enter into certain programs, agreements, 
or contracts, or other specific actions on the grantor's behalf. The 
form also provides FSA, CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA a source to verify an 
individual's authority to sign and act for another in the event of 
errors or fraud. The information collected on the form is limited to 
grantor's name, signature and identification number, the grantee's 
address, and the applicable FSA, CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA programs or 
transactions.
    The burden hours in this collection decreased by 58,032 since the 
last OMB approval. The reason for the decrease is due to the removal of 
travel times from the request. The respondents may submit applications 
by mail and many respondents go to the county offices to do regular and 
customary business with FSA for other FSA programs and can complete and 
submit the form FSA-211 during this time; this means no travel time is 
required specifically for the information collection and therefore, it 
is no longer included in the burden hour reporting.
    For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the 
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated 
average time per responses multiplied by the estimated total annual of 
responses.
    Estimate of Average Time To Respond: Public reporting burden for 
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 0.483 
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,896.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 12,896.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.483.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,224 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Evaluate the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
technology; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses where provided, will be made a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval.

Richard Fordyce,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2020-05162 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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