[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22994-22995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08715]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 21, 2020.
    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. Comments are required 
regarding; 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; the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and 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 May 26, 
2020 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of 
the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Farm Loan Program--Inventory Property Management.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0234.
    Summary of Collection: The Farm Loan Program provides supervised 
credit in the form of loans to family farmers to purchase real estate 
and equipment and finance agricultural production. Authority to 
establish the regulatory requirements contained in 7 CFR 767 is 
provided under section 302 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1922) which provides 
that ``the Secretary is authorized to make and insure under this title 
to farmers . . .'' Section 339 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1989) further 
provides that ``the Secretary is authorized to make such rules and 
regulations, prescribe the terms and conditions for making . . . loans, 
security instruments and agreements, except as otherwise specified 
herein, and to make such delegations of authority as he deems necessary 
to carry out this title.'' The Secretary delegated authority to 
administer the provisions of the Act applicable to FLP to the Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) in section 
2.16 of 7 CFR part 2. FFAS further delegated this authority to the FSA 
Administrator in section 2.42 of 7 CFR part 2.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are 
submitted by applicants to the local agency office serving the country 
in which their business is headquartered. The information is necessary 
to thoroughly evaluate an applicant's request to purchase inventory 
property and is used

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by the agency to determine an applicant's eligibility to lease or 
purchase inventory property and to ensure payment of the lease or 
purchase amount. Failure to collect the information would result in the 
agency not complying with congressional mandates.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 239.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 136.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08715 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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