[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 149 (Friday, August 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43159-43160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16833]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 3, 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

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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 
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: Assignments of Payments and Joint Payment Authorizations; 
Request for Waiver.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
    Summary of Collection: The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)) authorizes producers to assign, in writing, 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) conservation program payments. The statute 
requires that any such assignment be signed and witnessed. The 
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, extends that authority to 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) programs, including rice, feed 
grains, cotton, and wheat. When the recipient of an FSA, NRCS, or CCC 
payment chooses to assign a payment to another party or have the 
payment made jointly with another party, the other party must be 
identified. All federal nontax payments must be made by EFT, unless a 
waiver applies which requires certain criteria to be granted. FSA will 
collect information using forms CCC-36, CCC 37, CCC-251, CCC-252 and 
FPAC-FM-12.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected on the 
forms will be used by FSA and NRCS employees in order to record the 
payment or contract being assigned, the amount of the assignment, the 
date of the assignment, and the name and address of the assignee and 
the assignor. This is to enable FSA employee to pay the proper party 
when payments become due. FSA will also use the information to issue 
program payments jointly at the request of the producer and also 
terminate joint payments at the request of both the producer and joint 
payee.
    Description of Respondent: Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 700,491.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 116,687.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16833 Filed 8-5-21; 8:45 am]
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