[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 76 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21270-21271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08339]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 19, 2021.
    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; 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 24, 
2021 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: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
    Summary of Collection: The Farm Service Agency (FSA), in 
cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Forest 
Service, and other agencies and organizations, provides eligible 
producers and landowners cost-share incentives and technical assistance 
through several conservation and environmental programs to help 
farmers, ranchers, and other eligible landowners and operators conserve 
soil, improve water quality, develop forests, and rehabilitate farmland 
severely damaged by natural disasters authorized under the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205). FSA provides emergency funds 
for sharing with agricultural producers the cost of rehabilitating 
farmland damaged by natural disaster, and for carrying out emergency 
water conservation measures during periods of severe drought. FSA is 
also managing the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) authorized by 
Section 9010 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79), which 
amends Title 1X of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. BCAP 
regulations outlined the legislations parameters, program definitions 
and process for: (1) Establishing BCAP project areas; (2) Matching 
payment opportunity for eligible material owners and qualifying biomass 
conversion facilities; (3) Contracting acreage for producers in BCAP 
project areas; and (4) Establishment and annual production payments for 
producers in BCAP projects areas.
    Need and use of the Information: FSA will collect information using 
several forms. The collected information will be used to determine if 
the person, land, and practices are eligible for participation in the 
respective program and to receive cost-share assistance. Also, 
Information collection from eligible biomass owners, biomass conversion 
facilities, and producers meeting the requirements for matching 
payments, annual production payment assistance, establishment payments 
and BCAP project area designation is necessary in order to ensure the 
financial accountability needed to operate and administer the BCAP.

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Without the information, FSA will not be able to make eligibility 
determinations and compute payments in a timely manner.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 140,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 49,385.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-08339 Filed 4-21-21; 8:45 am]
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