[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42777-42778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16733]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 2, 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 
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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 7, 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: Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP2).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0297.
    Summary of Collection: This information collection request is 
required to support the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) 
information collection activities to provide payments to eligible 
producers who, with respect to their agricultural commodities, have 
been impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The information 
collection is necessary to evaluate the application and other required 
paperwork for determining the producer's eligibility and assist in the 
producer's payment calculations. Producers must submit a completed CFAP 
2 application and additional documentation for eligibility, such as 
certifications of compliance with adjusted gross income provisions and 
conservation compliance activities; those additional documents and 
forms must be submitted no later than 60 days from the date a producer 
signs the application. Contract producers are now eligible to receive 
direct payments that is currently included in the request.
    Need and Use of the Information: In order to determine whether a 
producer is eligible for CFAP and to calculate a payment, a producer is 
required to submit AD-3117, CFAP application; AD-3117A-Continuation 
Form for CFAP-Milk Production Modification; AD-3117B- Continuation 
Sheet for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) Application 
for Contract Producers, CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for Payment 
Eligibility, Parts A & B; CCC-901, Member Information for Legal 
Entities, if applicable; CCC-941, Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) 
Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information; and CCC-
942, Certification of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry 
Operations, Optional, and AD-1026- Highly Erodible Land Conservation 
(HELC) and Wetland Conservation Certification.
    The information submitted by respondents will be used by FSA and 
AMS to determine eligibility and distribute payments to eligible 
producers under CFAP. Failure to solicit applications will result in 
failure to provide payments to eligible producers.
    Description of Respondents: Farmers and Producers.
    Number of Respondents: 1,248,901.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Other (one-time).
    Total Burden Hours: 926,051.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16733 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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