[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 31516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11102]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 19, 2022.
    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 June 23, 
2022 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: Servicing Minor Program Loans.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0230.
    Summary of Collection: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Loan 
Program staff provides supervised credit in the form of loans to family 
farmers and ranchers to purchase land and finance agricultural 
production. Regulations are promulgated to implement selected 
provisions of sections 331 and 335 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (CONACT). FSA is authorized under the Section 331 to 
grant releases from personal liability where security property is 
transferred to approve applicants who, under agreement, assume the 
outstanding secured indebtedness and to provide servicing authority 
covered in the Section 335 for real estate security; operation or lease 
of realty, disposition of surplus property; conveyance of complete 
interest of the United States; easements; and condemnations. The 
information is also collected from FSA Minor Program borrowers who may 
be individual farmers or farming partnerships, associations, or 
corporations.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information 
related to a program benefit recipient or loan borrower requesting 
action on security they own, which was purchased with FSA loan funds, 
improved with FSA loan funds or has otherwise been mortgaged to FSA to 
secure a government loan. The information collected is primarily 
financial data, such as borrower's asset values, current financial 
information and public use and employment data. The information 
collection will be used solely by the Farm Loan Programs in FSA. 
Failure to obtain this information at the time of the request for 
servicing will result in rejection of the borrower's request.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Individuals or households; 
Business or other-for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State. Local 
and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 58.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 37.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0306.
    Summary of Collection: The USDA has directed Farm Service Agency 
(FSA) to implement the Oriental Fruit Fly Program (OFF) for producers 
of agricultural commodities who suffered a revenue loss in calendar 
years 2015 and/or 2016 due to the APHIS imposed quarantine in Miami-
Dade County Florida, August 28, 2015 through February 13, 2016. FSA 
establishes provisions for providing assistance as authorized by 
Section 778 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-
6), which appropriated $9 million to the FSA for the purpose of making 
payments to producers impacted by an Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine. 
Funds will remain available until expended. FSA has established the 
regulation as specified in the 7 CFR 756.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information submitted by 
producers will be used by FSA to determine eligibility and distribute 
payments to eligible producers under OFF program. In order to determine 
whether a producer is eligible for OFF and to calculate a payment, a 
producer is required to submit FSA-438, OFF application; CCC-901, 
Member Information for Legal Entities, as applicable; CCC-902E, Farm 
Operating Plan for An Entity; 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. Failure to solicit 
applications will result in failure to provide payments to eligible 
producers as intended by Public Law 116-6, Consolidated Appropriations 
Act of 2019.
    Description of Respondents: Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 750.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 522.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11102 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
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